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Special Hobby 1/32 Tempest V (Hi-Tech)
When Sydney Camm first designed what became the Typhoon in the late 1930s, not that much was known about high speed flight and heavy weaponry, with the result that the Typhoon’s wing turned out to be too thick. The result was that Camm [...]
Hawker Tempest Mk. V Special Hobby 1/32
Hawker Tempest Mk. V JN752
03.07.1944 No. 3 Squadron Tempest V JN752 JF-S Fl/Sgt. Domanski
Operation: V1 Patrol
Date: 3rd July 1944 (Monday)
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Type: Hawker Tempest V
Serial: JN752
Code: JF-S
Base: RAF Newchurch
Location: [...]
Yak-3 Special Hobby 1/32
This is 1/32 Specjal Hobby Yak-3
Painting was done with BilModel
Painted markings templates
PS: Thanks to Bogdan Fiedotow
Hughes TH 55 A, US Army Aviation School Fort Rucker Alabama 1964.
1/72 Special Hobby, I modified and replaced a few things, mainly the frames with stretched sprue, finished in Humbrol and MM enamels with Future over kit decals.
de Havilland DH103 F20 Sea Hornet, A83-1 / TT213, ARDU RAAF Laverton Vic 1948.
1/72 Special Hobby, another pair of engines closely followed by an airframe! the only one to serve with the RAAF for evaluation. I modified a few things, finished in Humbrol and MM enamels with Future over kit and spare decals.
Hawker’s Tempest V from Special Hobby in 1/32nd.
An excellent kit which however needs care & adherence to the instructions! Parts fit is excellent as is surface detailing & all the little bits in the cockpit & undercarriage. I found the instructions a bit confusing at times [...]
Seafire III – The Last Day of World War II
The Last Day of World War II:
The first quarter moon hung in the western sky gleaming dimly through scattered clouds over the Pacific; the moonlight was sufficient to illuminate the many wakes of the huge formation of ships below. At 0300 [...]
Video: Special Hobby, SG-38 Flight Trainer, 1:48 – Stopmotion
I would like to show you my recent stop motion clip of the very beautiful Special Hobby kit of the SG-38 Flight Trainer in 1/48. It's my first Special Hobby kit and I like the very detailed part and the stable plastic quality.
Nothing [...]
French air force Mirage F1C n°84 sepember 1979 (Special Hobby 1/72)
Hi,
This is the 1/72 Mirage F.1C from Special Hobby. I decide to represent the number 84 (3/12 of Cornwall squadron) during a visit to Tours in September 1979.
The pilot is on board, the reactor is running, additional traps air inlets are [...]
Review: Hawker Tempest Mk. V by Special Hobby video preview
Excellent 1/32nd scale Special Hobby Hawker Tempest Mk. V "HI-TECH" video preview.
