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de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.21/FAW.53. The Sea Venom FAW.21 was a British all-weather fighter, used in the 1950s by the British FAA and in the export version FAW.53 by the Australian RAN. It operated from aircraft carriers and land bases. It was characterized by a two-seat cockpit with the crew sitting side by side in a central fuselage nacelle and twin tailbooms. The most significant event in which the Sea Venoms partic...
Latecoere 298 float plane. (Special Hobby sold out July 2024) The Latecoere 298 was a French torpedo bomber and anti-submarine floatplane. It also was one of the most efficient French aeroplanes, built in 1939 and introduced to service a year later. Late 298 aircraft fought in the 1940 Battle of France, served with the Vichy regime, captured aiframes were even put to use with the German Luftwaffe and one of them was later capt...
Martin Baltimore Mk.I-V 1/48 MASK (designed to be used with Special Hobby kits) Pre-cut paint masks for clear parts and u/c wheels of Special Hobby's 1/48 Baltimore model kits
Focke-Wulf Fw-189A 'Owls over the Eastern Front' In 1937, the RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) issued specifications for a new Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft. The companies Blohm Voss with their asymmetric BV 141, Arado with the single-engine Ar 198 and Focke Wulf with the Fw 189 project participated in the competition. The winner was the Focke Wulf.
Like the BV 141, the Fw 189 stood out with an unusual technical solution....
de Havilland NF Mk.XV Mosquito DH.98 'High-Altitude Night Fighter' During the Second World War, the high-altitude bomber and reconnaissance Junkers Ju-86P and R aircraft appeared over Great Britain. Initially, the RAF was unable to intervene against them, until the high-altitude versions of the Spitfire Mk.VII and the modified Spitfire Mk.IX brought about a turning point. The threat that the Luftwaffe would deploy more powerfu...
Curtiss TP-40N Warhawk two-seat trainer. The American P-40 Warhawk fighter is one of the iconic types of World War II. It was also supplied to the Allies, named the Kittyhawk. The P-40N version is the last mass-produced version. A limited number of this version were converted into a two-seat fighter trainer. The instructor's cockpit was situated behind the original pilot's cockpit. Due to the limited visibility, the instructor...
Junkers Ju-87D-1/3 Stuka 'Combat & Captured' For the Luftwaffe, the Junkers Ju 87B/R Stuka was a very important and extensively used aircraft. With the increasing strength of the enemy air forces and the urgent need for Stukas, it was necessary to modernize this aircraft. Therefore, the Ju 87D version entered production. It was aerodynamically modified and received a more powerful version of the Jumo 211 engine. The Ju 87D-3 v...
Caproni Ca.312 'Italian Export Bomber'. The Italian company Caproni began producing the light twin-engine bomber Ca.310 and the more powerful Ca.311 for the Italian Air Force in the late 1930s. These also attracted foreign customers. Belgium ordered the Ca.310 and Norway the Ca.311, but with more powerful engines. Caproni first offered Belgium the Ca.312 Belge, built on the basis of the Ca.310, but the production machines were...
Saab SK-37E Stor-Viggen The SAAB 37 Viggen is an aircraft that was 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, which, supplemented with special equipment, allowed it to ...
CAC CA.13 Boomerang 'Australian Emergency Fighter'. The Boomerang was the only indigenous Australian fighter aircraft to see action in World War II. The Boomerangs defended Australia and were used in New Guinea and other islands. They were produced in three serial versions: the CA-12 Boomerang Mk.I, the CA-13 Boomerang Mk.II and the reconnaissance CA-19. They were operated by five RAAF combat squadrons and other units.
The mo...
de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor 'In war and peace over Europe and Africa' 1/72
The production of the sports and touring DH.94 Moth Minor monoplane was interrupted by World War II. The De Havilland company stopped its production in Britain and moved it to Australia, where it was restarted for the needs of the RAAF. British-made aircraft were flown by private owners and in flying clubs. After the outbreak of the war, civil flyin...
North-American AT-6 Texan 'Little Warrior' HI-TECH KIT! The AT-6 Texan/Harvard was used mainly for training during World War II. However, North American already anticipated during its design that some operators would use the Texan as a combat aircraft. After World War II, it became clear that the Texan was excellent for counter-guerrilla warfare and also in the FAC (Forward Air Control) role. Squadrons of Texans, nicknamed 'Mo...
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...
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...
Junkers W-34Hi. The German Junkers W 34 became a symbol of reliability and utility in the interwar period of the 20th century. The all-metal Junkers reliably served as transport aircraft not only in Europe. They became pioneers of civil transport in South America and Asia. The Luftwaffe was also aware of their characteristics. They used them as transport and training aircraft not only before World War II, but also throughout t...
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...
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...
Junkers Ju-87D-5/N 'Night Attack 'Stuka'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 which can be found in the kit. This version, wh...
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...
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...