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Tamiya Flakpanzer Gepard Anti-Aircraft Tank, 1/35, 35099

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

$32   

Very highly detailed armor kit. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Special Hobby Blohm Voss Bv-155 V-1 Karavanken - (Bv155V-1), 1/72, SH72340

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

$36   

Limited edition, high quality injection molded model kit with all fine recessed panel lines, high-definition resin details, very good cockpit, detailed gear wells and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. From the Smithsonian Air & Space website: From a tail-hook fighter flying from aircraft carriers to a high-altitude bomber interceptor, the Blohm & Voss BV 155 had an interesting and convoluted development history. It was also one of the most technically advanced propeller-driven airplanes developed by any combatant during World War II. In May, 1942, the German Air Ministry (RLM) convened a meeting with Focke-Wulf and Messerschmitt representatives to review requirements for two new aircraft development projects. One was a single-engine fighter to operate from aircraft carriers, the other specification described a Spezial Höhenjäger, an airplane capable of intercepting bombers at high altitudes and conducting reconnaissance as a secondary mission. The two firms were then fully engaged in building the Fw 190 and Bf 109 and they expressed concern about trying to develop two very ambitious designs on top of existing commitments. Focke-Wulf decided to ignore the carrier fighter and concentrate on the high-altitude interceptor proposal. Two years later, the firm met the high-altitude fighter requirement magnificently with the Focke-Wulf Ta 152H (also in the NASM collection).In 1943, the RLM identified an offshoot high-altitude fighter concept known as the Extremer Höhenjäger, or extreme high-altitude fighter. To meet this need, the Messerschmitt designed the Me 155B and after a clumsy, protracted development period, Blohm & Voss took over and transformed the design into a promising, though technically challenging experimental aircraft called the BV 155.From the May 1942 concept for a carrier-based fighter designated the Bf 109 ST, Messerschmitt proposed three variants: two versions of the naval fighter with different engines and a high-altitude interceptor equipped with the Jumo 213. The company soon merged the two carrier-based designs into a concept called the Me 155A. The bomber interceptor became the Me 155B. Both designs used many components from the Bf 109G, except for the wing and landing gear. Although these concepts showed promise, the work rapidly overtaxed Messerschmitt's design department and the firm transferred the Me 155B project to a new design office in Paris staffed by French aircraft designers. This group was, understandably, less than totally dedicated to the effort.When Germany stopped work on all major surface vessels in January 1943, the Me 155A carrier airplane was cancelled too. French progress to develop the Me 155B was so slight that Messerschmitt stopped the work and refocused its own design staff on developing the Me 209 (a pre-war design that set a world speed record in 1939) to meet the Extremer Höhenjäger requirement. But the RLM would not let Messerschmitt drop the Me 155B. To speed progress the RLM paired Dr. Richard Vogt, chief designer at Blohm & Voss, and several hundred of his engineers and fabricators, with Messerschmitt. Both parties worked well together at first but over the next few months, the relationship soured. Messerschmitt could not resolve many critical decisions about the design including wing layout, engine, and engine coolant radiator design. Late in January 1944, the RLM directed Messerschmitt to transfer the whole project to Blohm & Voss and the BV 155 was born.Dr. Vogt, and his team almost completely reworked the design and in the end selected the Daimler-Benz DB 603 U engine and the Heinkel-Hirth TKL 15 turbosupercharger to power the airplane. He also finalized the armament configuration and selected one MK 108 30-mm cannon in the nose and two 20 mm MG 151 cannons the wing. By late June 1944, Blohm & Voss planned to build three B-series prototypes and an improved version called the BV 155C. After RLM officials inspected the program in August, they were satisfied with progress enough to codename the project 'Karawanken' after a mountain range bordering Austria and Yugoslavia.Vogt and his group created an impressive design. The BV 155 featured an armored, pressurized cabin with an ejection seat, high aspect ratio laminar-flow wings, wide-track landing gear, and a very advanced, though troublesome and complex, propulsion system.An airscoop located on the underside of the fuselage at the trailing edge of the wing fed outside air to the TKL 15 turbo-supercharger. The supercharger compressed the air and fed it to an intercooler mounted above. A pipe semi-recessed into the left fuselage (visible below the cockpit and above the long exhaust pipe) fed the cooled, high-pressure air from the intercooler forward to the engine-driven supercharger. The RLM wanted the airplane to fly near 16 km (52, 490 ft) above the earth. Both a turbo-supercharger (driven by exhaust gases) and a mechanical supercharger (driven by a geared shaft off the engine) were the Vogt team's solution to this problem.The mechanical supercharger pressurized the air again and fed it directly into the DB 603 U intake manifold. After the combustion cycle, semi-recessed exhaust pipes on both sides of the fuselage fed the hot exhaust aft. On both sides of the fuselage below the cockpit, the exhaust pipes angled down and split into two smaller pipes per side. Two pipes fed hot exhaust to turn the turbosupercharger and the other two pipes carried exhaust gases through a wastegate valve and exited the airplane. The wastegate valves regulated the pressure output of the turbosupercharger. Opening the valves dumped more exhaust overboard and slowed the turbo, reducing pressurized air to the engine. Blohm & Voss designed the whole power system to propel the BV 155 to speeds of about 692 kph (430 mph) at over 15,200 m (50,000 ft).The war situation was worsening and the company moved the prototypes into newly armored hangars at Finkenwerder. Blohm &Voss completed the BV 155B V1 (V for Versuch, German for experiment) and scheduled the first flight for mid January. On February 8, 'V1 took to the air but the right radiator leaked badly and chief test pilot Helmut "Wasa" Rodig terminated the flight. Following repairs, the aircraft flew twice more on February 10 and 26. Repairs followed each flight but it is doubtful that the airplane flew again after the 26th.All work had stopped on the third prototype, BV 155 V3, as Blohm & Voss concentrated on finishing the V2 but the war ended first. The British Army occupied Hamburg on May 3 and found the three prototypes at the factory. British officials examined the V1 and decided it was airworthy then directed an RAF pilot to fly it to England. The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from the factory and was destroyed. The British gathered up V2 and V3 and shipped them to the test establishment at Farnborough, England, for evaluation. They seriously considered completing V2 for flight test but in the end, simply displayed the aircraft in October-November 1945 and then stored it.For years, the identification of the National Air and Space Museum's BV 155 was mysterious. Historians knew the British shipped a BV 155 to the US after the war and that the U. S. Army Air Forces evaluated it at Wright Field, Ohio. They eventually transferred it (bearing Foreign Equipment Number FE-505) to the National Air and Space Museum. Most sources claimed this was the unfinished V3 prototype. In 1998, two restoration specialists reassembling the parts stored at the Paul E. Garber Facility in Silver Hill, Maryland, were amazed to discover nearly the entire V2 airframe. Except for wiring harnesses the factory never hooked up and other small parts, the aircraft appears to be 90-95% complete, including most of the propulsion system. German documents verify that the V3 was only half-finished at war's end and the discovery of "V2" stamped into both sides of the windshield frame seems to prove conclusively that the NASM aircraft is in fact the second prototype.The BV 155 V2 is also the last surviving aircraft built by Blohm & Voss during the company's 12-year foray into aviation. Blohm & Voss was Germany's largest shipbuilder when the company began building aircraft in 1933.

Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider, 1/48, 61058-2800

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

$29   

1998 issue that is highly detailed and finely molded in the Tamiya tradition. Features recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, optional position canopy, detailed gear wells and engine, full under-wing loadout and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. NOTE: missing decals.

Tamiya TWO Nakajima A6M2-N Type 2 Float Plane (Rufe) - (A6M2N), 1/48, 61017-600

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

$29   

SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Nicely detailed and well molded kit. Features all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and engine, beaching trolley, bomb load and painting guide and decals. Both models have never been started and the parts for both kits are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Williams Brothers Wright J-5 Whirlwind Radial Aircraft Engine, 1/8, 304

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc++

$135   

Still factory sealed. 1970s issue of the engine that powered Lindberg's Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic Ocean. Large 1/8 scale. Very highly detailed kit with over 150 parts. Complete engine includes crankcase, 9 cylinders, two magnetos, carburetor air heater, fuel pump, oil pump, accessories, mounting ring, carburetor and fuel system, vinyl wires for the distributor blocks and dual ignition system and more. A name plate label is included with a Wright J-5 decal. The Wright J-5 powered a great many famous aircraft of the day - the Bellanca 'Columbia', Boeing Model 72, Cessna Cabin, Curtiss Lark, Fairchild Cabin, Fokker Universal and C-2 / F-7 Trimotors, early Ford Trimotors, Keystone Pathfinder, Lockheed Vega, Sikorsky S-36 and many others.

