Airfix Curtis Helldiver SB2C - US Navy VB-8 USS Ticonderoga in 1945 / Post War Reserve Squadron Glenview 1948, 1/72, 02031-0
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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1979 and a very finely molded & detailed kit for that time. Features folding wings, optional spinners for S2BC-4 or -5 variants, interior detail, canopy molded in the correct five different sections for optional positions, two position bomb bay doors, internal bomb load and external drop tanks and wing mounted missiles. Includes decals and paint guide for both aircraft listed. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Convair F-102A Delta Dagger - 40th FIS / 68th FIS / Camo 51st FIS, 1/72, 047
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Features opened or closed missile bay, full Falcon missile load, optional position landing gear, wing mounted drop tanks, pilot figure and more. Includes paint guide and decals for the three aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. When designed in 1950 the F-102 was a radical departure from conventional early jet fighter design. The delta wing allowed supersonic performance and good low speed handling. It was the first US Aircraft to be armed with missiles alone, 6 Falcons carried internally and 12 x 2.75 inch HVAR rockets in the weapons bay doors. The F-102 equipped all 25 of the ADC squadrons in the day, served in SE Asia and equipped many ANG units.
Scientific Sky-Master - 36 inch Wingspan Balsa Flying Model Airplane, 160-495
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Excellent free flight kit from the late 1960s or early '70s. All parts are die cut and it includes formed wire landing gear and propeller shaft, 8 inch true-pitch propeller, red plastic light-weight spinner, fully finished wooden main and tail wheels, very colorful decals, formed leading edges and trailing edges and clear windshield. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals.
Dragon Flakpanzer I - Smart Kit Premium Edition, 1/35, 6577
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Highly detailed inside and out with over 500 pieces, trailer as shown on the box art and PE details.
AMT American LaFrance Pumper Fire Truck, 1/25, PK6122
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Large and highly detailed kit with 320 parts. Builds a full rolling chassis just like the real truck. Features complete engine and engine compartment, fully detailed cab and much more. This kit has never been started. The parts are still sealed in factory bags. Complete with decals and instructions. The decals have numerous letters and numbers so you can represent almost any Fire Department you wish.
Monogram Mosquito - NF II / Mk IV / FB VI / II, 1/48, 5408
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Factory sealed 1978 Monogram release from the original Four Star issue molds. Well detailed model builds one of four variants: NF II Night Fighter, MK. IV Day Bomber, FB VI Fighter Bomber and Mosquito II Night Intruder.
AMT Dodge Viper RT/10, 1/25, 6177
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. 1998 issue with over 120 parts. Very nicely molded and detailed. Features detailed engine and engine compartment, removable hood, full interior, detailed exhaust and chassis underside and more.
Maquette Aufklarungspanzer German Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Light Tank, 1/35, MQ3543
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very nicely molded armor model. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora British SE-5 Scout, 1/48, 103-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Very rare version. Of all the Aurora SE-5, this one and the 'white' version turns up the least. The hardbox is dated 1956 but shows the original Jim Cox box art with the 1957 oval 'Famous Fighters' logo. The original rectangle 'Northern Lights' logo has been neatly blotted out with a yellow rectangle of the same size. The fact that the price is still 69 cents (as the original issue) means this issue is very early 1957 and predated the 'yellow' box art issue. Molded in gloss olive green and black. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora British SE-5 Scout, 1/48, 103-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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First issue from 1956 with Jim Cox boxart and Northern Lights logo. Box is in 'excellent+' condition. The logo on this kit only appeared for one year. In 1957 it was replaced with the famous oval 'Famous Fighters' Sunburst logo. This kit was one of a very famous line of 1/48 scale WWI aircraft kits introduced by Aurora at this time. Due to the popularity, subjects were still being released into the 1960s. Molded in glossy olive green and black. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Please read the article about Jim Cox that is posted on this website.
