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  Special Hobby SH48223

  1:48 Dassault SMB-2 Super Mystere Model of a French jet fighter. The model is moulded using metal type tools, contains 8 sprues of plastic parts (two are duplicates) and a sprue with clear parts. The SMB-2 Super Mystere was the first mass-produced Western European aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. In its development, Dassault built on its previous mass-produced fighter types as were the Ouragan and Mystere IVB ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £37.99 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48224

  1:48 Bell AH-1Q/S Cobra 'IDF Against Terrorists' 1/48 The Israeli Air Force acquired and subsequently tested the AH-1G Cobra attack helicopters. Due to the need of helicopters capable of destroying armoured vehicles or the enemy's fortified footholds, Israel in cooperation with its US counterpart converted these helicopters to the AH-1S version. This AH-1S airframes were equipped with the TOW missiles. Israeli helicopters still r... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £39.60 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48225

  1:48 Grumman AF-2 Guardian 'Fire Bomber', The largest single engine, piston engine aircraft to have ever been flown from the decks of aircraft carriers " yes this is the apt description of the anti-submarine AF-2 Guardian aeroplane. Following the Korea War, the Guardians were redelegated to reserve units and eventually struck off charge. Some of them, however, and mainly due to the strength of their airframe and their excellent ran... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £40.50 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48226

  1:48 Breda 65A-80 'Aviazione Legionaria' The ground-attack Breda 65 aircraft, both of the single seat and two seat variety, had been designed yet berofe the war broke out. The type was manufactured in two main versions, differing by the type of the power plant used and the span of the wings. The Italian Air Force decided to test the Bredas in real war conditions and sent the to the Aviazione Legionaria, the Italian Expeditionary Co... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £35.99 3 Add
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  Special Hobby SH48227

  1:48 Airspeed Oxford Mk.I 'Gunner Trainer' The Airspeed Oxford was a British aeroplane developed early in the war and mainly used in training of multi-engine aircraft crews " pilots, navigators, gunners. The Oxfords saw service with the RAF as well as with air forces of other Commonwealth countries (RNZAF, RCAF, RAAF and SAAF). In the post war years, many Oxfords were also delivered to even more other countries. The Mk.I version of... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £41.60 6 Add

• Special Hobby SH48228

  1:48 Potez 637 'Recce Version' 1/48 Aircraft kits (injection) Future Releases £41.40 0 Backorder
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  Special Hobby SH48229

  1:48 Fiat Br.20 Cicogna 'Bomber over Two Continents' 'Bomber over Two Continents' The Fiat BR.20 Cicogna (Stork in Italian) was the only Italian twin-engined bomber in service with the Regia Aeronautica during World War II. In 1934, the Italian Air Ministry issued specifications for a new heavy twin-engine bomber. The first BR.20 prototype took off for the first time on 10 February 1936 and was put into service in September of the ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £59.99 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48230

  1:48 Bell AH-1G Cobra 'Over Vietnam with M-35 Gun System' Hi-Tech Kit Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £56.30 8 Add
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  Special Hobby SH48232

  1:48 Bell AH-1Q/S Cobra 'US & Turkish Army' The AH-1G was the initial version of the iconic Cobra helicopter and had mainly been designed to provide close support to the ground troops. The US military quite quickly realised that what they also need is a weapon system capable of taking on enemy's armoured vehicles and tanks. And most urgent this need was felt in Europe where the danger of Soviet tank forces was almost palpatable. To... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £39.60 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48233

  1:48 Supermarine Seafire Mk.XV 'FAA/Fleet Air Arm & RCN Service' The Seafire Mk.15 of the immediate post war period was the first ever Seafire powered by the Griffon to see the regular service. Besides the FAA/Fleet Air Arm , Mk.15 Seafires also flew with the Royal Canadian Navy. Our model contains also etches and offers two schemes, one as with the British Fleet Air Arm while the other option portrays a machine from Canada Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £25.99 8 Add
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  Special Hobby SH48235

  1:48 Bell AH-1G Cobra 'Marines / US Navy' USUALLY £39.60. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! In the US Marine Corps and the Navy, there were much less AH-1G Cobras than in the US Army. And even so, Marine Cobras fought in Vietnam and as well as the Navy machines, they wore attractive colour schemes. Those of you who fancy naval machines will now have a nice and welcome chance to build such Cobra helicopter model using our new boxing whic... Aircraft kits (injection) Special Offers £26.40 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48237

  1:48 Grunau Baby IIB 'German WWII Glider' Both in the pre-war years and during the war, the Grunau Baby IIB was the most widely used glider all around the world. It is estimated that about six thousands of these simple airframes might have been built. While before the war, the Grunau Baby gliders were built mainly by amateur pilots using available drawings, with the war on the horizon the type entered almost mass production in Germ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.50 6 Add
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  Special Hobby SH48239

  1:48 L-4/NE-1 Grasshopper 'Pacific Warriors' The US Marines, US Army, RAAF and the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (ML-KNIL), these are the operators we have picked for our new release of the L-4 Grashopper kit. The US Marines machine sported blue over grey scheme, while the other scheme in the kit have the more usual Olive Green on the upper surfaces with the same grey below. The US Marines, US Army and RAAF machines... Aircraft kits (injection) Special Offers £14.99 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48240

