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Letov S.328V "floatplane Version" The Czechoslovak military aircraft factory, also known under Letov trade mark was one of the most important suppliers of warplanes for the Czechoslovak Army. At the end of the 1930s, Letov was producing mainly the .328 type which was a multi-purpose biplane, its first batch being ordered by the military as early as in 1934 and delivered a year later. Seven further batches followed, the last of...
RE-RELEASED!!! Messerschmitt Me-163A The Messerschmitt Me-163A was the world's first rocket-powered aircraft produced in larger numbers. Production aircraft were used for testing as well as for the training of the pilots who were to fly later with the true fighter version known as the Me-163B. On October 2, 1941, German pilot Heini Dittmar, flying in the Me-163A V1, became the very first man to exceed a speed of 1000 km/h (in ...
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...
RE-RELEASED!!! Dassault _Mirage F.1CT The Mirage F.1 owes its creation to a private initiative by Dassault. The Armee de l Air ordered the construction of two prototypes designated Mirage F.2 and F.3 with JTF10 engines. However, Dassault built another prototype with smaller dimensions and an Atar 9K engine at its own expense. This prototype, which flew for the first time on 23 December 1966, was selected and the production mac...
de Havilland Vampire Mk.1 'RAF, RAAF and Armee de l'Air. Development of jet fighter later to be named Vampire began in 1941 and related closely with development of H-1 jet engine, for which the engine section of de Havilland company was responsible. The engine was known later under its new name Goblin and its development was very successful. The Vampire was therefore ordered under Air Ministry specification E6/41 for an experi...
Saab JA-37 Viggen The SAAB 37 Viggen was an aircraft ahead of its time. The unorthodox solutions chosen by its designers not only allowed the Viggen to meet the requirements placed on it, but in some parameters to surpass them. The Swedish Air Force ordered the Viggen in several versions, with the basic design of the aircraft forming a universal platform that, supplemented with special equipment, enabled use in several roles. ...
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...
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...
Junkers Ju-87D-5/N 'Night Attack 'Stuka' USUALLY £19.80. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! 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 whic...
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...
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...
de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor Coupe 'Travel and Sport Plane' In 1937, the De Havilland company designed the DH.94 Moth Minor as a modern replacement for the DH.82 Tiger Moth biplane. De Havilland had produced the type for civilian customers until 1940, when it switched to military production. The civilian machines were confiscated for the needs of the RAF. These were used in the utility and liaisons role. The Moth Minor was de...
model 139/WH-1 'Early Dutch East Indies Bomber' The Martin company started the revolution in aircraft construction with their Model 139 bomber that was also designated by the USAAF B-10, B-12 or B-14 depending on the engines used. In the early 1930s, the air was dominated by fabric-covered biplanes and then suddenly an all-metal monoplane appeared, with closed crew cockpits and cowled engines. Those new bombers were not only f...
Douglas A-20G Havoc 'Over Europe and Pacific' The American A-20 Havoc / Boston twin-engine bombers were deployed on many battlefields of World War II. They were very successful in the Pacific. The A-20G version was equipped with large-caliber machine guns in the nose, the rear hemisphere was guarded with a gun turret with a pair of machine guns of the same caliber. This armament was used in ground attacks, along with bombs dro...
Dassault_Mirage IIIC 'Southern Hemisphere Fighter' The Mirage IIIC was the first Western European aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. It became the basis of the Mirage IIIC, IIIE and 5 family of aircraft that still keep flying today. It was a symbol of Israel's superiority in wars with its Arab neighbours. Israeli Mirage IIICs participated in the War over Water, the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur W...
North-American AT-6 Texan 'Little Warrior' HI-TECH KIT! The AT-6 Texan/Harvard was used mainly for training during World War II. However, North American already anticipated during its design that some operators would use the Texan as a combat aircraft. After World War II, it became clear that the Texan was excellent for counter-guerrilla warfare and also in the FAC (Forward Air Control) role. Squadrons of Texans, nicknamed 'Mo...
de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor 'In war and peace over Europe and Africa' 1/72
The production of the sports and touring DH.94 Moth Minor monoplane was interrupted by World War II. The De Havilland company stopped its production in Britain and moved it to Australia, where it was restarted for the needs of the RAAF. British-made aircraft were flown by private owners and in flying clubs. After the outbreak of the war, civil flyin...
CAC CA.13 Boomerang 'Australian Emergency Fighter'. The Boomerang was the only indigenous Australian fighter aircraft to see action in World War II. The Boomerangs defended Australia and were used in New Guinea and other islands. They were produced in three serial versions: the CA-12 Boomerang Mk.I, the CA-13 Boomerang Mk.II and the reconnaissance CA-19. They were operated by five RAAF combat squadrons and other units.
The mo...
Caproni Ca.312 'Italian Export Bomber'. The Italian company Caproni began producing the light twin-engine bomber Ca.310 and the more powerful Ca.311 for the Italian Air Force in the late 1930s. These also attracted foreign customers. Belgium ordered the Ca.310 and Norway the Ca.311, but with more powerful engines. Caproni first offered Belgium the Ca.312 Belge, built on the basis of the Ca.310, but the production machines were...
Junkers Ju-87D-1/3 Stuka 'Combat & Captured' For the Luftwaffe, the Junkers Ju 87B/R Stuka was a very important and extensively used aircraft. With the increasing strength of the enemy air forces and the urgent need for Stukas, it was necessary to modernize this aircraft. Therefore, the Ju 87D version entered production. It was aerodynamically modified and received a more powerful version of the Jumo 211 engine. The Ju ...
de Havilland NF Mk.XV Mosquito DH.98 'High-Altitude Night Fighter' During the Second World War, the high-altitude bomber and reconnaissance Junkers Ju-86P and R aircraft appeared over Great Britain. Initially, the RAF was unable to intervene against them, until the high-altitude versions of the Spitfire Mk.VII and the modified Spitfire Mk.IX brought about a turning point. The threat that the Luftwaffe would deploy more powerfu...