Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M5c Zero Type 52 Hei 303rd Fighter Squadron, 1/72, 00289
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Limited edition from 2002. Features all fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, detailed gear bays, complete dual-row radial engine, drop tank and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
StromBecker Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket - Bagged - (D5582), G42
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$26
Perfect 'Classic Builder' kit! StromBecker was famous for this line of precarved hardwood and plastic kits. The carving is done to the final shape. When complete it makes an impressive desk top display. This one includes beautiful hardwood parts, a clear plastic canopy, full decals in 'excellent' condition as shown, sandpaper, sanding stick and photocopied instructions. The kit has never been started. It is either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried complete with all parts with decals and instructions.
Hasegawa SBD-3 Dauntless - VS-2 / VS-41, 1/72, AP29
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$27
From 1995 and very highly detailed and finely molded kit. Features all recessed panel lines, multi-piece canopy, excellent cockpit, bomb load and much more. Never started and is either inventoried complete with all parts present or all parts are still in the factory sealed bags. Includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Grumman F8F Bearcat - Mini Masterpieces, 1/72, 5013
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$28
1989 Mini Masterpieces issue. Older but superb kit made from the original 1960s Blue Box molds. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aeromaster F-84G Thunderjet - Choice Issue Multi-Media Kit - USAF 'Night Take Off' 58th FBW Taeghu 1952 / 8th FBS 49 FBG Korea 1952 / 430 FBS Korea Summer 1952, 1/72, CH7202
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
Rare limited edition that is one of only 1000 made. This is an excellent multi-media model with a well molded and complete injection molded kit, numerous resin parts including all control surfaces, a superb full resin cockpit & more, a large fret of brass PE details, film instruments and more. Includes a two-page full color painting guide and big AerMaster decal sheet for the three very colorful aircraft listed. Never started. The plastic kit has been inventoried complete; all the resin and PE parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags. Includes paint guide, decals and instructions.
Ace-JuMT Yakovlev Yak-28L, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$14
Limited run injection molded model. It has fine recessed panel lines but you will spend a significant amount of time removing flash. Never started. The kit is either still in the factory sealed internal bag or inventoried complete with all parts. Includes decals and instructions.
Amodel Sukhoi T-49, 1/72, 72184
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$19
The Sukhoi T-49 was a modernized version of the Sukhoi Su-11 with new radar and modified armament. The project was officially launched on August 6, 1957. The maiden flight of the T-49 prototype took place in January 1960, after various rolling tests in October 1959. While not successful in it's own, the T-48 lead to the twin-engine T-58, which became the very successful Su-15 Flagon (1,290 of all Flagon variants were ultimately produced). Never started and the parts are either inventoried complete or still in the internal factory sealed bags. Includes decals and instructions.
Guillows Hellcat F6F Carrier Fighter - 16.5 Inch Wingspan Balsa Flying Model Airplane, 503
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$18
1976 stick and tissue flying model which features die cut balsa parts, vacuform nose/spinner, wheels, plastic propeller, hardware, vacuform canopy, colored tissue, insignia and full size plans with detailed building instructions. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions/plans present. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.
Academy Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress, 1/72, 1666
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$52
From 1989. Beautiful and highly detailed model of the early Fortress. Features all fine recessed panel lines, excellent cockpit detail, optional position landing gear, rotating propeller & wheels, detailed bomb bay with full bomb load and optional position doors and more. There is no assembly but NOTE: cockpit floor and two bulkheads have been very neatly airbrushed the correct zinc chromate green. There is no other painting. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Hasegawa F/A-18E Super Hornet, 1/48, PT39
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$56
Very highly detailed and one of the finest 1/48 F/A-18 kits available. Features all very fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and gear wells, pilot figure, detailed air inlets, optional position canopy and air brake, separately molded leading edge slats, flaps, ailerons & rudders, pilot boarding ladder and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Boeing B-47E Stratojet - USAF SAC, 1/72, K7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$52
Kit is very nicely detailed with fine panel detail, cockpit, open/closed bomb bay doors with internal iron bomb load, tail "stinger" and detailed landing gear with 'good' wheel well detail. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The B-47 was a very advanced aircraft at the time. The XB-47 first flew in 1947. The big jet's speed was equal to or greater than all current fighter aircraft, so it received radar-controlled twin 20mm cannons in the tail as the only guns. Through the use of mid-air refueling, the B-47 gave SAC it's first all-jet force for nuclear or regular bomb delivery. Although it was tricky to fly, Stratojets flew into the mid 1960s. A program to strengthen the wings for low-level attack was responsible for prolonging the service life.
Heller Douglas DC-6B - SAS or UTA, 1/72, 80315
Vaccuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$38
Nicely molded large-scale model with over 100 parts. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals have some localized stains on the backing sheet and some micro-cracking on the fuselage stripes. Please see the two articles (located on this website) for how to restore and reproduce decals at home.
