Revell Gowland 1953 Highway Pioneers Factory Built Up Store Display x5 Tower
$299.95
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Really cool counter display with FIVE factory built ups! Note: covering is made of thin acrylic - some repairs and tinting. These will be wrapped in tissue and bagged individually - some assembly/unpacking will be needed upon arrival. And note that we cannot guarantee they will arrive fully intact - they are incredibly fragile and some reassembly with your choice of cement may be required.
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Revell Gowland 1953 Highway
Pioneers Factory Built Up Store Display x5 Tower
Listing is for a Revell Gowland 1953 Highway Pioneers Factory Built Up
Store Display x5 Tower.
Before the invention of inexpensive plastics in the 1950s, 'model building'
was a minor activity for the youth of America. The introduction of the 1/32
scale vehicles 'Highway Pioneers' car kits by the collaboration
between Revell & Gowland proved that model building could have mass
appeal. Although the kits were made for just a few years, they would make
way for the boom in military and figure modeling of the 1960's, golden age!
There would be 30 kits in all released - with some models having variations
in box designs/releases.
This original store display tower (roughly 20" tall) houses 5 FACTORY
BUILT models (we've seen a mix of the following in different examples):