Airfix Spitfire IX - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1222-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$24
1960s issue with wonderful Craftmaster artwork. Larger box with white sides issue. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Focke-Wulf FW-190 D Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1223-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$22
1960s issue with action boxart. A well-holed and damaged FW makes a hasty power-off landing in this dramatic scene. The emergency vehicles race down the runway ready to douse the flaming engine. The pilot has the canopy open to clear the smoke or to make a hasty exit...or both. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: one iron cross decal has flaked off.
Beechnut North American F-51H Mustang, 1/72, 1009
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$18
Never started and complete. Very limited production injection molded kit. Small details such as interior are not included in Beechnut kits but detailed drawings are provided. They contain all basic parts but you must scratch build the rest.
Eastern Express Gloster E.28/39 Whittle (E-28 / Pioneer) - First Prototype Ex-Frog, 1/72, 72259
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
From ex-Frog molds. Very nicely molded. Very fine panel line detail and separately molded control surfaces. Includes decals for prototype #2 and conversion instructions as well. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Lindberg Supermarine Spitfire IX, 1/72, 406-29
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Rare mid 1950s hardbox first issue with box art is by Ray Gaedke. Very nicely molded kit for that time with raised panel lines, full landing gear and doors, separately molded cannon barrels, pilot bust, underwing radiators and a display stand. You know it is a very early issue when the instructions show you using a straight pin for the propeller shaft! Molded in gloss silver and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing the tiny antenna. Otherwise complete with all other parts present and includes decals and instructions. Decals are for the colorful box art aircraft.
Frog JU-87G Stuka Red Series, 1/72, F195
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$20
Very nicely molded kit with very fine raised panel detail. Kit includes cockpit and crew of two, two underwing anti-tank cannon and decals for either Hungarian Air Force 102/1 Dive Bomber Sq or Stab/Stukageschwader 2 Hans Rudel with 1000 Tanks Destroyed. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions. 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, 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.
12 Squared Messerschmitt Me-328 B-1 Pulse Jet Fighter - Bagged, 1/72, 2-21
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$18
Still factory sealed. Limited run injection molded model. Includes cockpit, clear canopy, metal jet tubes, landing gear and more.
Meikraft Models Grumman FF-1, 1/72, 1608
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
Very limited production, only 2000 made. This is the first carrier aircraft to have an enclosed cockpit and retractable gear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Pioneer 2 TWO Hawker Sea Fury T-20 - Royal Navy Historical Flight or German Air Counseling Service (DLB) 1961, 1/72, 4 4002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$29
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Nicely molded kit with all fine recessed panel lines, detailed gear wells and decals for the Royal Navy aircraft on the box art and the all red DLB aircraft. Both models have never been started. They are both inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
UPC BAC Lightning F.Mk.53 - RAF or Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force, 1/72, 5082-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$18
From quality Hasegawa molds. Scott Eidson box art. Includes decals for both aircraft. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. UPC stood for Universal Powermaster Corporation which was based out of New York City, NY. UPC did not cut their own molds, but bought kits already molded from other manufacturers and re-boxed the kits in the USA. Scott Eidson, the famous artist best known for his artwork with Revell, also did UPC box art in the 1960s. All UPC production ended in the 1970s.
Hawk F4D Skyray Triangle Box, 1/72, 402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$39
Rare Triangle Box issue from about 1957/58. As a marketing experiment, Hawk tried this novel and colorful box only with the Skyray. Dealers found it difficult to stack with other kits and it was discontinued. Most parts are molded in gloss white, with a green-tinted clear canopy and brown pilot. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: Missing one rectangular gear door. Otherwise includes all other parts. NOTE: the four bombs are blue and not white; they are from another issue of this same kit. This box rates as only 'fair.' It has splits, wear and some clear tape on the top right as shown
Airfix Yak-9D - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 4-46
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$18
1960s issue with great artwork of a lone Yak attacking a large formation of Ju-88s at night. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Kawasaki T-4 Hamamatsu Training Wing - 31st TSQ 1st SQ JASDF '306' or '6', 1/72, 1007
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$24
SALE!! Includes two kits in one box. Please read carefully for the condition of the models as they are 'builder quality' only. NOTE: both models have minor and 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: wing halves assembled; cockpit tubs assembled; intake halves assembled. There is no other assembly. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Very finely molded with all recessed panel lines, full cockpit, two piece canopy, drop tanks and a painting guide and large, colorful decals sheet for aircraft two aircraft of the JASDF 31st TWQ 1st AW.
Italeri Tornado Gr.Mk.1 - West German Jabo G38 / Marineflieggergeschwader 1 Jagel Germany / RAF / Italy, 1/72, 151
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Features all fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, crew members, swinging wings (with rotating pylons), two piece canopy, detailed landing gear, optional position air brakes and a wide variety of weapons loadouts. Includes decals and paint guide for all four aircraft listed. Some guides are in the instructions while two others are in full color on the back of the box. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Hawker Mk 1B Typhoon, 1/72, PA213-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$55
Still factory sealed and in investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition. First issue from 1968 and part of a very successful series of 1/48 scale WWII aircraft introduced by Monogram during the late 1950s into the 1970s. Features optional position landing gear, detailed wheel wells, full cockpit interior, pilot figure, clear wing light lenses, rotating wheels & propeller, optional position canopy and more.
Heller Saab J-32 Lansen, 1/72, 343
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$32
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box top slightly concave as shown. Includes parts to build A or C variant and decals for both aircraft from Flygflottilj 17 or Flygflottilj 11.
KP Mil Mi-8 or Mi-17 Hip - Slov-Air (Civil Flying Crane) / Czech Air Force (multiple) / USSR (multiple), 1/72, KP28
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$18
Very nicely detailed and cleanly molded featuring numerous optional parts for Mi-8 and Mi-17 variants, full interior with cockpit and cargo bay with benches, optional weapons load, decals for several helicopters and more. Never started. Factory sealed internal parts bag with decals and instructions.
Hobby Bereznyak-Isayev BI-1 - Soviet Rocket Fighter - Bagged, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$24
Still factory sealed with the original header. Limited run Russian injection molded kit with brown and an injection molded clear canopy. There is little flash and fine raised and recessed detail. Please note that the kit did not come with decals and the instructions are inside the header. 'BI' stood for Blizhnii Istrebitel, which was 'close-range fighter' in Russian. Obviously, it also stood for the last names of the designers. The program was the Soviet Union's effort to produce a low cost rocket interceptor. The airplane flew and flew well, but it was plagued by engine issues, corrosion from nitric acid, and eventually tail flutter at high speeds that caused the loss of the most experienced test pilot, Grigory Yakovlevich Bakhchivandzhi. The early development started in 1938, with the first flights in 1940. The aircraft underwent a series of engine improvements and was still testing through 1945. The aircraft never entered series production. Bi-1 through BI-9 were built.
Merlin Models deHavilland Vampire T.11 Two Seater, 1/72, 17
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$18
Limited run plastic kit with metal detail parts and decals. Nicely molded with recessed panel lines. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix TWO Mig-23 Flogger - B or E - Soviet Air Force - USAirfix Issue, 1/72, 4011
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$27
SALE!! Includes two kits in one box. 1980 issue that includes decals for both aircraft - natural finish and camo. Features moving elevators, optional position ventral fin, wings that swing, parts for either variant and some gear well detail. Both kits are never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.