Airfix Aichi D3AI Val - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1227-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
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Still in the factory seal. From the early 1960s. Most Craftmaster kits have great box art and this is no exception. This is the black side panel issue and shares the same part number, box size and top art with the black-side panel issue. Inside is the older, quality Airfix kit. 'Craftmaster' was a marketing arrangement where MPC/Craftmaster marketed Airfix kits from England.
Airfix Curtiss P-40E or Kittyhawk IA Craftmaster Issue - USAAF or RAF, 1/72, 2-46
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
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Colorful and unique 1960s artwork with black end panels. Includes markings and paint guide for both versions. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box is rough, but the part, decals and instructions are all in 'near mint' condition.
Tamiya German King Tiger Porsche Turret Sd.Kfz.182 Tiger II Panzer VI Konigstiger Ausf.B, 1/16, 36201-20000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Amazingly detailed and beautifully molded plastic and metal kit. Metal parts include lower hull, inner and outer drive sprockets, idler wheels, idler tension drums, idler arms, wheel shafts, suspension housing, tension shaft, torsion sway bar and dozens and dozens more - more than I could count. Essentially the entire fully functioning suspension and wheels are all metal. Features separately molded tracks, rotating turret with elevating gun, commander figure, machine gunner, Panzer grenadier, accessories and much more. The kit has never been started. All trees but one are still factory sealed. The single tree that is open ("G" sprue) has been inventoried and NOTE: it is missing (2) small grabirons (hand holds, part G19). These are a simple "C" shape and can be made from wire. Otherwise complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Branchline Trains Blueprint Series HO Heavyweight Passenger Coach 80 Foot Single Window Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Car #760 1940s/1950s, 1/87, 5105-760
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Superb and highly detailed model kit that is factory painted and lettered in the C&O 'Green Scheme' with Roman lettering. Features separate grab irons, extensive and complete underbody details, steam, air & signal lines, working diaphragms, full interior, metal wheels, magnetic knuckle couplers and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts have never been removed from the box and are still wrapped in the factory protective tissue paper. Includes excellent, illustrated instructions.
Branchline Trains Blueprint Series HO Heavyweight Passenger Coach 80 Foot Single Window Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Car #767 1940s/1950s, 1/87, 5105-767
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Superb and highly detailed model kit that is factory painted and lettered in the C&O 'Green Scheme' with Roman lettering. Features separate grab irons, extensive and complete underbody details, steam, air & signal lines, working diaphragms, full interior, metal wheels, magnetic knuckle couplers and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts have never been removed from the box and are still wrapped in the factory protective tissue paper. Includes excellent, illustrated instructions.
Branchline Trains Blueprint Series HO Heavyweight Passenger Coach 80 Foot Single Window Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Car #755 1940s/1950s, 1/87, 5105-755
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Superb and highly detailed model kit that is factory painted and lettered in the C&O 'Green Scheme' with Roman lettering. Features separate grab irons, extensive and complete underbody details, steam, air & signal lines, working diaphragms, full interior, metal wheels, magnetic knuckle couplers and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts have never been removed from the box and are still wrapped in the factory protective tissue paper. Includes excellent, illustrated instructions.
Branchline Trains Blueprint Series HO Heavyweight Passenger Coach 80 Foot Single Window Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Car #761 1940s/1950s, 1/87, 5105-761
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Superb and highly detailed model kit that is factory painted and lettered in the C&O 'Green Scheme' with Roman lettering. Features separate grab irons, extensive and complete underbody details, steam, air & signal lines, working diaphragms, full interior, metal wheels, magnetic knuckle couplers and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts have never been removed from the box and are still wrapped in the factory protective tissue paper. Includes excellent, illustrated instructions.