Aurora Sopwith Camel, 1/48, 102-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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First issue from 1956 with Northern Lights logo. This logo was only used for this one year - in 1957 it was replaced by the 'Famous Fighters' oval 'Sunburst'. The box artist on this issue is Jim Cox, one of the first if not the first box artist for Aurora. This kit is part of a very successful WWI aircraft line in 1/48 scale that Aurora introduced this year. The line sold so well that kits were added to it into the 1960s. Molded in the glossy olive drab green and black. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Cutty Sark Clipper Ship With Sails - 36 Inches Long, 1/96, H399
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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1974 issue of this very large and highly detailed model which measures 36 inches long and 22 inches high when assembled. Features highly detailed deck, deck houses, cargo holds and covers, masts, yards and booms, bilge pump, windlass, 20 crew figure, and lifeboats with oars, life preservers, anchors and anchor chains. Includes draftline and transom decals, figurehead, finely detailed hull, preformed ratlines and molded deadeyes, pin rails and blocks, full standing and running rigging instructions and diagrams, flag sheet, 35 pre-formed vac billowing sails and thread and chain for rigging. Molded in three colors. The kit has never been started. Inside, it is like it left the factory. All trees of white, brown and black parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The hull halves were never sealed and are held down by the original cardboard inserts. Includes rigging material and chains (still factory sealed), rat lines, decals, flag sheet and rigging instructions & assembly instructions. It even includes the fine and heavily illustrated booklet "The Cutty Sark And the Days Of Sail." The vac sails are in 'excellent++' condition which is rare (please note, that is well above average but not 'perfect'). Please note that the decal backing paper only has some light bug damage at one end; the actual transfers are not damaged.
Revell Frigate USS United States Old Wagon - With Billowing Sails, 1/96, H396
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Rare 1976 release that is 36 inches long and 27 inches high when assembled. Highly detailed and has the correct changes for this ship. Includes sails and full rigging. Inside, the kit has never been started. All parts except the hull (which was never sealed) are still sealed in the factory bags. All instructions, rigging diagrams, vacuform sails and pre-formed ratlines are included. The vacuform sails grade in 'excellent' condition which is well above average but certainly not 'mint' or perfect. The Revell model depicts the vessel as modified for use as a flagship, with a much enlarged, rebuilt stern and "roundhouse." Writer Herman Melville's (apparently unenthusiastic) service on this vessel, including many details of equipment and life aboard, is detailed in his autobiographical novel, "White-Jacket"(1850).
Strombecker Convair Manned Lunar Reconnaissance Vehicle - by Krafft Ehricke, 1/91, D37-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Very rare 1950s kit. Strombecker issued a series of exotic space craft from Convair designer Krafft Ehricke and the Disney 'Man in Space' series between 1954 and 1956. This is the one that has not been reissued, making it hard to find. Large and interesting model has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Strombecker Convair Manned Observational Satellite Vehicle, 1/200, D39-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair-
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Very are kit from the late 1950s. The artwork is by Cal Smith and entitled 'Tender Flight Arriving.' The model is based on Krafft Ehricke design of Convair's Astronautics Division as a 200 foot long, 600 mile-high orbiting laboratory for 4 men. The model is molded in very light blue plastic is 24 inches long when assembled. Includes a black display stand and large stand decal. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The decals are flat and in 'very good' condition as are the instructions.
Strombecker Walt Disney's Satellite Launcher - from Man in Space, D35-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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From the Strombecker science fiction series released with Disney's famous landmark 'Man in Space' movie series. This kit is a completely transparent model of the three stage rocket and satellite. Has colorful paper inserts that go on the inside of the parts to show the interior of the missile such as liquid and solid fuel tanks, fuel system, launcher details, etc. Features launch base, three separating stages and metal 'satellite'. The paper sheet is in excellent condition. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, color paper interior parts and instructions.
StromBecker Convair Manned Nuclear Interplanetary Vehicle, 1/91, D38-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Rare kit in amazing investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition. The box has like new color and gloss, four perfect corners and no fading, stains, price tags or tears. Very light wear is the only flaw. The Manned Nuclear Interplanetary Vehicle was designed by Krafft Ehricke of the Convair Astronautics Division. 1950s kit is 18 inches long when assembled. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Lees Hobbies Austin-Ball A.F.B.1 - Peanut Scale Flying Model Airplane, 106-275
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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High quality kit in 13 inch wingspan 'Peanut' scale for competition. Models are scale except for small deviations such as dihedral - these deviations are noted on the plans. All components needed are included down to the colored tissue and insignia. The model has not been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag and the larger parts have been inventoried complete. Includes plans with instructions.
Italeri Boeing X-32 JSF - Joint Strike Fighter, 1/72, 1208
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Hard-to-find kit of the Boeing entry in the CALF - Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter. Although a capable aircraft and well designed, it lost the competition to the superior Lockheed X-35.
Lindberg Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor, 1/48, 539
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed. This kit is made from the original 1950s molds in large 1/48 scale. 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.