Aurora 1913 Mercer Raceabout - Old Timers Issue, 1/16, 572-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$125
Still factory sealed with a very short split at the top right long side. Dated 1961. This big 1/16 scale model, along with the other 'Old Timers' represented a significant leap forward in quality for Aurora. It features a rolling chassis build like actual automobile, full suspension, transaxle and driveline, complete exhaust, detailed interior and more. Usually molded in gloss ivory, gloss black and with brass plated parts and real rubber tires. Aurora was renowned for turning a profit and for keeping expenses down. In researching new kit subjects, they came upon a forgotten jewel - the Hudson Miniatures line of 1/16 scale wooden kits. Hudson had discontinued this line due to lack of sales of wooden kits. But the Hudson models were second to none in quality, research and documentation. Aurora was quick to realize this and used the research and layout from these kits to create the subjects for this 'Old Timers' series. It is fortunate for us that they did, because in most cases this is the only injection molded kit of these rare and classic early automobiles.
Ace BMP-1A1 Ost, 1/72, 72108
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$16
Made in the Ukraine and highly detailed for this scale and includes many brass PE details. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Fine Molds Kayaba Ka-Go (O-Go) Model 1 Autogyro - BAGGED, 1/72, FP16
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$24
NOTE: bagged kit; there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. 1998 kit from new and highly detailed molds. Includes decals and paint guide for three versions. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Comet Aeronca Chief - 54 inch Wingspan for R/C for Free Flight, 3506
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$89
1970s very large scale kit with a large 54 inch wingspan. For rubber or gas free flight or RC (radio control). Features traditional wood/tissue construction, high-quality printwood, factory-cut stringers and spars, blasa nose block & wooden stock as required, finished wheels & thrust button, metal propeller shaft/rubber hook, rubber motor, tissue, propeller and detailed full size plans, building instructions. 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.
Huma Model Lippisch Li DM1 (DM-1) - Bagged, 1/72, 2511
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$22
Limited issue kit that is very well molded. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Aoshima Nakajima Saiun C6N1 - Myrt Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft, 1/72, 3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$20
1960s high-gloss box art issue for the Japanese market. Features rotating propeller, retractable landing gear, crew of three, folding wings and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora British Centurion 50 Ton Tank, 1/48, 300-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$110
Very rare 1959 first issue with unique artwork by Jo Kotula. Like all Aurora 1/48 scale armor kits, this one was greeted by the modeling press at that time with glowing reviews for it's detail and accuracy. Features rotating bogie wheels & sprockets, working flexible treads (in fine condition and not brittle), tank commander and machine gunner figures, rotating turret with elevating gun, optional position hatches, spare tracks, tools and more. This kit has never been started. It is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Zvezda Sukhoi Su-24M, 1/72, 7267
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$18
Very nicely molded with all fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, opened or closed canopy, swing wings, detailed gear wells, a very large variety of 9 different types of bombs, missiles & gun packs and more. Includes paint guide and decals for two different Russian bomber aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: decal backing paper has light tan stains; the actual transfers look fine.
Williams Brothers Douglas World Cruiser, 1/72, 72-424
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$22
The only kit of the first aircraft to fly around the world. In 1924 four World Cruisers set out on a 27,553 mile flight that lasted 175 days. The epic flight was an adventure to say the least, and one aircraft (Boston) was lost, only to be replaced by the factory prototype, which was quickly renamed Boston II. Includes decals for all five aircraft. Well molded. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell C-47 Skytrain Berlin Airlift - 60th Troop Carrier Wing (heavy) Fassberg November 1948 'Fassberg Flyer' / 1st Airlift Task Force AFB Wiesbaden 1948, 1/72, 04399
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$39
this 50th Year Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift issue is dated 1998 and features 83 pieces, all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit with crew, bench seat passenger/cargo compartment with bulkheads, optional position rear cargo/passenger door, complete twin-row radial engines, rotating wheels and propellers, optional parts for three different variants and more. Includes multi-view paint guide and decals for both Berlin Airlift aircraft listed. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
AGA T-43 Radar Picket Ship - Ex Open Ocean Minesweeper, 1/400, 2401
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$18
Still factory sealed but the seal has splits. The T43 Class were large minesweepers originally built by the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1957. Poland produced some of this class also. The subject of this kit is a modification to carry out acoustic or radar monitoring work. This is a full-hull kit with good detail.
AMT 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass 3 In 1 Issue - Stock / Custom / Racing - (F85), 1/25, 5024-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$85
Rare, especially in this condition which is never started and 100% complete condition. this model features parts and accessories to build any one of the three versions listed, complete stock or competition engine with dual Judson Superchargers, detailed engine compartment, opening hood, choice of stock or racing hoods, optional front disc brakes, stock or race interior, stock or complete custom front and rear end treatments and more. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with narrow whitewall rubber tires and metal axles and body screws. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals, white wall stickers, assembly instructions and the special white wall sticker small instruction sheet. Please NOTE: there is a small burn on the back of the radiator that does not show when it is assembled to the radiator support. There is one spoke missing from the stock steering wheel.
