AMT 1963 Ford 500 XL Sports Hardtop 2 Door 3 in 1 - Stock / Custom / Advanced Custom, 1/25, 6003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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NOTE: builder kit only, please read carefully. 1995 reissue from the original 1960s molds. Features stock or supercharged engine, detailed engine bay, opening hood, full interior, numerous custom parts, wild custom front and rear end treatments, accessories and more. Molded in gray, clear, red-tinted clear, beautiful chrome and with rubber tires. NOTE: this kit has been neatly started as listed, with the quality level in parenthesis: engine 80% built and painted (excellent+), inner wheels and underside of chassis painted black with silver accents (very good++), fan glued to belts and pulley but not to engine (exc+) and firewall glued to body (exc). There is no other assembly and no other painting. NOTE: Missing custom roll bar. Otherwise inventoried with all other plastic parts present and with instructions. I cannot find any information about decals coming with this kit, and none are present.
Fujimi Sikorsky Sea Stallion RH-53D or H-53D - US Navy HM-16 / US Marines HMH, 1/72, S-6
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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This kit is from when Fujimi set the world standard for model kit quality. Features all very fine recessed panel lines, full cockpit detail, complete cargo section with floor and interior rib detail, optional position crew door and stairs, optional position rear cargo ramps, drop tanks and more. Includes decals for the two helicopters listed. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
MPC Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King Apollo Recovery Chopper With Patch, 1/72, 1504-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Includes hard-to-find, large Apollo 11 iron-on patch in mint condition. Special issue for the Apollo missions. Includes correct Apollo decal sheet. Has many operating features - doors open, main and tail rotors work, has detailed full interior, and a hoist works by turning the main rotors. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. From Stephen Payne: "Helicopter 66/Helo 66," or US Navy Bureau Number 152711, is easily one of the most well-known &widely-recognized Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King helicopters in history. It was the prime recovery helicopter for five of the Apollo missions. It servedwith the Navy's Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 (HS-4) with distinction. From late 1968 through the spring of 1970, the Black Knights of HS-4 participated in and pioneered techniques for the Apollo capsule recoveries. HS-4 was on scene for Apollo missions 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The helicopter's flight number was changed from '66' to '740' after the Apollo 11 recovery as the U.S. Navy had switched to a three number squadrondesignator system - but the helicopter was repainted with the number "66" for each recovery (Apollo 12 & 13) thereafter for public relations reasons.
Airfix B-17G Flying Fortress Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 2-163
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
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Still factory sealed but the seal has split. From the 1960s. This is the third issue of this Craftmaster kit that I have seen; one issue is #1-129 in the long hardbox, another is #1506-150, a 'White Sides' issue in a large softbox. This issue has yet another part number and is a 'Black Sides' issue in a large softbox. Dramatic 1960s artwork showing 'A Bit O'Lace' near the bombing run. Kit features many moving parts: turrets rotate and guns elevate, landing gear retracts/extends, wheels and props turn and all control surfaces move.
Airfix General Dynamics F-111E, 1/72, 04008-6
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Kit features wings that swing (as well as pylons), moving elevators, removable crew escape pod, optional position landing gear and decals for four aircraft - JS 68069, JT 68055, JR 68054 and UH 68027. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora Admiral Graf Spee Pocket Battleship, 1/600, 709-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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1972 'Big A' logo issue. NOTE: builder kit only, please read carefully. Model is inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions but it has some neat assembly. The following has been built: hull halves and deck ('mint' quality, as good as can be done), front lower superstructure ('mint' quality) and the stack ('near mint' quality). There is no other assembly. There is minor painting, all to "excellent to very good+" quality: silver (search light lenses) and black (anchor chain, gun barrels, torpedo tube tips, anchors, stack cap and gas cylinders). There is no other painting. Ideal builder.
Eidai Cessna 337 Super Skymaster, 1/72, 004-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very crisply molded. Features very fine recessed panel lines, complete cockpit and passenger interior and full color decals. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
LTD IAR-80A With True Details Wheels - Grupul 9 1942 / Grupul 8 1941 / Grupal 5 1943, 1/48, 9804
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Includes factory sealed resin wheel set as shown for this aircraft. Limited issue, injection molded large-scale kit that features very fine recessed panel lines and decals for the three aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Walthers 933-2809 Fire Company No.4 and 933-2813 Wood Water Tank - HO Scale, HO
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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SALE!! By two for less than the price of the smaller one. Beautifully factory built and painted HO scale buildings. Never used, ready to go with very minor assembly.
