Revell Junkers F-13 - Land Or Float Plane Swiss / Austrian / 2 German (F13), 1/72, 04249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$28
Very nicely molded with optional landing gear or floats, detailed engine, cockpit and full passenger interior detail, two different access ladders and more. Includes decals for four different aircraft from three different countries. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The F-13 was the first all metal civil transport aircraft in the world and a major milestone in aviation.
Lindberg Douglas A4D-1 Skyhawk - (A-4), 1/48, 529-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$52
Rare early issue of the Prototype Skyhawk from the mid 1950s. This is the smallest box that anyone has dared place a 1/48 scale A-4 in and the classic box art is by Ray Gaedeck Box. For some reason, this issue is rarer than the other Lindberg kits of that time. This model represents the very early Skyhawk, which is no surprise; Lindberg, like Aurora, often tried to be 'first to market' and did not hesitate to use prototypes for kits. Features detailed jet engine, opening inspection panel, pilot and ejection seat, opening canopy, full landing gear, centerline drop tank, wing rockets and display stand. Never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The box is graded 'good' because you can see the remains of tape right down the center, just foward of the cockpit.
Comet Republic P-47D Thunderbolt - 24 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft, 3502-298
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$38
1970s large-scale issue for rubber or gas free flight, or easily converted to RC using today's tiny and light servos and receivers. Kit features traditional wood/tissue construction, large insignia sheet, detailed full size plans that include text building instructions and additional construction drawings, fully formed & finished main and tail wheels & thrust button, hardware, tissue, clear canopy material and pattern, propeller, rubber motor and more. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and 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.
ITC Robert E Lee Mississippi Steamboat, 1/310, 3714
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$68
Very well detailed smaller scale model that measures 11 inches long when assembled. From the quality and detail it looks like a reduced size version of either the large Revell or Pyro models. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts, flags and instructions present. NOTE: there is some confusion about the scale of this kit, which is why I listed it as being about 11 inches long when built. The box lists 1/384 scale while it measures more of 1/310 scale.
Eagle Model Aircraft Co P-61 Black Widow
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$28
Rare kit from the 1940s and in very good condition inside and out. Solid wood, large-scale display model has a 10 inch wingspan when assembled. Features profile (2D) cut fuselage, twin booms & wings, printwood, fully finished hardwood main and nose wheels, a sealed envelope of CASCO powdered glue, cut-out insignia on the instructions and detailed full-size plans with templates, instructions and a painting guide. Never started and 100% complete with all parts and paperwork. Eagle Model Aircraft was located in Brooklyn, NY. In the late 1930s and 1940s they produced a very extensive line of large solid wood scale kits as well as stick-and-tissue flying models.
Maircraft Curtiss Goshawk - Solid Wood Model Airplane, 1/48, S18
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$24
Maircraft was originally founded in the early or mid 1930s by Gordon Christoph and went by the name Aircraft Model Company. The company produced a typical line of solid 'profile cut' kits that required the usual high talent levels for carving and finishing. A former Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. salesman, Jack Mair, bought the company in the early 1940s and renamed it Maircraft. This company was one of the handful of solid kit producers who issued models in a consistent 1/48 scale during the 1930s and 1940s (others included Hawk and Dyna-Model). This lead to one of the most desirable and rare model kits ever produced in the USA - the wood/plastic 1/48 United DC-3 model issued immediately after World War 2. Other than the P-61 and a few other Maircraft offerings, most were simple kits that sold for the low price of about 35 cents and gave the owners many hours of pleasurable work. This kit features a full size 3-view plans with instructions steps and templates, 2D cut fuselage and wings, other wooden parts, and a factory sealed envelope of small parts. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
SIG FOUR AMA Cub And One AMA Racer - Flying Balsa Aircraft - Boxed and Bagged, FF-5
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc To Good
$39
SALE!! Includes all five flying models. The two bagged AMA Cubs and the one AMA Racer are still factory sealed. One boxed AMA Cub is still factory sealed; the other one is opened, never started and inventoried complete with all parts and paperwork present.
Hasegawa Lockheed F-104S - Italian Air Force 23 Gruppo 5 Stormo / 12 Gruppo 36 Stormo / 9 Gruppo 4 Stormo, 1/72, 1003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$27
Limited issue dated 1990. This kit is from new molds and features fine recessed panel lines, very nicely detailed cockpit and gear wells, optional position canopy, four drop tanks, external weapons including AIM-7 and AIM-9 AA missiles and a very large, colorful decal sheet for the three aircraft listed. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M5b Zero Fighter Type 52 Otsu - 166th Fighter Squadron, 1/48, 09428
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Very well detailed featuring complete cockpit, detailed engine and gear wells, drop tank, optional position canopy and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Randles Hiller Helicopter XH-44 - The Hiller-Copter, 104D
Vaccuform Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$54
Very rare kit from the mid 1940s. This is a large (6.5 inch fuselage with a 13 inch rotor span) model of this unique 1944 craft. Features profile (2D) cut fuselage, hardwood rotor blades, factory cut rotor mount, wood stock as required, an envelope of small parts. Includes excellent full size plans with templates, detail drawings, window patterns, construction tips and history. Never started and complete. Randles was another name for Ranco and may have simply been the deluxe version of the Ranco kits as they shared the same address. Just a few of those kits include the B-29, Cessna Bobcat, Sikorsky Helicopter and Kellett Auto Giro. There is evidence that they made boat kits also.
