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Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 In 1939-40, the Messerschmitt Bf-109E was the best fighter aircraft in production. Superbly trained pilots, utilizing the tactics devised during the war in Spain, simply swept from the skies everything that opposed them, first over Poland, then over Scandinavian countries and the skies of western Europe as well. It was not until they had reached proud Albion that their dominance was finally eliminated b...
EoN Eton TX.I/SG-38 'Over West Europe' Model kit of the German SG-38 school glider as used by foreign operators. The SG-38 was arguably the most widespread training glider of the inter-war era as well as during WW2. It was also manufactured in the UK and known as the Eton TX.1. The decals and colour options offer two British schemes, and a French, Swedish and Belgian ones.
The kit consists of a styrene sprue, photo-etches, de...
British Post-war Underwing Armament A sprue with two styrene bombs with their racks and four pairs of rocket projectiles, suitable for various British late-war and immediately post-war aircraft.
Universal armament of 1945/55 British warplanes
Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4 with schemes of two German fighter aces, G.Schopfel and H.Wick who, flying from bases in Western Europe, took part in the Battle of Britain. The kit also contains two more options, these being Emils as operated over the Balkans a year later. Decals of Wick's machine containing the fuselage camouflage mottles consisting of a myriad of tiny brush-made blotches are available separately SHK72031. The kit pa...
Dassault_Mirage F.1AZ/CZ 'The South African Commie Killers' The Mirage F.1C came about as a private venture by the French Dassault company. The first flight of the Mirage F.1 took place on 23rd December 1966 and production aircraft entered service with the Armee de l'Air as the F.1C single-seater fighter and F.1B two-seater trainer versions. During their service with France a number of these aircraft were upgraded by fitting o...
RE-RELEASED SIAI-Marchetti SF-260EA/D/W with Late Bulged Canopy Type' The SF-260 is an Italian training, sports and aerobatic aircraft which can be found all around the globe. In Europe, it served with the Irish Air Corps and is still being used by the air forces of Belgium and Italy. The type was gradually developed and upgraded, so the latest versions differ to some extent from the earlier ones. The main difference is rather...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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! 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.
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!!! 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...
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...
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 ...