Revell Junkers Ju-88C-6C Nachtjager - Nightfighter - (Ju-88 C6c), 1/72, H165
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$28
Dated 1974. This issue has the Sweepstakes advertisement featured on the upper left corner of the box top. Model features removable cowling, two detailed engines, optional position landing gear, rotating wheels and propellers and crew of three. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Please note that there is big damage to the decal backing paper only; the actual transfers have no damage.
Frog Junkers JU-87G Stuka - Hungarian Air Force or Hans Rudel, 1/72, F181
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$18
This 1970s issue includes markings for Stab/Stukageschwader 2 Hans Rudel and Hungarian 102/1 Dive Bomber Squadron (1943). Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
AMT-Frog Junkers Ju-88 A-4 Bomber - Luftwaffe / Romanian / Finnish Air Force, 1/72, A626-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$22
Rare short-lived 1970s AMT marketing promo to sell quality Frog kits in the USA. One of two known issues, each with unique box artwork. This is the 'long box' version - the other AMT-Frog Ju-88 is in the short box. The kit features high quality moldings with fine panel lines and can be built to a very realistic model. Features separately molded rudder, aileron and elevator control surfaces, three crew members and external bomb load. Includes decals for one Luftwaffe aircraft and one each from the Romania and Finland. Includes a multi-view full color painting guide on the back of the box for the Finland and German aircraft. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.