AMT 1965 Pontiac Bonneville - 2 Door Hardtop Stock / Mild Custom / Full Custom, 1/25, T225-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Can be built one of three ways. Comes with a great many custom parts.Features detailed complete engine, engine compartment, opening hood, full interior, rotating wheels, exhaust and underside detail. Molded in white, clear, red tinted clear, and chrome. With real rubber tires. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing the two custom bucket seats. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts including decals and instructions.
Airfix Bristol Bloodhound Missile - Craftmaster Issue, 1/76, M7-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. From the 1960s and features fantastic box art. The Bloodhound was an early Mach 2 surface to air missile that defended Great Britain. The range was about 60 miles. The Bloodhound was launched with four solid rocket boosters. Once these burned out and fell away, the main ramjet took over and the missile road a radar beam to the illuminated target. A detailed and well molded kit. Includes one Bloodhound missile, the transport truck, working launcher assembly, transport trailer, crew of three and a dog.
Revell Space Shuttle Columbia - with Spacelab, 1/72, 4702
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very large 1/72 scale kit and dated 1979. Well detailed inside and out with fine, engraved tile detail. Has decals for all four shuttles. Includes full cockpit, Space Lab Module and airlock, ESA Experiment Module with Telescope, Articulated arm, opening/closing bay doors and two position landing gear. Includes crew members. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The one tree that was not factory sealed has been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Pyro Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Oyster Boat 'Carrie Price', 1/60, C269-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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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 are located on this website.
Skywave JMSDF Ariake DD183 Destroyer, 1/700, SW-800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Highly detailed waterline kit. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Ford Bronco 4x4, 1/24, 2962
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Dated 1992 but this appears to be a 1979 or 1980 model year Bronco - that is just a guess, I am no expert! Features very highly detailed engine and compartment, opening hood, very good chassis and suspension, complete interior and optional rear top. Molded in orange, clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram 1934 Duesenberg SJ Torpedo Phaeton Weyman Body, 1/24, 85-2174
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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2003 reissue from the original 1963 Four Star molds. Very well detailed and molded kit of the Weyman four-door convertible with dual windshields. Features 150 parts, full rolling chassis, detailed engine, complete interior and removable hood and convertible top. Molded in white, clear, chrome and with rubber tires. The kit has never been started. All white parts are still in the factory sealed bag; the chrome, clear and tires were never factory sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes instructions.
Revell 1908 Buick 10 Rumble Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H40
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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1952 early issue molded in bright red plastic. This is from the issues produced by Gowland & Gowland as it carries their 'balloon' logo on the side. These issues features the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. This kit has never been started. All parts are still sealed in the factory bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Revell Chuck Wagon with Three Figures and Four Animals - Miniature Masterpieces, 1/48, H507-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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1954 Pre-S issue. Very nicely detailed kit of the classic Chuck Wagon. Features full suspension, rear shelves, back fold-down deck, coffee pot, pot, lamp, bell, accessories, two horses, calf, dog, two men and full suspension detail. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. The instructions are present and excellent. 'Miniature Masterpieces' was formed through an alliance of Lew Glaser (Revell) and Steve Adams (Adams Action Models) in 1953. Although the molds were made at Adams and it had the appearance of an independent company, the firm was run by Revell down to the prototypes being made at the Revell plant. Originally there was no evidence of the parent company on the surface. The State Coach of England was the first kit - without figures and horses, issued in 1953. More kits of excellent quality followed. Revell completely took over the line in 1954 and in that year and the next, kits were labeled 'Revell' with a 'Miniature Masterpiece' label on the box top also. 1954 advertisements from Revell list the complete line as the H506 State Coach of England, H510 Ranch Wagon, H503 Covered Wagon, H502 Marquis de Lafayette Carriage, H504 Roman Racing Chariot, H501 Wells Fargo Stage Coach, H509 Western Figures and H507 Chuck Wagon.
Revell 1913 Mercedes Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H54-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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1953 early issue molded in dark green plastic. This is from the issues produced with Gowland & Gowland as it carrier their 'balloon' logo on the side. The model has not been started. NOTE: missing two headlight lenses. Inventoried with all other parts with instructions. These two parts were green; I have included enough clear material to duplicate for realistic lenses. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Shortly after the turn of the century, many dedicated modelers built flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s. The phenomenon of the Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys.
Revell Sears Buggy Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H45-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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1953 early issue molded in green plastic. This is from the issues produced by Gowland & Gowland as it carrier their 'balloon' logo on the side. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Shortly after the turn of the century, many dedicated modelers built flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s. The phenomenon of the Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys.