Hasegawa TWO RAF Spitfire Mk.VIII - 155 Sq RAF 1945 / 92 Sq RAF 1941, 1/72, AP41
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$32
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Very well molded with all fine recessed panel lines, excellent overall detail, very good cockpit, detailed gear wells and more. Includes large decal sheet for both aircraft listed. Kit #1 has never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. For Kit #2, NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: seat, control stick and rear bulkhead assembled to the cockpit floor. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya Navy Interceptor Mitsubishi J2M3 Raiden Jack - Motorized, 1/50, 3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$35
Very early Tamiya kit from the 1960s with a high-gloss box top in 'excellent' condition with the fantastic artwork that has made these kits so popular. This was a fine kit for that time and features all very fine raised panel lines, working flaps, rudder and elevator, retractable landing gear, retractable landing gear, three piece canopy and external wing bomb load. The kit is engineered to be motorized and includes all hardware to do so, but Tamiya did not include the motor with the model. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The bags even have the original Tamiya paper headers in 'excellent' condition.
Novo Bristol 138A - (ex Frog), 1/72, F165
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
This model is from the original Frog molds and make an ideal 'Classic Builder'. It has never been started. It has been inventoried with all plastic parts and and instructions present. NOTE: missing decals. On the 28th of September, 1936, the Bristol 138/A climbed to an altitude of 49,967 feet to establish a new world altitude record. In 1937 it climbed to 53,967 feet where the windscreen cracked. The pilot was saved by the pressure suit he was wearing.
MPC Northrop P-61 Black Widow - #239773 'Lady Of The Dark' Nose Art / Custom 'Black Death' Version, 1/72, 1105-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$28
Still factory sealed. This late 1960s issue features the special clear MPC Modular Display Stand, normal propellers and clear round discs for an 'in flight' version, good interior detail, crew figures, rotating wheels & propellers, drop tanks, elevating guns and rotating turret, moving ailerons & elevators, positionable spoilers, optional bomb load and more. Includes decals for two aircraft. This kit is from quality Airfix molds and is one of the MPC issues with custom and USAF decals, clear prop disks for 'in flight' look and the unique clear modular display stand. Note that this issue still has 'Craft Master' under the MPC logo. Before this, MPC was marketing Airfix kits under the Craftmaster name in the USA. This continued for several issues and was finally discontinued although MPC continued to distribute Airfix and their own models.
Hawk F4D Skyray Triangle Box, 1/72, 402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$39
Rare Triangle Box issue from about 1957/58. As a marketing experiment, Hawk tried this novel and colorful box only with the Skyray. Dealers found it difficult to stack with other kits and it was discontinued. Most parts are molded in gloss white, with a green-tinted clear canopy and brown pilot. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: Missing one rectangular gear door. Otherwise includes all other parts. NOTE: the four bombs are blue and not white; they are from another issue of this same kit. This box rates as only 'fair.' It has splits, wear and some clear tape on the top right as shown
Aoshima Curtiss P-36A Hawk, 1/72, 7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$34
Rare. This early Japanese kit is from the 1960s and has very colorful and collectible artwork. it is designed to be motorized and has working flaps & ailerons and sliding canopy. The motor is the Mabuchi Baby (which was not included; it has to be purchased separately). Never started. All parts are still in the factory sealed bag and includes decals and instructions.
AMT AMC Pacer Wagon With CB Radio - (Station Wagon), 1/25, T484
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$79
Still factory sealed. Original issue and not the common modern reissue. Features detailed engine and compartment, opening hood, detailed chassis, full interior, CB radio, roof rack and more. The box side also has a CB lingo dictionary!
Airfix Handley Page HP-42 Heracles, 1/144, 03172
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$55
Special Edition limited release from 1993 and a beautifully molded kit of one of the classic airliners of the 1930s. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Imperial Airways equipped these aircraft with deluxe interiors and provided full service. Customers were thoroughly pampered and had superb views of the ground from only a few thousand feet.
Italeri Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B, 1/72, 187
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$16
Well molded with fine raised panel lines and detailed down to the gear wells and cockpit. Includes decals for multiple aircraft. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
MPC Junkers Ju-87 B Stuka, 1/24, 2-3506
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$89
1977 issue from quality Airfix molds. This is a very large model that is highly detailed inside and out. Features removable cowling showing detailed Jumo engine and firewall, real rubber tires, working canopy and complete cockpit, movable control surfaces, choice of bomb loads and much more. Never started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The large parts are inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions. The decals are in amazing 'Near Mint++' condition. Please note that the box is graded 'good-' due to a darking of the cardboard by age foxing.
