Monogram Model Kits
Monogram Grumman SA-16B Albatross - SSP Issue - (HU-16), 1/72, 85-0020
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$42
The Albatross was the primary sea rescue aircraft of the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, a branch of MAC - Military Airlift Command. Operational service began in 1947 and Hu-16s saw wartime action in Vietnam. The kit is still factory sealed and is the 1999 reissue or the original 1960s 'Four Star' kit. It has the same box art and is also molded in white and clear plastic. Features retractable landing gear, rotating wheels and propellers, three man crew, optional position rear boarding door, life raft with two survivors and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes two different partial decal sheets and instructions. NOTE: the primary decal sheet is for two USAF aircraft and it originally came with the kit but it is only 95% intact. Three decals are missing. The other decal sheet is only partial and from another issue of this same kit. It only includes US Coast Guard markings (the USAF markings are missing for this sheet).
Monogram F-80 Shooting Star - USAF 'Ila's Pride' 51st FIW, 1/48, 5428
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Dated 1995 and features detailed cockpit and machine gun bay, removable bay hatch, optional position canopy, detailed gear wells, removable tail section with detailed turbojet engine (aft section), a stand for the rear fuselage section and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Messerschmitt Me-262, 1/48, 5453
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
1988 issue. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. Has removable panels to reveal jet engine detail, optional position cowls to show detailed gun bays, very good cockpit detail, optional position canopy, bomb load and two figures. The kit has never been started. Some parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The parts that are not internally sealed have been inventoried complete, including decals and instructions.
Monogram F-15E Strike Eagle Desert Storm, 1/72, 5476
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$25
1991 issue of the famous two-seat strike aircraft. Well detailed and molded for that time and features conformal fuel tanks, detailed landing gear and wheel wells, four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, two 1000 lb bombs, eight 500 lb bombs and 30mm gun pod. Decals are for a Desert Storm aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Bell AH-1G Huey Cobra Attack Helicopter - White Box Issue, 1/72, 5000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Dated 1977. This very nicely detailed model features cockpit, crew of two, rocket pods on both wings, nose gun and rotating main rotor. There is no assembly but NOTE: there is minor painting as follows: rotors, pilots and interior parts. There is no other painting. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram SSN Skipjack Submarine SSN585 - BAGGED, 1/228, 3101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$48
NOTE: bagged kit; there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. When Monogram acquired the Aurora molds, they only reissued the most accurate kits and usually did heavy mold modifications to bring them up to Monogram standards. In this case, the hull halves were detailed with fine, realistic panel lines and other details; the sail had any unrealistic detail removed as well as the raised outline for the numbers and where Aurora had only one periscope/sensor on the sail, Monogram correctly added two more for a total of three. It also features moving diving planes on the hull & conning tower, removable hatch revealing bulkheads and reactor detail and more. Includes a display stand. Never started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram The UFO - From The Invaders TV Series - (ex Aurora), 1/72, 6012
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$54
Monogram's second issue dated 1996; the molds were purchased from Aurora in the mid/late 1970s. Aurora had originally released this kit as a promotion with the 1966 TV series 'The Invaders'. The alien craft features moving landing legs, removable top showing full interior and crew and red-tinted clear landing lights. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Grumman TBF Avenger - Torpedo Bomber Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA31-149
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$74
First issue hardbox from 1958 and part of an incredibly popular line of Monogram 1/48 scale WWII aircraft. This classic kit features wings that fold properly as on the real aircraft, retractable landing gear, opening bomb bay doors and dropping torpedo, elevating machine gun & rotating turret, rotating propeller & wheels, chocks, pilot, gunner, two ground crew figures and more. Molded in gloss dark blue and clear plastic. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Apollo Saturn V Rocket, 1/144, 5082
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$54
1995 reissue of the 1968 kit and the best Saturn in 1/144 scale due to Monogram's famous engineering and detail. Features 87 pieces, all three correctly separating stages to demonstrate a simulated flight, opening top doors to reveal the removable scale escape tower, Lunar Lander, command module and re-entry capsule, correct engine detail for all stages, three figures and launch pad stand. Molded in white, silver and with a yellow base. 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.
