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Blue Bird Anniversary

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      Dear Customers, Today marks exactly 100 years since the return of the famous Aero Ab-11 aircraft from its historic round-the-world flight across Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor. The “Blue Bird” L-BUCD was the first Czechoslovak aircraft to fly across the sea. To celebrate this anniversary, we’ve prepared a short-term promotion on Aero-branded models and sets, which you can purchase at a 30% discount . The offer is valid today, July 23, 2026, from 5:00 PM until 11:59 PM CET tomorrow . The discount applies only to registered and logged-in customers. Valid only while supplies last. You can find the list of Aero models and accessories HERE If you’d like to learn more, you can read profiles of both pilots in this guide. The newly restored Aero Ab-11 is the highlight of this season at the Kbely Aviation Museum, which we highly recommend you visit.  

Blue Bird Anniversary

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    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 ...

We're molding another mold for the 1/48 Baltimore

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

SH72542 Junkers Ju 87D-1/3 ‘Combat & Captured’ 1/72 - Inside the Box

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  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. 

BSA M20 1/35 - Photos of the Test Correction Set

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

SH48173 Bücker Bü 181B 1/48 - Inside the Box

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 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.

PLT276 DH.94 Moth Minor 1/48 - Inside the Box

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 Another kit in the Planet Models series is the 1/48 DH.94 Moth Minor. In addition to resin castings, the kit includes photo-etched parts, clear castings of airfoil markings, 3D-printed parts, and decals. These decals feature both wartime and postwar Moth Minors.