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Ajeet Mk.I "Indian Light Fighter" In 1950, WE Petter, who was famous for designs such as the Lysander, Whirlwind and Canberra joined Folland company. By this time modern jet aircraft were becoming bigger, more complex and expensive as their performance increased and as a result the development and operating costs were rising too. WE Petter decided to pursue a different approach to the modern jet-fighter philosophy by designing...
Fouga CM.170 Magister/IAI Tzukit 'IAF' Model of a jet trainer and light attack aircraft in colours of the IAF. The kit contains: four grey styrene sprues, one clear plastic sprue, resin cast details and full colour instructions.
The finest 1/72 model kit of the Magister
Resin parts for the Israeli licence-built Tzukit machines.
Decal sheet caters for every major type of colour scheme worn by Israeli Fougas / Tzukits.
CASA C-212-100 "Tail Art" The CASA C-212 model comes on as many as five grey styrene sprues and one clear plastic sprue. Limited edition reboxing #SH72376 CASA C-212-100 'Tail Art' offers two highly attractive Portuguese military machines both of which are adorned with extremely elaborated paintings on their tails. The decal sheets (two of them in the box) have been printed by Italian Cartograf. The styrene parts are identical...
Saab AJ-37 Viggen 'Strike Fighter' The Saab 37 Viggen was simply an aircraft well ahead of its time. Rather unorthodox solutions brought by the designers not just allowed to meet the requirements, they also caused that the Viggen even exceeded them in a couple of respects. The Swedish Air Force placed order for several versions of the aircraft which would comprise the same basic airframe and would differ by additional equipmen...
Curtiss P-40K-1/5 Warhawk A model of the P-40K-1/5 Warhawk US WW2 fighter aircraft which featured a short fuselage and an enlarged tail fin. The kit contains: three sprues with grey styrene parts, one sprue with clear parts, decal sheet and full-colour instructions. The decal sheet offers markings for four machines:
P-40K-1 (42-46040), white 13, pilot 1Lt. Robert J. "Crash" Overcash, 64FS, 57FG, Africa, May 1943 (5 victorie...
Saab SK-37 Viggen two-seat trainer The Saab 37 Viggen was simply an aircraft well ahead of its time. Rather unorthodox solutions brought by the designers not just allowed to meet the requirements, they also caused that the Viggen even exceeded them in a couple of respects. The Swedish Air Force placed order for several versions of the aircraft which would comprise the same basic airframe and would differ by additional equipmen...
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. ...
C-41A US Transport plane In the late 1960s, the Spanish Air Force, or Ejercito del Aire, was seeking a new transport aircraft. In order to meet the air force's needs, Spanish company CASA proposed a twin-engined, turboprop-powered, high-wing, non-retractable undercarriage cargo aircraft with STOL capabilities. The project known as the CASA C-212 Aviocar was eventually accepted and a pair of prototype machines took off for the ...
Dassault_Mirage F.1EQ/ED The Mirage F.1 EQ/ED is back now in a limited release " due to long lasting demand by modellers. The nicely detailed EQ/ED Mirage comes on as many as seven styrene sprues, one clear parts sprue, the kit also contains etched antennae and resin cast Exocet missile and launch rack.
The decal sheet offers markings for two Iraqi machines, each of them in a different scheme, one machine as flown in Iran an...
RE-RELEASED!!! Dassault_Mirage F.1C/C-200 'Armee de `l Air' The Mirage F.1C came about as a private venture by the French Dassault company while it had been engaged in a project designed to fulfil the future needs of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air) for a modern jet aircraft capable of carrying out interception and tactical attack roles carrying conventional or nuclear armament. A variety of designs were put forward in or...
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak The 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 Berlin Crisis and subsequent need to make th...
Re-released! Breda Ba.88B Lince Model of a German high altitude fighter aeroplane wearing 'what-if' colour schemes.
Model of an Italian WW2 bomber aeroplane. Contents of the kit: three grey styrene sprues, one clear plastic sprue, decal sheet and full colour instruction booklet.
Nicely detailed model
Fancy blotch pattern camouflage schemes
Decals offer markings for three Italian machines.
