Revell Bendix Talos US Navy Missile SAM-N-6 RIM-8 - 'S' Issue, 1/40, H1808-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$225
First and only issue of this rare kit. 1957 hardbox with the 'S' logo on the sides and the fantastic box art that has made these kits so collectible and valuable. This box has perfect color and gloss, four solid corners, no fading, rips or creases, no price tags or tag marks and no tape or tape marks other than the factory sealing tape (of course). Flaws included light general wear as shown. Large scale and well detailed featuring two stage missile with moving top stage forward fins, working launcher with instrumentation and a crew of three. Molded in dark olive drab and white. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Destroyer USS The Sullivans Fletcher Class DD-537 - Pre 'S' Issue, 1/301, H305-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$159
1954 Pre-'S' release with beautiful artwork. The box has factory new gloss and color; the only significant flaw is the light stain shown at the far right center. Never started. Inside, it is exactly as it left the factory. The small parts are still in the factory sealed clear bag, while the large parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete. Includes decals, flag sheet and instructions.
Revell Cutty Sark Clipper Ship - 3 Feet Long, 1/96, H364-995
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$125
Rare first issue of this kit dated 1960. Large and highly detailed, measuring 36 inches long when built. This kit is the standard that other large-scale plastic sailing ships models are measured by. Since this is the first issue, the model has the factory painted copper hull below the waterline. The model features highly detailed deck, deck houses, cargo holds and removable covers, masts, yards and booms, bilge pump, windlass, 20 crew figure, lifeboats with oars, life preservers, anchors and anchor chains. With draftline and transom decals, figurehead, finely detailed hull, preformed ratlines and molded deadeyes, pin rails and blocks, full standing rigging instructions and diagrams and thread & chain for rigging. Molded in three colors - black, ivory/white and dark swirl wood tan. Inside, there has never been any assembly but NOTE: the bulwarks and outer raised white hull trim have been airbrushed white on both hull halves. While the work is neat (very good+ to excellent), there is white overspray on the factory copper paint. There is no other painting. The parts have been inventoried 100% complete and includes decals, color flag sheet, standing and running rigging line, chain and all assembly and rigging instructions. NOTE: the part numbers are off from the instruction book; I believe that the parts are from a later issue. I have also included a set of copied instructions that lines up perfectly with all of the part numbers on the trees.
Monogram Ford Tri-Motor - Tin Goose South Pole 1929 Expedition or TWA Airlines, 1/77, 85-0015
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$36
1999 reissue of the classic 1950s 'Four Star' kit. Features skis and wheels, dog sled team/crew in Parkas and full markings for the 1929 Antarctic Expedition aircraft that is currently at the Henry Ford Museum. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Space Buggy - Intraspace Cargo and Passenger Carrier - Blue Box Issue - (Space Taxi by Willy Ley), 1/48, PS194-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$65
Second issue from 1969 of the famous 1950s Willy Ley Space Taxi from the Monogram Space Series. Features interior detail, opening hatch, astronauts with lifelines and globe mounting base. Molded in white, chrome and clear plasticl Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE: as is typical with this model, one of the end 'round cages' has two broken rods; however, the two broken parts are present so they can be repaired.
Monogram Grumman SA-16B Albatross - SSP Issue - (HU-16), 1/72, 85-0020
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$42
The Albatross was the primary sea rescue aircraft of the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, a branch of MAC - Military Airlift Command. Operational service began in 1947 and Hu-16s saw wartime action in Vietnam. The kit is still factory sealed and is the 1999 reissue or the original 1960s 'Four Star' kit. It has the same box art and is also molded in white and clear plastic. Features retractable landing gear, rotating wheels and propellers, three man crew, optional position rear boarding door, life raft with two survivors and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes two different partial decal sheets and instructions. NOTE: the primary decal sheet is for two USAF aircraft and it originally came with the kit but it is only 95% intact. Three decals are missing. The other decal sheet is only partial and from another issue of this same kit. It only includes US Coast Guard markings (the USAF markings are missing for this sheet).
Dragon Heinkel He-162A-2 Volksjager Salamander - 3/JG1 Oblt Emit Demuth's Aircraft or 2/JG1 - (He162 A-2), 1/72, 5001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$24
Very highly detailed model that is superbly molded with all very fine recessed panel lines. Features super detailed cockpit, complete turbojet engine, detailed gear wells, photoetched parts, optional position canopy and more. Has decals for the two aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Fujimi Sasebo Naval Port Diorama With Ships, 1/3000, 401300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$44
Hard-to-find, very highly detailed and finely molded diorama that includes an injection molded ground & sea base with the buildings & slips shown as well as matching-scale injection molded ships. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Frog Fokker VII B-3M Southern Cross, 1/72, F175
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$54
1960s Orange Series issue and a fine model of this historical aircraft. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The Southern Cross Fokker F.VIIb/3m trimotor monoplane was the first aircraft to successfully cross the Pacific Ocean from the mainland of the USA to Australia in 1926 for a distance of 7,250 miles. She was flown by Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, Harry Lyon and James Warner. The Southern Cross began life as began life as the Detroiter, a polar exploration aircraft of the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic expedition. In 1926 this aircraft crashed in Alaska but was recovered and repaired by the Australian expedition leader, Hubert Wilkins. Wilkins decided the Fokker was too large for this kind of work, so he met with Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in San Francisco. From these talks, he agreed to sell them the aircraft but without engines or instruments. Kingsford Smith fitted the aircraft out as best he could and made two attempts at the world endurance record in an attempt to raise funds for the planned trans-Pacific flight. At one point, it looked as if Kingsford Smith would have to sell the Southern Cross. However, the aircraft was bought by American aviator and philanthropist Allan Hancock, who then loaned it back to Kingsford Smith and Ulm. Melbourne businessman Sidney Myer then donated three new Wright Whirlwind engines. The flight itself set a great many 'firsts' and was notable for it's extraordinary use of radio equipment - so much so that Byrd decided to use radio for his expeditions. The aircraft went on to every more aviation firsts and is preserved in Australia. There is even a full-size flying replica, which is the largest replica aircraft every built.
