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R-1830 Twin Wasp Radial Engine. 2 part replacement engine that can be used for many different aircraft: P-36s; F4F Wildcats; PBY; PB4Y; B-24; C-47A; P-43; PB2Y; Short Sunderland; Vickers Wellington, and so many more
Morane-Saulnier MS.406C1 In 1934, the French Armee de l'Air announced a competition for a single-wing fighter with a speed of 450 km/h and armament of one to two 20 mm cannon. The winner of the competition was the Morane Saulnier MS-405C.1. Only 16 of this version were produced, and production switched to a modified version of the MS-406C.1. It was powered by an H-S 12Y.31 engine and was armed with a cannon firing through the ...
Bell P-39Q Airacobra The Airacobra was used also in the Pacific, flying from various islands and taking part in the battles against the Japanese. This Hi-Tech format kit comes with very interestig options amongs which is an all-black machine with a motif of a semi naked girl figure and also two machines in sand over light blue colours. The Hi-Tech means that the modeller gets plethora of detailed resin and photo-etched parts. ...
NEARLY GOOD AS NEW!!! Bloch MB.152C-1 Early Version. The Bloch MB 152C.1 was one of four pivotal fighter aircraft types the Arm��½e de l'Air (or French Air Force) used in the defence of France in 1940. Alongside the Morane-Saulnier MS 406, Dewoitine D.520 and ex-U.S. Curtiss H 75, they tried, although in vain, to stop the invading German Luftwaffe. As the development of this machine was not an easy one and the production was r...
Hawker Tempest Mk.V 'Doodle-bug Hunters'. Four very attractive markings. There is a 3D-Printed radar (wing antenna and a cockpit instrument) for Camo A. This will be the very first Tempest kit to offer the 'radar camo'. This aircraft, along with one other, will be decorated with symbols of shot down V-1 rockets.
The kit will be released in September, you can already start pre-ordering it now.
JB-2 Loon 'US Version of V-1 Missile' 1/32 post WWII. JB-2 Loon 'US Version of V-1 Missile' 1/32 1/32
The German V1 missiles were copied and manufactured in the USA under the designation JB-2 Loon. They were to be used against Japan, but the use of the atomic bomb ended the war. Nevertheless, they were accepted into service by the US Army, USAAF and US Navy and used until the mid-1950s.
The kit contains three sprues of plas...
RE-RELEASED!!! Supermarine Seafire Mk.III The Seafire naval fighter aircraft came into existence during WWII as a mere stopgap measure based on a standard Mk.V Spitfire airframe adapted by adding naval equipment. Three versions were produced, which were fitted with a RR Merlin engine, which were the Mk.I to Mk.III, followed later by Griffon-equipped Seafires Mk.15, 17, 45, 46 and 47 (Special Hobby offers the Mk.15 version unde...
RE-RELEASED!!! North-American F-86K Sabre 'NATO ALL Weather Fighter' There are three main sprues of grey plastic in this model plus a frame of clear parts, resin parts and a set of photo-etched parts. The decal sheet contains markings for three natural-metal machines, the Italian and Dutch ones have squadron badges on their tails. Most colourful is the Norwegian plane, adorned with a shark mouth and a sketch of a dog named Lai...
IMAM (Romeo) Ro.43 "Red Striped" This kit of two seat reconnaissance floatplane contains five sprues with grey plastic parts, one sprue with clear parts, highly detailed resin and photo-etched parts. Decals included offer two overall aluminum dope treated machines with two different types of red ID stripes on the upper wing surface. The decals were printed by Italian Cartograf Company. (Special Hobby sold out March 2026)
Martin Baltimore Mk.I/II 'First Version in Combat' Before the outbreak of World War II, the Martin company took part in a competition announced by the USAAF for a new modern attack aircraft. The competition was won by Douglas with its DB-7 (later A-20 Havoc/Boston) and North American with the NA-40 (developed into the B-25 Mitchell). Martin played the role of third in the rear. Although the USAAF was not interested in its 167/...
Bucker Bu-181B / Sk 25 Bestmann. The Bucker Bu 181 Bestmann was chosen in 1939 as the standard Luftwaffe trainer aircraft. It saw service as a trainer throughout the war and at its end the type also saw combat use as a light bomber or tank-busting aircraft. Due to this and also to Swedish license and post-war Czechoslovak and Egyptian production, the type achieved considerable expansion and fame. Most Buckers flew well into th...
Pfalz E.I Pfalz Flugzeugwerke GmbH was established in Speyer in the then Kingdom of Bavaria in 1913 by Alfred Eversbusch, his brother Ernst and several other investors. The first types to be produced by the new company were licence-built Otto biplanes, but production rights for Morane-Saulnier monoplanes were bought before the Great War, namely the Type L parasol-wing two-seat monoplane and Type H mid wing single seater. The l...
NEARLY GOOD AS NEW!!! Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VC 'Overseas Jockeys' The Supermarine Spitfire definitely belongs among the most famous warplanes of the Second World War, and the Spitfire Mk.V version was produced in the largest numbers. The Mk.Vc subversion was equipped with a strenghtened wing enabling the machine to carry various cannon / machine gun configuration and bombs beneath the wing too. The ongoing production brought...
Aero C-3A 'Czechoslovakian Transport and Trainer Plane' Model kit of the German Siebel Si 204D training and transport aeroplane, this time in its post-war, Czechoslovak-built variety known as the Aero C.3A. The kit contains nine grey styrene sprues, a single clear parts sprue, full colour instruction manual and a sheet of decals which brings markings for four machines of the Czechoslovak Air Force.
Superbly detailed model, ...
Reggiane Re.2000 Serie I Italy
- Italian WW2 fighter aircraft
- the model consists of four styrene sprues and one clear plastic sprue. The wing parts originate in the Classic Airframes kit, all the others are made new. Small parts come from metal moulds.
- three eye-catching colour schemes Italian mottled camouflages (Special Hobby sold out July 2026)
Heinkel He-177A-3 'Greif' The Heinkel He 177 Greif was the only German four-engine bomber deployed in larger numbers during World War II. Its operational use was not entirely successful, but the Heinkel He 177 is still an iconic aircraft. Its concept is unique. In each wing, two engines were placed side by side with a drive to a common gearbox. This turned a four-bladed propeller. The bomber thus looked like having only a pair...
V-156F Vindicator 'Aeronavale Service' In the effort to get modern military aircraft, France bought larger numbers of US machines in 1939. Among them also the V-156 Vindicator dive bombers. The French version was designated the V-156F and differed significantly from the US machines it was not fitted with the arrestor hook below the fuselage and instead carried air brakes in the wings. The V-156Fs also got French armament - mac...
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 ...