Monogram F-105 Thunderchief Four Star Issue, 1/72, PA33-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++++
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First release hardbox kit dated 1958. Features revolving bomb bay that drops a nuclear bomb, trigger action opens the canopy and ejects the pilot, boarding ladder and ground crew member. This is the only release with the ejection feature. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell Jacques-Yves Cousteau's Calypso Ocean Exploration Vessel - Lodela Issue, 1/125, RH5216
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Rare. Late 1970/early 1980s issue. Large scale kit is very nicely detailed. Includes Hughes 300C helicopter, anti-shark cage, sharks, Galeazzi diving chamber, Zodiac Mk III "Grand Raid" inflatable boats and two SP-600 mini-subs. Never started. Factory sealed bag with decals and instructions.
Monogram Spitfire Mark IX Blue Box, 1/48, PA79-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Second issue dated 1968 and one of two box art layout variations known. This kit is part of a very famous World War II action kit line that Monogram issued in 1/48 scale. Very nicely molded kit. Features retractable landing gear, pilot, four blade prop, 20mm cannon and belly tank.
Hasegawa McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II Limited Edition Hi-Grade Series - VX-4 Vandy 1, 1/48, CH2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very limited edition kit with VX-4 markings, cast metal landing gear struts, wheel hubs, canopy frames and other details, real rubber tires and cockpit wires and a fret including dozens of parts for super detailing the cockpit. The Hasegawa 1/48 Phantom series are considered the finest F-4 kits every produced in this scale. All very fine recessed panel lines and superior detail. Includes special markings guide for the VX-4 decals and extensive details for adding all of the super detail parts. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
Revell Airbus A310 (A-310) Luftwaffe / Interflug, 1/144, 04254
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very nicely detailed kit with all fine recessed panel lines. Includes optional position landing gear and a very large decal sheet for both aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Revell KC-135 Stratotanker - Ohio Air Guard, 1/139, 4523
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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1982 reissue utilizing the original 1957 'S' issue molds. Nicely molded kit features optional position cargo door, refueling boom, optional position landing gear and a moving rudder. With complete USAF Ohio Air Guard decals. Molded in silver and clear. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Aurora P-38 Lightning West Hempstead Issue - Famous Fighters of All Nations, 1/48, 99-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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Second issue kit from the West Hempstead plant in the early 1950s. Molded in the correct light blue with little surface detail and no mass balances, pitot tube or landing gear struts, wheels and doors. Includes the correct rectangular clear stand for this issue. Decals and instructions are in excellent condition. The box is all there but poor. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The Aurora issues of the 1/48 scale P-38 are interesting to say the least. The first issue is the Brooklyn kit with the P-38/B-24 box artwork. Inside, the plastic is light blue with minimal surface detail and a clear canopy and rectangular stand that says 'Aurora Plastic Corp. Brooklyn, 4, N.Y.'. There are no landing gear, gear doors or mass balances. The second issue has identical box art, plastic color, decals and rectangular stand, but the box and instructions says 'West Hempstead' instead of Brooklyn. The clear stand mold has had 'Brooklyn' milled out, and there is no location on the stand. The third issue has the same artwork, but the full color 'Aurora Line' logo is used - but the big changes were on the inside. Aurora modified the molds, adding a pitot tube, elevator mass balances and landing gear struts, wheels and doors. The decals and stand remain the same, but the new instructions reflect the changes to the molds. This time the kit is molded in an attractive metallic blue. The fourth issue dropped the Jim Cox artwork in favor of a new P-38 flying from right to left across a threatening sky. The plastic still metallic light blue and the decals and stand remain unchanged. The new details were retained. The fifth issue was 1959. The oval 'Famous Fighters' logo was used with Jo Kotula artwork of two P-38s. The detail level of the kit remained the same, but it was molded in olive drab and clear. The newer 'Triangle' base was added at this time. Further issues kept this box artwork, but the oval logo changed as well as the price extensions.
Comet Beechcraft Super 18 Twin Beech 1/60 Scale, 1/60, 502-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++++
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Rare kit from the mid 1950s. Comet made two molds for the Beech 18 - this is the largest version. Features clear windows, rotating props and pinstripe decals with N numbers. These molds were later sold to Aurora. Never started and 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Decals and instructions are in excellent condition.
Renwal The Visible V8 (V-8) Transparent Motorized Operating Auto Engine, 1/4, 802-1095
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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The original issue from the 1950s. Classic motorized kit with over 100 moving parts molded in clear, red, black and silver. All internal cardboard and cello display packing is present. Includes the Renwal "Guarantee" parts order sheet, packing inspection ticket, instructions and original V-8 booklet. When built, all major internal parts move via electric motor and spark plugs (red lights) flash in time. This kit has never been started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts. NOTE: The glue is not present. The box bottom is complete but has a split seam along the fold at the top edge.
