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News from Special Hobby 03/2025

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Dear business friends,      the March newsletter will offer you three plastic models, two new items and one re-edition. The kit of the night fighter Mosquito NF Mk.XXX, SH72508, had been completely sold out. However, there were still orders for it. That is why we have returned it to the offer as soon as possible. The two new items mentioned are the 1/72 Mirage F.1CT and the CAC Boomerang. The latter with new 3D printed parts. Among the sets, I would definitely like to highlight the seats for the Fw 190 1/32, the second set for the 1/48 Marder IIIM and the resin kit with 3D printed parts of the US-made CW 24-B experimental aircraft.      For April we are preparing another version of 1/72 Mosquito, a never-before-released high-altitude version, the Mosquito NF Mk.XV, 1/32 JB-2 Loon - the American version of the German V-1 and 1/72 WH-1 which is the Martin model 139 for the Dutch East Indies. Among the models we are preparing you will also find the 1/48 Heinkel He 177. We do not yet know ...
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News from Special Hobby 02/2025

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Dear business friends,      The first month of 2026 is justus, as is the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2026. It was very pleasant to meet our business partners and friends and gain new ones. The number of exhibitors, especially in the model industries, was lower than in previous years. However, there were even more of them here as visitors. Overall, the participation was lower than before. The question is where the fair is heading to and whether the fair management want and can do something to make it more attractive.    The German model magazine ModellFan awarded our 1/72 SN72007 Kriegsfischkutter kit with the title Model of the Year 2026. This is by no means the first Model of the Year award we have received. But it is the first time that our ship model has been awarded.    At the fair, we mainly presented the models planned for this year. In addition to the 1/72 DH.94 Moth Minor Coupé kit, which you will find as a new item in this newsletter, there was the 1/48 Heinkel He 177 planned for the s...
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