Trumpeter Wyvern S.4 Late Version - HMS Eagle Suez Canal 1956 / HMS Ark Royal 831 Sq 1957 / HMS Eagle 813 Sq 1958, 1/48, 02820

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

$36   

Finely molded with all recessed panel detail, excellent cockpit with PE details and film instruments, detailed gear wells, side recon camera, separately molded wing flaps, optional position air brakes and canopy, external fuel tanks, torpedo, bombs or rocket load outs, optional folded wings and wing tips and decals and color paint guide for all three aircraft. The kit has never been started. Most parts are still in the factory sealed bags. One bag is opened and has been inventoried complete, including decals and instructions.

Trumpeter JGSDF Type 89 IFV, 1/35, 00325

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

$22   

Still factory sealed. Highly detailed with 400 pieces and four figures.

Tristar German Panzer Kpfw.38(t) Ausf.E/F, 1/35, 35020

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

$28   

Limited edition, highly detailed kit that also includes brass PE parts. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Huma Model DFS-230 Glider - Bagged, 1/72

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

$27   

Finely molded with recessed panel lines, subtle fabric texture, clear windows and extensive, large decal sheet for German Civil and five different Luftwaffe aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.

Tamiya Ford M151A2 With TOW Missile Launcher, 1/35, 3625A

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

$22   

Still factory sealed. Excellent model that features TOW launcher, M220 tracking system, driver and a variety of decals for US Army, US Marines and more.

Tamiya M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage, 1/35, MM210

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

$27   

Well detailed kit with figure as shown on the box art. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.

Tamiya Sturmtiger 38cm Assault Mortar, 1/35, 35177

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

$42   

Very well molded and features detailed interior and exterior, crew member and separately molded track links. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Tamiya Panzer Kampfwagen II Ausf. F/G - With Combat Crew of Five, 1/35, 3509

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

$25   

Very well molded and detailed featuring rolling bogie wheels, working flexible plastic tracks, elevating main gun and rotating turret, separately molded accessories and tools and set of 5 superb soldiers. With decals for several different tanks. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Tamiya US Tank M551 Sheridan Motorized, 1/35, MT331-598

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

$48   

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Designed with realistic track drive through the sprockets. Features all metal gear box, all motorizing hardware and very good detail NOTE: this kit has very minor and 'professional' quality subassembly. Drive sprocket sets (6 parts total) are assembled. There is no other assembly. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please note that Tamiya did not include the motor with this issue.

Tamiya M113 US Armoured Personnel Carrier, 1/35, 35040

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

$32   

Very highly detailed armor kit. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Tamiya Fairey Swordfish Mk.II, 1/48, 61099

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

$58   

From all new molds that are very highly detailed and finely molded. Features complete cockpit, crew of three, optional folded or straight wings, detailed engine and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Tamiya DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI/NF Mk.11 - RAF No. 143 Sq / No. 157 Sq / No. 487 Sq, 1/48, 61062-3400

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

$34   

Still factory sealed. This 1998 issue is very highly detailed inside and out.

Tamiya Horch 4x4 Type 1A S.GL. Einheits Personen Kraft Wagen, 1/35, 35052

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

$22   

Well detailed inside and out with optional top. Includes driver figure.

Tamiya M36 Jackson Tank Destroyer Motorized, 1/35, MT135

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

$62   

Highly detailed and beautifully molded armor kit includes all-metal gear box and all motorizing hardware. Even includes the factory-sealed Mabuchi electric motor. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Tamiya M10 Tank Destroyer Motorized, 1/35, MT142

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

$64   

Well detailed and molded kit that includes an all-metal gear box & gears and all other motorizing hardware. Even includes a factory sealed Mabuchi electric motor. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.