Pyro Rolls Royce Towne Car, 1/32, C349-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$38
1967 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. In some cases, the specific car and owner is on the box. Features detailed chassis, full front and rear suspension, steering linkage, complete motor, removable hood, full interior, realistic inner and outer spoke wheels and more. With clear, chrome plated & black molded parts and rubber tires. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Comet Boeing Pursuit P-26 - Keep Em Flying Series - 25 Inch Wingspan Flying Model, E22
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$44
Rare kit from the early 1940s during World War II. This model features stick-and-tissue construction, several printwood sheets, stringers and spars, Comet's new 'Victory' die-cut propeller and blue and yellow covering tissue. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and plans/instructions. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Hasegawa Mitsubishi Ki-67 Type 4 Hiryu Peggy - 7th Army Group 3rd Sq / 2nd Flight Company Sq. / 74th Army Group 1sy Sq, 1/72, CP19
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$40
Very highly detailed with full interior and optional position bomb bay doors with full interior and bomb load. Includes paint guide and markings for three aircraft. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please note that part F5, a small triangle (one of 4) to mount the torpedo on the bomb bay is broken, but all parts are present so you can repair it. Not used if the bomb bay is modeled closed.
Matchbox North American P-51D Mustang - Dooleybird RAF No.19 Sq 1945 or USAAF 485 FS/370 FG/9th AF, 1/72, PK-13
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$22
Still factory sealed. This 1973 issue in the popular Matchbox 'Two Colour' Kit Line includes decals for both aircraft and a multi-view, full color painting guide on the back. The box art showing KM272 represents an RAF 19th Squadron aircraft. In March 1946, this was one of the last Mustangs to serve in RAF Fighter Command before this squadron converted to Hornets.
Revell Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket - (D5582), 1/54, H121
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
Revell of Great Britain 1960s Academy release with great box art unique to this issue. Kit features optional position landing gear and cockpit hatch, boarding ladder and pilot in the boxart pose. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Leyton House Lola T90-50 F3000 Limited Edition, 1/24, 20452
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
Hard-to-find, out of production kit dated 2020. This finely molded model features 91 pieces. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
12 Squared Vought Corsair V-65 - 18 Inch Wingspan Free-Flight Rubber Powered Flying Aircraft, 1/24, D-41
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$75
Very rare and even more so in an 'excellent' box and 'factory tissue sealed' inside. From the mid 1930s to the early 1940s. This is a Cleveland 'D' or dwarf kit. The term 'Dwarf' is just a bit deceptive, as it is Cleveland's designation for 1/24 scale. Most Cleveland kits were designated 'SF' or Scale Flying - 1/16 scale. The Dwarf kits were needed to fill a market demand for smaller flying models. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and Dwarfs were no exception, containing very high quality balsa printwood, stringers & spars, fully formed wheels, covering tissue, a wood propeller that is about 90% carved and just needs final sanding, gray rigging thread (if required), metal and balsa stock as required and more. With Cleveland's famous high-quality plans. Amazingly, this kit is still 'factory tissue sealed' inside. When the Cleveland workers packed each kit, they wrapped them in tissue that effectively made a seal which has not been disturbed. Whoever buys it will be the first one to see the contents since it was packed in the factory over 90 years ago. Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called "The Aviation Craze" that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream- to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest running single-owner (77 years) model airplane supply business - Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviation's great Recruiter - Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Revell Kugisho P1Y1/2 Ginga Frances, 1/72, H103-800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$29
Rare 1976 Revell Japan hardbox issue with unique box art. This fine model features all parts and markings to make P1Y1, P1Y1a, P1Y2 and PI2-S variants, full interior detail, complete twin-row engines, optional position landing gear, open or closed bomb bay with different bomb or torpedo loads and more. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: upper floor, seats and instrument panels to the main floor. There is no other assembly. Inventoried and NOTE: missing (1) #17 propeller retainer; does not show when assembled and very easy to fabricate from flat plastic. Includes all other parts, 'near mint' condition decals and instructions.
Life-Like 1910 Buick Model F Tourer - (ex-Pyro), 1/32, 09464
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+++
$36
From Pyro molds cut just before Life-Like took over production. Pyro's intent was to issue this in the 'Vintage Brass Car' series, but the timing was disrupted by the sale of their plastic kit line to Life-Like; as a result it was never issued under the Pyro name. Well detailed with full engine and engine compartment details, complete interior, separately molded front and rear suspension/axles, spoked wheels, optional top with porthole rear windows and a four piece hood that can be built closed or correctly opened. Molded in ivory with brass plated & clear parts and rubber tires. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions.
Revell Fiat CR-42 Falco, 1/72, H648-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$24
USA one-piece box issue dated 1966. The kit has never been started. The actual aircraft has been inventoried complete and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: missing display stand.
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.
Airfix Fairey Rotodyne - Type Two Logo Issue, 1/72, 482
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$59
Early issue from the late 1950s. This was a detailed kit for the time and builds up to a nice scale model. Features good cockpit detail, two pilots, opening rear cargo doors, separately molded control surfaces, full landing gear and more. Molded in silver and clear plastic. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The Rotodyne first flew in 1957. The purpose was to create the first true vertical take-off airliner that could operate from an area no larger than two tennis courts with a full load. The Rotodyne flew at up to 191 MPH with a range of 450 miles and a payload of 48 passengers or 5 tons of freight. Despite the excellent performance and a larger design in the works, the RAF never placed an order and BEA never placed a firm order. The project was discontinued in 1962.
