Plastic Model Kits
Revell British Canberra Whip-Fly, 1/81, H157-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$85
Rare hardbox kit from 1961 has fantastic artwork of an RAF Canberra flying over 'The Rock'. Based on the 1950s B-57 "S" kit, the Whip-Fly Canberra comes with RAF decals, flight ballast, control handle, 12 feet of control line, control ring, colorful streamers for the jet engines and a underside pod which is a in-flight whistle! Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions included. The box would grade slightly higher than 'excellent' but it rated as such because there is residue from old tape on the two long sides. Included in the famous 'Whip Fly' series are the H151 F9F-8 Cougar, H152 F-84F, H153 F-89D Scorpion, H154 F8U-1 Crusader, H155 F-39 Airacobra and H156 F-101A Voodoo. Although not listed yet, there was also a Whip-Fly Canberra, F-106 and Yak-25 Flashlight. The Whip-Fly series seemed like a good idea...at first. Revell quickly realized that spinning heavily-ballasted, sharp objects at dizzying speeds in or outside the home around groups of children was not the best idea. The series was quickly discontinued.
Revell The Saint Jaguar XJS - From the TV Show The Saint, 1/25, 6402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$65
1979 issue to tie in with the TV series 'Return of the Saint' staring Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar. This kit features detailed interior, opening bonnet, detailed 5.3 liter V-12, one piece body, detailed undercarriage, 5 spoke Jaguar rims with Dunlop SP Sport Tires and more. Molded in white, black and clear plastic. Inside, the kit is as it left the factory. The black parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The clear and white parts were never factory sealed and have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions.
Revell F-94C Starfire - Academy Great Britain Issue, 1/56, H123
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$35
Early 1960s Revell of Great Britain issue. This issue was made from the original Pre-S kit molds and makes an ideal builder. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket - (D5582), 1/54, H121
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$34
Revell of Great Britain 1960s Academy release with great box art unique to this issue. This kit features optional position landing gear and cockpit hatch, boarding ladder, pilot in the boxart pose and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Challenger Space Shuttle with Boosters - Columbia / Enterprise / Atlantis / Discovery, 1/288, 4528
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$14
1982 issue that includes Space Shuttle, two solid rocket boosters, large center fuel tank and launch base display stand. Includes decals for 5 different shuttles. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals have a light moisture stain on the left that comes about 1.25' inches in and runs from the top to the bottom of the decal sheet.
Comet Grumman S2F Hunter Killer - ASW Aircraft - Large Scale Issue, 1/54, PL801-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$54
Rare early 1950s USA plastic model kit. This is the larger of the two Comet S2Fs in near 1/48 scale. As with most Comet kits, this one is well molded with all recessed panel detail and no unsightly rivets. Features retractable sonar dome and MAD boom, extensive clear windows, wing search light with clear cover, rocket under-wing load out, rotating propellers and display stand. Molded in gloss light gray and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Comet Lockheed F-104A Starfighter - (F-104), 1/62, PL500-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$48
Rare 1950s issue. Shortly after this release, Comet sold all their model molds to Aurora. Comet had made two F-104 kits - this is the larger scale one. Inside, the kit is like new and molded in gloss silver and clear. Includes the Comet Model Hobbycraft catalog mailer. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals in amazing 'near mint' condition and 'excellent' instructions. This is the second issue with one instruction sheet. The first issue actually had two instructions sheets - the standard one, and the Supplement. The first draft of the instructions left out the stand ball retainer, and the supplement includes that omission.
Comet Convair B-58 Hustler - Supersonic Jet Bomber, 1/96, PL-802-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$78
Rare model injection molded plastic model from the late 1950s. Comet, the famous manufacture of wooden flying model kits, cut molds in the '50s for several aircraft. They made two different Hustlers; this is the larger of the two Comet issues and is housed in a two piece hardbox. Very nicely molded and detailed for that time. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Please note that the box displays slightly better than 'very good++' but is rated as such because each long side has small, 1/2" x 1/2" tape tears from the factory sealing tape. In the mid 1950s Comet, then known for it's line of stick and tissue flying model aircraft, branched out into plastic model kits. By 1963, Comet sold all production molds to Aurora, and Aurora reissued the kits. This lead to Aurora having three different scale B-58 kits in stock - their own near 1/72 and the two from Comet.
Hudson Miniatures 1913 Mercer Raceabout Lil Old Timers Quickie Kit, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$39
Rare. When the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' burst upon the hobby scene in 1951, they started a hobby revolution. Plastic model kits were not new in 1951, but successful mass marketing of plastic kits was new. The sensation swept the country, and Gowland & Revell could not make the kits fast enough. The fact that the public was buying these models shocked the successful hobby establishment. One such manufacture was Hudson Miniatures. In the 1940s, Hudson had established a name in making 1/16 scale 'Old Timer' models of automobiles. These were excellent kits with wood and metal parts, but a high degree of skill was required to carve and finish the wood parts. In the late 1940s, they added some injection molded plastic parts (usually acetate wheels) to the series but did not consider a completely plastic kit. When Hudson saw what was happening with the Highway Pioneers, he began to design his own 1/32 scale line called 'Lil Old Timers', which hit the stores in 1954. An early paper fold-out catalog shows 18 models including some real gems like the 1910 International Harvester Passenger Car, 1911 Brush Delivery Truck and 1906 Columbia Electric Car just to name a few. The line was bought by Revell a short time after it's release, and Revell did reissue some (but not all) of the kits. As you would expect from Hudson, this is a nice kit with excellent moldings and detail for the time. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions. The Mercer was perhaps the most famous sports car of it's day, and it can be successfully argued that it was America's first sports car. The 30 horsepower 'T' head 4 cylinder engine sped it along at over 80 miles per hour. A 1914 Mercer clocked 112 mph at Daytona Beach - no mean feat for that age.
