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Tachikawa Ki-54 Hickory 'Captured and Post War Service' The Hickory was a Japanese WW2 twin-engined aircraft produced in four versions, for pilots, wireless operators and navigators training, gunnery training, a transport verison and anti-submarine operations type. Our kit comes on four styrene sprues and one with clear injected parts.
This boxing portrays captured machines. One as flown by US pilots bearing a nose art and d...
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk 'Involuntarily from Russia to Finland' During the Second World War, the P-40M Warhawk fighter aircraft was used both by the USAAF and the air forces of the Allies. Over two hundres were also delivered to the Soviet Union. P-40M s/n 43-5925 White 23 saw only very brief service with the VVS (Soviet Air Force). When the new machine was being flown over to the unit, its pilot 2nd Lt. V.A.Revin got lost, lande...
Gloster Meteor TT Mk.20. As the RAF Gloster Meteor Mk.11 jets began to leave the first line duty, it was necessary to find a new job for them. A few of the Mk.11 airframes were converted to a target tug to requirements issued by both the Royal Navy and RAF. These were designated TT Mk.20 and in a similar fashion were also rebuilt Meteor Mk.11s of the Danish Air Force and a Swedish civil operator. Our Meteor TT Mk.20 comes on f...
Nakajima Ki-43-III Hayabusa / Oscar 1/72
Four interesting Japanese Army Air Force Oscar fighter schemes is what this latest reissue of the iconic Ki-43 Hayabusa / Oscar kit offers to the modeller. One of the machines was on the strength of a fighter unit while the other three were used by the Shinbu-Tai units and wore colourful markins, a blue arrow, red lightning...
The kit consits of three grey styrene sprues plus one w...
CASA C-212-300/400 'Long Nosed Casas' 1/72
At the end of the 1960s, the Spanish air force begun to look for a type to replace the then widely used transport aircraft, of which the longest-serving were the Ju-52s built in the 1930s. The military issued requirements calling for a new transport and multi-purpose type and to fit these requirements, the CASA company brought forward their concept of a twin-engined, turbo-prop powe...
Fouga CM.170 Magister 'Acrobatic Teams' The Fouga Magister was not only a great trainer jet, it was also an excellent aerobatic machine used by many aerobatic display teams. This release of the Magister covers the schemes of the Belgian Red Devils, French Patrouille de Ecole de l Air and the FFS A Acro Team of Germany. All of these airframes wore quite strikng and colourful schemes indeed.
As well as serving with the French ...
Curtiss P-40F/L Warhawk 'Desert Hawks with Merlin' The P-40 Warhawk / Kittyhawk fighter aircraft were an important part of the USAAF and other allied air forces throughout the war. In many various subtypes, the P-40s fought on all WW2 battlefields. And so, they beared national markings of many forces and were finished in many various and interesting colour schemes.
The P-40F and L airframes differ from other P-40 versions by...
de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor 'Under the Southern Cross'. Decals will be RAAF, RNZAF and a civilian South African machine. In 1937, De Havilland designed the DH.94 Moth Minor as a modern replacement for the DH.82 Tiger Moth biplane. The DH.94 was produced for civilian customers until 1940, when the production was switched for the military. Civilian aircraft were confiscated for the needs of the RAF. They were used as couriers ...
External armament for Dassault SMB-2 Super Mystere and other IAF planes (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Two styrene sprues that contain armament used on IAF Super Mystere SMB.2 jets as well as on other aircraft of the period-two 250kg bombs, two napalm bombs each with the respective pylons, two quadruple racks with eight 100kg bomblets and a pair of Shafrir 2 AAMs with launchers and pylons.
Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4/7 'Staffelkapitane' 1/72 The Messerschmitt Bf-109 is one of the synonyms for a fighter aircraft. The machine, which was in service from 1936 to 1954 in many versions, lasted on the front line from the war in Spain until the end of World War II. The Emil, the Bf-109E version was the first One-Oh-Nine with the DB 601 engine. It is inextricably linked to the beginning of World War II with the attack on Pol...