Italeri Boeing X-32 Joint Strike Fighter, 1/72, 1208
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$39
Hard-to-find kit of the Boeing entry in the CALF - Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter. Although a capable aircraft and well designed, it lost the competition to the superior Lockheed X-35. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider, 1/48, 61058-2800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$29
1998 issue that is highly detailed and finely molded in the Tamiya tradition. Features recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, optional position canopy, detailed gear wells and engine, full under-wing loadout and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. NOTE: missing decals.
Tamiya Bell X-1 - With Transparent Fuselage and Detailed Interior, 1/72, 60740
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$29
Very highly detailed model from 1998. Features clear fuselage half, detailed cockpit, complete fuselage interior with rocket motor, fuel tanks & test equipment, optional position pilot entry hatch, choice of two canopies, display stand and more. Includes decals for Glamorous Glennis, 062 Late Version and 063 NACA. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Pegasus Albatros D-Va, 1/72, 1024
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$16
Limited edition kit with injection molded main parts and cast metal details. Very finely molded. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Pegasus Pfalz DIIIa D-IIIa - Hptm R. Berthod, 1/72, 1022
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$19
Limited run of only 2000 kits. Injection molded model also includes many metal parts. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram B-24 Liberator Speedee-Bilt - Five Star Super Deluxe Kit, 1/60, H4-495
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$695
Dated 1954. Rare, desirable and very collectible one-and-only issue of this classic early multi-media kit with a fantastic internal box presentation. Includes numerous plastic parts in red, gray, clear and black, four unopened glass bottle of Mono*Dope that are still good, an unopened tube of MonoGlue still in the original mint box, all prefabricated wooden parts including the amazing Monofoil wing, three sheets of die-cut and factory painted wood (intact and unpunched), colored die-cut cardstock sheet, sandpaper, gun barrel plastic material, decals in amazing 'excellent' condition, 'near mint' instruction book and full size plans. Inside, the kit is factory new. All of the factory cardboard presentation material is present and in amazing 'near mint++' condition. The kit has never been started. The small parts in the three lower trays are still factory tape sealed. All other pieces were never sealed and they have been carefully inventoried complete with all parts, paperwork, instructions, plans and decals. The box top is graded well above average as 'excellent.' It has superb color and gloss but moderate edge wear at the center top as shown, a light crease at the lower right, other general wear and a very small factory tape tear on thye upper long side measuring 1/2" by 1/4 inch. Amazingly, the celluloid plastic parts range from no warping to very slight warping. This is very rare, as that type of plastic was unstable and warped easily over time. Before injection molded plastic kits were common, Monogram issued the famous 'Speedee-Bilt' and 'Super Kits' which featured injection molded details and precarved wooden parts. Of these, the Speedee-Bilt B-24 and B-17 were the finest. These kits are very rare today due to their relatively high original price of $4.95 and the fact that plastic kits had just come to the US market a year before and were gaining market share very rapidly. This kit must be shipped insured.
Monogram Speedee Bilt B-25 Mitchell - Wood and Plastic Model Aircraft, H-1
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$369
Rare early Monogram kit from the early 1950s. Fantastically well detailed and presented multi-media kit with 34 injection molded clear, red, black and gray acetate and 57 die cut or shaped balsa parts including the famous Monofoil pre-formed wing. This example has never been started and is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, glue, dope, decals, sand paper, plans and instruction book. It still has all of the correct internal display cardboard as shown. NOTE: the decals are only in 'good' condition and have some damage as shown. Please note that this kit must be shipped insured. This is the first large-scale non-flying scale Speedee-Bilt model, the B-25 Mitchell. Before there were plastic models, there were wooden aircraft kits. These usually came in two types - solid and stick and tissue. The solid models were static and usually contained a few blocks of balsa and sometimes a detail part or two. These "Make Wood Look Like Plane" models required a very high level of skill in carving and finishing. The stick and tissue variety were slightly easier to build and provided the ultimate thrill - they could fly when complete with rubber power (and later with free-flight gas and eventually RC). They still required a great deal of skill, so manufacturers sought ways to make model building more accessible to everyone. One idea was pre-carving and/or prefabrication. This raised prices, naturally. Many manufacturers launched lines of 'easy' to build flying models but only Monogram succeeded in making an entire line at an affordable price that would actual fly. Monogram, however, wanted to make true scale models that could still be assembled easily. So they created the four large and highly detailed non-flying scale Speedee-Bilt bombers - the B-25, B-26, B-24 and B-17. The kits were a tremendous success and sold well in the early to mid 1950s.
MPC Ramchargers Funny Car - Dodge, 1/25, 732-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$260
Very rare 1970 first issue. Features Logghe Chassis build up just like the real car, lift-off body with support rods, very well detailed supercharged 426 Hemi engine, full front and rear suspension, complete cockpit, roll cage, fuel tanks, parachute, wheelie wheels, racing slicks and more. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires. The kit has never been started. Inside, it is still packed as it came from the factory. The white plastic parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The chrome, clear and tires were never factory sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.