Airfix Defender BN-2 / Islander - Philippine Navy / Air Liberia (Monrovia Liberia), 1/72, 02062-4
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
Very nicely detailed model from 1986. Includes Commercial Passenger, Cargo or Executive full interiors, optional position entry and cargo doors and rotating props. Includes Philippine Navy and rare Air Liberia decals. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Kobo Hiryu Chin Yen IJN Second Class Battleship - (ex Chinese Chen Yuen / Zhenyuan), 1/700, C2
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
Very rare. Highly detailed and well molded resin waterline model kit of this hard-to-find subject. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes illustrated instructions. Although the box looks just like Pit Road box, other references site the manufacturer as Kobo Hiryu; so it have listed it as such. If you have any additional information to help make this listing more accurate, please let me know. This is a ship was a fascinating history. Chen Yuen (or more properly Zhenyuan) was an ironclad battleship built for the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. She was the second and final member of the Dingyuan class, which included one other vessel, Dingyuan, both of which were built in Germany in the early 1880s. Delivery of the two ironclads was delayed by the Sino-French War of 1884–1885. The ships were armed with a main battery of four 12 in (305 mm) guns in a pair of gun turrets, making them the most powerful warships in East Asian waters at the time.In the 1880s and early 1890s, the Beiyang Fleet conducted a routine of training exercises and cruises abroad, with emphasis placed on visits to Japan to intimidate the country. The latter resulted in the Nagasaki Incident in 1886 and contributed to a rise in hostility between the two countries that culminated in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894. She saw action at the Battle of the Yalu River on 17 September, where the Japanese Combined Fleet sank much of the Beiyang Fleet, though both Zhenyuan and Dingyuan survived despite numerous hits. The survivors then retreated to Port Arthur for repairs, but after that city was threatened by the Japanese army, fled to Weihaiwei. While entering the port, Zhenyuan struck an uncharted rock and was badly damaged; she was used as a stationary artillery battery during the Battle of Weihaiwei in February 1895, but Japanese forces captured the city's fortifications, which forced the Chinese to surrender the fleet.Zhenyuan was seized as a war prize, repaired, and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as Chin Yen. She frequently toured Japan in the late 1890s and early 1900s to celebrate Japan's victory over China. Obsolescent by the time of the Russo-Japanese War, she nevertheless saw action at the Battle of the Yellow Sea in August 1904 and the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. She also supported the invasion of Sakhalin in July 1905. After the war, Chin Yen became a training ship, serving in that role until 1911, thereafter being sold to ship breakers in 1912.
J Zinger Products THREE 14-10 Wood Propellers NOS - JZ - Bagged
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
NOS (new old stock) from the contents of a R/C-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes high quality, brand-new & never used wooden propellers of the size and quantity listed. Please note that the package you receive may or may not have the yellow header. I have duplicates of some props and some are missing the header.
Dragon Junkers Ju-88 C-6 Night Fighter - Master Series - (Ju88C6), 1/48, 5540
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$34
Highly detailed model of the Ju-88C-6 Night Fighter featuring 220 pieces, PE detail parts, excellent cockpit, correct nacelles with flame dampeners, separately molded ailerons and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
KP Avia B-35 / TWO Avia CS-199 / Avia B-534 / TWO La-7 / Po-2 / TWO Avia B-33 Il-10 / Letov S-16, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+ to VG+
$39
SALE!! Includes all ten kits in the boxes shown. B35, B534, both La-7, Po-2, both Il-10 and S16 are never started and the actual aircraft are inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. For the two CS-199, please NOTE: these models have very slight 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: Kit #1: seat and control stick to floor. There is no other assembly. The aircraft is inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Kit #2: same. There is no other assembly. The aircraft is inventoried complete and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: most if not all are missing the display stand.
Revell Vought F-8E Crusader - (F8EFN / F8U) - (ex Monogram), 1/48, 04547
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$34
2000 Revell reissue of Monogram's original classic. This is a large kit with the quality we expected from Monogram. Features 133 pieces, very good cockpit and gear well detail, optional position air-to-air refueling probe, optional position folding wing tips, optional position canopy, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and external bomb loads. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. NOTE: Missing decals.
Bandai Mercedes Benz L3000S 3 Ton Cargo Truck - Bagged, 1/48
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$69
Very rare. In 1977 Bandai briefly issued four 'demonstration kits' to test the market. They were this Mercedes Benz L3000S, German Goliath Demolition Vehicle, Mercedes Benz L3000A House Truck and NSU Kettenrad Motorcycle. Features detailed motor, removable hood, detailed chassis with separately molded exhaust, two bar, front and rear suspension and driveline, excellent cab interior detail, two styles of troop seating configuration for the bed, optional 'soft' top for the bed and more. After this very brief availability, Bandai never reissued them again. Never started. This kit and the paperwork is still in the factory sealed bag. I have listed this kit under Bandai; however, there is no manufacture listed on anything that I can see in the bag. At one point Academy obtained many Bandai molds and reissued several of the famous 1/48 Pin Point armor issue, using original Bandai artwork. Although I cannot tell, this may be one of the Academy kits. I cannot tell if there are decals or not because the paperwork is sealed. If it is the Academy issue, it will not have them as they did not issue decals with this kit; however, they would put four paper license plates to cut from the instructions if you wish.
Renwal Hawk Guided Missile System - 3 Missiles With Launcher / Radar Trailer / Crew of 4, 1/32, 558
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$46
Original Renwal release from the early 1960s. This was an excellent kit for that time featuring three removable missiles, a detailed launch trailer that elevates and rotates the missiles, complete radar trailer with rotating and tilting radar housings and more. Includes a crew of four and full decals. The kit has not been started. The missiles are still sealed in the factory bag. The launcher and radar trailer were never factory sealed, and they have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.