  1:48 Romeo Ro 43 'Spanish Service' In September 1943 it became clear that Italy was defeated. A group of Italian navy aviators knew it, too, and so they decided to fly eight IMAM / Romeo Ro.43 floatplanes from La Spezia to La Maddalena. They took off the moment the German troops started to take over the local armoury. Two of them were shot down, remaining six managed to reach the Spanish Balearic Islands. The Ro.43s were interned t... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £39.99 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH48241

  1:48 CAC CA-19 Boomerang 'Jungle Scouts' 1/48 The Boomerang was the only indigenous-built Australian fighter aeroplane to saw service during the Second World War. Boomerangs defended Australia and were also deployed to New Guinea and other Pacific islands. The last fighter-recce version, designated CA-19, carried a photo camera behind the cockpit and mainly flew recon missions or marked potential targets for larger fighter bomber... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £33.75 5 Add
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  Special Hobby SH48242

  1:48 CAC CA-9 Wirraway 'In training and combat' The Wirraway was an Australian adaptation of the US-built Texan aircraft and it served as for pilot training, reconnaissance and ground attack missions. In combat areas, the Wirraways were also used to identify and mark enemy targets. The Wirraway was produced in a couple of series, differing in some details and internal equipment. The kit comes on three styrene sprues, one with clea... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £35.99 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72075

  1:72 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. Aircraft kits (injection) Limited Availability £38.50 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72095

  1:72 Douglas B-18 Bolo According to 1934 specifications issued by USAAC High command B-18 Bolo was designed. The DB-1 (factory designation) design was derived from the design of the famous civil Dc-2 aircraft. Unlike Dc-2, the DB-1 was mid-wing design with bomb bay located in the fuselage under the wing's cross section and defensive armament consisting of three 7.65 mm machine guns located in manually operated nose and dorsal turr... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £35.60 4 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72096

  1:72 SNCASO SO.4050 Vautour IIA IDF/Israeli Attack Bomber. The twin-engine Vautour jet was one of the successes of the French post-war industry. It was produced for the French Air Force as an all-weather fighter and in a bomber version. Israel purchased all-weather fighters and also a single-seat fighter-bomber version, which the French Air Force did not use. The fighter-bomber Vautours were particularly involved in the Six-Day War... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £31.30 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72140

  1:72 RE-RELEASED!!! Blackburn Skua Mk.II In 1934, the Air Ministry issued specifications O.27/34. They contained requirements for a multi-role aircraft for shipboard service. The aircraft was to be operated as a fighter as well as a dive bomber. A fighter for aircraft carriers in the British concept of the time was a two-seater aircraft designed for long operational flights and combat with enemy reconnaissance aircraft. Combat agai... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £21.99 10 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72141

  1:72 RE-RELEASED!!! Blackburn Roc Mk.I To fulfill Specification O.35/35, calling for a two seat carrier borne fighter, the Air Ministry ordered this type of aircraft from Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. in 1935. Similar to the land based Defiant fighter, the new fighter's armament was to be concentrated within a manned turret. The Blackburn's chief designer G.E.Petty delivered the so-called B.25 design that was closely linked to the previo... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £20.70 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72145

  1:72 Letov S-328 The kit's sprues (depicting fuselage with sheet-metal covering and the first type of the wings) come with Cartograf printed decals and full-colour instruction sheet which cater for four Czechoslovak airframes, one of which in three various colour versions. That machine is interesting for a dedication on its fuselage. All machines carry badges of their respective Air Regiments. Empennage of one of the machines was p... Aircraft kits (injection) Second Hand £14.98 1 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72152

  1:72 Fairey Albacore Mk.I/II The Fairey Albacore was the last biplane bomber to enter service with the British FAA. The aerodynamically refined biplane was intended to replace the older Swordfish biplanes. Like its predecessor, it was intended for torpedo and bombing attacks from horizontal and dive flight and for reconnaissance. The crewof three sat in the all-metal fuselage under a large canopy. The Albacore entered service in ... Aircraft kits (injection) New Arrivals £18.99 0 Backorder
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  Special Hobby SH72153

  1:72 Fairey Battle Mk.I 'Bloodbath over France' The Fairey Battle was ordered by the British Air Ministry to replace the Hawker Hart biplanes. It was one of the first modern low-wing aircraft to enter service with the RAF that began receiving the Battle in 1937. The Battle was elegant and pleasant to fly, but it was underpowered. One Merlin engine alone was simply lacking power for such a large aircraft. This was clear even befo... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £22.50 0 Backorder
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  Special Hobby SH72155

  1:72 Curtiss P-40F Kittyhawk Warhawk with Merlin engine Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.80 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72158

  1:72 Bell X-1E Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.70 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72160

  1:72 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... Aircraft kits (injection) Limited Availability £16.70 4 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72192

