Limited Availability

Special Hobby SH72303

Brewster SB2A-4 Buccaneer 'US Marines Bomber' - a US naval dive bomber aircraft - the SB2A-4 version saw service with the US Marines - decals cover three US Marines options and one for a Dutch East Indies what if machine (the Dutch did intend to purchase the Buccaneer) - the kit comes with resin and etched parts (Special Hobby sold out July 2026)

Special Hobby SH72385

C-41A US Transport plane In the late 1960s, the Spanish Air Force, or Ejercito del Aire, was seeking a new transport aircraft. In order to meet the air force's needs, Spanish company CASA proposed a twin-engined, turboprop-powered, high-wing, non-retractable undercarriage cargo aircraft with STOL capabilities. The project known as the CASA C-212 Aviocar was eventually accepted and a pair of prototype machines took off for the ...

Special Hobby SH72395

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak The swept-wing jet fighter was a development of the Republic F-84G straight wing aircraft. Using a wing with the sweep along with a more powerful jet engine improved the performance to that of the F-86 Sabre. At first, the F-84F experienced several trouble with their power units, manoeuvrability as well as with corrosion. Later, after the outbreak of the Berlin Crisis and subsequent need to make th...

Special Hobby SH72397

Re-released! Breda Ba.88B Lince Model of a German high altitude fighter aeroplane wearing 'what-if' colour schemes. Model of an Italian WW2 bomber aeroplane. Contents of the kit: three grey styrene sprues, one clear plastic sprue, decal sheet and full colour instruction booklet. Nicely detailed model Fancy blotch pattern camouflage schemes Decals offer markings for three Italian machines. (Special Hobby sold out July 2...

Special Hobby SH72445

Tachikawa Ki-54-Otsu Hickory 'Gunner Trainer' The Ki-54 Hickory was a WW2 Japanese twin engine aeroplane which was manufactured in four main versions used for pilots training, wireless operators and navigators training, aerial gunnery training and finaly the version used for both transport and anti-submarine patrols. This kit featuring the aerial gunnery training variety comes on four styrene sprues and one with clear parts. T...

Special Hobby SH72318

NEARLY GOOD AS NEW!!! Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.21 "Contraprop" The first version of the Spitfire that had completely redesigned wing was the Spitfire Mk.21. The changes in its construction were so important that a new name Victor had been also considered. Design work on this plane were commenced in 1942 and in the beginning of 1945 the first production aircraft were issued to No.91sqn. After the war, the Spitfire Mk.21 enjoy...

Special Hobby SH72075

Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave Twin engined, piston engined CH-37 Mojave helicopter, also called Deuce, was at its time the world's largest helicopter. It was also deployed in the Vietnam war, operated both by the US Army and US Marines. This model kit is back on offer, now reissued with a new sprue with fuel tanks of the correct size. Those in the earlier edition were quite bigger than needed. The three schemes remain the same.

Special Hobby SH72221

Messerschmitt Me-209V-4 In the 1930s, in the time of the rearmament, Germany tried to showcase their military power also by breaking aviation records. This effort, backed by the state, brought many new records including the most prestigious one, the world speed record. Of interest might be the fact that two German aviation companies rivaled to achieve the record, namely Heinkel and Messerschmitt, each of which had their oppone...

Special Hobby SH72236

Boulton-Paul Sea Balliol T.21. The kit of the FAA version contains same fuselage sprue as in SH72234 kit. The wing sprue is different allowing building Sea Balliol with folded or straightened wings.The kit also contains injected canopy, detailed resin and photo-etched parts Decals included offer markings for 4 FAA trainers. After the end of World War 2 British Air Ministry issued specifications calling for advanced two-seat ...

Special Hobby SH72339

de Havilland Vampire Mk.1 Development of a jet fighter later to be named the Vampire began in 1941 and related closely with the development of the H-1 jet engine, for which the engine section of de Havilland company was responsible. The engine was later to be known under its new name Goblin and its development turned out to be very successful. The Vampire was therefore ordered under Air Ministry specification E.6/41 calling fo...

Special Hobby SH72409

Arado Ar-96B Captured & Post War Model of a German WW2 trainer plane wearing colours of its Allied users and as flown in immediately post-war era. The kit consists of two sprues joined by a clear sprue, decal sheet, resin details and a pe fret. decals enable the modeller to finish the model in either British, US, French or Swedish post war (civil) scheme photoetches and resin parts come with the kit (Special Hobby sold out...

Special Hobby SH72459

Messerschmitt Bf-109E-1 'Legion Kondor' pre WWII Between 1939-40, the Messerschmitt Bf-109E was arguably the very best fighter aeroplane of the world. The type was produced in two main subvariants differing by the type of armament, either heavily or lightly armed. The lightly armed airframe was fitted with machine guns only, two of them above the engine, the other two in the wings. The versions produced with this sort of armam...

Special Hobby SH72493

Curtiss P-40F/L Warhawk 'Desert Hawks with Merlin' The P-40 Warhawk / Kittyhawk fighter aircraft were an important part of the USAAF and other allied air forces throughout the war. In many various subtypes, the P-40s fought on all WW2 battlefields. And so, they beared national markings of many forces and were finished in many various and interesting colour schemes. The P-40F and L airframes differ from other P-40 versions by...

Special Hobby SH72352

Dassault_Mirage IIICJ The Mirage IIICJ became the symbol of the Israeli air superiority during the wars with the neighbouring Arab countries. The Mach Two, high performance, delta wing fighter aeroplanes were produced by French Dassault, but the Israeli CJ version differed from the airframes built for the French military by not being fitted with the rocket booster motor. The Israeli Mirages took part in the War over Water, Six...

Special Hobby SH72432

Focke-Wulf Fw-189C/V-6 The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 was produced as the Fw 189A reconnaissance and observation aircraft but also as the Fw 189B for the transport and training role. The chief designer Kurt Tank also prepared the ground attack Fw 189C version, two examples of which were manufactured bu which never reached the production as the Luftwaffe favoured the Hs129. Our SH72432 model kit depicts the V-6, the final prototype st...

Special Hobby SH72258

Messerschmitt Me-163C 'Bubble Canopy Version' (Special Hobby sold out April 2025)

Special Hobby SH72160

Bell X-1A / X-1D 'Second Generation' After the success of the original X-1 aircraft and the breaking of the Sound Barrier, both USAF and NACA decided to continue with the research into supersonic flight. Therefore, they ordered the so-called 'Second Generation' X-1 from the Bell aircraft company. These were three bigger aircraft, versions A, B, and D. They were used for high speed research (up to Mach 2.5) and high altitude fl...