Monogram 71 Hemi Cuda - 1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda, 1/24, 2292
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$29
1982 issue that features detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, very good chassis, complete interior and more. Molded in orange, clear, chrome plate (in near mint condition) and with rubber tires. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Curtiss Goshawk F11C-2 - White Box Issue - (F11C2), 1/72, 6796
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$26
1973 Mattel/Monogram issue with markings for the 'High Hat' Squadron from CV-3 Saratoga in the 1930s. Very finely molded and detailed in the Monogram tradition. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Monogram Focke-Wulf FW-190 Test Shot - Bagged, 1/72, PA107
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$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. Test Shots were usually made in whatever plastic was loaded into the silo at the time and in some cases reground plastic (from defects) was even used. This is one of those kits. Ever notice that all Monogram FW190s are always molded in green and black? Well, not in this case! This test shot is molded with many small parts in a startling white with a black swirl, black, clear and green. This is a pre-first issue. It has never been started. The model is inventoried with all parts and instruction present. The instructions 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.
Monogram Curtiss P-40B Tiger Shark Test Shot - Bagged, 1/72, PA96
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$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. Test Shots were usually made in whatever plastic was loaded into the silo at the time and in some cases reground plastic (from defects) was even used. This is one of those kits. Ever notice that all Monogram P-40s were molded in olive-drab plastic? Well, not in this case! This test shot is molded with most of the parts in a chocolate brown plastic, some in silver and the few remaining ones in green and clear plastic. This is a pre-first issue. It has never been started. The model is inventoried with all parts and instruction present. The Four Star issue instructions are mint and 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. As a note, the test shots of the Monogram Four Star Helldiver were molded in silver and clear - clear dive brakes and many other clear parts! Some test shots of the Hawker Hurricane were molded in gloss gray with a little bit of white added so the designer could see exactly how the plastic moved into and filled the cavities.
Monogram MIL Mi-24 HIND Gunship - USSR / Nicaragua / Czech / Afghanistan Air Forces, 1/48, 5819
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$30
Still factory sealed. Very nicely detailed kit from 1987. Includes markings for all Air Forces listed. Features detailed cockpit, elevating gun and rotating turret, full cabin interior, rotating front and rear rotors, optional position canopy and doors, full combat loadout and more.
Monogram A-1H Skyraider - VA-176 USS Intrepid or South Vietnamese Air Force, 1/48, 85-5419
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
2000 'Classics' reissue of this popular, quality kit using the same molds as the 'White Box' issue from 1980. Features complete cockpit, detailed main and tail wheel wells, optional position canopy and large weapons/drop tank loadout. There is a painting guide and decals for the two aircraft listed. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair White Box Issue - (F4U4), 1/48, 6833
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$36
1973 White Box reissue of the famous 'Four Star' kit from 1963. Many action features; wings fold, landing gear and tail wheel retract and all gear doors close, working arresting gear and turning wheels and prop. Molded in dark blue, black and clear. Never started. Inventoried with all parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE: decals are complete and intact, but several are starting to lift and some age the usual age micro-cracking. If you are building this model, be prepared to supply your own decals.
Monogram Jeep CJ-7 - 2 In 1, 1/24, 2966
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$24
1993 issue. Very nicely detailed model that can be built as a 'Suburban' CJ with or without the hardtop or as the Off-Road version. Jeep features detailed engine and compartment, opening hood, full suspension and exhaust underside detail, steering shaft, box and linkage, full interior, optional hardtop or off-road top cover and more. Includes plated, clear and blue parts with rubber tires. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: engine long block built; transfer case 1/2s; front & rear differentials to frame. There is no other assembly. Inventoried and NOTE: missing the small 'boot' for the center console, winch halves and gas can havles. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions present.
Monogram TWA Ford Tri-Motor - 25th Anniversary CAA Flight - Four Star Issue, 1/77, PA122-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$64
Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk and split. This hardbox issue dated 1965 and contains decals for TWA 25th Anniversary C.A.A. flight (the earlier Four Star issues only had Byrd Antarctic markings)
Monogram 1939 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery - Dr. Feelgoods Miracle Elixir Custom, 1/24, 2240
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good
$38
Still factory sealed but the seal has splits and other wear; a good example is the upper right hand corner as shown. 1978 issue that is a well molded and detailed kit in the Monogram tradition. Features slotted alloy wheels, radial tires, detailed 427 Chevy big block engine, detailed engine compartment, opening hood, full interior and delivery section, opening back door and more. Molded in green, clear, chrome and with rubber tires.
Monogram T-28A Trainer USAF - Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA28-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$69
Dated 1957. First issue hardbox dated 1957. Features canopy slides open to show detailed cockpit, retractable landing gear, rotating prop and wheels, instructor, student pilot & mechanic figures and more. Molded in the correct gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.