Nichimo Hughes H500 Helicopter - (H-500 Hughes 500D), 1/20, S-2003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Widely considered the finest injection molded civil helicopter kit ever made. Very large 1/20 scale. Deluxe multi-media action kit with many metal, plastic, rubber and other parts. Features super detailed cabin down to the seat belt buckles, complete engine which can be installed or displayed on the included engine stand (the engine is a model unto itself) and detailed rotors/hub assemblies. Has fully motorized (Mabuchi 280 motor is included) main and tail rotors with transmission boxes. Main landing light is lit. Includes a display/battery base and a unique four control wired remote control for the lights and rotors. Includes four positionable action figures and a large decal sheet and color painting guide for 5 helicopters including one of USA registration. Never started. The special internal cardboard presentation pieces are all present and near mint. All parts are still in the factory sealed bags with decals and instructions.
Airfix Grumman J4F Widgeon, 1/72, 10030
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
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Still factory sealed. US Airfix issue from 1979 and a very nicely molded kit for that time. The Widgeon saw WWII service as a Coast Guard transport, trainer and recon aircraft. Before the war, the Widgeon was active in it's original design purpose - as a luxury sport airplane and executive transport amphibian.
Revell USS Pine Island Seaplane Tender - (Advent Issue), 1/424, 2504
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc-
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Still factory sealed, but the seal has shrunk and drawn the box slightly concave. 1979 Advent reissue of the detailed "S" kit from the late 1950s. Ideal builder. Includes moving cranes, hanger bay and detailed Martin PBM-5 Mariner Seaplane.
Testors Curtiss R3C-2 (R3X-2) Air Racer / Travel Air Mystery Ship / Supermarine S6B Racer - (ex-Hawk), 1/48, 912N
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good To Excellent
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SALE!! Includes all three kits for one price. The Curtiss is still factory sealed. The S6B and Travel Air are both never started with all the parts still in the factory sealed internal bags. With decals and instructions. All three kits are from quality, original Hawk molds.
Minicraft Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser BOAC, 1/144, 14508
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed. Features all new molds, optional position landing gear and a large, colorful BOAC decal sheet.
Revell Sikorsky H-34G With Cutting Edge Detail Set - Luftwaffe or Dutch, 1/48, 4467
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Includes Cutting Edge #CEC48037 H-34 & Wessex Detailing set with resin and metal parts and complete instructions. Never used and complete. The actual kit is very nicely detailed with full cockpit, interior and sliding door. Never started. NOTE: missing one small part, #45 exhaust pipe. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions present.
Monogram A-1H Skyraider - VA-176 USS Intrepid or South Vietnamese Air Force- White Box Issue, 1/48, 5419
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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1980 issue. Very finely molded and detailed with the quality we expected from Monogram. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa General Dynamics F-111A Aardvark - 366 TFW 'Giant Voice '78' / 429 TFS 474 TFW / Commander's Aircraft 366 TFW, 1/72, K32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Perfect builder kit; please read carefully. Very highly detailed limited issue. Includes decals for all three aircraft. Features very fine all recessed panel lines, full cockpit, highly detailed gear wells and landing gear, separately molded leading edge slats and trailing edge flaps and more. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: cockpit tub / wing halves / #17 small A/B details to (1) A/B nozzle, intake fences to fuselage half, main gear well, #16 to #5 (two small parts) and and small rear fairing halves between the A/B nozzles. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Italeri AV-8B Super Harrier - USMC or Harrier GR Mk5 RAF, 1/72, 137
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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Older but well molded and detailed. Includes decals for both aircraft and color painting guide. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Estes Masters Series Mercury Atlas Missile, 1/35, EST2111
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed although the seal has some splits from age. Very well detailed model of this famous, early manned spacecraft measures almost 3 feet tall when assembled. Can be built as a static model or flying model. Includes decals for all manned Mercury Atlas missions including John Glenn's Friendship 7, Wally Schirra's Sigma 7, Scott Carpenter's Aurora 7 and Gordon Coopers Faith 7.