Tamiya Sd.Kfz 223 Leichter Panzerspahwagen, 1/35, MM162
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$29
Very nicely detailed and molded armor kit that includes two realistic figures. Features detailed underside and driveline, optional position doors, mesh material for the top of the turret, rotating turret, antenna, numerous accessories and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Mitsubishi G4M2A Type 1 Attack Bomber Betty Model 24 - 752nd Naval Flying Group 703 Attack Sq October 1944 Japan / 763rd Naval Flying Group 702nd Attack Sq March 1945 Clark Air Field Luzon Island Philippines, 1/72, CP106
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$68
Rare model from 1997. Very highly detailed Betty from new molds; this is not the older Hasegawa Betty kit. Features 163 pieces, all fine recessed panel lines, excellent interior and cockpit & crew station detail, optional position bomb bay doors, detailed bomb bay with either bomb or torpedo loads and more. Includes paint guide and decals for the two aircraft listed. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Mig Productions Technical BJ44 Landcruiser Dushka Version - Middle East / Gulf War 1 And 2 / Africa / Afghanistan, 1/35, MP35-138
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$52
Rare, high-definition resin complete kit of the truck commonly seen in the areas listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Modelcraft Boulton Paul Defiant, 1/48
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$39
Rare early kit from the 1940s. This is a solid wood scale display model featuring profile (2D) cut wooden fuselage and wings, balsa printwood, color insignia, completely finished wooden wheels, metal propeller, glue, and a glass bottle of silver paint. Includes excellent quality plans with three full-size views, text building instructions, detailed paint guide, wing and fuselage templates for sanding and more. Even includes the original factory tissue packing paper. Never started and complete. Modelcraft became a large and well-known manufacture of solid and flying models for rubber free-flight and gas power. Their address in the 1940s was listed as 7306 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, California.
MPM Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan - (M6A1K), 1/72, CZ004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$26
Early in the development of the Seiran submarine based float plane, two preproduction airframes emerged with retractable landing gear for land operation. These were likely the 5th and 6th prototypes and they had dual controls. They were given the 'K' designation for trainer. They could also be operated from the submarines as they had the same catapult attachment. Training may have taken place from land or taking off from the sub then landing on an airstrip. It is interesting that the original Seiran concept did not call for floats as the aircraft would launch from the submarine catapult and crash-land beside the submarine when the mission was over. This limited edition model kit features fine recessed panel line detail and decals for both aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Eagle Model Aircraft Co Avenger TBF
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
Rare kit from the 1940s and in very good condition inside and out. Solid wood, large-scale display model has a 10.5 inch wingspan when assembled. Features profile (2D) cut fuselage and wings, printwood, sandpaper, cut-out insignia on the instructions and detailed full-size plans with templates, instructions and a painting guide. Never started and 100% complete with all parts and paperwork. Eagle Model Aircraft was located in Brooklyn, NY. In the late 1930s and 1940s they produced a very extensive line of large solid wood scale kits as well as stick-and-tissue flying models.
AMT 1963 Studebaker Avanti - Stock / Custom / Racing, 1/25, T413
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$58
1970s issue that is still factory sealed. This model features detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, full interior with opening doors, positionable front wheels, stock and custom bumpers and headlight and more. Molded in colored plastic, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires and metal axles.
Megow Republic P-43, S-53
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$29
Rare 1940s solid wood scale model features a 6" wingspan, balsa printwood, fuselage block, a factory-sealed envelope of small parts, color insignia sheet, detailed instructions and very nice plans. Never started and complete. Fred Megow founded one of the very first national-wide (and world-wide) hobby empires during the 1930s Great Depression. Megow Models became a giant manufacture and carried extensive lines of solid scale model, flying stick-and-tissue rubber or gas powered models, rolling stock & passenger equipment and even an extensive line of military and civil ships in all sizes. His autobiography is available and makes fascinating reading. Megow kits are very collectible today for their high quality and attractive box designs.
RedYCut Sport Jeep - Post War Model, 1/24, 322
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$30
From the late 1940s or early 1950s and includes a model of the 1/24 scale civilian Jeep pictured on the box top. Features all parts cut to shape, fully formed wheels, some metal parts, sandpaper and more. With full-size, multi-view plans that include instructions notes and many other drawings to aid assembly. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete. RedYCut was well known for their wooden kits with a high degree of precise prefabrication. The model line was quite large and this list includes just a few of them: Sport Jeep, US Amphibian Jeep, Speed Boat With Trailer, Station Wagon, US Army Jeep, US Army Trailer, Motorcycle, US Army Tank Gun, Midget Racer and Midget Racer plus transport trailer.
AMT Ladder Chief American LaFrance Fire Truck, 1/25, T511
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$50
Rare early issue and may be the first release. This famous model is highly detailed with hundreds of parts features a full rolling chassis build just like the real truck, detailed engine, full interior, extending ladder and much more. Molded in white, silver, chrome plate, clear and with rubber tires. The kit has never been started. The bags that AMT factory sealed are still factory sealed; the parts that were never factory sealed (chrome and clear) have been inventoried and NOTE: missing one small part, 'clamp' for the plate pivot (this is a flat part shaped like a "C", so it can be made (the other 7 are present to use as a pattern). Otherwise inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.