Plastic Model Kits
Hudson Miniatures 1914 Regal Lil Old Timers Quickie Kit, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$42
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 never considered making 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 is molded in a very bright yellow plastic. Never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. The 1914 Regal Coupe is perhaps the rarest of all cars ever built in America. It was underslung, which was rare for the time, and the body was all wood and similar to old horse-drawn carriages of colonial times. The design was sometimes called a Colonial Coupe. The large car seated only two people and could hit 40 mph with it's 25 hp engine.
AFV Club M102 105mm Howitzer, 1/35, AF3506
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$24
Still factory sealed. From new molds and highly detailed. Features metal barrel and spring, rubber tires, movable cannon tube that rotates and elevates, four 105 ammo rounds, air drop ring and more.
Aoshima HMS Victorious Aircraft Carrier, 1/700, 109
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$24
Very highly detailed waterline model which includes air wing. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya HMS Rodney British Battleship, 1/700, WLB102
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
1/700 scale waterline model that is highly detailed and finely molded. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram De Havilland Mosquito - N.F.II / Mk.IV / F.B.VI / II Night Intruder - Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA129-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$42
First issue 'Four Star' kit dated 1965. Very finely molded and detailed for that time and contains parts to build any one of four versions: NF II Night Fighter, Mk IB Bomber, Mk VI Fighter Bomber and MkII Night Intruder. There is no assembly but NOTE: one propeller and two seats are neatly painted. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Corporal Missile with Transporter - History Makers Issue, 1/40, 8649
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$36
1983 limited edition. This is the only reissue of this large and excellent kit 'S' kit that was originally from the late 1950s. It features the Corporal Missile and a highly detailed transporter-erector/launcher with numerous working features. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
ITC Savoia-Marchetti S-55 Flying Boat, 1/96, 3728-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$68
From the late 1950s. The first aeroplane to fly across the Atlantic in formation! The S-55 was a unique aircraft with the passenger compartments in the floats and the cockpit in the wing; the two engines are mounted in tandem push/pull above the cockpit. The S-55 proved to be very reliable and airworthy, setting 14 world records for speed, altitude and distance with a payload. Three months before Lindbergh's solo Atlantic flight, the S-55 flew with stops from Italy to Rio and NY City. In 1933 Marshal Balbo led 25 S-55s to Chicago in about 48 hours. He then flew back without incident. Never started. The clear parts are still in the factory sealed bag; the parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Special Hobby FMA IA-58A Pucara Falklands War, 1/72, SH72047
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$39
Limited edition injection molded kit. Well detailed with crisp injection molded parts with fine recessed surface detail, many photoetched parts, film instrument, resin details, very good cockpits, enclosed gear wells and more. Includes decals and paint guide for four different Malvinas/Falklands War aircraft including one shot down by a Sea Harrier, one destroyed on the ground and one captured and taken back to the UK. The kit has never been started. The parts are either inventoried complete or still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Faller V-1 V-2 - With Launcher - (Fi-103 And A4), 1/100, 520
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$129
Rare. Very nicely molded smaller scale V-1 and V-2 with launcher and trailer. The V-2 can be displayed ready to launch or stowed for travel. The V-1 is molded in red, while the V-2 rocket is molded in white and the launcher/trailer in swirl brown. There is a clear stand for the V-1. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box displays slightly better than the 'good+' rating but is graded as such because there is a 1 x 1/2 inch tape tear on the long lower side.
Aurora Japanese Zero - Great Britain Playcraft Issue, 1/48, 88
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$299
A Very Rare piece for the advanced Aurora Collector. This is a 1959 hardbox issue from Aurora's Great Britain distributor, Playcraft Toys Ltd. of London. Please note the sunburst logo with 'Playcraft Hobby Kits' in the border. The box is in exceptional condition with like-new color and gloss, four solid corners, no repairs, no creases, fading stains, tears, price tags or missing litho. The only flaws are very light general wear (mainly at the edges) and discoloration from clear tape on both long sides. Inside, the kit is factory new. It has never been started. The parts are molded in bright yellow and clear and it even has the correct Playcraft Stand (which used the modified molds of Aurora's 1954/1955 clear rectangle-based stand. I has been inventoried and is 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The decals are in amazing 'Near Mint++' condition and the instructions are 'Near Mint.'
