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1:72 Fairey Barracuda Mk.III 'ASW Mk.XI Radar' Model of a British carrier-borne torpoedo and dive bomber, the Mk.III version had an ASV Mk.XI radar beneath its rear fuselage.
The kit contains: three injection moulded sprues, one clear plastic sprue, full colour instructions and a decal sheet.
Nicely detailed model
Decal sheet offers three British and one French marking option. Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.99 10+
1:72 Dassault SMB-2 Super Mystere/Sa'ar Duo Pack & Book The SMB.2 is a French jet fighter aeroplane of the 1960s which saw service not just with the French Air Force, but in Israel and Honduras too and made its name mainly in combat missions flown by Israeli pilots over the Middle East. The box contains two complete kits of the Super Mystere / Sa'ar jet and a really superb photographic book on the type from Ra'anan Weiss of Isradec... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £59.20 2
1:72 SIAI Marchetti SF-260 The Italian SF-260 trainer, aerobatic and light sports aircraft is used world wide. In Europe, it has been operated by the Italian and Belgian air forces as well as by the Irish Air Corps.
The model is laid out to five styrene sprues including a clear one with the early, no so bulged canopy hood. Colour schemes and decals for Italian, Belgian and Irish M, AM and W version machines are provided. Later m... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £12.40 3
1:72 Folland Gnat FR.1 Finnish Recce Fighter Modern Finland. The Folland Gnat fighter aircraft was operated mainly by the military of Finland and India. Two of the Finnish airframes were delivered in the Gnat FR.1 reconnaissance variety equipped with a set of cameras in the nose section. They were coded GN-112 and GN-113 and flew recon and mapping sorties. They, however, retained their cannon armament and ability to fly in the figh... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £14.20 9
1:72 Gloster Meteor F.8 PRONE Version. One of the Mk.8 Meteor jets flew as a test bed for a special type of pilot's cockpit which employed the seat in a prone position. The new nose section was fitted in front of the standard Meteor cockpit, making this version rather unique-looking with such a long nose. The model was already released some time ago, now it is newly re-relased in the Special Hobby range of products. Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £23.60 9
1:72 Bell AH-1G Cobra 'Early Tails Over NAM' The AH-1G Cobra was the first helicopter ever to have been developed primarily for the ground attack role. The type was deployed in the Vietnam War since 1967 and its first batches sported a left-hand side tail rotor, opposed to the later standard which would carry it on the other side. Our model kit now features four of those early batch machines, one of which happens to be the very fir... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.30 4
1:72 Heinkel He-59B This re-release of the Heinkel He 59B is suitable for more experienced modellers. It contains four grey styrene sprues, resin cast parts and a fret of etches. The resin parts have been designed anew now as well as the clear plastic ones which replace the original vacuum-formed items. The decal sheet brings markings for a Legion Condor machine flying over Spain during the civil war and a machine in the colours of... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £53.99 10+
1:72 Focke-Wulf Fw-189B-0/B-1 'German Trainer' The twin-boom Focke-Wulf Fw 189, it is not just the reconnaissance Fw-189A version. Along with ground attack prototypes, also a batch of Fw 189B training aeroplanes was built. These differed from the others by having a streamlined fuselage pod housing a crew of five. Also the undercarriage and some features on the engine nacelles were of a different style.
Some time ago, this model w... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.80 5
1:72 RE-RELEASED SIAI-Marchetti SF-260EA/D/W with Late Bulged Canopy Type' The SF-260 is an Italian training, sports and aerobatic aircraft which can be found all around the globe. In Europe, it served with the Irish Air Corps and is still being used by the air forces of Belgium and Italy. The type was gradually developed and upgraded, so the latest versions differ to some extent from the earlier ones. The main difference is rather... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £12.40 6
1:72 Dassault_Mirage F.1AZ/CZ 'The South African Commie Killers' The Mirage F.1C came about as a private venture by the French Dassault company. The first flight of the Mirage F.1 took place on 23rd December 1966 and production aircraft entered service with the Armee de l'Air as the F.1C single-seater fighter and F.1B two-seater trainer versions. During their service with France a number of these aircraft were upgraded by fitting o... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.80 1
1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4 with schemes of two German fighter aces, G.Schopfel and H.Wick who, flying from bases in Western Europe, took part in the Battle of Britain. The kit also contains two more options, these being Emils as operated over the Balkans a year later. Decals of Wick's machine containing the fuselage camouflage mottles consisting of a myriad of tiny brush-made blotches are available separately SHK72031. The kit pa... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.99 10+
1:72 British Post-war Underwing Armament A sprue with two styrene bombs with their racks and four pairs of rocket projectiles, suitable for various British late-war and immediately post-war aircraft.
