Old Plastic Model Kits

MPC Westland SeaKing (SH-3) ASW/Rescue Helicopter - Royal Navy, 1/72, 1-4206

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

Still factory sealed. Nicely detailed kit comes with decals for the Royal Navy. Kit features spinning main and tail rotors, cockpit and interior detail including cargo deck, opening side doors, cargo net on side hoist, dipping sonar assembly and more.

Testors Bell P-39Q-5 or Q-25 Airacobra - 82nd Tactical Recon Sq New Guinea 1943 'Snooks' Lt. William Shomo's Aircraft or Free French Fighter School Morocco 1945, 1/72, 415

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

Dated 1985. Nicely molded kit for that time. Features very fine raised panel details and recessed control surfaces, door, etc. Includes optional parts for both versions, good cockpit detail and a painting guide and decals for both aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Berkeley Super Cloud for Wakefield Competition - Flying Model Airplane Kit

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

Big 'new' model for 'New Wakefield Rules!' Rubber powered endurance model with 51 inch wingspan. Includes silk and standard covering material, special select balsa with die-cut parts, excellent, large milled-shape prop blank and folding prop hardware, celluloid window material, formed wire landing gear struts and highly detailed plans and instructions. The model has not been started. NOTE: missing one very tiny, simple balsa part. Easily made from scrap wood and a full size pattern is present. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts present and with all paperwork. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Founded in 1933 by William Effinger, the company was quite progressive in producing quality kits - it was likely the Berkeley 'Buccaneer' was the first gas powered model in kit form. In the later 1930s, Effinger acquired the services of a very talented Henry Struck. Struck went on to design numerous award-winning kits under the Berkeley name. Berkeley weathered the post WWII recession and emerged as a major kit producer in the late 1940 and 1950s. These were great years for Berkeley and they produced some incredible and large kits. The company went bankrupt in about 1960 however. Fox engines (Duke Fox) bought the company and released the kits alongside his own FOX models and engines. This arrangement did not last, and in the early 1960s the Berkeley name disappeared from hobby shop shelves.

Pyro Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Oyster Boat Carrie Price, 1/60, B269-125

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

From the very early 1960s. An excellent kit for that time. Features full hull, optional position keel, optional position cabin and deck hatch if you wish to super-detail the insides, full deck fittings, two detailed small boats, railings and life rings, furled sails (as shown on box art) and an excellent un-retouched photograph of the finished model that serves as a rigging diagram. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. The skipjack 'Carrie Price' is an exact replica of a typical small sailing vessel used along the Chesapeake Bay area to dredge for oysters. The center keel stabilizer could be pulled up for working in very shallow water. Until 1942 sail was the only power permitted for oyster dredging; after 1942 the state passed a law allowing power boats to be used. This lead to almost all the skipjacks being converted to power and having the main mast cut down. Although it's days are past, many yachtsmen restore and sail this beautiful small craft today. Pyro is long out of the plastic model business but is famous today for the esoteric collection of kits they produced. The seemed to care little about popularity but designed kits based on historical significance or local interest. The quality of the kits is generally high. Please the read the articles about Pyro Kit History and Pyro's founder, who was a pioneer in modern injection molding. Both articles are located on this website.

Pyro USS Olympia C6 Protected Cruiser Admiral Dewey's Flagship, 1/240, 333-198

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

Very early hardbox issue with some of Pyro's best artwork. From the late 1950s. Full hull kit with rudder and prop detail, deck fittings, main and secondary guns, light guns, lifeboats, ventilators and more. Includes a display stand and this is the issue with the larger decal sheet with gold bow detail, draft markings, rear stern name, flags, bow shield and big stand decal. Molded in gloss white. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. In addition to her more famous role in the War with Spain, Olympia went on to active service in World War I, the Allied intervention in Russia, and as flagship in the Mediterranean, 1919. She is preserved today as a museum ship and one of the very few protected cruisers left in the world.

Hasegawa Grumman F-14A Tomcat - VF-142 'Ghost Riders' USS America / VF-213 'Black Lions' USS America, 1/72, 1134

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

Contains decals for the two aircraft listed above for hi-vis markings. Features detailed cockpit, wings that swing, gear well detail, (6) AIM-54 Phoenix, (4) AIM-7 Sparrow and (2) AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.

Nichimo Sd. Kpfw. VI Tiger II with Henschel Turret, 1/35, DT3503

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

Nicely detailed kit featuring working drive wheels, flexible tracks, optional position hatches, standing crew member and decals for four different tanks. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Bandai Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I Ausf.E Sd.Kfz.181, 1/48, 35434

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Fair+

Rare 1/48 scale kit from the classic and highly detailed Bandai Pin Point armor series. These kits are beautifully molded and feature full interior detail as well as flexible treads, many operating features and very detailed crew members that can be posed in almost any position. Never started. Most parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The parts that are not have been inventoried complete with decals and instructions.

