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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 6
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 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 6
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 4
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 £14.20 8
1:72 Junkers Ju-87D-5/N 'Night Attack 'Stuka' High quality Academy Junkers Ju-87G-2 styrene parts are now joined by our own designed and made styrene conversion parts, etches and resin parts, all of which gives you the very welcomed opportunity to turn the original Academy kit into the D-5/N/D-8 varieties. And at the same time, those new styrene parts also correct the very few mistakes which can be found in the kit. This version, w... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £19.80 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 10+
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 10
1:72 Aero A-11HS 'Finnish Export Version' 1/72
In 1925, Finland bought a dozen of Aero A.11 observation and light bomber biplanes. This meant one of the first export success of the Czechoslovak aviation industry. The Finnish version differed from Czech Aero A.11s by having the more powerful Hispano Suiza engine fitted.
The kit comes on three styrene sprues, two clear ones and a few 3D-Printed parts for the HS power unit. The de... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £19.80 10+
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 10+
1:72 Aero A-12 'the First of the Family' The Aero A-12 was developed by Ing.Husn�k, the chief designer at the Aero factory in 1923 and was introduced to the Czechoslovak Air Force a year later. And it was just the same year that the A-12 did very well during the 2nd Speed Race for the President of the Republic Trophy. Three of the A-12s set world records in the race, the first ones to be achieved by Czechoslovac crew.
The record... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £19.80 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 7
1:72 Aero 11 L-BUCD Blue bird on a long flight over Europe, Africa and Asia 2022/06 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 ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £17.99 10+
1:72 CAC CA-9 Wirraway 'In training and combat' The trainer, reconnaissance and ground attack aircraft developed indigenously in Australia from the US-produced Texan was given the name Wirraway and proved very worthy military machine. Wirraways were also flown for advanced training and in combat areas they flew recon, ground attack and target spotting and marking missions. They were produced in several batches differing mainly in e... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £16.99 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 8
1:72 Douglas A-20G Havoc 'Low Altitude Raiders' The American A-20 Havoc / Boston twin engined bomber aeroplanes saw service over many a battle field of the Second World War. And they were highly successful in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. The A-20G version was fitted with a battery of heavy machine guns in the nose and a pair of the same type of machine guns in a turret to defend the rear hemisphere. This armament was also oft... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £23.60 7
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 Saab J/A-21R 'First Jet made in Sweden'
The Saab J-21A was developed and manufactured during WW2 powered by a piston DB605 engine. In the post war years however, the type was redesigned further and was fitted with a jet engine, and so the J-21R variety was created to become the very first jet plane of Swedish design. (the first such powered airfame on Swedish skies though was the Vampire Mk.I, 1/72 scale stavebnici SH72339 D... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £18.20 1
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 10+
1:72 Curtiss P-40N Warhawk / Kittyhawk Mk.IV The US-built P-40 Warhawk fighter aeroplane is one of the WW2 iconic types and flew also with the air forces of Commonwealth countries where it bore the name Kittyhawk. The final mass produced version was the P-40N, introduced to service in 1944, and with the allies known as the Kittyhawk Mk.IV.
The truly superb model kit of this important fighter contains a decal sheet with markings f... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.75 10+
1:72 Curtiss P-40M Warhawk 'Involuntarily from Russia to Finland' 1/72
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... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £15.75 10+
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 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 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak 'The Suez Crisis' 1/72. The F-84F Thunderstreak 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 ... Aircraft kits (injection) Catalogue £18.99 10+
1:48 VR-1 Helicopter. This decal sheet offers markings for the first example of the VR-1 helicopter as was known the FA 223 built in postwar Czechoslovakia. The VR-1 was delivered to the Police Air Force (SNB " National Security Corps Aviation). And it has also been for the very first time that a helicopter was used for road traffic control. These decals are designed fot Special Hobby's FA 223 kits no SH48020 and SH48201. [Focke-An... Aircraft decals (military) Catalogue £3.40 9
1:72 German Ace H. Wick's Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4 Stipple Camouflage Scheme. This decal sheet offers the special mottle type camouflage scheme as often seen in use with JG2. The pattern was also applied to Helmut Wick's Yellow 2 machine. As it might prove rather tricky to make such scheme by the means of using a brush or airbrush, we bring you these decals to make your modelling life easier. Designed to fit the new Special Hobby SH... Aircraft decals (military) Catalogue £3.40 9
1:32 Bell P-39Q/N/P-400 Airacobra (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Pre-cut spray mask designed for all P-39/P-400 Airacobra models as kitted by Special Hobby or the Revel re-releases. Besides standard masks for the clear canopy parts, it also offers masks for the wheel hubs. Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £3.80 2
1:32 Hawker Tempest MK.II/Mk.V/Mk.VI mask wheels and clear parts pre-cut painting mask for the Tempest kit od all versions (designed to be used with Special Hobby and Revell kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £3.80 6
1:32 Westland Whirlwind Mk.I Mask. Pre-cut painting masks for the canopy and wheels, (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £3.80 10+
1:32 Fiat G.50B Bicomando MASK Pre-cut paint masks designed for the clear parts and undercarriage wheels of the Fiat G.50B Bicomando model. (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £5.20 10
1:32 Fiat G.50 Freccia MASK Pre-cut paint masks for the clear parts and undercarriage wheels of all single seater versions of Special Hobby's Fiat G.50 Freccia kits. (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £5.20 5
1:32 North-American T-2 Buckeye MASK. Pre-cut paint masks for both the outside and inside of Special Hobby's T-2 Buckeye clear parts, Comes with masks for the tyres, too. (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £7.20 5
1:48 Reggiane Re.2002 Mask (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Pre-cut spray masks for the canopy and wheels of Special Hobby Reggiane Re 2000. Instrument panel decal is also offered here, which was not included on the decal sheet of SH48208. Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £3.80 4
1:48 Hawker Tempest Mk.II/Mk.V Pre-cut painting canopy and wheels paint masks (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £3.80 7
1:48 Piper L-4 Grasshopper Inside/Outside MASK. Pre-cut painting masks for the canopy glazing and undercarriage wheels of the new Special Hobby's L-4Grasshopper model. As the canopy windows can be posed open, the masks are cut both for the inside and outside panels. (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £6.50 2
1:48 Aero C-3B This set of pre-cut masks will be of great help for those who embark on building the Siebel Si 204E bomber as well as its Czechoslovak post-war variety, the Aero C-3B (kits SH48212 and SH48217). The set offers masks for the clear parts and undercarriage wheel hubs. Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £3.85 3
1:48 Saab AJ/SF/JA-37 Viggen MASK Pre-cut spray masks for the clear parts and undercarriage wheels of all single seat Saab 37 Viggen versions (designed to be used with Special Hobby and Tarangus kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £3.80 3
1:48 L-39ZA Albatros A set of pre-cut masks designed for the Aero L-39ZA kit. Offers masks for the canopy and undercarriage wheel hubs. (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Aircraft paint masks (self adhesive) Catalogue £6.50 8