SNAP Combat Jeep And Trailer - With 3 GIs - (ex Revell), 1/40, 148-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$110
Rare model from the original 1950s Revell "S" Issue molds. Very well detailed featuring rotating wheels, radio, jerry cans, detailed chassis and suspension, tilting windshield, driver/soldier and general figure, detachable trailer with rotating wheels, generator, cable reel, packs, tool box and more. Molded in olive drab plastic. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. These molds must have had a very interesting history. The molds were cut in 1955 or 1956, either at Adams or by one of Revell's contractors. It appeared to be part of the Adams/Revell 1/40 line but Adams never issued the kit. The famous HO model train manufacturer Athearn purchased the Adams molds and ended up with the jeep. Ahtearn used the name SNAP for all plastic kit releases and slightly modified the molds by adding their name & logo to a part (or two) of each kit. Then UPC (Universal Power Master) either leased or purchased (probably the former) the Adams molds from SNAP in the 1960s. While most UPC kits say 'Made in Japan' the ex-Adams models do not and say 'Made in USA'. Things get even more interesting with the Life-Like issue. How Life-Like came across the molds is unfortunately unknown but it may have been in a bulk purchase of molds from Athearn since there were in the same general part of the country. This is simply conjecture, however.
J Zinger Products ONE 20-10 Wood Propeller NOS - JZ - Bagged
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$20
NOS (new old stock) from the contents of a R/C-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes a high quality, brand-new & never used wooden propeller of the size and quantity listed.
ESCI NATO Pilots And Ground Crew - 48 Figures, 1/72, 243
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$12
Ideal for 1/72 dioramas. Includes 48 NATO figures and a large, full color painting guide (on the back of the box) for both pilots and ground crew. Never started and inventoried complete.
AMT-Hasegawa Grumman A-6A Intruder - VA-75 USS Independence, 1/72, A647-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$22
This kit is from AMT's short-lived early 1970s attempt to increase sale by marketing and selling quality Hasegawa kits under the AMT name in the USA Hasegawa made kits in Japan, and AMT put them in boxes.Kit features fine raised and recessed panel lines, cockpit and gear well details and a variety of drop tank and iron bomb load-outs. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Ace AML-60 60mm Mortar Carrier 4x4, 1/72, 72414
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$18
Made in the Ukraine. Highly detailed for this small scale and includes many PE parts and rubber tires. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Dumas Waco CG-4A Glider - 30 Inch Wingspan Flying Model Aircraft - (F8F), 321
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$44
Still factory sealed. This is a modern and well designed stick and tissue flying scale model glider; however, many builders have converted these kits to R/C. This large scale kit features hand-selected laser cut balsa, vacuformed canopy, color decals, full size plan, lightweight colored tissue and full step by step instructions.
Hasegawa Fw190F-9 Panzerblitz 1 - (FW-190 F-9), 1/72, AP102
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$26
Rare limited edition from 1994 that features 51 pieces, all fine recessed panel lines, numerous cast metal parts that include all the correct conversion parts, very good cockpit, detailed gear wells, optional position canopy and more.
Aurora Lightning P-38 - Famous Fighters of All Nations, 1/48, 99-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$125
Rare. Third issue with rectangular 'Aurora Line' logo and Famous Fighters of All Nations on the box top. The box has four solid and original corners, no repairs, tags, tag marks or tape (other than the factory sealing tape) but has moderate wear and very light age foxing as shown, hence the grade of 'good.' Inside, this model is molded in a stunning and beautiful correct gloss medium blue plastic and clear. It includes the correct early rectangular clear stand and stand arm. The model has never been started and is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Even the original factory tissue packing paper is present. NOTE: the decal were previously stuck to the instructions in several small areas. The actual transfers are in 'excellent' condition; the damage is to the backing paper only.
Revell Lockheed F-94 Starfire 1st Issue - Pre 'S' One Piece Box, 1/56, H201-59
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$145
One of the first three Revell aircraft molds issued in 1953. This kit is correct with no rivets and no landing gear. Instructions are printed on the back of the box. Molded in the correct high gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing stand arm. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts and decals. The box has wear and creasing as shown. It is missing three of the four small inside flaps. Both large and visible end flaps are complete. Please note that this kit is different from the 'Pre-S' issue in the following ways: no rivet detail, almost no panel lines, different part numbers, pilots are a part of the fuselage (busts only), one piece wings and absence of the pods at the half-wingspan line, no landing gear and no holes for such, very early 'Colortone' logo decals and a silver, two piece plastic stand of a unique design that was not used again.
Attack Squadron F2F-1 US Navy Biplane Fighter - Pro Set - Grumman F2F-1 VF-3B 1936 / VF-5 1937 / VF-7 1940 Neutrality Patrol USS Wasp CV-7 / VF-4M 1937 US Marines / VF-2 Sept 1937 / VMF-2 Summer 1937 Marines, 1/48, 48036
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$185
Very rare, out of production and the only 1/48 scale Grumman F2F-1 . This model features finely cast parts from high-definition resin, brass PE details, film instruments, clear vaciform windshield (mint condition and not yellowed), excellent cockpit, complete engine, detailed landing gear and more. Includes a full color paint guide and decals for all aircraft listed.
