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Build 'em or Bin 'em – Off the SoD: Special Hobby Fiat G-55 Serie 01
I got this kit in 2007. It's the Special Hobby Serie O first production type. It wasn't until Reinhard posted his take on this kit and noted that it's really a Serie 01, that I realized the cannons were there all along, as well as the [...]
New Group: Build 'Em or Bin 'Em
We've all got a Shelf of Doom. Most of the time, when we look over what's there, we can't remember how it got there. I made a New Year's Resolution to "build 'em or bin 'em" but clear the SoD by the end of 2021.
I started with [...]
last of 2020/first of 2021
Technically, this Special Hobby Bf-109E-4 is a 2020 kit, since I started it in December. But I didn't decal and finish it till today, so it's the first one finished of 2021.
This new Special Hobby 1/72 Bf-109E-4, done in cooperation with [...]
Fairey Firefly Mk1 1/48 Special Hobby. Korean war Group build.
This is my contribution to the Korean war group build or rather my first contribution as I may well do more , we have plenty of time after all.
The kit is the Special Hobby offering , I picked this kit up some years ago for £30 at a club [...]
Italian Stallion…1/48 Fiat G.55 Centauro, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
Built in 2016.
Initially my dad wanted to do the splinter camo "blue 11" with the Special Hobby Sottoserie 0 kit. But then he found out that the kit had only the wings for a Serie 1 aircraft and some filling, sanding and [...]
Forgotten War Group Build – Special Hobby 1/48 Fairey Firefly F.R.1, HMS Triumph, 1950
You can see the WIP for this model at the Forgotten War Group Build.
History:
The Fleet Air Arm was the only carrier air arm to carry on with the development and operation of the two-seat carrier fighter past the early 1930s. Both the [...]
1/72 Special Hobby Super Mystere SMB.2 Sa’ar
The Super Mystere Sa'ar was a development of the French version which the original ATAR turbojet was replaced with a non afterburning J-52 that was used in the IAI's A-4 Skyhawks. It served in the 1967 and 1973 Arab Israeli wars gaining [...]
Special hobby IAF, Super Mystere B2 in 1/72
Hi guys,
here is another Special hobby IAF, Super Mystere B2 in 1/72. this time in silver camo.
an excellent kit with almost close to perfect fit. OOB built.
Have a great day ?
Special hobby IAF, Super Mystere Sa'ar in 1/72
Hi guys,
here is my Special hobby, IAF, Super Mystere Sa'ar in 1/72
an excellent kit with almost close to perfect fit. OOB built.
Have a great day ?
Tempest II in an extra large Teapot
THE KIT
The Tempest II kit which I purchased is the Hi-Tech version which contains various resin and photo-etch parts plus the original plastic. There is a lot to unpack in this kit as there are well over 300 parts in a grey plastic on [...]
