Eastern Express KV-8S Heavy Flamethrower Tank, 1/35, 35101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
$24
Still factory sealed.
Revell US Army Redstone Rocket, 1/110, H1832-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$42
1995 reissue of the original 1950s 'S' kit from the same molds. It is a great model of one of the USA's early successful ballistic missiles and an ideal builder. Features launching pad, mobile radar van, testing unit and crew of three. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Spitfire IX - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1222-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$24
1960s issue with wonderful Craftmaster artwork. Larger box with white sides issue. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Comet The Supersonic 4 F-94C Starfire F4D Skyray F3D Skyknight F-84F Thunderstreak Gift Set
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$325
Very rare. This mid 1950s model includes all four kits in the original early Comet one-color flip top boxes. The Comet Gift Sets were well advertised but seldom seen. The kit boxes inside are all in 'Near Mint' to 'Mint' condition. The condition of the models is as follows: PL-4 Skyknight, PL-6 Thunderstreak and PL-5 Skyray: never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. PL-3 Starfire: never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing two pilot's busts. Otherwise complete with all other pieces, decals and instructions present. The box is graded 'very good' because of the dark stain at the lower left. Please note, this kit must be shipped insured.
Revell Douglas Thor / Thor-Able Missile - With Truck and Trailer - 'S' Issue, 1/110, H1823-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$475
Rare and even more so in this condition. The box is in investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition with perfect color and gloss, no creases, no rips, fading or stains, no missing litho, no price tags or tag marks, four solid corners, no repairs and no tape or tape marks (other than the factory sealing tape, of course). The only flaws are several tiny spots of light wear. This 1958 "S" hardbox release is the only single issue of this kit. Features elevating missile trailer, four figures, movable fuel boom, fuel truck and trailer, launch pad/blast shield/missile supports, launcher base and more. Includes optional parts are decals for making the Thor-Able version. Molded in correct white and dark blue. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Decals are 'near mint' and perfectly flat, with the only flaw being slight yellowing. The instructions are also 'near mint' and almost completely white (very little yellowing).
Classic Warships USS Sims Class Destroyer - Hammann / O'Brien / Walke / Buck / Morris / Russell / Roe / Hughes / Anderson / Mustin / Wainwright, 1/192
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$369
Very rare, very large scale museum-quality model with superb detail. Features excellent high-definition resin hull, superstructure, turrets and range finder, numerous precision cast metal fittings and a large and extensive photoetched brass detail set. Includes full, illustrated instructions. The kit has never been started. The smaller (like the turrets) resin parts, metal fittings and brass parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags; the larger resin pieces were never sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes hull number decals and instructions. Please note, this kit is not for beginners; experience in building large resin ship models is highly recommended. These destroyers served early in WWII and thus had a high attrition rate; Sims was lost with the tanker Neosho in the Battle of the Coral Sea, Hammann was assisting the crippled Yorktown at Midway when I-168 torpedoed both her and Yorktown. O'Brien, Walke, Buck and Morris were casualties of war also. The rest of the class were expended in nuclear testing after the war or scrapped in 1947.
AMT Star Trek USS Enterprise - TV Series, 1/635, S951
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$79
Still factory sealed. This model is an early issue and not a common reproduction. This scale model of the original TV Enterprise also includes decals for all of the starships from the series and is molded in white and green-tinted clear.
AMT Star Trek Galileo 7 Shuttlecraft - USS Enterprise (TV Show), 1/32, S959
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$59
Rare original issue; not the common reissue. Features removable top and detailed interior. Measures about 8 inches long when assembled. I am not certain of the listed scale of 1/32; please treat that as nothing more than a guess. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Focke-Wulf FW-190 D Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1223-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$22
1960s issue with action boxart. A well-holed and damaged FW makes a hasty power-off landing in this dramatic scene. The emergency vehicles race down the runway ready to douse the flaming engine. The pilot has the canopy open to clear the smoke or to make a hasty exit...or both. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: one iron cross decal has flaked off.
