Consolidated Model Engineering The Spirit - 54 inch Wingspan RC Sport and Contest Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Probably from the 1950s. Features large full size plans, top grade balsa, die cut ribs, formers and trailing edges, safety motor mounts, and more. For .15-.23 motors. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included).
Aero Models RC Aero Special - 54 inch Wingspan RC Aircraft Kit
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Aero models was out of Brooklyn, New York probably from the late 1950s and early 1960s. The Aero series contained at least three large aircraft and were popular for their good performance with the RC equipment of the time. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included).
Berkeley Dr. Walter Good's Royal Rudder Bug RC Flying Model Airplane Kit
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very early radio control (RC) aircraft with a 62 inch wingspan. Dr. Walter Good is famous as the pioneer of radio controlled flight. In the 1930s he won several National competitions - often his design was the only one to fly properly. Please note the similarity in design to the early free-flight models - most early RC models had this appearance. This type of stability was required due to the difficult nature of RC control in the late 1930s. The kit features die-cut balsa and plywood, metal hardware, cut out windshield, full size plans, formed landing gear and covering material. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Founded in 1933 by William Effinger, the company was quite progressive in producing quality kits - it was likely the Berkeley 'Buccaneer' was the first gas powered model in kit form. In the later 1930s, Effinger acquired the services of a very talented Henry Struck. Struck went on to design numerous award-winning kits under the Berkeley name. Berkeley weathered the post WWII recession and emerged as a major kit producer in the late 1940 and 1950s. These were great years for Berkeley and they produced some incredible and large kits. The company went bankrupt in about 1960 however. Fox engines (Duke Fox) bought the company and released the kits alongside his own FOX models and engines. This arrangement did not last, and in the early 1960s the Berkeley name disappeared from hobby shop shelves.
Blackwell Models T-100 - 54 inch Wingspan RC Airplane Model
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Large trainer through advanced performer for three channels - throttle, rudder and elevator. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included). NOTE: this kit was factory packed in a rugged and sturdy box. The model will be shipped with this box only (no external box) unless you request otherwise.
Mauve Lippisch P13A (P-13a) with Mercedes Cargo Truck, 1/48, 00077-4800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Rare. Crisp and detail moldings typical of Mauve. The transport truck is very highly detailed with full engine, undercarriage and interior detail. Hood can be removed. Trailer can be towed or detached. Aircraft is equally well detailed and includes photoetched parts. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Carl Goldberg Models Skylark Single or Twin Engine 56 inch Wingspan RC Aircraft, G21
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Large high quality aircraft, sister ship to the famous Falcon. Engine choices range from .09 to .19, and it can be built as a twin engine or single. Ideal trainer for twins. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included). NOTE: this kit was factory packed in a rugged and sturdy box. The model will be shipped with this box only (no external box) unless you request otherwise. Carl Goldberg was a gifted designer of model aircraft, and his career spanned the evolution of flying models. His designs and number of titles won in competition at the Nationals is legendary. His first competition was the 1928 Nationals, where he received honorable mention. By 1934 he won the indoor Nats and in 1935 he opened a Hobby Shop, among the first in the nation (the first one was probably opened by Cleveland Models Ed Packard). Awards came quickly. He wrote articles for Model Airplane News, and was Comet's top designer from 1939 till 1945. After Comet, he worked with Mike Schlesinger and Sid Axelrod on what eventually became Top-Flite Models. In 1955 he founded Carl Goldberg Models and released a still-popular line of scale, rubber, gas, glider and RC models. Needless to say, Goldberg's models are of the highest quality.
dmeco Live Wire Rebel - 48 inch Wingspan RC Flying Balsa Model Airplane Kit
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Demco stood for deBolt Model Engineering Company. H. deBolt designed most of the kits and was a National AMA Record Holder at least twice. This kit was made in the late 1940s/early 1950s and is for RC. Includes full size plans, full assembly instructions, full flying instructions, selected premium grade balsa, tough hard maple mounts, heavy silk span covering, complete hardware, formed dural gear, machined and die cut parts and more. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included).
