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  Through Plastic Modeling , we received photos of a completed 1/48 scale model of the Heinkel He 177 A-3 Greif, 6N+SK, named “SUSI,” which flew with 2.KG 100 from the Rheine base in Germany in the spring of 1944. The model was built by Jan Boček using the SH48210 kit . Many thanks for the photos.

    Dear customers, Today marks exactly 100 years since the return of the famous Aero Ab-11 aeroplane from its historic flight across Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor. The ‘Blue Bird’, registration L-BUCD, was the first Czechoslovak aeroplane to fly across the sea. To celebrate this anniversary, we have prepared a short sale of kits and sets connected to the Aero company, which you can purchase with a 30% discount. The offer starts today, July 23, 2026, at 16:00 and ends tomorrow at 23:59, CET. Please note that this discount will only be visible to customers that are registered on the website and logged in. Available until sold out. List of Aero kits and sets can be found HERE If you’d like to find out more, you can read profiles of both pilots here in the manual The newly restored Aero Ab-11 is the highlight of this year’s season at the Kbely Aviation Museum, which we highly recommend you visit. Special Hobby ...

 Today we successfully began molding another mold for the 1/48 Baltimore. Photos of the production part will be available tomorrow....

  The SH72542 kit combines Academy’s Ju 87G sprues, a Special Hobby repair frame, photo-etched parts, and 3D-printed components. The decals include, on the Axis side, one Italian and one German Stuka, and on the Allied side, two captured Stukas—one in British and one in U.S. colors. The photos provide more details.    We offer M72038 masking films (also compatible with Academy kits), F72377 figures, Q72409 exhausts, and the P72002 Ju 87D/G Gunner’s Seat and MG 81Z machine gun set. 

 Photos of the 1/35 BSA M20 kit by Tamiya with our P35046 BSA M20 Motorcycle Correction Set. .

 One of July’s new releases is a redesigned 1/48 scale kit of the German Bücker Bü 181B trainer aircraft. The kit features two German and one Swedish aircraft. It includes plastic parts, photo-etched parts, and 3D-printed parts.