West Wings Hawker Hart - 24.5 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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An excellent rubber-powered model featuring printed balsa wood, strip wood, many light weight plastic vacuform parts, plastic propeller and nose bearing, rubber motor, wheels, other wood and wire stock as required, full color decals, covering tissue, plans and instructions. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Delta 2 Macchi Castoldi MC-72 Racing Float Plane - (MC72), 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Still the only model in this scale of this beautiful, classic aircraft. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one part, the forward propeller. Otherwise includes all other parts, decals and instructions. This racer was built for the 1933 Schneider cup. Only one was produced. This plane was piloted by Francesco Agello and won the world speed record for Italy on October 23, 1934 with a speed of 440.67 mph. The floatplane had a unique engine arrangement with two independent motors mounted front to back driving counter-rotating props. Drag was minimized by close cowling to the blocks and the least possible braces for the floats.
Monogram Bonhomme Richard John Paul Jones Ship - (ex Aurora), 1/124, 85-0388
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Hard-to-find 2010 reissue of the rare Aurora kit from 1966. Large scale model measures 2 feet long when assembled. Well detailed and molded for that time. Includes molded billowing sails, ratlines, running and standing rigging material, full rigging instructions, metal chains, flags and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones on board the Bonhomme Richard (40 guns) sighted a British Convoy, escorted by the 50 gun Serapis. The battle was one of the most devastating every fought by sailing ships.
Airfix Hannover CL-III A - Blister Pack - (CLIIIA), 1/72, 01050-8
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Dated 1973. Hard-to-find kit that is very nicely done for that time. Includes a full color, three view painting guide on the back for a 1918 aircraft.
Guillows Nieuport 11 - 24 inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C Conversion, 203
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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From the late 1960s. Large scale model can be flown rubber free flight, gas free flight, or converted to electric RC using modern small, light servos and receivers. Features quality die-cut balsa sheet parts, stripwood and spars, die-cut plywood firewall for gas operation, light plastic cowl, pilot bust, machine guns, engine and more, scale plastic wheels, rubber motor, thrust button, plastic propeller, big sheet of full color decals, covering tissue and excellent full size plans with instructions. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.
Guillows Grumman F6F Hellcat - 16 inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Aircraft, 1/32, 503
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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From the 1960s. One of a very popular 16.5 inch wingspan series of World War 2 stick and tissue flying kits. Includes die cut balsa parts, vacuform nose, wheels, plastic propeller, hardware, vacuform canopy, colored tissue, insignia and full size plans with detailed building instructions. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.
Revell P-47D Thunderbolt Brazilian Air Force - 1st Grupo De Caca de FAB (Forca Aerea Brasileira) - Kikoler Issue, 1/32, H296Br
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Rare. 1970s Revell of Brazil (Kikoler) issue of the large scale and well detailed kit with FAB markings. Has detailed R-2800 engine with removable panels, fully detailed cockpit, pilot figure, two wing pylons with bombs, centerline drop tank and moving prop and wheels. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions. Decals are in amazing 'near mint' condition.
Aurora SNJ Trainer, 1/48, 80-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Dated 1960, but most likely from about 1964/65 due to the factory 100 price price sticker on the part number and the oval logo minus the 'Famous Fighters' in the border. This was a nice kit for that time, featuring 'good' cockpit detail, pilot and student figures, rotating prop and US Navy decals. Molded in yellow and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
SK Model Westland Whirlwind - 263 RAF 1940 / 137 RAF 1941, 1/72, TB1001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Nice kit with very fine raised panel lines and recessed control surface outlines. Features 'good' cockpit detail, pilot figure, detailed landing gear, rotating wheels and props and decals and paint guide for the two aircraft listed. Molded in light gray and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hudson Miniatures 1904 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Old Timers, 1/16
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Dated 1949 and very well detailed for that time. Big scale kit features numerous die-cut and machined-to-shape wooden parts, beautiful plastic wheels and lanterns and a small number of metal parts, accessories and die-cut cardstock. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag and all other parts have been inventoried present. Includes large, excellent, detailed plans with instructions. The 1904 Oldsmobile was the first production car in America and was considered very dependable. To emphasize its simplicity and dependability, Oldsmobile invented the slogan 'Nothing to Watch but the Road.' Gus Edward's hit song of 1905, 'In My Merry Oldsmobile' was a tribute to the popularity of the car. It was powered by a single cylinder engine of 4.5 horsepower. Hudson Miniatures created a very popular line of automobile kits in a constant 1/16 scale shortly after WWII. The kits sold very well...so well that you could argue that Gowland & Gowland borrowed Hudson's subject matter for their ground-breaking 'Highway Pioneers.' The Hudson Miniatures 'Old Timers' even spawned a line of imitators, with Fador's 'Smallster' being one of the better in quality. Sales did drop on the appearance and popularity of the much smaller (and less accurate) Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' in 1951. When the all-injection molded Gowland kits proved not to be a passing fad, Hudson quickly planned and released his own all-plastic, small-scale competition called 'Lil' Old Timers Quickie Kits.' The kits were of excellent quality, but it was too little too late. Additionally, sales of the excellent wooden kits faltered further in the next few years with the introduction of accurate, 1/24 and 1/32 all-plastic cars in the mid 1950s. This forced Hudson to discontinue the wood kits and the plastic line was sold to Revell and subsequently re-released. Today, these excellent, big 1/16 kits are often the only model available of these early automobiles. In the mid 1960s Aurora thought so highly of Hudson Miniatures that they purchased the wood kit assets and released a very small number of these in all-plastic models.
