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SH72338 P-40E Warhawk ‘Claws and Teeth’ boxart

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P-40E Claws and Teeth is Special Hobby's new release for this August and its box top will be very easily recognizable on the hobby shop shelves by this astonishing piece of art originating, as usual, in Standa Hajek's atelier.

SH72338 P-40E ‘Claws and Teeth’ - marking options

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These four marking options have been hand picked to appear in our upcoming SH72338 P-40E release named a bit menacingly ‘Claws and Teeth’. The kit is to appear on the market later this summer. Two of the options depict machines defending Australian port of Darwin while the other two show machines flown by US pilots from Chinese bases.

SH48117 CA-13 Boomerang built by Grant Barry

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Grant Barry, an Australian modeller and a fan of Special Hobby products, was so kind to share these splendid photos with the readers of SH blog. The kit used to build his fabulous replica of the Boomerang was SH48117 …

News from Special Hobby 07/2019

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   This Spring, as it seems, has got very much to offer for the plastic modeller and kit collector alike:  the 72 scale injection moulded Sunderland and Viggen kits and the quarter scale Siebel Si 204D seem to be breaking all the records of sales. On par with them are the new 1/48 CMK resin sets for the Blenheim, J2M and N1K2-J kits and 1/72 and 1/48 pilot figures for the Viggen kits. Obviously, it makes us very happy.    During the summer holiday season, we will be bringing you just two injection moulded kits a month, and if you ask why, well even though our team is made of very eager enthusiasts, their wives and partners insist on at least some humble family holidays too. So, the kits to be out this July are the 1/32 Hi-Tech Fieseler Fi 103/V-1 and the JA-37 fighter version of the 1/72 Viggen. In our range of CMK resin sets, we are happy to offer you interior sets for both the single-seater and two-seater Viggen kits, two more sets designed to enliven your 1/48 N1K2J models, soem ...

Potez 25 in 1/72 - first three sprues

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You have already seen a couple of rendered images of the 1/72 Potez 25 project here on our blog, as well as a few photos of the actual moulding tools. Now let us bring you photos of the first three sprues showing the common parts for the almost complete Potez 25 family of kits which is to be released partly by Azur/Frrom and by Special Hobby. Enjoy.

MODELLBRNO ONLINE 2019

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Dear customers, If you cannot make it to the  MODELLBRNO Show , do not be sad and enjoy our MODELLBRNO  online offer ! You can order our items for the same price as if you were at the show. Starting June  14 till June 21, 2019 , you get not only the club member  discount of 10%  (automatic with registration) but  also another 5%  on our products.  Vážení zákazníci, je Vám líto, že nemůžete být s námi na akci MODELLBRNO 2019? Nesmutněte a využijte naší akce MODELLBRNO online. Můžete si objednat naše zboží se stejnou výstavní slevou jako by jste byli přítomní v Brně.  Akce na e-shopu  www.specialhobby.eu  běží od 14.6. do 21.6.2019.  Sleva 10%  (klubová sleva automaticky po registraci)  a 5%  se vztahuje pouze na výrobky z naší produkce.

Hot off the press - new 1/72 Viggen and Magister/Tzukit sets already out

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The first couple of sets for our 1/72 SAAB Viggen and IAI Magister / Tzukit have been released just now, so do head over to the e-store to get yours. Going to visit Modellbrno? Then why not make a pre-order and pick the sets up at our stand at the show? And a small note, a Viggen seat is to be released only tomorrow.

Coming this Summer and early Autumn

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Today, we are glad to show you all a couple of boxes of our upcoming new kits which are scheduled for July to September release. Well, there will obviously be some more, these are just those being in print right now. We do hope you like them….