The Special Hobby Database at iModeler

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Special Hobby range of model kits

Special Hobby 1/48 McDonnell XF-85 Goblin

Edwin Schoch was a WWII Naval aviator and later test pilot for McDonnell aviation. He was the only pilot to ever fly the XF-85 Goblin during its short test program. He was later killed testing an F2H Banshee. My wife is a novelist and we [...]

1/48th Breda Ba 65.

This is my fairly recent build of the Special Hobby kit, which probably contributed greatly to my grey hair! Many of the injection moulded parts required significant fettling, filling and sanding to persuade them to go together, however [...]

Special Hobby 1/72 Supermarine Seafire Mk.45

Typical Special Hobby fare with this one. A fair bit of care, attention, dry fitting and sanding and it goes together well. Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey. Painted with Colourcoats Interior Grey Green, Extra Dark Sea Grey, Sky S Type, [...]

Romanian IAR-81 C in 1/32 from Special Hobby

This was my first kit in 1/32 scale and it was a though one. It was a long run project, I started to document it since September last year in order to have as much as possible a clearer picture of what I can do. Used also some goodies: [...]

Special Hobby D-558-1 Skystreak

The Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak was the first of three planned transonic research aircraft built for the U.S. Navy and NACA. First flown in 1947 at Muroc, it was turbojet-powered with a nose inlet and short, unswept wings. The fuselage was [...]

HMS Glory, part 2

Hi All! First let me say this was to be combined with the Sea Fury post, but the site would only let me post 2 images. If some one can let me know how to post more...I would appreciate it. Here is my next contribution to the Korean [...]

The blue dream flies on! Bugatti 100P, a racing aircraft of the 1930s.

Many articles on aircraft models begin with the statement that the original of the presented model is particularly unique. As appropriate as this may be, the Bugatti 100P shown here opens up yet another category of uniqueness all its [...]

Special Hobby 1/72 Supermarine Sea Otter

Probably taken me 8 or 9 months to finally get this one over the finish line. Life just gets in the way, eh ? Really nice little kit, with a decent level of detail for the scale. Finished mainly in MRP paint, weathered with various oil [...]

Hawker Sea Fury FB 11, WH 589, 115, 724 Sqn RAN, HMAS Albatross, Nowra NSW, 1962.

1/72 Special Hobby, I started working on this in 2007, off and on till finishing in early 2021. This was one of two display aircraft, The other being WH 588, 114. I modified a few things along the way, brass wire and tube for the prop', [...]

Video: Nürnberg 2023and unreleased NEW KITS!

Spielwarenmesse 2023 - Nürnberg ...just a a fraction of nice stands @ Spielwarenmesse 2023 Many new and unreleased scale kits from: Tamiya Scale/RC kits Revell scale kits Italeri scale kits Scale75 figures AK interactive Art Scale - [...]