Paper Model Life Size Osprey Bird w/Trout BIRDMobile Kit. Spectacular! 1983 NIP

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This paper model kit looks spectacular.  My late brother was a collector of paper models, and this is one of the remaining ones that I have left. I thought someday that I, as a bird lover, would attempt to make it...however I have decided to offer it here on eBay to an experienced model builder. This kit was sealed shut in plastic, however I opened the bottom of the kit seal to slip out the book to try and find a date...which I did.  It is from 1983. The colors are all vibrant and in mint condition. It says on the front that it is life-size when finished, and states the measurements of a wingspan of 59 inches, and the length of 20 1/2 inches, along with a lifelike brown trout in his talons.
I have been watching on eBay for quite a while for something similar to come up for offering, and never have seen one.  In my mind, I am thinking that it is uncommon and rare....Thus my asking price.
I am hoping it can find a good appreciative home.  The book that the parts are printed in measures 17" by 12".
Great care will be taken to package it safely so it does not get bent or damaged. I think it should be sent as priority mail rather than media.  In my experience, media mail is excessively delayed and receives a lot of manhandling...making it prone to being damaged.
A rare find!