Monogram Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress with Diorama Instructions, 1/48, 5600

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

Original issue dated 1975. The box is 'excellent' which is hard to find for this kit. Includes desirable diorama instructions. Very highly detailed model with full interior. Widely considered the finest 1/48 B-17 model ever produced. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

MPC Focke-Wulf FW-190A, 1/24, 1-4603

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

Still factory sealed but the box top is slightly concave from the seal shrinking. Very large and highly detailed kit from Airfix molds. Features complete engine, firewall and interior, sliding canopy, removable cowling, moving control surfaces, rubber tires, retracting landing gear, full wing cannons with removable inspection hatches and underwing stores with bombs and drop tanks.

Dragon USS Livermore DD429 1942 Gleaves Class Destroyer - Smart Kit, 1/350, 1026

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed kit including PE parts.

Revell Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth's Beatnik Bandit, 1/25, H1279-200

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

1994 reissue using the original 1963 molds. The Bandit was another of Ed Roth's incredible custom car creations that won him recognition across the USA. The kit features a blown Olds engine, one piece body, hinged bubble top, extra competition 'goodies', 'T' Top mag wheels, competition windshield, detailed chassis and full interior. The kit has never been started. The white parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag while the clear, chrome and wheels were never factory bagged and have been inventoried 100% complete. Includes decals and instructions.

Assorted Williams Brothers 1964 Pontiac GTO Kit / Williams Brothers 1957 Ford Thunderbird Kit / Walthers Cornerstone Plain Billboards (2 Pack) / Highway Miniatures Fordson Industrial Tractor / Walthers Track Bumpers / Rix Products (16) Telephone Poles and (36) Cro, 1/87

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

Includes all 6 items. The Williams Brothers HO cars are molded in clear. All kits are not started and complete except the Rix Telephone poles. There are only 16 poles but all 36 cross arms are present.

Mark Shingler Special Order Only

,   Box Condition: VG++

Aurora Admiral Graf Spee Pocket Battleship, 1/600, 709-98

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

First issue dated 1958 with Jo Kotula artwork. Full hull model with very good detail for that time. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.

Monogram B-29 Superfortress with Diorama Sheet, 1/48, 5700

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

First issue from 1977. Highly detailed. Includes desirable diorama sheet. Has optional parts for the proper turrets for Thumper or the special turret delete for the atomic bombers. Includes two nuclear bombs 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man'. These are not included in some later issues. Never started. Inventoried with all parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE: decals are intact but age cracked. You will need to provide your own decals.

Airmodel Northrop F-15 Reporter Conversion (Recon P-61 Black Widow) - Bagged, 1/72, 333

Vacuform Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

Rare conversion kit to make a 1/72 P-61 into a F-15 reporter. Features clear and white vacuform parts and full instructions with drawings of the F-15. Requires base kit (not included), such as the Airfix model. Never used and complete.

Testors RF-4 Phantom 'Spirit of America' US Marines VMFP-3 / USAF RF-4C TAC 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1/48, 585

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

Features optional position landing gear, detailed cockpit, optional position canopies, opened or closed photo flash ejector doors, underwing pylons and three drop tanks as well as a very large decal sheet for the colorful aircraft on the box and USAF RF-4C. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions. The box has wear as shown but the parts, decals and instructions are in 'excellent' condition.

Skywave Equipment for Modern Ship III / HSS2 Seaking / SH-60 Seahawk / Mk33 / Mk42 / Melara 76mm / Mk45 / M13 / ASROC / CIWS / Mk24 SAM / Mk29 / FCS Mk32TT / OPS49, 1/700, E-1

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

The ideal upgrade for your 1/700 ships. These are very fine moldings with greater detail than standard parts and many parts that do not come with the ships. Contains multiples of all the item shown on the box top. Also includes extensive decals for the helicopters. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Laconia Pennsylvania Mill-Type Gondola - HO Craftsman Kit, 1/87, 344500

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

Laconia kits were popular for their high level of detail in the late 1940s/early 1950s. This craftsman kit features all fittings, accurately pre-cut wooden parts and fully decorated embossed sides and ends in mint condition. Kit has not been started and is complete with all parts and instructions. As is typical of most kits of this era, the model does not include trucks. These make great stand alone models or high-quality rolling stock for your line. Some modeling skills recommended.