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Behind the scenes - progress of latest project moulds

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Today's photos take closer looks at the  progress our toolmakers have made with a few of the latest projects' moulds. While the 1/72 KFK (or Kriegsfischkutter boat) waits for some more tweaks, the 1/72 MB 210 mould insert is clamped to the milling machine getting the complex shapes done. This Marcel Bloch kit is to appear in Azur/Frrom boxes first, followed by our own release later.

Quarterscale and completely 3D printed...

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The direct 3D print is getting more and more involved in the model making also here at Special Hobby, that is simply the truth. And yes, making models and sets this way is not cheap. It allows is to produce very complex shapes and assmeblies that would not be feasible any other way in the required levels of detail and quality. Take, for instance, model 8069  60 cm Flak Scheinwerfer (Flak Sw-36) mit Sd.Ah.51 / Světlomet 60N s vlekem in 1/48 (already available) or model 8070 Elektrischer Generator 8kw für Flak Sw-36 mit Sd.Ah.51 in 1/48 which is due for release soon.

SH72505 F-84F Thunderstreak ‘Reborn Luftwaffe’ in 1/72 - boxart and colour schemes

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   Yes Special Hobby are going to release another reboxing of the 1/72 scale F-84F Thunderstreak model kit. This time, the jet is depicted in liveries worn when it flew with the German Luftwaffe. And what might make the release even more interesting to the modellers is the piece of the real jet that will be included in the kit. These fragments were taken from the very F-84F that had crashed in the Sumava mountains back in 1959 during the Cold War. This machine is of course portrayed in our kit and is accompanyied with three more schemes...  

Stopgap and yet successful armoured vehicle - 1/48 Humber LRC Mk.II - contents of kit no. 8065

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After France's defeat , the UK was facing the necessity to replace all the equipment left on the Continent battlefields. Among the stopgap measures that proved most successful was the Humber Snipe chassis that had been converted to a light weight armoured (ie. reconnaissance) vehicle, the Humber LRC. Its Mk.2 version employed a 4x2 type chassis while the later variants were capable of all four wheel drive.    The Mk.2 Humber LRC now comes your way in the form of a 1/48 resin cas model kit set, no.  8065   which also contains photo etches, a sheet of decals and 3D-printed parts that dramatically increase the detail levels. So, judge for yourselves as the contents can be seen in today's photos...

Desert Warhawk with a Merlin - SH72493 inbox preview

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Today let us bring your attention to one of the March new releases, the P-40F kit no.  SH72493 . The box contents can be examined via the photos below:

News from Special Hobby 03/2024

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Dear business friends,     February is over, March is here and with it also comes our third newsletter of the year. If I can look back on February, it was quite atypical. While it wasn't snowing here in the Czech Republic, Russian fighter bombers were falling down over Ukraine. As a skiing lover, I hope for winters full of snow. I also hope for a sky without Russian bombers over Ukraine. It would certainly be better if people in Ukraine could live in peace without Russian bombs and missiles. And also make models. Like ICM for example. Last month we offered you an interior set for the 1/35 AH-1G Cobra helicopter model kit by this company. In this newsletter you will find another set for this model and we are preparing more for the following months. The sets will combine resin cast parts with 3D-printed ones. Similarly, after the Tempest Mk.V sets, we focused on the Airfix Typhoon Mk.I model. But the sets for this model will be in the vast majority made by direct 3D printing. You wil