SS Rex Ocean Liner - With ScaleDecks Wood Deck - Italian Line / Mid To Late 1930s
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$669
Finally, the Pride of the Italian Line in 1/350 scale! The SS Rex is from the same team that brought you the 1/350 SS Normandie Ocean Liner. This four year project is a 100% new model and represents the Rex in her glory years of the mid 1930s. All design work was done in CAD by Ken Friend, a master modeler, designer and builder of experimental engines and test equipment and an engineer who specialized in CAD/CAM/CAE Systems Management and Implementation. All of the smaller parts are printed on ultra-high resolution 3D SLA resin printers. These parts meet and often exceed what is possible with injection molded plastic. Only the larger parts (hull, deck pieces and funnels)are cast resin. These are pressure-cast from de-aired molds to minimize air bubbles. The Italian Line advertised that "The Southern Route Is the Lido Deck Route." By virtue of avoiding the stormy and cold North Atlantic, travelers experienced a true outdoor lifestyle. The Rex was intentionally designed for this. For this model, extensive research and time was spent capturing the exact look of the colorful 1st and 2nd Class Aft Pool Areas- from the changing room & showers, grab rope on the pool, pool slide, stairs & diving boards, tables with umbrellas, recessed (covered) 1st Class Restaurant/Lounge and more. Because of the superior performance of 3D Printing, over 90% of the usual PE (photoetched) metal parts are now 3D printed resin. This is a vast improvement as they are no longer flat, but are true to the shape of the prototype. This also makes for a nearly complete model "out-of-the-box." Includes a real wood deck from Scaledecks. NOTE: railings are the only parts not included with the model shown. They are not required to complete the kit, however 1/350 railings are sold by a vast number of aftermarket sources. I will refer all buyers to the sources that I believe work the best with the kit. more info >
Revell Corporal Missile - Firestone Surface-to-Surface Missile - 'S' Issue, 1/40, H1820-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$130
Very rare first-and-only issue with only the missile and launcher. This S kit is from 1958 and has the great box art that has made these models so popular and collectible. It is a fine model of the early US Army surface-to-surface ballistic missile and features a removable, detailed missile, crew of three, remote control station with radar, working launcher which can be configured for towing or set up for launch and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box has factory-new gloss and color, four solid corners, no fading, stains or tears, but it does have moderate to heavy creasing as shown at the top.
Renwal USS King Destroyer Leader DDG10 - Farragut Class Guided Missile Destroyer, 1/500, 603
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$110
Rare 1950s early issue with the best mold quality. This is well detailed and rare kit of the 512 foot-long large destroyer designed for anti-air and ASW duties. It features full rudder and propeller detail, excellent superstructure, separately molded main guns, 40mm mounts & 20mm cannon, twin Terrier missile launcher and all guidance and tracking units, ship's boat, life rafts and more. Includes a display stand and decals with hull number, draft markings and stern name. With display stand. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals, color flag sheet and instructions. The decals have light bug damage to the backing paper only; the actual transfers have no damage.
Aurora Regulus II Guided Missile with Launcher, 1/48, 378-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$379
1958 release of this kit featuring classic Jo Kotula boxart. The large 1/48 scale missile comes with a fully operational scale launcher. The hardbox has 'very good' color and gloss, four solid corners, no price tag or tape tears and no torn or missing litho. Flaws include general wear and edge and corner wear as shown. The kit has never been started and is factory new inside right down to the original tissue packing paper. Aurora factory sealed the silver parts and the red missile parts; these are both still sealed. The deep blue parts were not sealed but have been inventoried 100% complete. Includes decals and instructions in 'excellent' condition. This kit must be shipped insured. The Aurora "Missile Line" is legendary. In the late 1950s, the first missile model kits sold briskly, so Aurora and Revell both planned extensive lines. However, the missile modeling craze disappeared as quickly as it started. Models that were in the works were canceled or completed if they were far enough along. Those that were completed were fine efforts but sold poorly and had very short lives, making them rare collector items today.
