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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!!! I.M.A.M. (Romeo) Ro-57bis Italian Fighter Bomber The IMAM / Romeo Ro.57 powered with a pair of Fiat A 74 R.C.38 engines had been originally designed as an interceptor but following the initial flight tests it was decided to delegate it to the fighter-bomber role instead designated Ro.57bis. A total of 200 was ordered later to be cut down to only 90 airframes and eventually only 60 of them were produced. These we...
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII The Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII was a less widespread version of this famous fighter mainly due to the low amount of aircraft produced. Nevertheless, for the Supermarine Spitfire development it is one of the most important versions. It was the first Griffon powered production version. The production had started in October 1942 when some of the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (originally Mk.V) and Mk.VIII...
Heinkel He-115B floatplane Huge Heinkel He-115 floatplanes reigned the sea between the UK and Soviet Murmansk in the first phases of the Second World War. German Luftwaffe deployed them during the attack on Norway as well as against the convoys routes. Yet before the war, the He 115 floatplanes were successfully tested in Spain and were exported, by coincidence also to Norway. Norwegian planes were involved in fighting against...
Supermarine Seafire F Mk.XV Far East Service' The kit contains three sprues with grey plastic parts, one sprue with clear parts, decals and photo-etched parts. The included plastic parts will allow building either version equipped with 'A' hook or with later 'Stinger' arrestor hook. The fuselage features both finely engraved panel lines and over plating Decals included offer four machines with later arrestor hook
version. The...
Vought V-173 Flying Pancake/Flapjack. One of the most interesting designs of the World War II came from significant U.S. designer Charles H. Zimmerman. The machines were manufactured by Vought Company for which Zimmerman worked. His V-173 'Flying Pancake' served for testing of the Navy F5U-1 fighter design concept. As the tests revealed, this unorthodox machine had very good flying characteristics. Moreover, this machine posse...
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...
Supermarine Seafire Mk.XV 'Aeronavale Service' France. The plastic and photo-etched parts are the same as SH48116 but as the name says the decals are different Decals included offer three machines with earlier "A" arrestor hook version. All machines feature newer version of British naval camouflage. The combination of this camouflage and French national insignias creates fancy, colorful machines.
Fairey Firefly AS Mk.7 "Anti-submarine version" The model consists of six sprues with grey plastic parts, one sprue of clear parts, you can find there also a optional vac-formed bulged canopy of the operators cockpit, undercarriage bay resin parts, exhausts and air intakes. The decals come with four options, all of them in post-war RN camouflage scheme. The machines depicted there are in fact only three, but one of them is in ...
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)
DFS SG-38 Czech Polish and DDR marking. Following the 1/72 scale model, its bigger brother in 1/48 scale is now also available and we would like to accentuate that the kit benefits from excellent detail throughout. It is also injected within steel moulds and can be built with a fuselage nacelle or with just the basic fuselage framework exposed. The decal options offered are for three Czechoslovak machines, a Polish one and the...
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)
Heinkel He-115 Scandinavian Service. The German Heinkel He-115 floatplane won because of its performance the German Navy competition for a torpedo-carrying floatplane. It also set several records in its category in the pre-war times, and also because of this successes, foreign customers became interested in the plane. Sweden and Norway bought the Heinkel floatplanes before the war. While the Swedish machines were to have rathe...
Fairey Firefly FR Mk.I Foreign Post War Service. FAA was the sole user Fairey Fireflies during the World War 2. Soon after the fighting ceased it became a important export commodity. Fireflies were used by Royal Canadian Navy, major user was Netherlands Naval Aviation Service. Dutch Fireflies operated both from homeland bases as so from overseas, mainly in Dutch East India. Fireflies also strengthened Imperial Etiopean Air For...