Plastic Model Kits
Monogram Miller SNJ - Miller Squadron Issue, 1/48, 5307
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
1983 release. Very finely molded and detailed in the highest Monogram tradition. Highly detailed cockpit including structural members. Optional position canopy. Detailed gear and flap wells. The model has never been started. The parts are still in the factory sealed bag with decals and instructions.
Revell USS Helena CA-75 Heavy Cruiser - Picture Fleet Issue - (Los Angeles / Fall River / Baltimore / Pittsburg / Columbus / Bremerton / Canberra / Toledo / Quincy / Chicago / St. Paul / Macon / Boston), 1/481, H370-239
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$149
Very rare. This is the original 1960 Revell issue not the 1990s reissue. It has the beautiful John Steel painting suitable for framing. The 2.39 price extension makes this the Canadian issue. This model contains decals to build any of these sister ships - Los Angeles - Fall River - Baltimore - Pittsburgh - Columbus - Bremerton - Canberra - Toledo - Quincy - Chicago - St. Paul - Macon or Boston. It is molded in the correct glossy gray plastic for this early issue. The kit has never been started. It is factory new inside, with all the parts and all instructions, decals & flag sheet still inside the Revell factory sealed clear bag.
Revell USS Hornet +3 Apollo 11 Recovery Vessel, 1/490, H354
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$145
Early issue dated 1969. Well detailed kit in the Apollo Recovery configuration from the same year. Measures 20 inches long when assembled. Features one piece hull, in-scale Apollo Capsule, Grumman S-2 Trackers, E-1 Tracers, Sea King Helicopters and movable elevators and cranes. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora USS Missouri BB-63 Battleship - Young Model Builders Club Issue, 1/600, 774
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$89
Early 1970s issue of this famous kit in the YMBC release. It is in the original white 'mailer' box with the factory-glued lithograph 'slick' in 'excellent' condition. Features a one-piece full hull, propeller and rudder detail, rotating turrets, separately molded and positionable 5" secondary battery and quad 40mm AA battery, two float planes and catapults, display stand, name plate and decals. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. I have good memories of this model - because of the one piece hull, it floated very well. That and the "good" detail made it an ideal platform for BB gun target practice on my friends lake.
Airfix SE 210 Caravelle - Air France Classic Airliners Special Edition, 1/144, 04175
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$32
Very good model of what is perhaps the most beautiful jet airliner ever made. Air France was the primary customer, but many airlines flew the Caravelle, including United Air Lines in the USA. Features clear windows, full landing gear and opening and closing rear loading ramp stairs. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora Patton Tank M48 - 8th Army / 8th Army 6th Tank Bat. / 24th Infantry Division, 1/48, 321-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$89
Still factory sealed. This 1969 hardbox issue in amazing, investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition. Hard-to-find, 1/48 scale model featuring elevating gun, rotating turret, figures, operating treads and bogies and battlefield display stand. There are markings for the three different tanks listed.
Maquette Handley Page Dart Herald Channel Express Airlines or BIA British Island Airways - (ex-Frog), 1/72, MQ-7221
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$95
Still factory bsealed. Hard-to-find and from original Frog molds. One of the very early British Prop-jet airliners, Heralds carried 56 passengers or 6.5 tons of freight at a range of 1000 miles and a cruising speed of 275 mph. This kit features separately molded rudder, ailerons and elevators, two position passenger and cargo doors, rotating propeller & wheels, boarding stairs, seated and standing pilots and more. Includes two very colorful decal sheets and painting guide for both aircraft.
ITC US Submarine Chaser - SC96 Subchaser WWI US Navy - Motorized, 1/74, 3682-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$189
Very rare motorized, large scale model that measures 18 inches long when assembled. Dates from the late 1950s or early 1960s and can be easily converted to R/C with todays modern & small components. Motorizing equipment is complete with battery holder, electric motor, brass contacts, motor mount, metal shaft & drive propeller and switch. The kit is molded in blue and silver plastic, while the motorizing parts are molded in white. The kit has never been started. The silver parts are still in the factory sealed bag. All other parts have been inventoried complete. Includes decals, color flag sheet and both sets of instructions (standard and supplemental for motorizing). The actual US Navy WWI Submarine chaser was a 110 foot wooden vessel. The ships carried a crew of 25 and were armed with a 3 lb deck gun and a "Y" gun for discharging depth charges. The ships proved valuable in combating the German U-boats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Some were updated and saw service in WWII.
Heller Snecma C-450 Coleoptere, 1/48, 1400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$250
Rare kit of the 1950s French VTOL aircraft. The Coleoptere (meaning 'Annular Wing') was designed much as the American Pogo aircraft; however, the Coleoptere was exclusively jet powered. Some test flights took place on a tether, but the aircraft was destroyed while performing a free-flight transition from vertical to horizontal. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please note that this kit must be shipped double boxed and insured.
Aurora Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, 1/74, 374
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$79
Rare, first issue artwork from about 1955. This was a fine effort by Aurora for that time and an impressive model when assembled. Features retracting pontoons and rotating props. Includes correct early logo instructions which show the clear 'Triangle World' stand and the correct stand is included. This must be one of the first instances of the 'Triangle' stand being used as it is normally associated with oval 'Famous Fighter' logo kits. Molded in gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box has great color and gloss and would grade at least 'good' but it has two small factory tape tears on each long side. This model was made after Aurora found out that the scale on the box top was wrong and was factory 'blotted out' with a black circle at the top left.