ATP Fairchild F-27 Hughes Airwest, 1/144
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$52
Limited edition kit from ATP/Airliners America. This model is well molded and features very fine raised panel line detail, separately molded rudder, elevators and ailerons, clear side and cockpit windows, cockpit with seats, crew, control columns, instrument console and bulkhead, optional position passenger doors, ground-based passenger boarding stairs and hostess, rotating propellers, full landing gear and gear door detail and colorful Hughes Airwest decals. 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 (the largest ones) have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Airfix Handley Page Hampden B. Mk. I - 49 Squadron RAF, 1/72, 04011
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$26
Features movable control surfaces, opened or closed bomb bay with bombs, full crew and optional position undercarriage. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Hampdens, along with Whitley and Wellingtons, formed the RAF's Heavy Bomber force at the outbreak of WWII. Dusty Rhodes provided more information on the box art aircraft - Hampden AE240 took off from RAF Scampton at 1443 hours on the 12th February 1942, detailed to attack the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the English Channel. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and the aircraft and crew disappeared without trace. The Squadron lost 4 aircraft on this mission.
Revell USS Lionfish SS298 - WWII Pacific Fleet Submarine, 1/220, 85-5228
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$46
Still factory sealed. From 1998 and well detailed for that time. Measures 21 inch long when assembled.
Matchbox BAC Lightning F.6 - RAF No.74 Sq Singapore August 1970 or Lightning F.2A No.92 Sq. West Germany June 1974, 1/72, PK-114
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$20
From 1975 and well detailed for that time. Includes multi-view, full color paint guide on the back of the box and decals for both aircraft. The Singapore aircraft took part in Exercise Bersatu Padu. Five nations participated in this multi-service exercise in Singapore and Western Malaya. Lightnings flew standing air patrols, refueled day and night, and successfully intercepted attacking Vulcans and Canberras. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Unknown Piaggio P.23 - (P-23) - Bagged, 1/72, 7228
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$59
Still factory sealed. The manufacturer is unknown and the kit includes the main parts vacuformed in light gray/green, two small sheets of vac clear parts (in fine condition and still perfectly clear, a fairly long history of the aircraft (in Italian) and plans/instructions.
Moebius 53 Foot Trailer With Reefer Option - BrandMart USA or ERB Markings, 1/25, 1302
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$48
Still factory sealed and from 2012. This kit is beautifully molded and well detailed from modern molds. The trailer measures 26.5 inches long (with reefer option) and 6.5 inches high, can be built as standard of refrigerated and features a highly accurate undercarriage with cross-members, angle-braced landing gear and tandem axle configuration, chrome rear double door panel, authentic scale corrugated side panels, chrome wheels, rubber tires, decals for white and red lower side markers and more.
Italeri Renault Magnum AE500 MKR Racing, 1/24, 3871
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$58
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. This is a very highly detailed kit with numerous parts, full engine, forward tilting cab, rolling chassis build-up just like the actual truck, full suspension and steering, complete interior and more.
AMT Cardassian Galor Class Ship Plus Aftermarket Upgrades - Star Trek Deep Space Nine, 1/750, 8324
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$70
Includes the following aftermarket detail sets that are never used and still factory sealed: JB Lighting and Models LED Lighting Set and the huge AMT #AMT1028/12 Galor Weathered Panel Decal Set. The atcual kit is from 1997. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Frog Supermarine Spitfire Mk14 (RAF or SEAC Kai Tak) and V-1 Flying Bomb - Red Series, 1/72, F194
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc-
$22
Well molded kit like most all Frog models. Includes V-1 and Spitfire. Spitfire has optional markings for 'Punjab' Sq RAF Dienst Belgium 1945 or No.132 Sq RAF SEAC Kai Tak Hong Kong 1945. NOTE: this kit has very minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: wing halves built; propeller neatly painted black. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes 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, hangar, ambulance, sound locater, 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, 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.
Revell Fairchild F-27 Propjet Bonanza Airlines - Lodela Issue, 1/94, H298
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$75
Rare Revell Lodela issue with colorful Bonanza markings. This well detailed kit features recessed panel lines, clear cabin and cockpit windows, moving rudder, flaps and elevators, rotating wheels & propellers, optional opened or closed passenger cabin door with stairs & railings in the lowered position and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. One double-sided , heavily illustrated instruction sheet is in English and even includes a painting guide for Bonanza Air Lines. The other double sided sheet is in Spanish and is also specially made for Bonanza. The decals are in amazing 'near mint' condition. They are extensive and very colorful, including all side stripes, 'Silver Dart', full vertical stabilizer and rudder markings in red (background) black and white (details & text) and N145L registration. Since the F-27 had two turbo-jet engines driving the propellers, Bonanza became the first all-jet powered air line in the USA when it discontinued piston engine service and only flew the F-27.
WSW SMS Szent Istvan Battleship 1916-1918 - Tegetthoff Class, 1/700, WSW700-02
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$54
Rare model of a great subject and it is worthy to note that WSW even captured the difference between Szent Istvan and her sister ships. Finely cast from high-definition resin and superior in detail to injection molding. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions with a brief history of the ship. WSW stood for 'Wings Ships and Wheels' and all production was in Germany. To ship modelers world-wide they are best know for their superb line of 1/700 models, many of which are still the only kit available for that subject.
Italeri DAF XF105 Smokey Jr. Show Truck - Semi Tractor, 1/24, 3917
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$78
Rare and still factory 'round tape' sealed. This is a very highly detailed kit with numerous parts and features a rolling chassis build up just like the actual truck, full suspension, differential & driveline, complete engine, tilting cab or removable hood, full interior and more. Includes fantastic decals for the box art show truck.
Trumpeter USS Arleigh Burke DG-51 Destroyer, 1/350, 04523
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM+
$39
Still factory sealed. This kit sold new for $79.99. It is very well molded & detailed with 397 pieces and features one piece, full hull design, PE fret with all railings & more, accurate propeller and rudder detail, excellent superstructure with full sensors, detailed weapons, extensive decals and much more.
Monogram Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk - (Wright Flyer I), 1/40, PA30
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$29
1997 reissue from the original molds of the 1958 first issue and still possibly the best plastic kit ever of the first aircraft to sustain powered, controlled flight. Features figures of Orville and Wilbur Wright, monorail launching track and carrier dolly and historical accessories-"C" clamp, bench, can, spade and starting battery that were all present at the first flight. Rigging instructions are also included. Molded in colors very close to the original issue - ivory, tan and clear. 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 instructions. NOTE: instructions are high-quality, full-size photocopies from the original issue.
Monogram A-1H Skyraider, 1/48, 5454
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$26
Classic high-quality kit from 1990. Features complete cockpit, detailed main and tail wheel wells, optional position canopy and large weapons/drop tank loadout. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The decals are flat and 100% intact but NOTE: there is a very light stain on them.
IMC 1946 / 1947 / 1948 Ford Convertible, 1/25, 105-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$49
This 1970s model is very well detailed and includes parts to build any one of the three years listed. Features opening hood, opening doors, steerable wheels, hinged front seats, super detailed chassis with suspension and exhaust, stock convertible top or boot, detailed engine, complete interior, optional 427 engine, chopped top, fender skirts and more. Molded in light yellow, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome and with rubber tires. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals, white wall stickers, pre-cut adhesive metal side trim and instructions.
AMT 1951 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible - Stock or Dragstrip Screamer, 1/25, T272
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$44
Still factory sealed and an original 'T' issue from the early 1970s. This kit can be built any one of two ways and includes extensive customizing and street parts. Features detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, detailed underside, complete interior, optional 'up' convertible top or lowered with a top boot and much more.