LF Models Kellet XR-3 Autogiro - Testbed For XR-8, 1/72, 7245
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$39
This limited edition model features main parts beautifully molded in high definition resin, very fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, printed instruments and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the instructions show a fret of brass PE for rudder pedals and seatbelts; that is missing from this kit
Guillows Republic P-47D Thunderbolt - 30 3/4 Inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C Conversion, 1001
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$44
Sells brand-new on the Guillow's website for $131.99 + shipping. Very large stick and tissue kit that can be built to fly rubber, gas free flight or U-Control, RC or for scale display. Features retractable landing gear (main and tail wheel), cockpit interior, opening canopy, movable flaps, ailerons, rudder and elevator, complete bomb, drop tank and rocket load and more. Has high quality die-cut balsa, balsa stock as needed, die-cut plywood, completely finished wooden prop, hardware, a very large number of vacuformed plastic parts including a pilot, clear vac canopy, cardstock interior details, other wood and metal stock as needed, full instructions, full size plans and more. The kit has never been started. Inside, it is as it left the factory. The parts that were sealed are still in the factory sealed bags; the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete. Includes 'excellent' condition decals and instructions.
Revell B-36 - Air Power Series, 1/184, H139-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$58
This hardbox issue is from 1961 and the model is from the same molds as the classic 1950s Pre-S kit. Molded in silver and clear plastic. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell DD-931 USS Forrest Sherman - 'S' Issue, 1/320, H352-169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$129
Original 'S' issue from 1958 with classic Revell box art. Full hull kit with very good detail for that time. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one part, a gun barrel. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals, flag sheet and instructions.
Aurora The Barnstormers Customizing Kit DH-4 and JN-4 Jenny, 1/48, 200-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$179
Rare one-and-only 1960 issue that contains both the DH-4 and Curtis JN-4 Jenny. The box is in exceptional condition with 'excellent' color and gloss, four solid corners, no tape or price tags (and no marks from either), no stains, fading or torn/missing litho. Very light wear and edge wear are the only significant flaws. Aurora really went out of the way to make this a special kit; however, it did not sell well and was retired after one year. Features completely new box artwork, a DH-4 molded in gloss dark green and black, the JN-4 molded in gloss bright yellow and black, great custom decal sheets for both aircraft and special 'Barnstormer' instructions for each aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts present and includes decals and instructions. The instructions sheets are both in 'near mint' condition and the decal sheets are both completely flat with the typical age yellowing as the only significant flaw.
Berkeley Curtiss SBC4 Helldiver - 24 Inch Wingspan Flying Model Airplane Kit
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$125
Very early Berkeley kit. This Helldiver features 24 inch wingspan, unique 'Automatic Bomb-Release During Flight', turned balsa cowl, sheets of high-quality printwood, pre-cut stringers and spars, fully formed wheels & thrust button, formed metal propeller shaft/rubber hook, sealed tube of wood glue, clear material for the canopy, metal stock as required, a factory sealed wax bag of hardware, printed color insignia, two colors of covering tissue (orange and silver) and more. Includes full-size plans & instructions. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes insignia and plans. 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.
Italeri TWO Mig-27M Strike Fighter, 1/72, 075
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$25
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Kit #1 is never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE that kit #2 has very minor and 'professional' quality sub assembly as follows: two intake fences to fuselage halves. There is no other assembly; inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Features all fine recessed panel lines, good cockpit, opened or closed canopy, wings that swing, detailed gear bays, optional position speed brakes and ventral fin, a large weapons load and more. Includes a color paint guide (on the back of the box) and decals for three different aircraft.
Mirage Hobby TWO Vickers E Mk A Tanks, 1/72, 72603
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$18
SALE! Includes two complete kits in one box. Both models are never started and have the parts still sealed in the factory bags. Includes decals and instructions. These are very well detailed kits that are finely molded.
Aurora Flying Sub Test Shot - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Seaview Submarine) Bagged, 1/60
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$275
Very rare item for the advanced collector. This item was from the estate of Dave Cockrum, the world-famous Aurora box artist, sculpture and kit designer. However, he is even more famous for his long history with DC and Marvel Comics. When working at Aurora, Dave had access to 'The Room'. In it were test shots from almost every Aurora kit ever made; employees were welcome to come in and take a kit when they pleased. This Flying Sub came from that room. It is a rare test shot molded in the usual test shot color - white- and includes the clear parts. Although the kit is complete, it does not have a box or instructions like most all test shots.
Monogram TWA Airliner Set DC-3 and Super G Constellation, MGP5
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
$419
1957 first and only issue of this rare Monogram Gift set. While Revell was very prolific with gift sets in the 1950s, Monogram was very restrained, issuing very few and then only once. This hardbox is in very solid condition with no fading, stains or split corners. There is edge wear that account for the 'VG' box rating. Inside, the kit has the correct cardboard divider. The DC-3 is 1/90 scale and features optional position cabin door, rotating propellers and wheels, pilot, copilot, hostess and passenger figures and colorful TWA decals. The Super G Constellation is 1/131 scale and features two hostesses, two loading ramps, tip tanks, battery truck and full TWA decals. The models have not been started. Both models are inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.