I'm selling off (hopefully in one or two cartons) my early and primitive stash of 1/48 kits. These kits have been following me around the world and their last traumatic experience involved taking a bath in some muddy African flood waters. I'd been collecting them with the idea of someday working up the nerve to try 1/48 rigging, but now with my addiction to WNW, I realize that they have to go. These are not collector items; almost every box is seriously worse for wear and half to most are missing decals. I've inspected and described the condition of the kits below; since most were resting in intact boxes, I made the assumption that all of the parts were present. That said, there were a few odd bits lying in the big storage box, including parts for kits I never found and a neat 1/48 scale white metal (pewter?) figure of MvR. All this stuff will go to whomever buys he lot. I'm trying to avoid selling kits off individually so as not to have to do a lot of mail preparation.
I have no idea what this stuff is worth, so I'm asking USD 100 for the lot, plus shipping. I realize that some of this stuff is sub-standard, but the are some decent models in there and some OOP kits. If you are interested, but think the price is outrageous, make an offer. Re shipping, I could re-pack some of the kits in zip-lock bags to save space, or if you don't want some of the kits at all, I could pull them out and try to find a home for them, saving weight and space. If anyone is concerned that a particular kit may be missing parts, just ask and I'll do a detailed comparison of the box contents to the instructions, if there are any. Please feel free to ask questions. I hope I can be forgiven for listing the Sikorsky S-38, which I guess is a Golden Age aircraft. but it is a cool kit for the masochistically inclined. Thanks for your patience.
Aeroclub VAC Sopwith Pup
Decals no good, but everything else is useable.
Aurora # 113-98 Original Boxing F2B Brisfit
Decals are problematic, but everything else appears to be there.
Aurora # 754 Late Boxing Nieuport 11 bebe
Decals bad , but everything else is usable.
Blue Max Junkers J-9/D-1
Decals have adhered to instructions, making both unusable; everything else is fine.
Blue Max Nieuport 11 bebe
Decals ruined; everything else is fine.
DML #5901 Fokker Dr-1
Decals possibly OK; everything else workable.
DML #5902 Spad 13
Box is dirty but everything else is like-new.
DML #5905 Fokker D-VII
Everything in box is like-new.
Eduard #8001 Siemens Schuckert D-III
Decals unusable; everything else OK
Eduard #8002 Fokker E-III
Decals unusable; everything else OK.
Eduard #8003 Fokker D-VII
Instructions unusable; everything else apparently OK .
JGMT RESIN Hanriot HD-1
Decals ruined, instructions legible and resin is very nice.
JGMT RESIN Spad 7-C1
Decals doubtful but despite the African mud everything is top notch.
Koster VAC Siemens-Schuckert D-III
Everything in great shape.
Koster VAC Hannover C-II/IIIa
Everything looks fine.
Koster VAC Fokker E-V & D-VIII
Decals are problematic; everything else OK
Koster VAC Sopwith Triplane
Decals ruined and instuctions half ruined.
Lone Star VAC & RESIN Phalz E-1
Everything looks fine.
Lone Star VAC & RESIN Hansa-Brandenburg C-C floatplane
Everything looks fine.
Merlin Models Albatros D-II
No decals.
Merlin Models Salmson 2A 2
Decals are doubtful and there is NO comparison to the Gaspatch model.
Testors Neiuport Type 17 C
Decals doubtful.
Testors Spad 13 C.1
Decals no good.
Tom's Modelworks VAC Sikorsky S-38 floatplane
Instructions marginally damaged; everything else is good.
Hopefully,
Val
