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1/48 CAC CA-13 Boomerang
When Australia became involved in the Pacific War in December 1941, the Royal Australian Air Force was ill-prepared, to say the very least. With Australia’s main combat forces deployed to North Africa and England, it was clear that there [...]
Special Hobby 1/48 Supermarine Seafire LF Mk. III
One that almost became the second occupant of the shelf of doom. Why, you ask?
I was about half way through when Tom Cleaver published his authoritative "Frankenspit", and I knew all was lost. Eventually built OOB, it came [...]
For December 7th
The day all Hell broke loose, and changed the lives of millions. This 1/32 Special Hobby P-36 represents one of the few U.S. machines to gain the air that morning. Lt. Phil Rasmussen managed to take off (legend says still in his pajamas) [...]
Special Hobby 1/32 F2A-2 Buffalo Marines
yellow wings decals
great kit...no shake and bake but pure pleasure
Special Hobby 1/32 Fiat G-50
Here it is, SH's newest big scale offering, Fiat's first monoplane. Some may say it is,ah, lacking in pulchritude (how about THAT one?) but it grew on me as I built it and now I think she is bellissimo. Not too hard a build, the tough part [...]
Last Hawk 75: Finnish “Sussu” – 1/32 SH kit
The Special Hobby 1/32 Finnish Hawk 75. Known to the Finns as the "Sussu," this was done as the airplane flown by Kyosti Karhila, the top-scoring Finnish Hawk 75 ace (13.5 victories). Right after I finished it I discovered this [...]
Hawk 75A-4 “Mohawk IV” RAF, Special Hobby 1/32
This is the Special Hobby Hawk 75A-4 "Mohawk IV" kit.
The French Air Force, in addition to ordering the Pratty & Whitney-powered Hawk 75A-1/2/3, also ordered the Hawk 75A-4, which differed by being powered by a Wright [...]
“The Gold Bug” – P-36A of CO, 18th Pursuit Group – Special Hobby 1/32 kit
The P-36 is one of those under-rated airplanes. For some reason, it's seen as a failure, though the record indicates otherwise. The first modern fighter for the USAAC that was remotely competitive with European contemporaries, the P-36 [...]
1/48 Lloyd CL II by Special Hobby
World War I began as the last Napoleonic War revolving around infantry, artillery and cavalry, but quickly devolved into mass carnage at the hands of machine guns, barbed wire, poison gas and massed high explosives. Sweeping maneuver was [...]
Special Hobby H-21 Shawnee in German service
this is a multi media kit it was a tough but fun build and an interesting subject