Monogram First Lunar Landing Apollo 11 - Astronauts on the Moon, 1/48, 5503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$75
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box concave. This is the second issue (1979 - 10th Anniversary Commemorative Issue) of this classic kit. Perhaps the highest quality kit available of the Apollo 11 moon landing scene. Rare kit includes LEM, moon base, solar wind detector, seismometer, flag, astronauts, laser reflector, stereo camera and TV Camera.
Monogram Wright Brothers Flyer I Kitty Hawk - Four Star Issue, 1/40, PA30-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$46
First issue 1958 hardbox and possibly the best injection molded kit of the first aircraft to sustain powered, controlled flight. Excellent detail and includes rigging material and instructions. Also 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. Correctly molded in brown and ivory plastic with a clear stand. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Renwal USS Springfield Guided Missile Cruiser CLG-7, 1/500, 85-0602
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$54
2016 reisssue by Revell from the original high-quality Renwal molds. This is a full-hull model that is nicely detailed and molded. Features rotating gun turrets with individually elevating guns, rotating and elevating Terrier missile launchers, all tracking, radar and illuminators, very good superstructures, separately molded secondary and anti-aircraft guns, lifeboats, propeller and rudder detail, helicopter, display stand and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
RPM TWO Tankette Panzerkampfwagen TKS(p) - TK-S In German Service, 1/72, 72503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$26
SALE!! Includes two kits in one box. Both kits are never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Special Hobby Hawk H-75 A-3 European War - France 1 ere Escadrille of GC 1/4 Dakar/Oukam Sept 1941 / Finland 32 Fighter Squadron August 1941 - (H-75A-3), 1/72, 72053
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$36
Highly detailed injection molded kit with fine recessed surface detail, many resin and photoetched parts, excellent cockpit and more. Includes four-view paint guide and decals for the aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Supermodel Savoia Marchetti SM-81 Pipistrello, 1/72, 10-008
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$32
This is a well detailed and molded kit from 1972. Features two types of engine cowls for Piaggio and Alfa Romeo powerplant versions, very cockpit and interior detail, two pilots, gun turrets that retract, rotate and have elevating guns, optional position crew doors, separately molded rudder, elevators and ailerons, rotating propellers and wheels, optional torpedo load-out and more. Includes full multi-view paint tuide and decals for two aircraft (camo and Pipistrello). The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The SM 81 was an Italian bomber / torpedo bomber / transport in service from 1935 and 1945. It was derived from the MS 73 transport in 1934 and ordered into mass production following successful testing. The aircraft saw action in Eritrea/Ethiopia, Spain and Spanish Morocco, Libya, Albania, Italy and East Africa. Some even saw action in the Italian and Finnish Air Forces after WWII.
Supermodel Cant. Z-1007 bis Alcione Bideriva - (Z1007), 1/72, 10-006
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$32
1970s model of the dual vertical stabilizer variant and well detailed for that time. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya Russian T-62A Tank - (T62 A), 1/35, 35108
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$29
Still factory sealed. This is a very well detailed model that includes commander figure, flexible tracks and many accessory parts.
Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. D - With Crew Of Three, 1/35, 35096
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Well molded with excellent detail. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The sturdy, dependable IV soldiered on well after WW II. Beginning in 1955, Syria received a number of various marks from Czechoslovakia and Spain. Some of these were used in combat as late as 1967.
Airfix Harrier GR-5 - RAF, 1/72, 04038
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$22
Still factory sealed. Dated 1991 and features 102 parts. Very nicely detailed and molded. Features good cockpit, intakes and exhaust detail, optional position landing gear, numerous pylons with weapons loadout and decals with painting guide.