Special Hobby Focke-Wulf P.II - (PII), 1/72, SH72005
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$27
Still factory sealed. Limited issue kit features all fine recessed panel lines, photoetched details, 'very good' cockpit detail and more.
Frog Gloster Javelin, 1/72, 324P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$49
Rare 1950s issue with terrific box art. Molded in the correct gloss silver and clear with two round metal nose weights, a green glue capsule and a large, round-based clear Frog stand. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing one flat inner gear door; easily made from any flat stock plastic. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions. The decals are amazing 'excellent+++' condition and flat. Slight yellowing is the only flaw. Instructions are in 'very good++' condition.
Frog Blackburn Shark Torpedo Bomber - FAA RNAS Ford (1940) / Portuguese Navy Lisbon 1936 / 820 Sq FAA HMS Courageous 1937, 1/72, F179
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Final logo issue from the late 1970s just before Frog ceased production. Nicely molded kit contains parts and decals for all three versions. Features extended or folded wings, separately molded control surfaces, prop, wheels, optional floats or wheeled version and torpedo and bomb loads. With color painting guide and decals for the three aircraft listed. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes 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.
12 Squared Loening M-8-0 Bagged - (M80), 1/72, 2-8
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$48
Very rare, limited edition injection molded kit of a rare subject. The model has never been started. It is either still in the factory sealed bag or has been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions.
MPC Ford Tri-motor - (ex Airfix) - BAGGED, 1/72, 1102-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$24
Bagged kit - there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. The kit is the 1970s MPC issue from quality Airfix molds. Very highly detailed for that time and features very good cockpit, complete interior, working airmail loading bays in the bottom of the wings, realistic corrugated skin and more. Never started. The actual aircraft has been inventoried complete and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: like so many of the MPC Kits from the 1970s, the factory decals are flaking. You will need to provide your own decals. Draw Decals makes a superb set in 1/72 for this model.
Plant Models Messerschmitt Bf-261 V-2 Adolfine - Ultra-Long Range Aircraft - (Bf261V-2 / Me261 V-2), 1/72, 231
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$64
Very high quality kit of the Luftwaffe version of V-2. The kit features high-definition cast resin parts with fine recessed panel lines, cast white metal main gear struts and tail wheel strut & wheel, very good cockpit & crew stations and high quality vacuformed clear canopies (two) that are in mint condition; perfectly clear and no yellowing. The kit has never been started. The parts are all still in the factory sealed bags and includes decals, instructions with aircraft history. P.1067 was the designation for the design that would fly the Olympic Torch non-stop from Berlin to Tokyo for the 1940 Olympic games. The specialized, long range monoplane eventually took the name Bf-261 when V1 and V2 were built. Power was provided by two DB 606A-1/B-1 coupled engines, each of which was a pair of DB601 liquid-cooled mounts driving a very large four bladed propeller. There was a crew of 5 and bunks were provided. The work slowed as hostilities picked up. Without it's intended mission, the 261 was considered for ultra-long range reconnaissance over the Atlantic Ocean, but the difficulty of fixing proper defensive guns caused engineers to give up the project. The three aircraft were used for performance calibration flights, some of very long range (almost 2,800 miles). V3 did see action in very long range military reconnaissance. No further aircraft were built. The Luftwaffe took all three of the Bf-261s into service with hopes of using them for very long range operations. V-1 and V-2 were extensively tested and modified for this purpose; their wartime participation is not known, only that both were damaged beyond repair at Lechfeld Airfield and scrapped in 1944 or 45. It is known that V-3 flew very long range, secret reconnaissance missions to the East and the West while in Luftwaffe colors. The fate of V-3 is not known.
Arii Mitsubishi Nell L3 M1 Nippon-Go - (ex LS), 1/72, 53015
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$22
Still factory sealed and from the high-quality LS molds. Features all fine recessed panel lines, cockpit detail with crew, retractable landing gear, rotating wheels and propellers, separately molded ailerons and more. Includes decals for the Nippon-Go Round The World Flight. May include more decals like the LS issue did, but I cannot confirm that since it is factory sealed.
Monogram Curtiss P-36A Test Shot - Bagged, 1/72, PA145
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$36
This kit came from the collection of one of Monogram's finest and talented Chief Designers, the man who created the original B-52 kit, B-17, B-24J, P-36A, P-39 Airacobra, P-61 Black Widow, DH Mosquito, at least one if not all of the 1/8 scale Ford cars, A-1E Skyraider and numerous other famous kits. In his collection were boxes (usually Four-Star armor that had been damaged on the box-assembly machine) labeled 'TEST SHOTS' and some with his name on it. After designing the model, he was still responsible for the entire program, at least up to the point of mass production. Test Shots were made near the end of the design process for the Chief Designer of that kit to inspect; if something was wrong, he ordered changed. If not, he would clear the kit for production. This is one of those kits. Ever notice that all Monogram P-36A are always molded in silver? Well, not this time! This test shot is molded in brown and clear plastic and is a pre-first issue, probably 1966. It has never been started. The model is inventoried with all parts, decals and instruction present. The instructions and decal may have come with the test shot for his approval or they may have been added later. I have included them because they were in the same 'TEST SHOT' box as the kit.
