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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)
IMAM (Romeo) Ro.44 Italian Float Fighter This kit of fighter version of Ro.44 contains same plastic parts as the previous, differing in just in the fuselage parts, of course in this case of single seater version. Completely new are the clear parts, the resin and photo-etched parts are slightly different. Completely new are the decals, in this case offering two machines treated in overall aluminum dope. The first machine sports...
DFS SG-38 German and Slovak service The same set of sprues is present in the second boxing and its decal sheet offers markings of the type's biggest user, Nazi Germany. To make the choice more colourful, there are also three Slovak machines one of which also flew in the post-war era. (Special Hobby sold out June 2025)
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 2000GA/ III. Serie The Reggiane Re.2000 took part in the standard Italian fighter type competition which was taking place almost in the eve of the war. Even though the type offered high performance, it was not chosen for the military use and was released for export. A few examples entered a trial service with the Regia Aeronautica though, mainly in dangerous missions against the island of Malta.
Our kit consists o...
Heinkel He-177A-3 'Grief' 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...
SIAI-Marchetti SF-260EA/D/EU 'Late Bulged Canopy Type' The Italian SF-260 training, sports and aerobatic aircraft is widely used around the globe. In Europe, it fliey with the Italian and Belgian military and was in service with the Irish Air Corps. The type is also used both by military and civilian operator in Asia, Africa and America. In our offer you can find model kit no. SH48207 in its early variety featuring smaller, fl...
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 ...
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...
L-4/NE-1 Grasshopper 'Pacific Warriors' 1/48
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 ma...
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.
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...
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...
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...
Expected late July! 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...
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...
Short Sunderland Mk.V flying boat. LIMITED RE-RELEASE!!! Exquisitely detailed model, accurate dimensions and overall shape. Finely engraved panel lines
Almost A4-sized decal sheet which includes also complete stencilling for both the exterior and interior, flawlessly printed by Cartograf . Marking schemes for three RAF schemes and one machine operated by the French Aeronavale
(Two of the British machines flew in the Far Eas...
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...