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JB-2 Loon 'US Version of V-1 Missile' 1/32 post WWII. JB-2 Loon 'US Version of V-1 Missile' 1/32 1/32
The German V1 missiles were copied and manufactured in the USA under the designation JB-2 Loon. They were to be used against Japan, but the use of the atomic bomb ended the war. Nevertheless, they were accepted into service by the US Army, USAAF and US Navy and used until the mid-1950s.
The kit contains three sprues of plas...
RE-RELEASED!!! Martin Mk.I / Mk.II Maryland 'Warburtons War' The Martin 167 medium bomber was manufacured in the USA, however it has never been used by the US military. On the other hand, overseas, the French and British showed their interest in the type and placed the orders. In Britain, the type received the name Maryland and while the French aiframes arrived in time to get involved in defending France in 1940, the British o...
RE-RELEASED!!! Heinkel He-178V-2 The Heinkel He-178 with E. Warsitz at the controls hopped shortly above the runway for the first time on 24 August, 1939 and the real first flight took place only three days later. These were the very first flights of a jet aircraft in the world. On 1 November, while the test flights were being still in progress, the aircraft was displayed to RLM officials. Later on, the aircraft received more ...
RE-RELEASED!!! Grumman AF-2W Guardian "Submarine Hunter'. Hunter version of the Guardian model consists of seven plastic sprues, clear injected parts, resin and PE-parts. The decals provide markings for two machines, the first serving aboard USS Bairoko, the other flew from USS Badoeng Strait. During the 1950s, AF-2 Guardian anti submarine aircraft were operating from the decks of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in Hunter Killer p...
Martin Baltimore Mk.I/II 'First Version in Combat' Before the outbreak of World War II, the Martin company took part in a competition announced by the USAAF for a new modern attack aircraft. The competition was won by Douglas with its DB-7 (later A-20 Havoc/Boston) and North American with the NA-40 (developed into the B-25 Mitchell). Martin played the role of third in the rear. Although the USAAF was not interested in its 167/...
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...
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...
Reggiane Re.2000 Serie I Italy
- Italian WW2 fighter aircraft
- the model consists of four styrene sprues and one clear plastic sprue. The wing parts originate in the Classic Airframes kit, all the others are made new. Small parts come from metal moulds.
- three eye-catching colour schemes Italian mottled camouflages (Special Hobby sold out July 2026)
Heinkel He-177A-3 'Greif' 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...
Aero C-3B 'Czechoslovak Bomber-Trainer' WAS £49.50. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!! T The Siebel Si 204A and Si 204D were the transport training versions of the twin-engined aircraft designed and built for the Lufthansa and, mainly, for the Luftwaffe. A bomber trainer version was also built during the war which was capable of taking night bombing missions, too. Known as the Si 204E, two prototype machines were built and a small batc...
Bell AH-1G Cobra 'Marines / US Navy' USUALLY £39.60. TEMPORARILY SAVE 1/3RD!!!
In the US Marine Corps and the Navy, there were much less AH-1G Cobras than in the US Army. And even so, Marine Cobras fought in Vietnam and as well as the Navy machines, they wore attractive colour schemes. Those of you who fancy naval machines will now have a nice and welcome chance to build such Cobra helicopter model using our new boxing whic...
Dassault SMB-2 Super Mystere 'Sa'ar " Israeli Storm in the Sky' Hi Tech kit. The SMB.2 was a French-built jet fighter, the very first Western Europe-produced supersonic. Our SH48238 kit portrays the type in its later variety powered by a US-made J52 engine in longer tail section and serving with the Israeli Air Force, known as the Sa'ar " or Storm. These Israeli Sa'ars were used in a few wars with the neighbouring Arab countri...
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.
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...
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 entered service in ...
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...
Dassault_Mirage F.1CE/CH The Mirage F.1C came to being as a private venture of the French Dassault company. The French Air Force, or the Arm�e de l'Air, had ordered two prototype aircraft named Mirage F.2 and Mirage F.3 which were to be equipped with a JTF10 engine. However, Dassault built on their own expenses yet another prototype, smaller than the two previous and fitted with an Atar 9K power plant. This machine, which was ...
Brewster SB2A-4 Buccaneer 'US Marines Bomber'
- a US naval dive bomber aircraft
- the SB2A-4 version saw service with the US Marines
- decals cover three US Marines options and one for a Dutch East Indies what if machine (the Dutch did intend to purchase the Buccaneer)
- the kit comes with resin and etched parts (Special Hobby sold out July 2026)
NEARLY GOOD AS NEW!!! Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.21 "Contraprop" The first version of the Spitfire that had completely redesigned wing was the Spitfire Mk.21.
The changes in its construction were so important that a new name Victor had been also considered. Design work on this plane were commenced in 1942 and in the beginning of 1945 the first production aircraft were issued to No.91sqn. After the war, the Spitfire Mk.21 enjoy...
Heinkel He-178V-1 "World's First Jet" The Heinkel He 178V-1 was the world's first jet aircraft. In 1936, Ernst Heinkel employed Dr. Hans J. Pabst von Ohain and his assistant Max Hahn in his factory. They worked on a fundamentally new aircraft propulsion system, the jet engine.
In September 1937, the first prototype jet engine, the HeS 1, was tested on a test bench. Although the engine ran on hydrogen and had no thrust control...
RE-RELEASED!!! Dassault _Mirage F.1CT The Mirage F.1 owes its creation to a private initiative by Dassault. The Armee de l Air ordered the construction of two prototypes designated Mirage F.2 and F.3 with JTF10 engines. However, Dassault built another prototype with smaller dimensions and an Atar 9K engine at its own expense. This prototype, which flew for the first time on 23 December 1966, was selected and the production mac...