Hobby-Time Bell XV-3 US Army Convertiplane, 1/43, 901-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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From the 1950s. One and only issue. This one is fresh from the shipping box but has a very slight factory flaw on it - there is a very small crease running vertically from just right of the forward rotor hub up to the top edge of the box. It is very hard to see and is only visible at certain angles. I personally removed these kits from the original Hobby-Time shipping box - it is the first time they have seen light since the factory. This is a very nice kit for that time with fine raised panel lines, interior detail and molded in gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. The original 'krinkle' bag is present but brittle and cracked. I inventoried the parts and they are 100% present. The decals and instructions are in 'mint' condition.
Hobby-Time Douglas F4D-1 Skyray - Static Display or Flying Model - (F4D1), 1/45, 2001
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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One of three unique kits in a series - the other two are the Demon and Super Sabre. The kit has vacuform fuselage, wings with recessed panel lines. For the static version, there is a tree of injection molded detail parts including full landing gear and a stand. For the flying version, there is a nose weight and flying instructions. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Hobby-Time McDonnell F3H-1 Demon - (F3H1), 1/45, 2003
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare large scale Demon. Very close to 1/48- measures 15.5 inches long when assembled. Recessed panel line detail. Hobby-Time created a series of three fly or display large scale kits with vacuform and injection molded parts - this one, the Skyray and the F-100 Super Saber. The model can be built two ways - one that flies (with mainly vacuform parts) and a display one with main vacuform parts, injection molded pilot, landing gear, wheels, etc and a display stand. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Renwal SSBN Andrew Jackson Polaris Ballistic Missile Submarine with Full Interior, 1/200, 654-349
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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From the late 1950s or early 1960s. Classic large (24" long) Cold War SSBN kit that actual fires Polaris Missiles from a spring-loaded hull launch tube. Highly detailed and well molded including crew members. Starboard hull halve hinges down to reveal full interior detail for each compartment. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Lockheed F-80C (P-80) Shooting Star, 1/48, 500-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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From the early 1950s. Rare, very early Lindberg issue with the 'Round Script" logo, the first for Lindberg. The logo is located on the right lower corner of the box top and on the two long sides. Molded in gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Paul Lindberg got his start in 1930s model aviation by designing, building and flying stick and tissue aircraft. His plans appeared in Popular Aviation magazine and he soon made a name for himself. When injection molding showed the way to increased kit sales in the late 1940s/early 1950s, he quickly teamed up with Mr. Olsen to create 'O-lin' models. Ray Gaedke was one the the early artists for O-lin, and he help pioneer dramatic and colorful box artwork. In the early 1950s Paul Lindberg was running the company and had the logo changed to his name. The first logo was circular, with 'Lindberg' in middle and 'Products' 'Incorporated' arched across the top and bottom. The second logo is the 'Yellow Square' that is on this kit. Ray Gadke continued his bold and colorful artwork for Lindberg and did this F-80C boxart as well.
Lindberg Douglas F4D-1 Skyray - (F4D1), 1/48, 562-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Rare 'green' box art issue from the late 1950s. Fantastic artwork is by Ray Gaedke, who painted both of the Skyray issues for Lindberg. Kit features fine raised details, moving rudder and wing control surfaces, complete jet engine and opening inspection cover, pilot, two drop tanks, underwing rockets and a clear display stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Box shows 'excellent' but is graded lower because there is clear tape on the sides and one piece of factory clear tape on the box top. If you are interested, this is best removed by soaking it with lighter fluid. 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 F11F-1 Blue Angels - (F11F1), 1/48, 541-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Classic 1950s kit with all features that made these kits special. Has movable ailerons, rudder and elevators and detailed engine with opening inspection panel. Still the only early short nose F11F Tiger kit in 1/48. Colorful Ray Gaedke artwork. NOTE: seal is split on one short side due to the seal shrinking.
Lindberg Lockheed F-80C (P-80) Shooting Star, 1/48, 500-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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From original O-lin molds. 1950 kit with Ray Gaedke hardbox artwork. Never started. NOTE: missing pilot seat. Otherwise inventoried complete with all other parts, decals and instructions. It is true that earlier versions of this kit did not come with a seat and/or pilot - at one point it was not even shown on the instructions. The first seat was a simple horizontal 'plank. I have seen so many of these with no seat at all that I feel these may be old O-Lin kits that Lindberg wished to use up, so he put them in new Lindberg boxes with new instructions. Paul Lindberg got his start in 1930s model aviation by designing, building and flying stick and tissue aircraft. His plans appeared in Popular Aviation magazine and he soon made a name for himself. When injection molding showed the way to increased kit sales in the late 1940s/early 1950s, he quickly teamed up with Mr. Olsen to create 'O-lin' models. Ray Gaedke was one the the early artists for O-lin, and he help pioneer dramatic and colorful box artwork. In the early 1950s Paul Lindberg was running the company and had the logo changed to his name. The first logo was circular, with 'Lindberg' in middle and 'Products' 'Incorporated' arched across the top and bottom. The second logo is the 'Yellow Square' that is on this kit. Ray Gadke continued his bold and colorful artwork for Lindberg and did this F-80C boxart as well.
Marine Model Co USS Gearing DD710 Destroyer, 1/192, 1123
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Dated 1952 and measures just over 24 inches long when built. Features a beautiful, factory-carved hardwood hull, other wooden parts as required, metal stock and a large box including hundreds of metal fittings. Includes large, blueprint style full-size plans are excellent and include hull sections for templates, side elevation, numerous detail drawings, fittings and part ID guide, rigging details and much more. The kit has not been started. All the fittings are still in factory sealed bags. The other parts have been inventoried complete with plans.
