mvmhm Posted January 5, 2018 #1 Posted January 5, 2018 These came in the door today...cased sets of US, German and British ship identification models. Don received these as a gift from his father about 60 years ago; his Dad found them at an Army-Navy surplus store (obviously back in the good old days before BDUs and beef jerky became the staple items). The cases are in great shape as are the ships..a few might have some very minor metal deterioration, but there's no broken masts, guns, etc... Mark sends
mvmhm Posted January 5, 2018 Author #5 Posted January 5, 2018 ...examples of the markings on the bottom of each ship and the case markings..
mvmhm Posted January 5, 2018 Author #7 Posted January 5, 2018 Markings on the bottom of the German ships...
mvmhm Posted January 5, 2018 Author #9 Posted January 5, 2018 ...and finally, the markings on the German case... Mark sends
sundance Posted January 5, 2018 #10 Posted January 5, 2018 Pretty neat. Is that Don in the picture? A saw a set of these once. I probably should have bought it.
sundance Posted January 5, 2018 #11 Posted January 5, 2018 I'll come over, we'll take them all out and have a big sea battle.
warroom1 Posted January 5, 2018 #12 Posted January 5, 2018 had many of the Comet models, Polk hobby ship use to sell these. canal st. was a great place to by these boxed sets, New York City was great for all forms of Militiria.
mvmhm Posted January 6, 2018 Author #13 Posted January 6, 2018 Pretty neat. Is that Don in the picture? A saw a set of these once. I probably should have bought it. Yes, that's Don and his wife Linda. Mark sends
67Rally Posted January 6, 2018 #14 Posted January 6, 2018 I've seen singles of these and have always hoped to find one or two (never have). These are amazing! What a treasure!
The Meatcan Posted January 6, 2018 #15 Posted January 6, 2018 Absolutely fantastic! Seems impossible to find a better condition set and then to have 3 of the sets! Wow! Thanks so much for sharing. Terry
manayunkman Posted January 7, 2018 #18 Posted January 7, 2018 That's a pile of money right there especially if they are metal and not plastic.
vintageproductions Posted January 12, 2018 #21 Posted January 12, 2018 Like has been said early these do sell very well. Every boxed set we have ever owned, we have sold to designers who use them in their decorating projects.
manayunkman Posted January 12, 2018 #22 Posted January 12, 2018 There are collectors who collect these miniature models. Some of the enemy larger ships go for hundreds. I once got 2000 for a Scharnhorst at a toy show. It was 16'' long though one of the bigger ones. One of the commanding officers of the Great Lakes navy base lived in York pa. When I finished cleaning out the house I had over 100 of the larger scale navy ID models. I ran them all through a toy auction in pa
flytiger Posted June 6, 2020 #24 Posted June 6, 2020 Keep them high and dry! Lead can be a problem. Those are superb!
Backtheattack Posted August 18, 2020 #25 Posted August 18, 2020 Great! Had seen a complete set in a german museum years ago, very interesting.
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