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NOS 1946 Kix Cereal WW2 P-51 MUSTANG 1/432nd Blue Plastic Vintage Old Plane WWII

$ 4.75

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: NOS (New Old Stock) See detailed, upclose scans. Some light wear due to age, does not detract from eye appeal. Three-inch ruler added to scans to show scale.
  • Country of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    From 1946.
    M
    easures about 1.0 inches from wingtip to wingtip (three-inch ruler added to scans #1 and #2 to show scale), hard plastic.
    No
    Hole version
    (hole is to string plane and mount it in the air; some planes had holes, some did not).  Has the type of plane in raised lettering on the underside of a wing (i.e, B-29). Some light wear due to age.
    S
    ee scan of both sides of plane for condition
    .
    NOS (New Old Stock),
    purchased as a lot of planes from Cruver (the original manufacturer of these planes for Kix back in the 40s) in 1993, scan #5 shows the actual letter from Cruver to the buyer in 1993 (not included in this auction). They were stored in a warehouse since the 1940s.
    Picture #7 and #8
    gives period info about the planes and the sets (not included with this auction).
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    Great subject matter and eye
    appeal.
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    International Sales - the buyer is responsible for any & all Custom Fees, if applicable.
    Wartime 1:432 identification "pocket" models were manufactured in both plastic by Cruver and in metal by Comet Metal Products; wartime models had a small hole at the c.g. for mounting or hanging. Both types were produced after WWII for sale to the public and for use as advertising premiums; many different colors were used for these post-war versions, but they were generally made without the small hole - some, however, do have a mounting hole - the 1945 Authenticast catalog shows a variation of the 1:432 metal aircraft which are mounted on a wire extending from a small metal stand. Perhaps this hole does not go all the way through as on the wartime issues. Several of these post-war models are offered for sale below and are individually priced.
    General Mills offered a group of 22 planes made by Cruver; a portion of a 1946 newspaper advertisement for these "Kix scale-model plastic planes" is shown below. Ten-cents and a Kix box top for each set! These models were generally in grey plastic.
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