Hudson Miniatures 1914 Regal Lil Old Timers Quickie Kit, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$42
Rare. When the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' burst upon the hobby scene in 1951, they started a hobby revolution. Plastic model kits were not new in 1951, but successful mass marketing of plastic kits was new. The sensation swept the country, and Gowland & Revell could not make the kits fast enough. The fact that the public was buying these models shocked the successful hobby establishment. One such manufacture was Hudson Miniatures. In the 1940s, Hudson had established a name in making 1/16 scale 'Old Timer' models of automobiles. These were excellent kits with wood and metal parts, but a high degree of skill was required to carve and finish the wood parts. In the late 1940s, they added some injection molded plastic parts (usually acetate wheels) to the series but never considered making a completely plastic kit. When Hudson saw what was happening with the Highway Pioneers, he began to design his own 1/32 scale line called 'Lil Old Timers', which hit the stores in 1954. An early paper fold-out catalog shows 18 models including some real gems like the 1910 International Harvester Passenger Car, 1911 Brush Delivery Truck and 1906 Columbia Electric Car just to name a few. The line was bought by Revell a short time after it's release, and Revell did reissue some (but not all) of the kits. As you would expect from Hudson, this is a nice kit with excellent moldings and detail for the time. The kit is molded in a very bright yellow plastic. Never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. The 1914 Regal Coupe is perhaps the rarest of all cars ever built in America. It was underslung, which was rare for the time, and the body was all wood and similar to old horse-drawn carriages of colonial times. The design was sometimes called a Colonial Coupe. The large car seated only two people and could hit 40 mph with it's 25 hp engine.
AFV Club German Sd.Kfz. 251/1 Ausf. C, 1/35, AF35078
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$28
Still factory sealed. First issue with special parts.
AFV Club NATO AIFV Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle - 25mm Cannon, 1/35, AF35016
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$26
Features optional dust cover, American-style tracks, optional rear 5 gallon water tank or spool of telephone wire and includes markings and paint guide for several different NATO countries. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
AFV Club M102 105mm Howitzer, 1/35, AF3506
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$24
Still factory sealed. From new molds and highly detailed. Features metal barrel and spring, rubber tires, movable cannon tube that rotates and elevates, four 105 ammo rounds, air drop ring and more.
Aoshima HMS Victorious Aircraft Carrier, 1/700, WLA109
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$25
Very highly detailed waterline model which includes air wing. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya IJN Light Cruiser Yubari - With Wooden Display Base, 1/700, 7605
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$25
Special edition that includes a beautiful hardwood display base that is completely factory finished and ready to use. The 1/700 scale waterline model that is highly detailed and finely molded. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya HMS Rodney British Battleship, 1/700, WLB102
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
1/700 scale waterline model that is highly detailed and finely molded. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya IJN Junyo Aircraft Carrier, 1/700, WLA076-650
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$30
1/700 scale waterline kit that is very highly detailed and finely molded. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram De Havilland Mosquito - N.F.II / Mk.IV / F.B.VI / II Night Intruder - Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA129-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$42
First issue 'Four Star' kit dated 1965. Very finely molded and detailed for that time and contains parts to build any one of four versions: NF II Night Fighter, Mk IB Bomber, Mk VI Fighter Bomber and MkII Night Intruder. There is no assembly but NOTE: one propeller and two seats are neatly painted. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Dragon Sherman Ic Firefly - Armor Pro Issue, 1/72, 7322
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$26
Hard-to-find. This kit is from all new molds and very highly detailed with over 130 pieces. Includes many brass PE details, one piece T54E-1 VVSS tracks and much more. Includes decals plus paint guide for three different tanks. Never started. The small details are still factory sealed; the other parts have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Monogram P-47N Thunderbolt Pro Modeler - USAAF 19FS 318FG Capt. John Vogt 'Drink'n Sister' le Shima 1945 / 73FS 318FG Lt. Robert Redfield 'Sack Happy' le Shima 1945, 1/48, 85-5929
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
$32
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box top concave. 1994 issue that is the is the superb Pro Modeler kit. This model is from completely new molds (not the old Monogram P-47). Features all fine recessed panel lines, excellent cockpit, pilot figure, optional position canopy, detailed gear wells and full engine, clear wingtip navigation lights, a nice selection of weapons including drop tanks, bombs and rockets and very colorful decals for the two aircraft listed.