Universal armament of 1945/55 British warplanes Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £4.70 3
1:72 EoN Eton TX.I/SG-38 'Over West Europe' Model kit of the German SG-38 school glider as used by foreign operators. The SG-38 was arguably the most widespread training glider of the inter-war era as well as during WW2. It was also manufactured in the UK and known as the Eton TX.1. The decals and colour options offer two British schemes, and a French, Swedish and Belgian ones.
The kit consists of a styrene sprue, photo-etches, de... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £7.20 0
1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 In 1939-40, the Messerschmitt Bf-109E was the best fighter aircraft in production. Superbly trained pilots, utilizing the tactics devised during the war in Spain, simply swept from the skies everything that opposed them, first over Poland, then over Scandinavian countries and the skies of western Europe as well. It was not until they had reached proud Albion that their dominance was finally eliminated b... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £13.99 10+
1:72 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... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £18.99 4
1:72 Martin B-12A US Bomber The Martin company started a revolution in aircraft design with its bomber family B-10, B-12 and B-14, the designation varied because of the engines used. In the early 1930s when fabric-skinned biplanes ruled the skies, an all-metal monoplane suddenly appeared, with closed cockpits and engines completely hidden in their cowlings. Not only were these new bomber aeroplanes faster than other bombers of the ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £31.30 5+
1:72 SIAI-Marchetti SF-260 Duo Pack & Book. This kit is another one of the Duo Pack & Book format and brings, as is rather clear from the title of the series, two complete SF-260 models accompanied by a book on the subject prepared by the guys at H.M.H. Publication. The models offer both styles of the clear canopy, the standard one as well as the later, larger type, and also the underwing armament for the SF-260W version. The decal... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £35.60 3
1:72 de Havilland PR Mk.XVI Mosquito The de Havilland Mosquito was a versatile twin-engine aircraft that was one of the best aircraft of World War II. It was not without reason that it was called the 'Wooden Wonder'. It was used as a night fighter, fighter-bomber, bomber, reconnaissance, anti-ship or special transport aircraft. The first generation of Mosquitos were powered by Merlin engines with single-stage superchargers. In the ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £25.99 10+
1:72 de Havilland DH.100 Vampire Mk.3 'European and American Users' , GB, Norway, Canada, Mexico. The DH.100 Vampire was a British first generation fighter jet aeroplane and was produced in several versions both for the RAF and for export. The Vampire Mk.3 version saw service not just with the domestic force, it was also operated by military in Canada, Norway and Mexico. And these four operators is what you will find offered on the... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.30 10+
1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-1 'Lightly-Armed Emil'. In the first two years of World War Two, the Messerschmitt Bf-109E was arguably among the top fighter aeroplanes of the world, if not the very best of them. The type was produced in two major varieties differing by their armament " the so-called lightly-armed type and those with heavier punch. The former was fitted with four machine guns, two of them above the engine, the other two... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £13.99 10
1:72 de Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.9 'Tropicalised Fighter-Bomber' Sometimes this autumn, Special Hobby will be releasing two new 1/72 Vampire reboxings. Along with the 'long-winged' Mk.3 Vampire, you will be also tempted by a version we have not released before, the tropicalised, fighter bomber FB Mk.9 Vampire. As you will have guessed from the name, these Vampires had been fitted with an air-con unit in a special housing on t... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.30 10+
1:72 Bugatti 100 RacerIn the pre-war years, Ettore Bugatti, a very wel known racing car designer, took the opportunity and decided to turn his attention to aviation too and come with a concept of a racing aeroplane which was to win the then rather popular Deutsch de la Muerthe races. At first, the plane was to be fitted with just one engine, this was later reconsidered and two powerplants were used, placed asymmetricaly in the slee... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.50 6
1:72 Douglas P-70 Nighthawk The A-20 Havoc was a great light bomber, although it also served as a platform for a night fighter. The Havoc was modified to create the P-70 Nighthawk night fighter. It was deployed in the Pacific and was also used extensively for training in the United States.
The kit consists of six frames of grey plastic parts and a frame of clear parts.
