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- Special Hobby 1/48 Saab Viggen AJ-37
- Warburton's Maryland, 1:48
- Supermarine Walrus MK I (1/48 Special Hobby)
- Special Hobby 1/48 Martin Model 167F-A.3 (Maryland)
- Filling the gaps – Special Hobby’s 1/48 T-2C Buckeye
- Martin Maryland 167F – Warburton’s War
- Brewster Buffalo B339E – Malaya 1941
- 1/32 Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk.V
- P-39 Airacobra 1/32 Scale – Special Hobby
- North American X-15 A2 in 1:48, Special Hobby
Special Hobby 1/48 SMB-2 Super Mystère IDF
The Sa'ar (Storm) was an Israeli development of the French SMB-2 through the instalment of a J-52 engine instead of the original Atar engine. The upgrade led to improvements in load capacity and range.
Special Hobby's Sa'ar is a highly [...]
1/72 Special Hobby, Fairey Barracuda Mk. III "ASV Mk.XI Radar"
This is the Special Hobby, Fairey Barracuda Mk. III with ASV Mk.XI radar. The kit includes four different, post WWII sets of markings, including a French Navy variant, painted in overall dark sea blue. I did not like the included [...]
Horn of Africa...1/48 Fairey Firefly FR.1, Imperial Ethiopian Airforce
As announced, here´s my dad´s third of three Firefly FR.1.
Like the Thai one, Special Hobby kit, Eduard seatbelts, added a scratch rearview mirror. Used a plastic rod for the whip antenna and EZ Line for the antenna wires. Painted with a [...]
Manhattan Rebellion...1/48 Fairey Firefly FR.I, Royal Thai Navy
So, after two months pause due to the foto studio being out of order, I can finally post what my dad has finished in-between.
Special Hobby Korean War kit with decals and correctly molded wing tanks (with all other kit editions the tanks [...]
Vickers Wellington Ic Special Hobby 1/72 Maritime Patrol
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Today, more about the model itself than about history because, as you may remember, Wellington from the (Polish) 304 squadron has already appeared on the pages of iModeler.
This set is a short run set, but unlike many other models [...]
Bristol M.1C monoplane 1/32 special hobby
The Bristol M.1C was the only British monoplane fighter of the Great War, of which only 125 were built. Most of these aircraft were used for training, but a few squadrons were stationed in Macedonia and Mesopotamia towards the end of the [...]
Detailing Special Hobby Fairey Barracuda 1/48 kit
Special Hobby's Barracuda is an injection short run kit that is a challenge to build. The kit attracted my attention following a complete scratch-built wing fold done on Frog's 1/72 kit. The unique wing fold mechanism adds a lot of [...]
Dutch East Indies...1/48 Fairey Firefly FR.I, Koninklijke Marine Luchtvaartdienst
Dad finished the next one. The first of an upcoming Firefly trio.
Trumpeter kit wih decals from the Special Hobby Firefly Foreign Post War Users kit. Used seats with molded on seatbelts from Quickboost, which seem slightly undersized. The [...]
The Deterrent
Thanks are once again due to Özkan Türker whose wonderful help enabled me to complete this model.
There was a common threat facing the countries bordering the Aegean - that of fascist Italy. Mussolini had made his aims of restoring a [...]
Review: Special Hobby 1/48 Fairey Barracuda Mk. V
The Airplane:
As the premier provider of aircraft for the Fleet Air Arm since the introduction of the Flycatcher and the IIIF in the 1920s, Fairey Aviation tried twice to produce a replacement for their Swordfish [...]
