Special Hobby range of model kits
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This is the 1/32 Special Hobby kit. It is built to represent the aircraft flown by Squadron leader Eeles. -This is a wonderful kit in my opinion, but not for a [...]
Special Hobby 1/72 DeHavilland Sea Hornet NF.21
809 Naval Air Squadron
Fleet Air AM
Out of box build with Kit decals.
Paintwork is a mix of Modelmaster enamels, AK Air and Mr Hobby
When this was announced I thought it looked so cool that I had to have it even though it's not my usual scale.
So, my first 1/48 Spitfire and it's Special Hobby.
Apart from the instructions being a little vague as regards building wheels [...]
Hallo Everybody,
Today I will share my last fatigue, a great classic. Starting kit is the special hobby. I made slight improvement to the basic kit, adding resin flap, detailing inside of open engine cowling, adding breake pipe on the [...]
Here’s my attempt at building Special Hobby’s 1:32 scale Westland Whirlwind.
The Whirlwind is a handsome ship (in my opinion) that doesn’t look much like anything else that took to the air in WWII. It has that characteristically [...]
Some aircraft look so impressive that, once seen, they remain in the memory. If this memorable appearance is combined with a dramatic mission history, it can happen that this aircraft becomes an "icon": the mere sight of it [...]
The Airplane:
The Westland Whirlwind was, at the time of its initial appearance, one of the most advanced fighter aircraft ever built. Unfortunately, it was built to an official specification that was inherently limited, most definitely [...]
This is my third build on the theme of 'First and Last'.
This ‘First and Last’ build features the last day of the second world war, the 15 of August 1945, and the last recorded dogfight in the Pacific theatre. It is an oft told story, [...]
Finally the sun came out over the Gilbert Islands. After a tropical hurricane and heavy rains, the weather improved and flights resumed. After a short briefing, where the group commander known under the nickname "The Old Guy" [...]