Plastic Model Kits
Aurora Bristol F2B Brisfit - (F-2B), 1/48, 113-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$44
1957 first issue with dramatic Jo Kotula artwork. Molded in the correct gloss olive green and black. Inside, the kit has never been started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Aurora Grumman F9F Panther Jet, 1/49, 22-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$69
Excellent condition box and kit dated 1960, but from a later date than that due to the logo variation. Molded in a brilliant gloss deep blue and clear with the clear triangle 'World' stand. These molds are from one of Aurora's first two kits - the F9F and F-90. Aurora simply went out and purchased the early Hawk F9F and F-90 kits and copied them almost exactly. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Instructions and decals are both in 'excellent+' condition. Please note that the box would grade better but it is not because there is tape residue on the two long box sides.
Airfix Mosquito Mk.II / VI / XVII - RAF Mk.II Of 23rd Sq / Australia RAAF Mk.VI Of 1 Sq / RAF Mk.XVIII Of 248/254 Sq, 1/72, 03019
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
Very nicely molded and includes parts for all three version, a wide variety of underwing stores and decals for all three aircraft. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Kamov Ka-25B Hormone - ASW Helicopter, 1/72, 03058
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
1989 issue with excellent detail features 79 pieces, full interior, optional position cabin doors and pilots doors. Includes paint guide and decals for two helicopters. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Gloster Gladiator - Bagged, 1/72, 82
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
1960s bagged kit with great paper header artwork and type three logo. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III - Able-Mable or Mike-Squared, 1/72, 08002-0
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$30
Very nicely detailed kit from 1979 contains markings for both 100+ mission Lancasters. Features rotating turrets with elevating guns, two types of bombs, detailed bomb bay with optional position bay doors, rotating propellers & wheels and moving control surfaces. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Hawker Siddeley Harrier, 1/72, 266
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$22
1960s Yype Three logo issue and an accurate kit of the early Harrier. Features pivoting engine nozzles, optional position landing gear and a very wide variety of bombs, tanks, rocket launchers and missiles for loadout. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions present.
Accurate Miniatures SB2U-2 Vindicator - Commander Air Group Atlantic Sq Neutrality Patrol March 19 1940 USS Ranger CV-4 - (SB2U1), 1/48, 480200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$59
Still factory sealed. Rare and widely considered the finest Vindicator ever produced in 1/48 scale. Very finely molded with over 110 pieces and features all recessed panel lines, fully detailed interior stations, optional canopies (opened or closed), detailed engine, optional position landing gear and cowl flaps, optional drop tank and bomb load, weighted or un-weighted tires, full color painting guide and more.
Revell German Artillary World War II, 1/72, 02215
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$20
SALE!! Includes about 1 and 1/2 sets. Never used and includes at least one complete kit + many more.
Revell German Commandos Special Forces KSK, 1/72, 02524
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$20
SALE!! Includes about 1 and 1/2 sets. Never used and includes at least one complete kit + many more.
Revell McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II - US Navy VF-33 USS America, 1/32, H188
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$78
1972 issue of this classic big-scale kit that features removable J-79 engine, removable radome nose with detailed scanner dish and electronics, opening canopies, detailed cockpit, optional position landing gear, folding wings, crew of two, Sparrow missiles and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell British Canberra Whip-Fly, 1/81, H157-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$85
Rare hardbox kit from 1961 has fantastic artwork of an RAF Canberra flying over 'The Rock'. Based on the 1950s B-57 "S" kit, the Whip-Fly Canberra comes with RAF decals, flight ballast, control handle, 12 feet of control line, control ring, colorful streamers for the jet engines and a underside pod which is a in-flight whistle! Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions included. The box would grade slightly higher than 'excellent' but it rated as such because there is residue from old tape on the two long sides. Included in the famous 'Whip Fly' series are the H151 F9F-8 Cougar, H152 F-84F, H153 F-89D Scorpion, H154 F8U-1 Crusader, H155 F-39 Airacobra and H156 F-101A Voodoo. Although not listed yet, there was also a Whip-Fly Canberra, F-106 and Yak-25 Flashlight. The Whip-Fly series seemed like a good idea...at first. Revell quickly realized that spinning heavily-ballasted, sharp objects at dizzying speeds in or outside the home around groups of children was not the best idea. The series was quickly discontinued.