Monogram P-51D (F-51D) Mustang Superkit, 1/57, T1
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very rare multi-media 'plastic and pre-carved wood' kit. Before there were injection molded plastic kits, model builders worked in wood or metal. Advanced companies, like Monogram, saw the advantage of plastic and began marketing kits with plastic details and fully-carved fuselage, wings, etc. This beautiful kit is one the highest quality composite static kits from the early to mid 1950s. Includes finished wings with airfoil, completely carved fuselage, colored die-cut wooden parts, plastic canopy, pilot, wheel, prop, cowling, scoops, exhaust and more. The model has not been started. It is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Sterling L-19 Bird Dog - 17 inch Wingspan CL/Rubber Powered Kit that Drops Leaflets in Flight, A12-98
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed. From the mid 1960s. 17 inch wingspan kit for rubber free flight or control line. Features an innovative system for dropping leaflets in flight. Includes quality die-cut balsa sheet parts, strip wood and spars, light plastic full engine cowl and other parts, die-cut clear windscreen, fully formed wire landing gear struts, finished main and tail wheels, rubber motor and plastic prop, covering tissue, a big sheet of full color decal and full size plans with excellent instructions. Sterling was a famous manufacturer dating back to the 1930/40s flying model craze. Although they continued to produce kits for decades after the flying model slump following World War II, they eventually fell victim to the general lack of interest in modeling that occurred in the early 1980s. I always considered Sterling kits to be deluxe kits compared to other manufacturers.
Aurora North American F-107 Fighter Bomber, 1/114, 295-29
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++++
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Dated 1958 with Jo Kotula box art; this issue is likely from the early to mid 1960s as there is no 'Famous Fighters' in the logo boarder. The box is in fantastic condition with like-new color and gloss, four solid corners, no fading or price tags and the only tape marks are from the factory sealing tape. Molded in silver and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
ESCI Leopard 2 Battle Tank With NATO Soldiers, 1/35, 5030
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Nicely molded and detailed scale armor kit.
ESCI T72 With Soviet Assault Troops (Spetsnaz Paratroopers), 1/35, 5031
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Rare version with 14 Spetsnaz troops.
ESCI MBT T74, 1/35, 5024
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Older but nice armor kit. Includes paint guide and decals for East German and the USSR. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Cleveland Globe Swift - 30 Inch Wingspan Balsa Flying Aircraft, IT-96
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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The kit came from a long time collector of 1930s and 1940s models and is in exceptional condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood and strip wood, covering material, highest quality plans, cut nose block, finished thrust button, main & tail wheels, carved prop blank, clear for windshield and more. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called 'The Aviation Craze' that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business, called Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviations great Recruiter, Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Revell A-26B Invader - (ex Monogram Pro Modeler), 1/48, 03921
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
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Still factory 'round tape' sealed. Hard-to-find ex-Pro Modeler kit of the solid or 'gun nose' Invader in large 1/48 scale. Features full interior with all stations represented, optional position landing gear and bomb bay doors with detailed bay and weapons and more.
Aurora-KB Ferrari 250 GTO/64 Model Race Car - (Aurora), 1/24, 1803-700
Metal and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Deluxe, large-scale model racing car designed for slot car track. Inside it is in factory-new condition with all the the parts still sealed in the plastic bubbles on the factory presentation cardboard. Features unique Challenger Sidewinder High-Torque, High RPM Motor, Superlite adjustable aluminum chassis with spring action swing pick-up, precision machined aluminum wheels with Posi-Lock hubs, special formula rubber Firestone sure-grip tires, complete hardware pack, K&B wrench, track pickup assembly and contacts, detailed red plastic one piece body with clear windshield, chrome details (including wheel covers), driver's bust and more. Completely factory sealed inside and includes all paperwork for assembly, the motor and 'mint' condition decals. The box displays better than the 'very good++' rating but is graded as such because there is a price tag tear on the right short side and slight damage to the lower edge (for 3/4" x 2/16") of the lower long side.
Revell Redstone Booster with Mercury Capsule, 1/105, H1832-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Rare kit in the original and only issue 1961 hardbox. The box is in investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition. It has factory-new color and gloss, four solid corners, no creases, stains or tears, no missing litho and no price tags or tape. The only flaws are very, very light wear as shown. This kit was hurried into production after Shepard's First US Manned Space flight on May 5, 1961. Revell took the original Redstone kit, modified the molds to match Shepard's craft, modified the decal sheet and created the 'Newsprint' box. Contains Redstone Booster, Mercury Capsule, Launch Pad, Testing Unit, Escape Rockets and 3 man crew. Inside, the kit has not been started and is factory new. All parts are all paperwork are still in the Revell factory sealed bag.