Ocio Creativo No. 119 Steam Locomotive - Union Pacific 'Rogers' With Tender - G-45 Scale - (OcCre), 1/32, 54008
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$325
Still factory sealed. This is a beautiful, true-scale and very highly detailed model of the famous Union Pacific No.119 and tender. Measures almost 20 inches long when assembled. The parts are made from wood, steel boiler, cast metal and brass fittings and more.
Aurora Mace TM-76 Guided Missile, 1/48, 130-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
$265
1958 'Famous Fighters' first and only release. This large 1/48 scale model of this early guided missile is molded in gloss white plastic and includes the booster engine & clear triangle-based display stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The decals and instructions are both in amazing 'near mint' condition. Even includes the factory tissue packing paper.
Aurora M109 Howitzer Tank - (US Army Self Propelled Gun), 1/48, 326-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$58
1969 Big A hardbox issue. Hard to find 1/48 armor kit that has very good detail for that time. Features over 100 pieces, working bogies and tracks, rotating turret, elevating gun, driver, commander & soldier figures and more. Includes decals for US Army and West German Army. Never started. The actual tank has been inventoried with all parts present and includes decals and instructions but NOTE: missing display base. Also, the box displays slighter better than the 'good' ranking; it is graded as such because there is clear tape on two box sides and one paint run.
Mirage Hobby PZL P-24 B - Bulgaria (Two Different Aircraft) - (P24B), 1/48, 48104
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
Large-scale, high quality multi-media kit with with numerous injection molded parts with very fine recessed panel line detail and many resin and photo etched details. Includes decals and paint guide for the two Bulgarian Air Force aircraft. There is also a full color painting guide on the back of the box. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Jordan Products Ahrens-Fox Fire Truck HO Scale, 1/87, C-221
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Very well detailed for this scale. Intended for HO layouts but are considered fine kits on their own. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. The back of many Jordan Highway Miniatures boxes reads "Purchaser Please Note: This is not a 'quickie' kit for kids. It is a highly detailed, authentically scaled craft-type kit, designed for modelers of HO Scale Railroads."
Beechnut North American F-51H Mustang, 1/72, 1009
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$18
Never started and complete. Very limited production injection molded kit. Small details such as interior are not included in Beechnut kits but detailed drawings are provided. They contain all basic parts but you must scratch build the rest.
Eastern Express Gloster E.28/39 Whittle (E-28 / Pioneer) - First Prototype Ex-Frog, 1/72, 72259
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
From ex-Frog molds. Very nicely molded. Very fine panel line detail and separately molded control surfaces. Includes decals for prototype #2 and conversion instructions as well. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Corporal -Firestone US Army Surface to Surface Missile - 'S' Issue, 1/40, H1820-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$149
Classic 1958 model of the early US Army surface-to-surface ballistic missile. Has working launcher which can be configured for towing or set up for launch. Includes crew of three and remote control panel with radar. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Eidai German Missile V-2, 1/76, 712-600
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$129
Very rare model. Superbly detailed and includes V-2 missile, heavy tractor, Meiller Trailer, launching pad, 8Ton Half Track and Fire Guidance Center. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Supermarine Spitfire IX, 1/72, 406-29
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Rare mid 1950s hardbox first issue with box art is by Ray Gaedke. Very nicely molded kit for that time with raised panel lines, full landing gear and doors, separately molded cannon barrels, pilot bust, underwing radiators and a display stand. You know it is a very early issue when the instructions show you using a straight pin for the propeller shaft! Molded in gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing the tiny antenna. Otherwise complete with all other parts present and includes decals and instructions. Decals are for the colorful box art aircraft.
Frog JU-87G Stuka Red Series, 1/72, F195
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$20
Very nicely molded kit with very fine raised panel detail. Kit includes cockpit and crew of two, two underwing anti-tank cannon and decals for either Hungarian Air Force 102/1 Dive Bomber Sq or Stab/Stukageschwader 2 Hans Rudel with 1000 Tanks Destroyed. 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, 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.