Bandai Mercedes Benz L3000S 3 Ton Cargo Truck - Bagged, 1/48
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$69
Very rare. In 1977 Bandai briefly issued four 'demonstration kits' to test the market. They were this Mercedes Benz L3000S, German Goliath Demolition Vehicle, Mercedes Benz L3000A House Truck and NSU Kettenrad Motorcycle. Features detailed motor, removable hood, detailed chassis with separately molded exhaust, two bar, front and rear suspension and driveline, excellent cab interior detail, two styles of troop seating configuration for the bed, optional 'soft' top for the bed and more. After this very brief availability, Bandai never reissued them again. Never started. This kit and the paperwork is still in the factory sealed bag. I have listed this kit under Bandai; however, there is no manufacture listed on anything that I can see in the bag. At one point Academy obtained many Bandai molds and reissued several of the famous 1/48 Pin Point armor issue, using original Bandai artwork. Although I cannot tell, this may be one of the Academy kits. I cannot tell if there are decals or not because the paperwork is sealed. If it is the Academy issue, it will not have them as they did not issue decals with this kit; however, they would put four paper license plates to cut from the instructions if you wish.
Skywave USS San Diego CL-53 Light Cruiser - Oakland / Atlanta / Juneau / San Juan / Reno / Flint / Tucson / Spokane / Fresno, 1/700, 50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$32
This is Pit Road/Skywave's very highly detailed and finely molded waterline model of the USS San Diego. It can be built as any of the cruisers listed because it includes decals for all ships listed - hull numbers and stern names as well. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Skywave Umigiri DD-158 Destroyer JMSDF - Also With Decals For Hamagiri DD155 / Setogiri DD156 / Sawagiri SS157, 1/700, J14
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$26
Pit Road/Skywave issue. Very highly detailed and finely molded waterline model that can be built as any of the destroyers listed because it includes decals for all ships listed - hull numbers and stern names as well. This model includes a helicopter hanger bay with an optional position door and a detailed SH-60J. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Forrest Sherman DD931 Destroyer, 1/320, H463
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$64
Dated 1972 and measures over 15 inches long when assembled. This is a large-scale, well detailed model for that time and still one of the best for a ship of this class. Features full hull with propellers and rudder detail, complete deck fittings, elevating and rotating main turrets, torpedo tubes, torpedo and lifeboat davits, detailed depth charge racks, display stand, decals, flag sheet and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals, color flag sheet and instructions.
Revell P-51D Mustang - Texas Terror IV, 1/72, 4148
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$18
Still factory sealed. 1984 issue is an ideal builder because it is from the same molds as the classic 1960s issue. Features optional position landing gear, movable propeller and wheels, two wing-mounted drop tanks, pilot figure, clear canopy and USAAF markings.
Revell American Firefighters Hose Reel - With Horses and Firemen, 1/48, F202-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$65
First Revell issue dated 1953. Features two highly detailed horses, hitch, carriage with frame detail, flexible hose, rope and metal chain, along with two firefighters and a Dalmatian dog. Molded in the correct white, red and gold plastic. It has never been started and has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The American Firefighters series has a very interesting history. Marlin first cut the molds in 1952 and issued the six original American Firefighters (Chemical and Ladder, Steamer, Hook and Ladder, Water Tower, Aerial Ladder and Hose Reel) in 1952. Revell signed a marketing agreement with Marlin in 1953. Five of the kit were released with the Revell name and marketing name 'Collectors Kits, Closter N.J.' Revell added the horse parts as they were not originally part of the Marlin issues. The kits made excellent display pieces, but they never caught the imagination of young men like jet aircraft did. The five molds were shipped to Brazil. After run for Kikoler (Revell Brazil's Distributor), they were shipped back to the USA but the molds were lost at sea. This issue is from when Revell still had the marketing agreement, as it says 'Trade Mark Copyright 1953 Marlin Toy Co. Inc' on the box top and 'Collector's Kits, Inc, Closter, N.J.' on the side.
Revell Fiat CR-42 Falco, 1/72, H648-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$24
USA one-piece box issue dated 1966. The kit has never been started. The actual aircraft has been inventoried complete and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: missing display stand.
Airfix Cessna Bird Dog USAF O-1F or South Vietnamese O-1E/F, 1/72, 01058
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$32
Dated 1988. This well detailed kit features interior details and under-wing smoke-marker missiles. Has decals for both versions, one from 21st TASS Phu Cat and 23rd Tactical Group Bien Hoa. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Air Lines Blackburn Skua Dive Bomber, 1/72, 7901
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$22
Well molded kit features basic cockpit & crew of two, separately molded radial engine, complete landing gear, separately molded ailerons, rudder & elevators and more Never started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Box art is by the famous Jo Kotula who did 1930s covers for the magazine 'Model Airplane News' and later the Aurora box art of the late 1950s. Air Lines kits are all Frog molds that the Lines Brothers imported to the USA between 1964-1966. The kits, decals and instructions were made in England, then imported to the USA where Testors created the boxes with the colorful trading cards on the back. There are one or two trading cards on each box which show the boxart but not the advertising/logo. Some kits contain a Testors color painting guide also, but it is not specific to any model.
Hasegawa F-16CJ (Block 50) Fighting Falcon - 20th FW Shaw AFB South Carolina 1997 Tiger Meet / 35th FW PACAF Misawa AB Japan, 1/72, D18
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$25
Very nicely molded 1/72 Falcon with decals for two different aircraft. Features detailed cockpit and pilot, detailed gear wells, boarding ladder, optional position canopy, AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.