Frog Mitsubishi Zero (A6M), 1/72, 392P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Probably the 3rd issue of this kit - the first two issues were the post and pre-war 'Penguins'. Nicely molded with all recessed panel line detail. Includes glue capsule. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Hasegawa IJN Arashio Destroyer (Asashio Class), 1/700, B-13-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very highly detailed 1/700 waterline kit. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, instructions and decals (if issued).
Williams Brothers Wedell-Williams Racer - #121 Gilmore Red Lion Gasoline / #44 Miss Paterson / #92 Miss New Orleans, 1/32, 32-121
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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NOTE: builder kit only, please read below. Famous 1930s racer flown by Roscoe Turner / James Wedell / James Haizlip and Mary Haizlip. This aircraft racked up an incredible season of wins in 1932 and dominated the field in men's and womens racing. Very nicely molded and detailed. Includes parts and a very large decal sheet to build one of three famous aircraft. Features excellent cockpit and engine details, full size plans with rigging diagrams, rubber wheels and rigging material. NOTE: the following parts have been neatly airbrushed - interior surfaces, prop, wheels and engine. Quality of paint is excellent and there is no other paint. NOTE: the engine has been built. Quality is excellent and there is no other assembly. Inventoried with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Paramount F-100D Super Sabre - US Air Force, 1/144, 6010-39
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+++
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Nicely molded smaller scale aircraft kit with very fine raised panel lines, full landing gear, two wing mounted drop tanks, four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, clear canopy and colorful decals. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions. Paramount was based in Canada and sold kits from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s when they shut down. Most if not all of the kits were from older Otaki, Sanwa, Nichimo or Marusan molds although some remain unidentified. Many kits are labeled 'Made in Japan - Packaged in USA - Lithoed in Canada'. Kits for sale in Canada has three digit part numbers, and those destined for the USA had four digit numbers. The USA address was Paramount Hobbies Inc, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. This kit has the parts 'Made In Japan for Paramount by Ohtaki Model Toy Mfg. Co. Ltd', which I assume is Otaki.
Unknown Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 - BAGGED, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Unknown Russian or Soviet manufacture injection molded later model I-16, still sealed in the factory bag. Includes decals and instructions.
Aurora-Heller Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (Gull) - USSR Winter or Summer Camo, 1/72, 6606
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Contains decals for the two aircraft listed. Unusual Aurora-Heller kit. One of Aurora's last efforts was to market quality Heller kits with the "Aurora-Heller" name. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Lindberg Carol Ann Tug Boat - Motorized Cellovision Issue, 1/84, 716M-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Fantastic Ray Gaedke artwork on this 1950s Cellovision box. Large scale tug is very well detailed down to the clear bridge and cabin windows, handrails and crew. Includes electric power assembly. Ideal for RC conversion. This kit has never been started. NOTE: missing 1/2 of the propeller shaft coupling. This could be made or replaced with a more modern and effective part. Otherwise the kit is complete with all other parts, motor, decals and instructions.
Lindberg Republic Seabee Amphibian, 1/48, 503-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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From ex-Olin molds. 1950s issue hardbox in very condition with nice color and gloss. Fantastic Ray Gaedke artwork. Large scale 1/48 Seabee kit with landing gear. This kit has never been started. NOTE: missing display stand base and decals. Inventoried with all other parts and instructions.
Revell Jupiter 'C' with Working Gantry - Elevator - Explorer Satellite and Crew - 'S' Kit, 1/100, H1819-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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1958 first issue hardbox featuring some of my favorite 'S' box artwork. Correct, original issue molded in three colors. Not a reproduction. Box has excellent color and gloss, four solid corners, no repairs and no tape or price stickers marks (with the exception of the short factory sealing tape on the sides). However, there is plenty of general light wear as shown. This kit is loaded with working features typical of kits at the time. The entire gantry tower folds back and moves on railroad base, the elevator moves to the four different work platforms and the Explorer Satellite can be removed from the Jupiter rocket. Includes crew of 7. Inside, the kit has never been started. Parts are molded in red, medium gray and white. Carefully inventoried and 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Tamiya German Flak Crew, 1/35, MM194
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Five well detailed 1/35 scale figures with many accessories. Never started. Complete with all parts present.
Matchbox Spitfire Mk.22 / 24 RAF or Egyptian Air Forces, 1/32, PK-501
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Still the only 1/32 scale kit of the last and fastest production Spitfire. Cleanly molded with recessed panel lines. Features full cockpit, detailed Griffon engine with removable panels, sliding canopy and decals for RAF 80 Squadron Kai Tak Hong Kong 1950, Royal Egyptian Air Force and 603 'City of Edinburgh Squadron 1950. NOTE: this kit has minor painting. The interior surfaces have been airbrushed green and the landing gear struts/radiator faces a dark silver. Quality of the work is excellent. There is no other painting and no assembly. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.