Kabaya DSV Shinkai 6500 Research Submarine, 1/96
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Hard-to-find. Although the box appears toy-like, this is actually a large-scale model although a simple one. The plastic parts are on two sprue with recessed panel lines and 'very good' detail. General appearance and shape is very accurate to the actual vessel, which is the world's deepest diving manned submarine. The model is molded in a softer white plastic and has 15 parts, full decals (stickers) and very nice heavily illustrated instructions. The kit has never been started is complete. In case you were wondering (and I know some of you are),] "Big*1" is a rather giant stick of chewing gum, which is also included.
Microscale 18 Sheets of Trim Film Solid Color Decals
Other Materials, Box Condition: VG+
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Includes mint, never used "Trim Film" solid color MicroScale sheet and two from Super Scale International. They are in a very wide variety of colors with very little repetition. All 18 are never used and in mint condition, fresh from climate-controlled storage.
Monogram Pro Modeler Messerschmitt Me-410B-1 with CMK Engine and Cockpit Sets / Aires Wheel Bays Set / CMK Control Surfaces / MOskit Metal Exhaust / Verlinden Luftwaffe Airfield Carts / Bandai Scwimmwagen, 1/48, 5936
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Build the ultimate 410! Please read carefully. Includes CMK #4008 Me410B Engine Set (internally sealed and never used), CMK #4007 Me-410B Interior Set (internally sealed and never used), CMK #4006 factory sealed Me-410B Control Surfaces, Aires #4076 Me410 Wheel Bay Set (factory sealed), Moskit Russia 48-04 Super-Realistic thin, hollow, metal exhausts (still factory sealed), Verlinden #380 Luftwaffe Airfield Carts (still factory sealed), and a Bandai 1/48 #8237 Schwimmwagen Type K2 with accessories (never started with all parts still internally sealed). As for the kit itself, it is beautifully molded with fine recessed panel lines. Markings for three aircraft are provided on the factory decal sheet: Major Eduard Tratt, with 38 kills from II./ZG26, II./ZG-76 Konigsberg 1944 and 8./ZG26 Konigsberg, Neumark 1943/44. The model has not been started. The parts are still sealed in the factory bags with decals and instructions.
Comet Grumman F6F Hellcat - 24 inch Wingspan Flying Model Airplane, 3503-298
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+++
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1970s large scale issue for rubber or gas free flight, or easily converted to RC using today's tiny and light servos and receivers. Kit features traditional wood/tissue construction, insignia, detailed full size plans, building instructions, wheels, hardware, tissue and propeller. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Monogram Grumman Bearcat F8F Blue Box Issue, 1/72, PA144-70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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First issue of this kit, dated 1967. Tom Morgan box artwork. Very nicely done 1/72 scale kit with rotating prop and wheels, drop tanks and missile/bomb loadout. The kit has never been started. The airplane has been inventoried complete but NOTE: missing stand base. Includes decals and instructions.
Blue Water Navy American S Class Submarine S-26 (1938), 1/350, BNW35017
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Very rare. Very high quality resin full hull model kit with cast metal parts and PE details. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Monogram German WWII Sturmgeschuetz IV L/48 Assault Tank, 1/32, 6861
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed but the seal has splits. 1970 issue with optional "battle damaged" parts. Very nicely molded and detailed model elevating gun, working treads, bogies with spring action, extra helmets, jerry cans and tread links and a crew of two.
Monogram Panzerjager IV L/48 German Tankhunter With Diorama Instructions - White Box Issue, 1/32, 7505-0300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. 1973 issue with desirable Diorama Sheet. Very highly detailed and well molded. Features working bogies, flexible treads, short gun or long gun options, optional position hatches, optional side armor with optional battle damaged sections, crew of three, and optional decals for 2nd Panzer Division (2 different tanks), 11th Division (2 different tanks), 116th Division and 130th Division.
Masterkit Shorts T-27 Tucano - (2) FAB Brazilian Air Force Markings, 1/72, 1010
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Brazilian Trainer and acrobatic aircraft with decals for two different aircraft. Cleanly molded and detailed with recessed panel lines. Never started. Factory sealed bag with decals and instructions.
UPC Marquis de Lafayette Coach / Carriage - (Green Sky) (ex-Miniature Masterpieces / ex-Revell / ex-Life-Like), 1/40, 4003-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Ex-Miniature Masterpieces (Adams), ex-Revell. From original molds. Like all Miniature Masterpieces kits, this one is very finely engraved and molded with excellent detail. In addition to the carriage, it includes horses, the General, his lady, driver and a display base. Molded in red. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. This kit has a long history! 'Miniature Masterpieces' was formed through an alliance of Lou Glasser (Revell) and Steve Adams (Adams Action Models) in 1953. Although having the appearance of an independent company, the firm was run by Revell down to the prototypes being made at the Revell plant. However, there was no evidence of the parent company on the surface. The State Coach of England was the first kit, issued in 1953. More kits of excellent quality followed. Revell completely took over the line in 1954, making the one-year original issues very rare. After Revell no longer saw these as 'market viable' they molds were sold or leased to UPC. 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. Eventually Life-Like ended up with the molds and reissued them. And from J. Boyle - The actual carriage still exists and is displayed at the Studebaker National museum in SouthBend, Indiana. It seems the Studebaker firm bought the carriage at the turn of the last century. When Studebaker quit building cars, it was donated to the City for eventual placement in a museum, along with many cars and other historic horse-drawn carriages collected by the firm.
Revell Lockheed WV-2 Early Warning Radar Picket - 'S' Kit, 1/128, H279-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++++
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First issue from 1957. Fantastic box artwork. The box itself is in exceptional condition with as new color and gloss, four solid corners, no tape or price tags and no tape or tag residue. Very light wear is the only flaw. Molded in dark gloss gray and clear with the famous Revell Swivel Base Display stand. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.