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The Fokker D.21 was and aircraft of many contradictions. It was developed in the late 1930s during a real revolution in aircraft design. The D.21 was a modern, low-wing aircraft. Its construction, however, was of a mixed type, the undercarriage fixed with spats. Originally, the type was ordered by t..

Not long before the outbreak of WW2, France ordered the then newly developed DB-7 light bombers from the Douglas company in the USA. Some machines, powered by P&W R-1830 engines and fitted with a narrow and short tail fin, were actually received and deployed in combat in 1940. The French machines we..

At the end of the 1960s, the Spanish air force begun to look for a type to replace the then widely used transport aircraft, of which the longest-serving were the Ju-52s built in the 1930s. The military issued requirements calling for a new transport and multi-purpose type and to fit these requiremen..

This kit portrays the Do-27A-4/H-2 version fitted with a three bladed propeller. Decals contain markings for two military airframes and one privately owned. The military ones are from Switzerland and Turkey, the third one is from Germany. Nicely made plastic parts oozing with details with the option..

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required...

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.WWII France..

In September 1943 it became clear that Italy was defeated. A group of Italian navy aviators knew it, too, and so they decided to fly eight IMAM / Romeo Ro.43 floatplanes from La Spezia to La Maddalena. They took off the moment the German troops started to take over the local armoury. Two of them wer..

** This model kit is supplied in unassembled and unpainted plastic components. Please note that glue, model paints, and other basic modelling tools are required and sold separately...

In the 1930s, the Skoda development department came up with a design for a modern 37mm A3 anti-tank gun, which was later accepted by the Czechoslovak army and used under designation 3,7cm KPUV vz.34, (KPUV standing for Kanon Proti Utocne Vozbe, or Anti-Tank Gun). The Skoda design team did not lie ba..

The Skoda Works in Pilsen had been a traditional gun manufacturer and supplier already since the times of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after the independent Czechoslovak Republic was established in 1918, the company continued in this tradition and became one of the major armament suppliers for t..

Paint Mask:Preparing the masks: Masks should not be stretched during the application process as they are flexible and this could cause deformation. Remove the whole mask if necessary, and then apply again. Once placed on the model, the mask surface should be adjusted to the surface of the model ..

The Fiat G.50 fighter was introduced to service with the Regia Aeronautica even before the outbreak of WW2 as the first version of the type had been tested in the late stages of the Spanish civil war. The G.50bis version was a response to earlier Italian fighter types that lacked in their performanc..

ICM's 1/32 AH-1G Cobra styrene parts are accompanied with our own new grey plastic parts, clear canopy parts and a sheet of decals to turn the older G version into the Q/S anti tank helicopter. The decal sheet contains markings for machines of three operators, the US Army, Turkish military and the I..

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required...

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required...

Paint Mask:Preparing the masks: Masks should not be stretched during the application process as they are flexible and this could cause deformation. Remove the whole mask if necessary, and then apply again. Once placed on the model, the mask surface should be adjusted to the surface of the model ..

Pre-cut paint mask for Special Hobby Fouga C.170 Magister kits..

Pre-cut spray masks for the clear canopy parts of the Heinkel He 59B model kits produced by Special Hobby...

As the RAF Gloster Meteor Mk.11 jets began to leave the first line duty, it was necessary to find a new job for them. A few of the Mk.11 airframes were converted to a target tug to requirements issued by both the Royal Navy and RAF. These were designated TT Mk.20 and in a similar fashion were also r..

When the Luftwaffe F-84F Thunderstreak model had been first released this April, the release that contained a fragment from a real machine that crash landed on our territory, the speed of sales did take our breath away. And as we did not have more than a thousand of those fragments, there was left n..

Pre-cut spray masks for the clear canopy parts and u/c wheels of the very new F-84F Thunderstreak model kits produced by Special Hobby...

This kit, besides the standard styrene parts, contains also a decal sheet with markings for three Do-27 airframes, these two, Swiss and Turkish, saw military service, while the last one flew in civilian hands in Germany. All three options are of the Do 27A-4/H-2 variety fitted with a three bladed pr..

On 24 May 1939 after long years of subordination, the British Fleet Air Arm became independent from the RAF. But while still under the RAF, specifications O.8/38 had been issued calling for a naval fighter and reconnaissance aircraft with long range and heavy (by the 1938 standards) armament of eigh..

Pre-cut spray masks for the clear canopy parts and u/c wheels of the Breda Ba.88B Lince model kits produced by Special Hobby...