Matchbox Supermarine Walrus MK-1 - HMS Sheffield 1938 or 283 Sq RAF Italy 1944, 1/72, PK-105
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Dated 1983. Famous British warship/harbor based flying boat from WWII. Nicely detailed kit for that time that includes markings for HMS Sheffield's aircraft and No. 283 Squadron RAF Italy 1944 as well as a color painting guide on the back of the box. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Junkers Ju-52/3M - Floats or Landing Gear Luftwaffe or Swiss - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 3-163
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Colorful 1960s artwork issue. This is the 'Black' side panel of the two Craftmaster releases. A very nice kit of the famous 'Iron Annie' of inter-war and WWII. it includes parts to build any of the versions listed. Ju-52s saw service in almost every operational area of the war and served as transports, bombers, minesweepers and more. Kit features movable control surfaces, detailed cockpit, optional floats or landing gear, rotating wheels and props. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hudson Miniatures 1911 Brush Model C Delivery Old Timers, 1/16
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Dated 1949. Large scale and very well detailed for that time. Features numerous die-cut and machined/cut to shape wooden parts, beautiful plastic wheels, grill, steering wheel, lights and other accessories, metal louvered hood, metal stock and parts and die-cut cardstock. Although all of Hudson's 1/16 kits are excellent, this one has even more detail than usual thanks to Hudson's engineers having access to the actual car owned by Mr. Austin Clark. This kit has never been started. The small parts are still factory bag sealed while the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete including two sheets of excellent plans/instructions. The Brush Delivery Model C was manufactured by Brush Runabout Company, which was a division of the famous United States Motors. It sold for $650 and was powered by a one cylinder 64 HP engine linked to a gear-set type two speed + reverse multiple disc clutch transmission. Hudson Miniatures created a very popular line of automobile kits in a constant 1/16 scale shortly after WWII. The kits sold very well...so well that you could argue that Gowland & Gowland borrowed Hudson's subject matter for their ground-breaking 'Highway Pioneers.' The Hudson Miniatures 'Old Timers' even spawned a line of imitators, with Fador's 'Smallster' being one of the better in quality. Sales did drop on the appearance and popularity of the much smaller (and less accurate) Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' in 1951. When the all-injection molded Gowland kits proved not to be a passing fad, Hudson quickly planned and released his own all-plastic, small-scale competition called 'Lil' Old Timers Quickie Kits.' The kits were of excellent quality, but it was too little too late. Additionally, sales of the excellent wooden kits faltered further in the next few years with the introduction of accurate, 1/24 and 1/32 all-plastic cars in the mid 1950s. This forced Hudson to discontinue the wood kits and the plastic line was sold to Revell and subsequently re-released. Today, these excellent, big 1/16 kits are often the only model available of these early automobiles. In the mid 1960s Aurora thought so highly of Hudson Miniatures that they purchased the wood kit assets and released a very small number of these in all-plastic models.