Frog Fairchild C-119 Packet Flying Boxcar, 1/179, 387P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$54
Very rare, small-scale kit from the 1950s. Nicely molded with all recessed panel lines and includes a clear canopy and clear Frog 'teardrop' two-piece display stand and decals for the box top aircraft including the colorful blue fin flash. This kit has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Frog Douglas B-26B Invader, 1/122, 385P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$70
From about 1957. Rare first logo Frog kit in a small scale. Molded in silver and clear with all recessed panel lines, full decals and correct early display stand. 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.
Frog McDonnell F-4K / F-4M Phantom II - Fleet Air Arm FG.1 829 Sq RNAS Yeovilton 1969 or RAF FGR.2 No. 31 Sq Bruggen, Germany 1973, 1/72, F262
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$32
Final logo issue from the 1970s. Features cockpit and crew, optional position landing gear, a wide array of weapons including air-to-ground missiles, iron bombs, drop tank and AIM-7 Sparrows for a number of configurations and decals with a three-view full color paint guide for the two aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Frog Avro Lancaster Heavy Bomber, 1/96, 359P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$65
Very rare 1950s issue. Features clear turrets and canopy, rotating propellers & wheel, paint guide and decals for Lancaster WPF or VNN. Includes the correct large format display stand and glue capsule. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Decals and instructions are in amazing 'excellent++' condition. NOTE: as is typical with these kits, the glue capsule burst and melted one short section of of one lower landing strut. While all four propeller are present, one propeller blade was melted completely away. I have included another early black plastic propeller that has only slightly larger blades; it could be used to fabricate a replacement blade if you wish. The box is 100% complete and solid with four original corners, no tears, missing litho, price tags or tape (other than age marks from the original factory sealing tape). However, it has been darkened as shown.
Encore Mig-3 x.6/12 With True Details Resin / Mig-3 z.6 With True Details Resin / Yak-9D / Yak-9 DD/T/K, 1/72, 1022
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$38
SALE!! Includes all four kits. All four are never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Both Mig-3 kits includes True Details resin cockpit, alternate exhausts, corrected intakes, 30mm underwing cannon and weighted tires. All models have recessed panel lines and decals with paint guides for three different aircraft.
Country Lane Dutch Supply Surrey With Fringe Old Tyme Buggy - (Wagon), 2000
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$48
From 1964 and issued pre-zip code. This kit is one in a series of true-scale horse-drawn vehicles. The scale is not given, but the kit is large scale - it has 3" diameter wheels and the wagon body measures about 7" inches long without the front wooden cross bar. With the bar it is approximately 12 to 13 inches long. Contains thick, die cut balsa wood parts, four injection molded spoke wheels, preformed wooden parts and metal parts, cloth material for the roof, realistic and to-scale fabric red fringe material for the lower roof edge and other parts has needed. Includes full text instructions that are heavily illustrated. Never started. The hardware and small parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The larger parts were never factory sealed and have been inventoried complete. With all paperwork. Country Lane made a fairly extensive line of wagon and Dutch Buggy models; all kits were to the same unknown scale and there was even a scale plastic horse & harness (sold separately) to go with them.
Armory SA-22 Greyhound - Russian Anti-Aircraft Weapons System - Sabotage Models, 1/72, 72401
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
Rare, hard-to-find Armory Models Group issue that is very highly detailed. Features 299 plastic pieces, 4 resin parts, 7 clear parts, 9 rubber parts and 28 photoetched details. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Atlantis US Space Missiles - (ex Monogram Missil Arsenal), 1/128, M6871
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$38
Still factory sealed. Recent reissue from the original 1969 Monogram molds. Perfect builder as it is molded in almost the exact same white plastic and blue base as the original and has duplicates of the original decals. This is the original 1959 'Four Star Missile Arsenal' kit updated in 1969 by adding some missiles (such as the Spartan and Sprint ABMs) and deleting older ones.
AMT Stinson Reliant SR-9, 1/48, T639
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$38
1970s issue featuring optional position cabin doors, full interior, pilot figure, detailed engine and exhaust ring as well as full decals. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The famous and beautiful gull-winged SR-9 was the 1937 version of the SR series which began in 1933 and continued in production until 1941. The aircraft was popular and saw use as personal transports and executive planes. Five passenger could be seated in deluxe accommodations. The military used 45 privately owned SRs during WWII. Today this aircraft is very valuable and sought after by collectors and restorers.
AMT-Hasegawa Mig-21 Fishbed (Early) - Iraqi / Cuban / Czech Airforce Markings, 1/72, A623-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$22
Includes very unusual decals for Cuba and Iraqi Air Forces as well as Czech. This kit is part of an early 1970s effort by AMT to market quality Hasegawa kits in the USA. Hasegawa made the kits and decals in Japan and shipped them to AMT, who supplied the boxes and marketing. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Grumman J2F6 Duck - Wartime or Postwar Markings, 1/72, 263
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$30
1960s type Three logo issue. The amazing Duck first flew in 1934, saw service all through WWII and was not phased out until the mid 1950s. This is a very nicely molded and detailed model that features markings for both aircraft, under-wing bomb load, optional position canopy, interior with crew members, lower cabin for passengers, optional position landing gear and more. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. The box is heavily worn but the decals and instructions are both in 'excellent' condition.