MPC Sikorsky Sea King SH-3D - Number 66 Apollo Mission HS-4 USS Hornet or USS Essex HS-9 Anti-Submarine Patrol, 1/72, 1-4202
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$42
Still factory sealed. 1982 issue includes decals for both helicopters including the most famous Sea King ever, Number 66 from the Apollo Recovery Missions. Nicely detailed model features working main and tail rotors, cockpit and interior detail including cargo deck, opening side doors, side hoist, ASW torpedoes and more.
Skywave D80 HMS Sheffield Missile Destroyer Type 42 Batch 1 - Also HMS Coventry D118 and ARA Argentina Ships Of The Hercules Class, 1/700, SP2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Very well molded and detailed waterline kit with decals for all the ships named. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Revell 1903 Cadillac Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H35-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$36
1960 issue hardbox with full artwork; Highway Pioneers prior to this year simply had generic artwork and an ink stamped name on the box ends was the only way to identify the contents. This kit has never been started. All parts are still sealed in the factory bag. Includes instructions. The box would rate much higher than 'very good++' but there is age foxing on some of the box side panels. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Megow Albatros - Albatross German WWI Fighter, S-2
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$32
This rare solid wood scale model is dated 1942. The box is in unusually good condition which is very rare for kits of this age. This kit features two sheets of printwood, fuselage block, other wood stock as required, fully formed wheels, color insignia, detailed instructions and very nice plans. Never started and complete.
Aurora Sopwith Camel, 1/48, 102-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$44
First issue from 1956 with Northern Lights logo. This logo was only used for this one year - in 1957 it was replaced by the 'Famous Fighters' oval 'Sunburst'. The box artist on this issue is Jim Cox, one of the earliest if not the first Aurora box artist. This kit is part of a very successful WWI aircraft line in 1/48 scale that Aurora introduced this year. The line sold so well that kits were added to it into the 1960s. Molded in the glossy olive drab green and black. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Vickers Vanguard - Skyking Issue - BEA Airlines, 1/144, SK501
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$74
Rare 1960 first issue with "Skyking" Airfix logo at the lower left. This is a very nice model for that time featuring optional position cabin doors, clear side and cockpit windows, rotating props and wheels, two push-up boarding stairs with railings and extensive BEA decal sheet. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Classic Airframes Curtiss Hawk III - Fuerza Aerea Argentina El Palomar 1938 / Fuerza Aerea Argentina Regimiento 2 March1945, 1/48, 446
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$46
Rare. Highly detailed with main injection molded parts and many resin details. Includes a full color paint guide and decals for both aircraft listed. Never started. Factory sealed bags with decals and instructions present.
Classic Airframes Regianne RE-2001 CN - 101 Gruppo 5 Stormo 'Tuffatori' Co-Belligerent Air Force 1943 / 234th Sq Cacchia Nottura, 1/48, 425
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$49
Out of production and rare. Very high quality, limited issue injection molded kit with all fine recessed panel lines, resin cockpit and other resin details, decals for the two aircraft listed and more. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including paint and placement guide, decals and instructions.
AMCO Baku Geki Ki-99 - Japanese Navy Dive Bomber - Official Identification Model Kit Build For Victory - Solid Wood Model From WWII - Comet - (Type 99 Val), 1/72, IA-17
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$46
1940s WWII wooden kit from AMCO, which was a division of Comet. Features all hardwood parts including blocks & wood stock, sandpaper, CASCO glue, a full size cardstock template and patter sheet and highly illustrated double-sided assembly instructions. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and paperwork present. This is an official identification model. The US Armed Forces found themselves in a World War with almost no ID models. Someone decided that it would be perfect to let the air-minded modeling youth build them for the military, and thus the "Identification Model" was born. However, the idea did not last as the quality ranged from excellent to horrible, with the majority on the later side. A much better substitute was found by casting one-piece models out of a hard rubber plastic. Little did anyone know that this was a foretaste of the doom of the solid wood scale model, which was replaced by plastic in the early 1950s.
Aurora American Buffalo, 1/16, 402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$69
Still factory sealed and rare. The box is in investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition. Dated 1972 and part of Aurora's Animal Series which included the Black Bear & Cubs, American Buffalo White Tail Deer, White Stallion, Wild Horse Black Beauty and Thoroughbred Race Horse.