Aurora Airco SE-5A Scout - Revised Molds - Major J.B. McCudden V.C. No. 56 Sq / No. 600 Sq Summer of 1917, 1/48, 755
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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1976 issue with revised molds. Much better kit than previous releases. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Cleveland A-20 Boston or P-70 Havoc Master Kit - 49 Inch Wingspan For R/C or Free Flight, 1/16, SF-115
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Very large scale model builds either the Douglas A-20 Boston Medium Bomber or the P-70 Havoc Night Fighter. Ideal for conversion to electric power and RC. This is the deluxe version including dope and paint in glass bottles. Very highly detailed and complete kit. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called 'The Aviation Craze' that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business, called Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviations great Recruiter, Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Doyusha Boeing 727 ANA, 1/100, 100-B2-3000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Large scale, well-molded model that measures 18 inches long when assembled. Excellent detail including rear airstair door, full landing gear, clear windows and very large and colorful decal sheet for ANA. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
AMT 1971 Cyclone Stock Car - (Mercury Cyclone Model King Issue), 1/25, 21776P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. Dated 2007. Features detailed race chassis and cockpit, complete engine and engine compartment, life-off body, opening hood, two decal sheets for multiple cars and more.
Victory Productions North American RA-5C Vigilantes Decals For 9 Aircraft, 1/48, VPD48007
, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Rare. Fantastic decal set covering 9 different aircraft and consisting of one very large sheet, one medium side sheet, marking guide and full color paint guide. Fresh from climate controlled storage; mint and never used.
Lindberg Jurassic Park Tyrannosaurus Rex, 70271
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. 1993 issue released with the popular movie. The scale is not listed but the kit is over 20 inches long and over 69 inches high. There were four very nice dinosaur models issued in this series.
Airfix McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Sky King Issue - British Caledonian Airlines (DC-10), 1/144, 06177-7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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From 1980. Nicely molded kit with clear passenger and cockpit windows, detailed landing gear and a large sheet of colorful Caledonian decals. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Airfix Concorde Supersonic Airliner - Sky King Series- British Airways or Air France, 1/144, 06175-1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Includes decals for both airlines. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Matchbox Walrus / Hasegawa SOC-3 Seagull / Fujimi F4U-4 Corsair / Air Lines Saulnier (ex-Frog) / Heller P-47N Thunderbolt / Academy P-51B Mustang / MPC SM-79 Mk II, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good to Exc
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SALE!! Includes all 7 kits. NOTE: builder kits only, they are not perfect. The Walrus is never started with all parts but missing decals. The Seagull has the interior parts primed and very minor, 'professional' quality assembly. Missing the pilots, otherwise complete with all other parts and decals. Heller P-47N is complete and never started. The Saulnier is missing the display stand but complete with all other parts; there is minor 'professional' quality assembly. The Fujimi Corsair is complete and has no gluing or paint but minor fine sanding to the fuselage with a very, very fine grit paper. The Academy P-51B is complete and has no assembly, but the interior parts are airbrushed zinc chromate green and the job done is 'pro' quality. The SM-79 has never been started and is missing one part ((1) exhaust pipe, easily made from wire) and the decals completely self-destructed like the MPC decals from this era often do. (I removed them, they were just making a mess)
Classic Airframes Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon - US Coast Guard Salem Air Station 1943 / USCG Brooklyn Air Station 1943 / San Francisco Air Station 1943 / Elizabeth City Air Station 1943 (J4F1), 1/48, S001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Highly detailed and well molded kit with complete cockpit & cabin, detailed optional position landing gear and markings for several aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora F-86D Sabre Jet, 1/48, 77-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Hardbox is dated 1960. A rather rare issue with the Parents' Magazine Seal and the 'Famous Fighters' oval logo. This is the true 1960 issue and the seal was dropped in '61 or '62. This kit is a modification of the original Brooklyn U-Ma-Kit molds, featuring landing gear, two wing drop tanks, 8 wing-mounted missiles, extended rocket tray, clear triangle display stand and decals for 'YF-578.' Molded in gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing the front of the rocket tray. This small, flat part can be made with sheet plastic. If you are building it with the rocket tray retracted, you do not need this part. Inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions present.
Aurora Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, 1/110, 291-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Classic Jo Kotula box artwork is in near mint condition with as-new color and gloss, four solid corners, not price tags or tags marks, no tape and only factory tape marks. Kit is molded in gloss silver with optional full landing gear, clear canopy, display stand and colorful decals. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Motorized German Battleship Bismarck 1st Issue, 1/350, 762M-500
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Hard-to-find 1st issue with Ray Gaedke box art. Large 25.5 inch long classic kit with motorized propeller drive, automatically rotating main turrets with elevating main guns and she can be programmed for straight, figure eight or circle sailing patterns. One of the nice things about this model is that it all works well! I had endless fun with mine in a lake. Never started. The small parts are still in factory sealed bags. The parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete and includes decals, flag sheet and instructions.
AMT Meyers Tow'd Dune Buggy or Tow'dster Dune Buggy, 1/25, T300-225
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Very rare one and only issue Features optional parts for street or competition versions, complete motor, frame, suspension, driveline, interior, custom body and more. Molded in green, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires and metal axles. The kit has never been started. Inside, it is exactly as it left the factory. The green parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The chrome, clear and tires were never sealed and are inventoried complete. With decals and instructions both in 'excellent' condition.