Douglas Boston Mk.III Intruder Model of the US WW2 two-engined aircraft in a version used by the British in the night fighter and intruder roles. The kit consists of seven styrene sprues which feature also the underbelly machine gun pod for the Intruder machines and the Havoc Mk.II night fighter style nose section, one clear styrene sprue, decal sheet, resin parts and photo etches.
this version has never been kitted before
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RE-RELEASED!!! Tp 89 / CASA C.212 'ASW & Maritime Patrol' The CASA C.212 is a Spanish turboprop-powered STOL cargo aircraft that has seen service with a wide range of countries and flew in many different roles, one of them being maritime surveillance and patrol. Machines fitted for this sort of tasks carry radar antennae in distinctive, duck beak like shaped radomes at the front of the fuselage as well as some more electronics...
Fairey Barracuda Mk.III 'ASW Mk.XI Radar' Model of a British carrier-borne torpoedo and dive bomber, the Mk.III version had an ASV Mk.XI radar beneath its rear fuselage.
The kit contains: three injection moulded sprues, one clear plastic sprue, full colour instructions and a decal sheet.
Nicely detailed model
Decal sheet offers three British and one French marking option.
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...
Dassault SMB-2 Super Mystere/Sa'ar Duo Pack & Book The SMB.2 is a French jet fighter aeroplane of the 1960s which saw service not just with the French Air Force, but in Israel and Honduras too and made its name mainly in combat missions flown by Israeli pilots over the Middle East. The box contains two complete kits of the Super Mystere / Sa'ar jet and a really superb photographic book on the type from Ra'anan Weiss of Isradec...
SIAI Marchetti SF-260 The Italian SF-260 trainer, aerobatic and light sports aircraft is used world wide. In Europe, it has been operated by the Italian and Belgian air forces as well as by the Irish Air Corps.
The model is laid out to five styrene sprues including a clear one with the early, no so bulged canopy hood. Colour schemes and decals for Italian, Belgian and Irish M, AM and W version machines are provided. Later m...
Folland Gnat FR.1 Finnish Recce Fighter Modern Finland. The Folland Gnat fighter aircraft was operated mainly by the military of Finland and India. Two of the Finnish airframes were delivered in the Gnat FR.1 reconnaissance variety equipped with a set of cameras in the nose section. They were coded GN-112 and GN-113 and flew recon and mapping sorties. They, however, retained their cannon armament and ability to fly in the figh...
Gloster Meteor F.8 PRONE Version. One of the Mk.8 Meteor jets flew as a test bed for a special type of pilot's cockpit which employed the seat in a prone position. The new nose section was fitted in front of the standard Meteor cockpit, making this version rather unique-looking with such a long nose. The model was already released some time ago, now it is newly re-relased in the Special Hobby range of products.
Bell AH-1G Cobra 'Early Tails Over NAM' The AH-1G Cobra was the first helicopter ever to have been developed primarily for the ground attack role. The type was deployed in the Vietnam War since 1967 and its first batches sported a left-hand side tail rotor, opposed to the later standard which would carry it on the other side. Our model kit now features four of those early batch machines, one of which happens to be the very fir...
Heinkel He-59B This re-release of the Heinkel He 59B is suitable for more experienced modellers. It contains four grey styrene sprues, resin cast parts and a fret of etches. The resin parts have been designed anew now as well as the clear plastic ones which replace the original vacuum-formed items. The decal sheet brings markings for a Legion Condor machine flying over Spain during the civil war and a machine in the colours of...
Focke-Wulf Fw-189B-0/B-1 'German Trainer' The twin-boom Focke-Wulf Fw 189, it is not just the reconnaissance Fw-189A version. Along with ground attack prototypes, also a batch of Fw 189B training aeroplanes was built. These differed from the others by having a streamlined fuselage pod housing a crew of five. Also the undercarriage and some features on the engine nacelles were of a different style.
Some time ago, this model w...
Focke-Wulf Fw-189C/V-6 The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 was produced as the Fw 189A reconnaissance and observation aircraft but also as the Fw 189B for the transport and training role. The chief designer Kurt Tank also prepared the ground attack Fw 189C version, two examples of which were manufactured bu which never reached the production as the Luftwaffe favoured the Hs129.
Our SH72432 model kit depicts the V-6, the final prototype st...