Aero Models RC Aero 15 - 57 inch Wingspan RC Airplane Model
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Aero models was out of Brooklyn, New York probably from the late 1950s and early 1960s. The Aero series contained at least three large aircraft and were popular for their good performance with the RC equipment of the time. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included).
Monogram Republic F-105D Thunderchief, 1/48, 5812
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Highly detailed kit from 1991. Includes decals from the famous and well-photographed 'Polish Glider' aircraft. Features full cockpit and wheel well detail, external stores and optional position speed brakes. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Grumman F-14A Tomcat, 1/72, 1104
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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1980 Snap-Tite release. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. The model has never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Messerschmitt Me-109 (Bf-109), 1/72, 1002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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1975 issue. Very finely molded and well detailed snap kit. The model has never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Estes Gemini Titan GT-3 Launch Vehicle - Flying Model Rocket Kit, K-21
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Rare GT-3 early Estes kit in the original bag. Builds to an impressive 24.4 inch high scale model. Can be built for static display or as a flying rocket. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals, instructions and correct early style Estes parachute.
AMT German Narvik Class Z-38 Destroyer - HMS Nosuch, 1/700, 4402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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The Z-38 lead an interesting history. Launched in 1941, she escorted the Scharnhorst during the battlecruiser's final engagement but managed to escape. She saw action in the Baltic in 1945 while helping German forces withdraw from Russia. At the end of the war she was commissioned into the Royal Navy as the HMS Nonsuch. 1979 issue from quality Matchbox molds. Nicely detailed waterline ship. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Trumpeter USS Baltimore CA-68 1944 Heavy Cruiser, 1/700, 05725
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very finely molded kit. Includes aftermarket photoetched railings. NOTE: kit has some assembly. Hull 1/2 and deck have been glued. Quality of assembly is excellent and was done with liquid cement. No other assembly. Complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Cutty Sark Clipper Ship, 1/96, H394
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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1964 issue with the booklet "The Cutty Sark and the Days of Sail". Fantastic box art by John Steel. The kit is molded in black, dark brown and ivory. Large and highly detailed kit. Measures 36 inches long and 22 inches high when assembled. Kit features highly detailed deck, deck houses, cargo holds and covers, masts, yards and booms, bilge pump, windlass, 20 crew figure, and lifeboats with oars, life preservers, anchors and anchor chains. Includes draftline and transom decals, figurehead, finely detailed hull, preformed ratlines and molded deadeyes, pin rails and blocks, full standing rigging instructions and diagrams, flag sheet and thread and chain for rigging. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora Chinese Mandarin, 1/8, 415-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Original hardbox issue from 1957 of the Aurora 'Guys and Gals' series. The Chinese Mandarin is one of the rarer and had a short production run. The box is in exceptional condition with as-new color and gloss. The kit has never been started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora The Moon Bus from 2001 A Space Odyssey, 1/55, 859-250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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1969 kit from the famous movie. Original hardbox issue in very good condition. Well detailed kit features full interior with cockpit and removable top. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
ESCI Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Cockpit with Verlinden Cockpit Instruments, 1/12, A602
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Hard-to-find. The ESCI F-104 cockpit is a large 1/12 scale highly detailed kit of the entire cockpit as shown on the box art. As you can imagine, this scale allows every knob and switch to be duplicated. Also includes is Verlinden Productions C112-002 F-104 Cockpit Instruments which is a detail set designed specifically for this model. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Allison 501-D13 Prop-Jet (Turbo prop) Engine - History Makers Issue, 1/11, 8606
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
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Very highly detailed model of the inside and outside of of the 501-D13 that powered the Convairs and other aircraft. Has many moving parts. Includes full internal engine details. All turbine and compressor blades rotate as well as the prop. Prop blades change pitch. Doors open to show engine interior. Box is only fair but the kit is mint. All parts are still sealed in the factory bags. Complete with decals and instructions.
Monogram 1958 Ford Thunderbird Convertible or Hardtop, 1/24, 7550
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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1974 issue of this classic kit. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. Features all parts needed to build the convertible or hardtop, detailed engine, engine compartment, underside with suspension, exhaust and drive line, full interior and opening doors and hood. Molded in red, black, chrome, white, clear and with rubber tires. The model has never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.