The decals feature four machines, three of which fought i... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £25.99 10+
1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-Trop/E-7 Trop Braving Sand and Snow' If you hear 'Messerschmitt Bf-109' it no doubt is a synonym for a fighter aeroplane. And what an aeroplane the one-oh-nine was. In active service from 1936 until 1954 in a number of countries, in front line duty since the Spanish Civil War and remained till the end of the Second World War, and some machines even in a couple of post war years. The so-called Emil, which ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £13.99 6
1:72 Gloster Meteor Mk.8/Mk.9 IAF The Gloster Meteor was one of the world's very first jet fighters. The first two versions of the Meteor were introduced into service with the RAF in time to see the deployment int he final stages of the war. The development of the type went on after the war, with the first post war version being the Mk.4. Next, more advanced F.8 fighter and FR.9 fighter-reconnaissance types were both operated by th... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £22.50 8
1:72 Douglas DB-8A/3N 'Outnumbered and Fearless' The DB-8 bomber aeroplane was produced by Douglas in the USA, however, the type was first developed and initially produced by Northrop, whose designers had come with a two-seat, ground attack type known as the Gamma 2F and which had been delivered to the USAAF with the military designation A-17. As Douglas bought the Northrop later, the production was moved to its facility instead, a... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.99 1
1:72 Douglas DB-7 Havoc Not long before the outbreak of WW2, France ordered the then newly developed DB-7 light bombers from the Douglas company in the USA. Some machines, powered by P&W R-1830 engines and fitted with a narrow and short tail fin, were actually received and deployed in combat in 1940. The French machines went on flying and fighting until 1945, sometimes also switching sides. Before its defeat in 1940, France was not... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £25.99 10+
1:72 Gloster Meteor T Mk.7 The Meteor T.7 two seater was among the most widely used jet trainer aircraft of the 1950s and 1960s and saw service with the British military as well as with many various overseas air forces.
Our model of the T.7 comes with three marking options, first you will have the attractive, overall red display machine flown by Gloster's factory test pilot, then there is a overal aluminium aircraft of No.43 Sqn ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.80 10+
1:72 Junkers Ju-87D-3 'Stuka' The Junkers Ju-87B/R 'Stuka' was, and mainly on the Eastern Front, a highly importnant and widely used aeroplane. With the increasing might of the enemy air forces, the 'Stuka' design simply had to constantly undergo continuous improvemetns. So, the Ju-87D variety got into the production. Up until the D-3 type, the wing was of the standard span, but then it changed and got longer span, starting with th... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £19.80 6
1:72 Aero 11 L-BUCD Blue bird on a long flight over Europe, Africa and Asia (Aero 11 L-BUCD) The Aero A-11 was amongst the best Czechoslovak-made aircraft of the 1920s. No wonder then that the type was chosen by the crew of St.Kap Stanovsky and his mechanic Simek for their long distance flight around Europe, North Africa and the Middle East which took place in May and June 1926. For its distinctive colour, their machine was aptly n... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.99 10+
1:72 Heinkel He-162A Spatz 'Captured Birds' One of the many wunderwaffen supposed to save the Third Reich, but failed eventually, was also the Heinkel He 162A Spatz jet fighter. This aircraft was a part of the Volksjaeger programme and became involved in the war only at its very last stages. Luftwaffe's jet engine powered aircraft were very welcomed booty of the Allies and the Spatz jets were the most numerous of all jets that got ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.30 10+
1:72 RE-RELEASED!!! Dassault_Mirage IIIC 'Armee de l'Air' The Mirage IIIC was the first jet produced in Western Europe to break the double speed of the sound in the level flight. The type was the very first of te whole family of Mirage fighters IIIC, IIIE and 5 some of which keep flying even until these days. The Mirage IIICJ was the epitome of the Israeli air supremacy in the wars with the neighbouring Arab countries during the Wa... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £21.40 10+
1:72 Nakajima Ki-43-II Ko/Otsu 'Japan's allies' The Ki-43 Hayabusa/Oscar was arguably one of the most significant fighter types of the Japanese Army Air Force. The Oscar was also delivered to the air forces of Japan allies as were the puppet state of Manchuria and Thailand. The Manchukuo Imperial Air Force Oscars bore interesting and colourful markings and on the fuselage sides also had large presentation slogans. The Thai fighters... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.80 8
1:72 Supermarine Seafire FR Mk.46 The Mk.46 variety of the Seafire was originaly a navalized Spitfire Mk.22, closely following their predecessor the Seafire Mk.45 and so possessing the fixed (not folding) wing with laminar type aerofoil. From the Mk.22, ��t inherited the low back rear fuselage and naval equipment, sting-type arrestor hook and catapult spools. Only twenty-four were built in the end as the definite Seafire FR.47 type... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.99 8
1:72 Tachikawa Ki-54 Hickory 'Captured and Post War Service' The Hickory was a Japanese WW2 twin-engined aircraft produced in four versions, for pilots, wireless operators and navigators training, gunnery training, a transport verison and anti-submarine operations type. Our kit comes on four styrene sprues and one with clear injected parts.
