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The de-militarized version of the naval anti-submarine AF-2 Guardian aircraft flew also as a fire-fightng machine. And now you have the rare and welcome chance to build a model than no-one will miss on your display shelf. The Guardian is really a huge beast and now it also has a striking livery indeed. The contents of the kit box is shown in the images below, colour scheme profiles of the picked airframes can be seen here . And please do not forget to get yourselves a very useful set of masks M48014 which serves equally well for the civilian and the military models of the Guardian.

Dear customers, The Dozen event is back, this time on our new website. In the upcoming four weeks you will find the usual weekly rotation of 12 different kits with a 50% discount. Please keep in mind that due to limited space we cannot combine orders from individual weeks.   The schedule of the individual weeks is as follows: 10.04.-16.04.2023, 17.04.-23.04.2023, 24.04.-30.04.2023 and 01.05.-07.05.2023 As we mentioned before, the event takes place on the new website. We have transferred most customers from the previous site but it is necessary to set up a new password. Please use this link – password change. There may be the occasional hiccup when the confirmation e-mail does not arrive – in that case please do not hesitate to contact us at orders@specialhobby.eu so we can help you resolve the problem. Please double check your contact details, especially your full address and your phone number.  It can happen that the new site does not recognize your e-mail address. In that case, plea...

The Buffaloes are not the only cuppa of  Jürgen Günther as today's photos very clearly show. Now we have a pair of 32nd scale Bristols from Jurgen and these are simply splendid. The first of them is finished in its war time scheme while the other one proudly sports colourful livery of a training unit. The ‘Wartime Colours’ Bristol M.1C SH32058 kit is not available any more, so the only Bristol you can make yourselves happy with now it the   SH32060 Bristol M.1C “Checkers & Stripes” .   And again, cheers for the pictures!

Today, Mr.  Jürgen Günther very kindly shares with us the photos of his very finely built 1/32 scale Buffalo model sporting striking pre-war livery. The kit is out of stock, so let's hope for a reissue some time later.... These colours do suit the Buffalo indeed. Our huge thanks to Jurgen for the images!

The 1/72  Steyr 1500 Krankenwagen/Wood Cab kit no. SA72016  has been made available again, as annouced in the April Newsletter. The box contents is here for you to check in the photos below.

A month after the release of the 1/72 scale Shahed 136 / Geran-2 drone model, Special Hobby is releasing the same drone also in the quarterscale now. This rather small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is being used over Ukraine by the Russians to terrorize the civilians and destroy the critical infrastructure. Our model is resin cast and also contains 3D printed parts, decals and a few injected parts. It is offered in Special Hobby's Planet Model range of less usual types and subjects. We also would like to point out that some of the profit is going to be donated for armament purchase to help Ukraine. A. R.

Among our April releases is also the 1/72 Ki-43 Hayabusa / Oscar model  SH72479  sporting only rarely seen colour schemes and markings