  1:72 RE-RELEASED!!! Heinkel He-178V-2 The He 178 V1 first jet aircraft was rebuilt to a He 178 V-2 version during the trials. The new plane was equipped with a bigger span wing and a retractable undercarriage. However, due to Luftwaffe's command shortsighted decision not to continue with the development of weapons that could not assist in immediate victory in the war, the aircraft's development was put to halt and the plane was han... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £11.99 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72196

  1:72 Fairey Fulmar N1854 'Fulmar Prototype Story' G-AIBE Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £19.99 4 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72201

  1:72 Westland Whirlwind Mk.I 'Fighter Bomber' Not long before the outbreak of WW2, the British Air Ministry issued a requirement calling for two types of fighter aircraft, one light weight with machine gun armament and the other one with heavy cannon armament. To these requirements, the machine gun armed Hurricanes and Spitfires were designed, while to fit the second category, the Westland offered their Whirlwind twin engined 'Cann... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £23.60 0 Backorder
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  Special Hobby SH72203

  1:72 North-American F-82H Twin Mustang "Alaskan All Weather Fight 1/72 The twin-engine F-82 fighter aircraft became famous for its participation in the Korean War. But Twin Mustangs also served in the USA. Especially in Alaska, they formed the backbone of the fighter defense of the USA until the arrival of superior all-weather fighter jets. The threat of Soviet bombers with nuclear weapons on board was very topical at that time. F... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £32.40 10+ Add
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  Special Hobby SH72214

  1:72 Douglas D-558-I Skystreak 'NACA'. U.S. Navy together with the civil organization NACA were the issuers of D-558-I test aircraft. Past the speed records and U.S. Navy requested tests, Skystreaks were handed over to NACA (according to the U.S. Navy issue swept wing D-558-II was in design stage we produce a kit of this aircraft in 1/72 scale of cat. no. SH72163 and SH72180). NACA used their Skystreaks for various tests from high ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.80 3 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72215

  1:72 Saab J-21A During the Second World War, Sweden sought to ensure its neutrality, besides other means, also through a powerful air force. The Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) ordered 264 Seversky P-35A US-made fighter aircraft, designated the J-9 in Sweden of which were 60 delivered and also the Vultee Vanguard, to be designated the J-10, of which were none delivered. However,after the US was drawn into the war by the Japanese att... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.70 6 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72227

  1:72 Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.21 'No.91 Sq. RAF in WWII' Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.70 5 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72229

  1:72 Supermarine Seafire Mk.45 Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.70 0 Backorder
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  Special Hobby SH72230

  1:72 Douglas B-18B Bolo 'ASW Version' Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £35.60 7 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72235

  1:72 Seversky J-9/EP-106 'Swedish Defender' (SHBIS318) Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.80 6 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72236

  1:72 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 ... Aircraft kits (injection) Limited Availability £17.80 2 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72243

  1:72 Vickers Vildebeest Mk.IV 'Perseus Engine Version'. The prototype of the biplane torpedo bomber Vildebeest took off for the first time in 1928. Even though, it was used by RAF even at the beginning of the World War 2. The last production version was powered by Perseus engine, inside the aerodynamically shaped cowling, driving two or three bladed propeller. This version was designated Vildebeest Mk.IV and it was used not only by... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £24.80 8 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72249

  1:72 Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.21 'Post WWII Service' Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.70 6 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72251

  1:72 Douglas Digby Mk.I 'Bolo in Canadian Service'. In 1940 twenty machines were delivered to Canadian Air Force that designated them Digby Mk.I. Canadian Digbys served in frontline until 1943 and then they were transferred to training and military transport units. Both U.S. B-18s and Canadian Digbys managed to sink at least one submarine each. Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £35.60 2 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72258

  1:72 Messerschmitt Me-163C 'Bubble Canopy Version' (Special Hobby sold out April 2025) Aircraft kits (injection) Limited Availability £16.70 3 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72263

  1:72 Messerschmitt Me-163C 'What-If-War' Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.70 1 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72265

  1:72 Douglas B-18 Bolo 'WWII Service' Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £35.60 1 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72270

  1:72 Tachikawa Ki-54 Hei The Ki-54 Hickory was a WW2 Japanese twin engine aeroplane and 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. The first incarnation of our kit is the transport variety and brings three Japanese airframes, one of which in two guises. Among the sche... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £20.70 4 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72289

  1:72 Dassault_Mirage F.1CE/CH The Mirage F.1C came to being as a private venture of the French Dassault company. The French Air Force, or the Arm�e de l'Air, had ordered two prototype aircraft named Mirage F.2 and Mirage F.3 which were to be equipped with a JTF10 engine. However, Dassault built on their own expenses yet another prototype, smaller than the two previous and fitted with an Atar 9K power plant. This machine, which was ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.80 0 Backorder
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  Special Hobby SH72299

  1:72 Northrop N-3PB 'Little Norway' The kit features three grey styrene runners and one with the clear parts. Some of the smaller parts were created using our advanced CAD design and a metallic insert in the standard moulds will assure their best possible quality. Among those 3D-designed parts is also the beaching gear. The photo-etched fret takes care of some interior detail, water rudders and mooring points. This offering comes ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £18.99 6 Add
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  Special Hobby SH72303

  1:72 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) Aircraft kits (injection) Limited Availability £19.99 7 Add

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