Franklin Mint Armour Collection F-14 Tomcat VF-84 USS Nimitz, 1/48, B11B808
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Brand new, never removed from the box and complete. High quality die-cast model that is completely factory built and painted. When I saw this kit had never been removed from the packaging, I did not open it. If any of the paperwork is important to you, let me know before you purchase and I will check for you. This is what Franklin Mint says about each of these models: "Each of our die-cast models are hand-assembled and hand painted to ensure quality and authentic detail. To create each exciting precision replica, our designers and engineers make exhaustive examinations of their subject from every conceivable angle; photographing, sketching and in many cases studying the actual plans. Months are spent sculpting a scale prototype that captures even the most intricate details. The result: A precision-engineered model of unsurpassed quality that you will be proud to own and display. Each is a masterpiece of the model maker's art, reflecting our passion for perfection, our total commitment to superb craftsmanship, and our abiding respect for quality and authenticity."
Spirit of Yesteryear Jo Konefes 1940 Buzzard Bombshell Laser Cut - 46.5 Inch Wingspan 1/2A Texaco Speed 400 Competition For Free Flight or R/C
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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A modern, superb kit of this classic flyer. Features all perfectly laser cut balsa and plywood parts, numerous other parts factory-cut to shape, pre-cut spars and stripwood, finished wheels, fully formed gear struts, extensive hardware set, high quality orange and black covering tissue, clear material for cabin windows, plastic APC 9 x 6E prop, excellent full-size plans and a very detailed instruction manual. Never started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The parts that were never sealed are complete.
Orange Crush-Revell 1909 Stanley Steamer, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Very rare kit with a fascinating history. Around 1958/59, Orange Crush of Mexico offered a promotion. They offered free, colorful, plastic model cars if you collected correctly-marked Orange Crush bottle caps. The models are 1/32 scale Revell Highway Pioneer series - although there is no mention of Revell or Lodela anywhere on the box. Orange Crush had the boxes and even the instructions specially made for them with no mention of a manufacture. They were never given numbers. The boxes were very thin and fragile cardboard. This has contributed to wear and you must be very cautious with them. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag and the instructions are sealed in the bag as well. You could redeem your caps two ways - at the Orange Crush truck and at a Modelandia Hobby House. The box sides show the 18 cars in the series. Orange Crush also released two full-color booklets and a complete paint set for the cars. A colorful cardboard box held 7 colors of paint in glass bottles, complete with 'Orange Crush' screw-on caps! The entire promotion was done in coordination with Modelandia Hobby House which had up to 19 stores. Modelandia's name appears on each of the boxes and the paint as well. Robina S.A. was the bottler or distributor of Orange Crush in Mexico at that time. The box side lists the other 18 kits with small color pictures of each and shows three sizes of OC - Family Size (Familiar), Grand (Grande) and Normal. You could also obtain models with Titan bottle caps. Titan was also bottled by Robina and came in large (Titan) and smaller (Titancito) sizes and apparently more than one flavor. We do not know how Orange Crush had access to the plastic kits or who sealed the internal bags with the Crush instructions inside them. We can assume that it may have been Lodela, since they would have had access to the Revell molds. It is not know for how long the promotion lasted, but Orange Crush was one of the most dominant soft drinks in Mexico at that time. Here is one clue: some boxes claim that Modelandia had 13 locations; other boxes, which obviously came later on, claim 19 locations. This may indicate that this promotion went on for a significant amount of time.
Italeri Dornier Do-217 K-1 - 3 Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 2 1943/44 - 1 Gruppe Kampfgeschwader 55 France 1943, 1/72, 105
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good
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Still factory sealed. Older but finely molded and nicely detailed model.
Guillows Professionally Built Albatros D-V With Wood Paneled And Completely Finished Fuselage - 17.5 Inch Wingspan
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good
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I believe this is from a highly modified Guillow's #WW-1 D5A but I do not know for sure. It is partially assembled to world-class quality. The work was done in the 1950s although it is as fresh as if it were finished yesterday. The fuselage is completely wood covered and completely finished to a stunning effect. It is not sheeted but is covered with individual rectangles of balsa (a method pioneered by Cleveland in the 1930s), cut to fit between each bulkhead and stringer. That is right - when you look into the cockpit, the wood covering is flush with the stringers. The quality of the work is so phenomenal that the lines of the fuselage are perfectly smooth and you cannot spot a single seam between the dozens and dozens of individual panels. The attached elevator and separate rudder are perfectly built with flawless airfoil cross sections (they are not flat). The two wings are built flawlessly, finish sanded and ready to cover. The leading edges are perfectly and consistently formed and rounded while the trailing edges are sanded almost paper thin. I previously sold many of this modeler's completed kits and they were all world class; this one is no exception. I intended to finish it myself, but it is time for it to go to someone who will give it what it deserves. Kit will be shipped very carefully packed and doubled boxed.
Nichimo IJN I-19 Type Otsu Submarine Motorized, 1/200, U-2006-3000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Very successful Japanese fleet submarine from WWII that sported an aircraft in a sealed hanger. This combination was used to bomb the western USA as the only bombing attack on the American mainland during WWII. Motorized model that can be made remote control with today's tiny components. Features gearbox and all running hardware, but Nichimo did not include the motor with the kit. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.