Saab AJ-37 Viggen 'Show Must Go On' The Saab 37 Viggen was an aaircraft ahead of its time. Its designers used an unorthodox construction which enabled the plane to meet all requirements laid om it and in some parameters even surpass these. The Swedish Air Force placed order for several versions of the Viggen, its basic design formed an universal platform which, using specialised equipment, enabled the plane to be used for vari...
Gloster Meteor Mk.4 The Mk.4 Meteor jet was the first post war version of this twin engined jet and became a front-line fighter of the RAF as well as the air forces of Belgium and the Netherlands. Our model kit comes on two styrene sprues, one with clear parts and also offers a sheet of decals with markings for three RAF machines and one of the Dutch air force. Two of the British options have interesting connection with our co...
Vickers Wellington Mk.IC The Vickers Wellington is one of the symbols of the bombing offensive against Germany. After heavy losses in daytime raids at the beginning of the war, Wellingtons switched to night raids. They kept flying in this role for the entire first half of the war. Then they were transferred to Coastal Command, where they served as anti-submarine aircraft. They formed the armament of British RAF squadrons, but ...
Supermarine Seafire FR MK.47 'The Last Royal Navy Propeller Fighter' 1/72
The final Spitfire versions, i.e. the Mk.21, 22 and 24, sometimes also called the second generation Spitfires, had corresponding navalized counterparts in the Seafire Mk.45, 46 or 47 versions. The Mk.47 Seafire was most similar to the Spitfire 24 type, its airframe was considerably modified though. The arresting hook was a necessity of course, in this c...
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 'Island Warriors' 1/72
The P-40 US-built fighter aeroplane is one of the very iconic types of the war and was also supplied to the Allies, named the Kittyhawk. The P-40N was the final production version and in US colours it mainly flew over China, India and Pacific battlefields. Serving with various units, the machines wore different style of markings referring to the squadron or group they flew in. Som...
Boulton-Paul Defiant Mk.II 'Radar Fighter' The Defiant, a gun turret-equipped fighter, enjoyed her finest and yet very short hour during the early war clashes with enemy's bombers, it soon became clear however that the fighter is not able to defend the skies against Luftwaffe fighter machines. And even though the Defiant was not a bad aeroplane at all, it was necessary to find for her a new employment. Some of them went to ser...
de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor Coupe 'Travel and Sport Plane' In 1937, the De Havilland company designed the DH.94 Moth Minor as a modern replacement for the DH.82 Tiger Moth biplane. De Havilland had produced the type for civilian customers until 1940, when it switched to military production. The civilian machines were confiscated for the needs of the RAF. These were used in the utility and liaisons role. The Moth Minor was de...
Dornier Do-27H-2 'Three Blade Propeller' This kit, besides the standard styrene parts, contains also a decal sheet with markings for three Do-27 airframes, these two, Swiss and Turkish, saw military service, while the last one flew in civilian hands in Germany. All three options are of the Do 27A-4/H-2 variety fitted with a three bladed propeller. Nicely detailed styrene parts offer modellers the option to build the kit with e...
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk.30 'The Uhu Hunter' 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 ...
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak 'Luftwaffe' Hi Tech kit
When the Luftwaffe F-84F Thunderstreak model had been first released this April, the release that contained a fragment from a real machine that crash landed on our territory, the speed of sales did take our breath away. And as we did not have more than a thousand of those fragments, there was left nothing to sell after less than a month's time. We still believe, though, t...
Douglas DC-2 'Transport Revolution' In August 1932, the Trans World Airlines called on five aircraft manufacturers to submit proposals for a new transport aeroplane based on TWA's specifications. Douglas company accepted that challenge and decided to design a highly advanced twin engine aircraft. The first prototype known as the DC-1 (Douglas Commercial No.1) took to the air for the first time on 1 July 1933. TWA placed an ord...
model 139/WH-1 'Early Dutch East Indies Bomber' The Martin company started the revolution in aircraft construction with their Model 139 bomber that was also designated by the USAAF B-10, B-12 or B-14 depending on the engines used. In the early 1930s, the air was dominated by fabric-covered biplanes and then suddenly an all-metal monoplane appeared, with closed crew cockpits and cowled engines. Those new bombers were not only f...