Hasegawa Grumman F4F-4 Wilcat - US Navy VF-9 or VF-6, 1/72, AP24
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Limited issue. Very well molded with all fine recessed panel lines. Contains markings for both aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals are still in the factory sealed bag, but they have very light stains on the backing paper.
Revell Boeing B-47 Air Power Series, 1/112, H140-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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1961 hardbox Air Power issue, from the same molds as the famous Pre 'S' kit. Makes an ideal builder. Molded in silver and clear plastic. Never started. All of the parts and paperwork are still in the factory sealed internal clear bag.
Aurora Aston Martin DB-4, 1/25, 562-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Hardbox kit dated 1965. Aurora issued this kit in the wake of the highly successful James Bond 007 series. For Aurora, this kit was an amazing improvement in mold quality and detail; so much so that Monogram reissued this kit after they purchased the Aurora molds. Features fully detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, complete interior with folding front seat backs, opening driver and passenger doors, fully detailed underside with separately molded suspension, differential, springs, steering linkage, drive shaft and exhaust, opening trunk showing full spare tire, battery and four pieces of fitted luggage and more. Molded in correct gloss red, black, white, clear, chrome and with real rubber tires. Never started. The black and red parts are still in factory-sealed bags. The parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete with instructions.
Wesco S-51 S-class Submarine 1922 - Fourth-Group S Class (S-48), 1/240
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Very rare. Thi sis a solid wood kit of this early USN submarine that was unfortunately rammed and sunk by the City Of Rome. The kit consists of a 3D machine cut to profile wood hull (requires sanding to round shape), printwood, wood stock, cardstock detail parts and even a corked, glass vial of paint and a metal tube of glue - both in the original small paper bag. Even sandpaper is included. The plans are complete but have long closed splits - they are in two parts. The plans include very nice text directions, very good top and side elevations, several detail drawings and hull cross sections for shaping. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes insignia (on the plans) and instructions.
Yamada Sen-Toku Type I-401 (I400 class) Submarine - Motorized Diving and Surfacing Operating Model (ex-Doyusha), 1/300, YSB1000-1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Quality kit from ex-Doyusha molds. Very nice kit that is designed for water operation. Automatically dives and surfaces while underway. Includes Mabuchi RE-280 motor and all metal hardware required. Features detailed superstructure, AA guns and deck gun and Seiran aircraft with crane. Includes rigging diagram, decals and instructions. Molded in dark red (below the waterline parts), dark gray (above waterline parts) and wood tan (decking). Heavily illustrated instructions are in English and Japanese. The kit has never been started. All parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags.
Monogram USS New Jersey BB62 Battleship, 1/600, 3001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
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Still factory sealed. Dated 1995 and is from the original 1976 molds. Monogram cut the molds for this model - it is NOT from Aurora molds. Features very clean parts, very good detail, one piece full hull with complete propeller and rudder detail, two observation float planes, elevating main gun, main turrets that move with the gun directors and more. Model is 16 inches long when assembled and includes a display stand.
Palmer 75mm World War I Artillery Piece Brass Plated, 1/24, 33-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
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Still factory sealed. Older but detailed kit that is scaled from US Army photos. Includes operating front shield sight and wheels. One tree is brass plated. About 7 inches long assembled. Palmer made a range of five field gun kits which included the Gatling Gun, Civil War Field Piece, Revolutionary War Cannon, Naval Cannon and 75mm World War I Artillery Piece. The original issues contained brass plated parts and chain or rope as necessary. The economy line was issued without brass plating or chain. Finally, there was a deluxe series that included extra parts such as limbers, carriers and caisson. Life-Like eventually purchased the molds and reissued the line in the mid to late 1970s, and Encore reissued some of them in 1993.
Lindberg Henschel HS-129B German Tank Destroyer, 1/72, 474-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
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Still factory sealed. 1972 issue with Tom Morgan boxart. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Lindberg Grumman TBF Avenger, 1/72, 480
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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One-piece box issue with Tom Morgan artwork is dated 1968, but it is the third issue and dates from the 1970s. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Lindberg Arado Ar-234B Jet Bomber, 1/72, 439-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Purchase new on October 4, 1966 at Topps in Cleveland, Ohio. First hardbox issue with Tom Morgan boxart. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Nautilus SSN571 Nuclear Fleet, 1/305, H308
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Likely from the mid to late 1960s from Revell of Germany With instructions in English and German. This model is from corrected molds that do not include the missile. Never started. Factory sealed bag with decals and instructions present.
Classic Metal Works GMC PD4103 Trailways Bus Denver HO Scale, 1/87, 32113
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Brand new, old hobby shop stock. Never used. Perhaps the best model of this bus. Fully factory assembled and painted except for the side view mirrors, which are still sealed in the factory bag. Although this is brand new, the plastic did come off the cardboard card. I have taped it back on.
Monogram Dornier Do-17Z - 'White Box' Issue, 1/72, 5305
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. From 1978. Hard-to-find photo variation box top. Very nicely molded and detailed kit for that time.
Minicraft 14531 DC-4 American Airlines / 14459 DC-6B CAT Civil Air Transport / 14513 Lockheed Super G Constellation Northwest Airlines, 1/144
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG to Sealed NM
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Includes all three kits. The DC-4 and DC-6B are still factory sealed. The Super Connie has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Ryan Navion, 1/48, 507-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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1950s hardbox issue with Ray Gaedke artwork. The box is in exceptional condition with like-new color and gloss, four solid corners, no price tags and no fading. The only tape is the original factory sealing tape on the sides and bottom. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Monogram De Havilland Mosquito - N.F.II / Mk.IV / F.B.VI / II - White Box Issue, 1/48, 6849
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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1973 issue. Well detailed and molded and from the original Four Star molds. Includes all parts and decals required to build one of four variants: NF II Night Fighter, MK. IV Day Bomber, FB VI Fighter Bomber and Mosquito II Night Intruder. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
UPC North American P-51D Mustang - With Markings for Two USAAF 8th AF Aircraft (ex-Hawk), 1/50, 5069-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Purchased new on May 19, 1967 at Woolworths in Cleveland, Ohio. Mold origins unknown - possible Marusan molds. If so, then Marusan copied the Hawk kit as the part layout, panel lines and rivets are identical. Good kit with recessed and raised panel lines. Includes cockpit, rockets, drop tanks, optional position canopy and gear and decals for two different 8th Air Force aircraft. UPC stood for Universal Powermaster Corporation which was based out of New York City, NY. UPC did not cut their own molds, but bought kits already molded from other manufacturers and re-boxed the kits in the USA. Scott Eidson, the famous artist best known for his artwork with Revell, also did UPC box art in the 1960s. All UPC production ended in the 1970s.
Revell Nationalist Chinese Frigate Tai Chao (USS Carter), 1/248, H456-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Hard-to-find 1967 hardbox issue. Formerly the US Navy Destroyer Carter. In 1948 she was transferred to Taiwan. Never started. All parts and paperwork is still in the factory sealed bag. Box has wear as shown.
Eduard Fairey Fulmar Mk.II - FAA 889 Sq Fayid Egypt July 1942 / FAA 784 Sq HNS Ravager Feb 1944 / FAA 809 Sq HMS Victorious During Operation Torch Nov 1942 / 806B Sq HMS Illustrious June 1942 / 809 Sq HMS Victorious Late 1941, 1/48, 1130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Features all fine recessed panel lines, excellent cockpit detail, optional position canopies, gear well details two frets of PE parts, mask set and more. With color paint guide and markings for all aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hobby Craft Vampire Night Fighter, 1/48, HC1578
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. First operational all-jet night-fighter for the RAF.