This boxing portrays captured machines. One as flown by US pilots bearing a nose art and d... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £20.70 10+
1:72 Curtiss P-40M Warhawk 'Involuntarily from Russia to Finland' During the Second World War, the P-40M Warhawk fighter aircraft was used both by the USAAF and the air forces of the Allies. Over two hundres were also delivered to the Soviet Union. P-40M s/n 43-5925 White 23 saw only very brief service with the VVS (Soviet Air Force). When the new machine was being flown over to the unit, its pilot 2nd Lt. V.A.Revin got lost, lande... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.75 3
1:72 Gloster Meteor TT Mk.20. As the RAF Gloster Meteor Mk.11 jets began to leave the first line duty, it was necessary to find a new job for them. A few of the Mk.11 airframes were converted to a target tug to requirements issued by both the Royal Navy and RAF. These were designated TT Mk.20 and in a similar fashion were also rebuilt Meteor Mk.11s of the Danish Air Force and a Swedish civil operator. Our Meteor TT Mk.20 comes on f... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £22.50 3
1:72 Nakajima Ki-43-III Hayabusa / Oscar 1/72
Four interesting Japanese Army Air Force Oscar fighter schemes is what this latest reissue of the iconic Ki-43 Hayabusa / Oscar kit offers to the modeller. One of the machines was on the strength of a fighter unit while the other three were used by the Shinbu-Tai units and wore colourful markins, a blue arrow, red lightning...
The kit consits of three grey styrene sprues plus one w... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.99 10+
1:72 CASA C-212-300/400 'Long Nosed Casas' 1/72
At the end of the 1960s, the Spanish air force begun to look for a type to replace the then widely used transport aircraft, of which the longest-serving were the Ju-52s built in the 1930s. The military issued requirements calling for a new transport and multi-purpose type and to fit these requirements, the CASA company brought forward their concept of a twin-engined, turbo-prop powe... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £26.99 10+
1:72 Fouga CM.170 Magister 'Acrobatic Teams' The Fouga Magister was not only a great trainer jet, it was also an excellent aerobatic machine used by many aerobatic display teams. This release of the Magister covers the schemes of the Belgian Red Devils, French Patrouille de Ecole de l Air and the FFS A Acro Team of Germany. All of these airframes wore quite strikng and colourful schemes indeed.
As well as serving with the French ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.30 4
1:72 de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor 'Under the Southern Cross'. Decals will be RAAF, RNZAF and a civilian South African machine. In 1937, De Havilland designed the DH.94 Moth Minor as a modern replacement for the DH.82 Tiger Moth biplane. The DH.94 was produced for civilian customers until 1940, when the production was switched for the military. Civilian aircraft were confiscated for the needs of the RAF. They were used as couriers ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £12.60 10+
1:72 External armament for Dassault SMB-2 Super Mystere and other IAF planes (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Two styrene sprues that contain armament used on IAF Super Mystere SMB.2 jets as well as on other aircraft of the period-two 250kg bombs, two napalm bombs each with the respective pylons, two quadruple racks with eight 100kg bomblets and a pair of Shafrir 2 AAMs with launchers and pylons. Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £11.25 2
1:72 Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4/7 'Staffelkapitane' 1/72 The Messerschmitt Bf-109 is one of the synonyms for a fighter aircraft. The machine, which was in service from 1936 to 1954 in many versions, lasted on the front line from the war in Spain until the end of World War II. The Emil, the Bf-109E version was the first One-Oh-Nine with the DB 601 engine. It is inextricably linked to the beginning of World War II with the attack on Pol... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.99 10+
1:72 Saab AJ-37 Viggen 'Show Must Go On' The Saab 37 Viggen was an aaircraft ahead of its time. Its designers used an unorthodox construction which enabled the plane to meet all requirements laid om it and in some parameters even surpass these. The Swedish Air Force placed order for several versions of the Viggen, its basic design formed an universal platform which, using specialised equipment, enabled the plane to be used for vari... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £29.30 10+
1:72 Gloster Meteor Mk.4 The Mk.4 Meteor jet was the first post war version of this twin engined jet and became a front-line fighter of the RAF as well as the air forces of Belgium and the Netherlands. Our model kit comes on two styrene sprues, one with clear parts and also offers a sheet of decals with markings for three RAF machines and one of the Dutch air force. Two of the British options have interesting connection with our co... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £19.60 10+