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Aero 11 L-BUCD 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 June 1926. For its distinctive colour, their machine was aptly n...
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...
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 ...
Douglas DB-7 Havoc Not long before the outbreak of WW2, France ordered the then newly developed DB-7 light bombers from the Douglas company in the USA. Some machines, powered by P&W R-1830 engines and fitted with a narrow and short tail fin, were actually received and deployed in combat in 1940. The French machines went on flying and fighting until 1945, sometimes also switching sides. Before its defeat in 1940, France was not...
Aero A-12 'the First of the Family' USUALLY £19.80. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! 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 a...
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...
Aero A-11HS 'Finnish Export Version' USUALLY £19.80 TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! 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-P...
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...
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 ...
Douglas P-70 Nighthawk The A-20 Havoc was a great light bomber, although it also served as a platform for a night fighter. The Havoc was modified to create the P-70 Nighthawk night fighter. It was deployed in the Pacific and was also used extensively for training in the United States.
The kit consists of six frames of grey plastic parts and a frame of clear parts.
The decals feature four machines, three of which fought i...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
de Havilland PR Mk.XVI Mosquito The de Havilland Mosquito was a versatile twin-engine aircraft that was one of the best aircraft of World War II. It was not without reason that it was called the 'Wooden Wonder'. It was used as a night fighter, fighter-bomber, bomber, reconnaissance, anti-ship or special transport aircraft. The first generation of Mosquitos were powered by Merlin engines with single-stage superchargers. In the ...
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...
Martin B-12A US Bomber The Martin company started a revolution in aircraft design with its bomber family B-10, B-12 and B-14, the designation varied because of the engines used. In the early 1930s when fabric-skinned biplanes ruled the skies, an all-metal monoplane suddenly appeared, with closed cockpits and engines completely hidden in their cowlings. Not only were these new bomber aeroplanes faster than other bombers of the ...
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...
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...
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...