Italeri TWO Mig-27M Strike Fighter, 1/72, 075
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$25
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Kit #1 is never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE that kit #2 has very minor and 'professional' quality sub assembly as follows: two intake fences to fuselage halves. There is no other assembly; inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Features all fine recessed panel lines, good cockpit, opened or closed canopy, wings that swing, detailed gear bays, optional position speed brakes and ventral fin, a large weapons load and more. Includes a color paint guide (on the back of the box) and decals for three different aircraft.
AML North American O-47A, 1/72, 72 003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$44
Still factory sealed. Very nice model of this unusual 1930s American Observation aircraft. The O-47 was one of the few American aircraft in operation in the Philippines Combat Zone during the invasion of 1942. This limited injection molded model includes photoetched details, film instruments and highly detailed cockpit.
Airfix Fouga Magister Patrouille De France - Belgian Air Force / Luftwaffe, 1/72, 02047-5
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
Dated 1975. Very nicely molded kit for that time. Features very good cockpit detail, very fine raised panel lines, two pilots, detailed gear wells and decals for three air forces. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix P-51B Mustang - The Hun Hunter Texas Lt Henry W.Brown 354 FS 355 FG 8th Air Force England June 1944, 1/72, 02066-6
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$22
1978 issue and a well molded model which includes decals for Lt. Brown, who was the top scoring ace of the 355th group with 17 air and 14 ground victories before being shot down and becoming a POW in October of 1944. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Dinah - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1226-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$22
1960s black-end Craftmaster issue with great boxart. Very nicely molded kit for that time with no rivets and 'good' cockpit detail. Never started. Inventoried and 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Please NOTE that one propeller blade is broken off but it is present so it can be repaired.
Airfix Hawker Siddeley HS-1182 Hawk - Ground Attack or Trainer Version, 1/72, 03026-1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$14
This 1975 issue of the early HS Hawk variant features very good dual cockpits and pilots, very fine raised panel detail, gear well detail, optional position landing gear, two-piece canopy, extensive underwing stores and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Fw-190 Focke-Wulf, 1/72, H615-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$30
This is the two piece box issue dated 1962 and with framable artwork. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Planet Models Kawasaki Ki-78, 1/72, 037
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$52
Rare, limited edition that is still the only Ki-78 in any scale. Beautifully cast high definition resin kit that features a full cockpit, fine recessed panel lines, a clear vac canopy that is in 'mint' condition & perfectly clear with no yellowing and full decals.. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell THREE Polikarpov I-16, 1/72, H635-60
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$38
SALE!! Includes three kits in one box. Kits #1 and #2 are never started and all aircraft are inventoried complete and includes decals and instructions. Kit #3 has 'professional' quality subassembly to the fuselage, wings and other smaller sub assembled, along with minor and 'professional' quality interior painting. The aircraft has been inventoried and missing pilot; otherwise complete. Please note, all kits are missing the display stands. 1964 two piece box issue with great frameable Brian Knight artwork. Features optional position (extended or retracted) landing gear, pilot figure, clear canopy, detailed engine with removable cowling, rotating wheels and propeller and USSR markings.
Revell Fokker Eindecker E-III, 1/72, H645
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$27
1965 one-piece box issue. The kit has never been started. The actual aircraft is inventoried complete but NOTE, missing the display stand. Includes decals and instructions. Please NOTE that this side of the box displays 'near mint' which is much better than the 'excellent' grade. The box is rated as such because the other side only grades 'very good+'
The Final Touch Saab J-21R A/B Or A-21R Conversion - Bagged, 1/72, FTC009
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
The Saab 21R was Sweden's first military jet aircraft. It was made by taking existing Saab 21 airframes and installing a de Havilland Goblin turbine engine. This proved to be more challenging than anticipated but the first flight was made on 10 March 1947. Two more years passed before all developmental problems were solved and the aircraft entered mass production and service with the Swedish Air Force. Aircraft either had the original de Havilland built Goblin 2 ("RA" variants) or the Swedish license built Goblin 3 ("RB" variants). Thirty of each were built, for a total of 60 aircraft. After a fairly short service life, all airframes were converted to A21R and A21RB ground attack aircraft, which carried five 180mm Bofors rocket projectiles or 10 80mm anti-tank rockets. This is a conversion kit consisting of high-definition cast resin parts as required to build the 21R. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes text and illustrated instructions. A base kit is required and the Heller 1/72 Saab 21 is recommended.
Hasegawa TWO Morane Saulnier MS-406 Finnish Air Force, 1/72, AP104
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$35
SALE!! Includes both kits in the one box shown. They have never been started and both have been inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions included. 1994 special issue with Finnish markings features all fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit and more. With decals and paint guide for two Polish aircraft. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.