Imai Esmeralda - 4 Masted Full-Rigged Ship With Sails, 1/350, B-311
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$22
Still factory sealed. Waterline model measures about 8 inches long when assembled. This is one of the finer smaller-scale sailing ship models and features detailed deck fittings and houses, lifeboats and davits, separately molded yard arms, detailed standing rigging diagrams, full vacuform sails, running rigging diagrams and more. Usually molded in white, green (hull base plate) and wood tan.
Revell USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 Aircraft Carrier - Picture Fleet Issue - (Angled Deck Modified Essex Class), 1/500, H384-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$225
This 1960 hardbox issue has excellent John Steel box art and measures over 20 inches long when built. The model is well detailed with movable elevator, cranes, deck tractors, full AA guns and directors and air wing (A-4, Skyraiders, F8U, F11F Tigers and Helicopter). Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The decals and instructions are both in 'Excellent++' condition with very light yellowing being the only flaw. Please note that there is a very light stain along the very edge of the right vertical side as shown.
Revell Convair Atlas - America's First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile - 'S' Issue, 1/110, H1822-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$580
Dated 1960. Very rare ICBM and the first and only issue of this incredibly well detailed Revell 'S' kit. The molds were altered to make the Mercury Atlas kit, so reissues are impossible. The box grades 'Excellent' with wonderful color and gloss, four solid corners, no price tags or tag marks, no tape and no tape marks (other than the factory sealing tape, of course). The box has general wear as shown. The kit features elevating missile support arms and hinged break-away supports, complete launching base, ramp and pad, missile truck and trailer that elevates 90 degrees to load missile and crew. Molded in correct white, gray and yellow. Inside, it has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. The decals are 100% intact, flat and in 'excellent' condition with typical light yellowing; the instructions are in 'very good' condition. Shipping insurance is required for this kit. From my friend Stephen Payne, Major, USAF (Ret): The launch pad in both kits used Launch Complex - 14 (also known as Space Launch Complex-14 or "Slic-14") as their example. LC-14 was part of what was known as ICBM Row at Cape Canaveral and originally used to test the Atlas ICBM prior to being converted for the Mercury Space Program (starting with John Glenn's orbital mission). The yellow & white trailers seen here were the gaseous nitrogen tube bank trailers. The nitrogen trailer in both Atlas kits came from the accessories associated with the Revell Thor kit. Having spent 5 years working at the Cape, I passed this site numerous times. Unfortunately, time & the elements have resulted in the removal of all remnants of SLC-14. Only the memorial (with the associated time capsule) remains.
IR Hobby PLDvK vz. 53/59 Czechoslovak Anti-Aircraft Twin Gun = M53/59 Twin 30mm SPAAG On A Praga V35 Chassis - Late 1950s To Present, 1/35, T3501
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$159
Very rare, superbly detailed and one of only 200 kits made. Very highly detailed and sold new for $150.00 USD. Features main parts case in high definition resin, many photoetched details, rolling chassis build for the V35 just like the actual vehicle, full suspension and 6x6 driveline, detailed engine, detailed interior, complete decals and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. DES makes a very extensive line of 1/35 armor kits. Although the kits cover equipment from all major armies, many important French subjects are produced as well which is fortunate since they are bypassed by most of the major plastic model companies.
Hasegawa Aircraft Weapons III US Air To Air Missiles - AIM-9L / AIM-54 / AIM-4D / AIM-4G / AIM-7E / AIM-9 / SUU-20 / AIM-9L / AMRAAM / GPU 5/A, 1/72, X72-3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$22
This is an ideal set for 1/72 US Jets and includes multiples of everything listed and more. Never started and the parts are either inventoried complete or still in the internal factory sealed bags. Includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Lockheed C-130K Hercules With Bloodhound Missile And Transporter/Trailer - With Flightpath MC-130H Combat Talon II Conversion Set / Microscale Decals, 1/72, 09001-0
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$139
Includes the very rare Flightpath 1/72 scale MC-130H Combat Talon II Special Ops Aircraft Conversion Set. Includes APQ-170 radar nose with retractable FLIR, long T-56 engines, replacement cockpit panels and all of the proper external .lumps and bumps.' Never started; the small parts are still in the factory sealed bags and the larger parts are inventoried complete; includes instructions. Also includes Microscale #72-275 USAF Camouflage Insignia II (Gray) in never used, mint condition. The actual model is dated 1975 and includes a matching scale Bristol Bloodhound Missile, launcher, transport truck and crew (with dog) and 2 decal sheets for USAF & RAF. The C-130K features movable control surfaces, correctly opening rear cargo bay doors, full cargo interior, complete cockpit, optional position front crew door, optional position rear side doors, external fuel tanks, rotating propellers and much more. Never started. The Bloodhound kit and C-130K are both still in the factory sealed bags. Includes decals and instructions.
MPM Curtiss Hawk III Model 68 - Chinese or Thai Air Forces, 1/72, 72137
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$32
Still factory sealed. Limited run kit. Features excellent moldings, fine recessed panel lines, photoetched details, excellent cockpit and more. Includes decals for both versions.
Hasegawa RAF Spitfire Mk.VIII - 155 Sq RAF 1945 / 92 Sq RAF 1941, 1/72, AP41
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$24
Still factory sealed. Very well molded with all fine recessed panel lines, excellent overall detail, very good cockpit, detailed gear wells and more. Includes large decal sheet for both aircraft listed.