Revell The Saint Jaguar XJS - From the TV Show The Saint, 1/25, 6402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$65
1979 issue to tie in with the TV series 'Return of the Saint' staring Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar. This kit features detailed interior, opening bonnet, detailed 5.3 liter V-12, one piece body, detailed undercarriage, 5 spoke Jaguar rims with Dunlop SP Sport Tires and more. Molded in white, black and clear plastic. Inside, the kit is as it left the factory. The black parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The clear and white parts were never factory sealed and have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions.
Revell F-94C Starfire - Academy Great Britain Issue, 1/56, H123
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$35
Early 1960s Revell of Great Britain issue. This issue was made from the original Pre-S kit molds and makes an ideal builder. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket - (D5582), 1/54, H121
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$34
Revell of Great Britain 1960s Academy release with great box art unique to this issue. This kit features optional position landing gear and cockpit hatch, boarding ladder, pilot in the boxart pose and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Challenger Space Shuttle with Boosters - Columbia / Enterprise / Atlantis / Discovery, 1/288, 4528
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$14
1982 issue that includes Space Shuttle, two solid rocket boosters, large center fuel tank and launch base display stand. Includes decals for 5 different shuttles. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals have a light moisture stain on the left that comes about 1.25' inches in and runs from the top to the bottom of the decal sheet.
Comet Grumman S2F Hunter Killer - ASW Aircraft - Large Scale Issue, 1/54, PL801-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$54
Rare early 1950s USA plastic model kit. This is the larger of the two Comet S2Fs in near 1/48 scale. As with most Comet kits, this one is well molded with all recessed panel detail and no unsightly rivets. Features retractable sonar dome and MAD boom, extensive clear windows, wing search light with clear cover, rocket under-wing load out, rotating propellers and display stand. Molded in gloss light gray and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Comet Lockheed F-104A Starfighter - (F-104), 1/62, PL500-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$48
Rare 1950s issue. Shortly after this release, Comet sold all their model molds to Aurora. Comet had made two F-104 kits - this is the larger scale one. Inside, the kit is like new and molded in gloss silver and clear. Includes the Comet Model Hobbycraft catalog mailer. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals in amazing 'near mint' condition and 'excellent' instructions. This is the second issue with one instruction sheet. The first issue actually had two instructions sheets - the standard one, and the Supplement. The first draft of the instructions left out the stand ball retainer, and the supplement includes that omission.
Comet Convair B-58 Hustler - Supersonic Jet Bomber, 1/96, PL-802-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$78
Rare model injection molded plastic model from the late 1950s. Comet, the famous manufacture of wooden flying model kits, cut molds in the '50s for several aircraft. They made two different Hustlers; this is the larger of the two Comet issues and is housed in a two piece hardbox. Very nicely molded and detailed for that time. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Please note that the box displays slightly better than 'very good++' but is rated as such because each long side has small, 1/2" x 1/2" tape tears from the factory sealing tape. In the mid 1950s Comet, then known for it's line of stick and tissue flying model aircraft, branched out into plastic model kits. By 1963, Comet sold all production molds to Aurora, and Aurora reissued the kits. This lead to Aurora having three different scale B-58 kits in stock - their own near 1/72 and the two from Comet.
Hudson Miniatures 1913 Mercer Raceabout Lil Old Timers Quickie Kit, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$39
Rare. When the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' burst upon the hobby scene in 1951, they started a hobby revolution. Plastic model kits were not new in 1951, but successful mass marketing of plastic kits was new. The sensation swept the country, and Gowland & Revell could not make the kits fast enough. The fact that the public was buying these models shocked the successful hobby establishment. One such manufacture was Hudson Miniatures. In the 1940s, Hudson had established a name in making 1/16 scale 'Old Timer' models of automobiles. These were excellent kits with wood and metal parts, but a high degree of skill was required to carve and finish the wood parts. In the late 1940s, they added some injection molded plastic parts (usually acetate wheels) to the series but did not consider a completely plastic kit. When Hudson saw what was happening with the Highway Pioneers, he began to design his own 1/32 scale line called 'Lil Old Timers', which hit the stores in 1954. An early paper fold-out catalog shows 18 models including some real gems like the 1910 International Harvester Passenger Car, 1911 Brush Delivery Truck and 1906 Columbia Electric Car just to name a few. The line was bought by Revell a short time after it's release, and Revell did reissue some (but not all) of the kits. As you would expect from Hudson, this is a nice kit with excellent moldings and detail for the time. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions. The Mercer was perhaps the most famous sports car of it's day, and it can be successfully argued that it was America's first sports car. The 30 horsepower 'T' head 4 cylinder engine sped it along at over 80 miles per hour. A 1914 Mercer clocked 112 mph at Daytona Beach - no mean feat for that age.