News from Special Hobby 09/2025

Dear business friends,    The summer is over now and the new newsletter is here for you. I hope that the kits and sets offered here will be attractive enough for you. So, in short, this newsletter offers two plastic models kits. The first one is the 1/32 Tempest. The same way the drones are being hunted in Ukraine these days, British Tempests hunted the V-1 missiles eighty years ago. The second kit for you is the Vautour IIA ground-attack bomber in 1/72 scale.    Among the resin and 3D printed kits and accessories you can find the first of the accessories for the 1/48 M5 Stuart from Tamiya, as well as the 1/32 MQM-74A Chukar Target Drone which all are certainly worth your attention. But other accessories are certainly worth your attention, too.     Before we get to the specific items of the newsletter, let me briefly mention the upcoming kits. Last week we did the first test of another mould of the upcoming 1/48 Heinkel He 177. But we still have at least two more to go. Similarly, we are testing moulds for the 1/32 D.3801 / Swiss MS-406. We are preparing moulds for the 1/72 Fairey Albacore, the kit we would like to offer you by the end of this year. We are also working on the 1/48 Renard R.31. But there is a long way to go. The models in this newsletter are much closer. We look forward to your orders. A. Riedel SPECIAL HOBBY PLASTIC MODEL KITS

Tempest Mk.V ‘Doodle-bug Hunters’ 1/32 Art.no. Scale Barcode 100-SH32091 1/32 8595593133034   During the air battles of World War II, both warring sides had to react to the introduction of new, more powerful types of enemy aircraft. The deployment of the new German Fw 190 fighter in 1941 not only brought the rather hasty development of new versions of the Spitfire fighter, but also accelerated the introduction of the new Hawker Typhoon Mk.I fighters into regular service. The introduction of the Typhoons was very complicated and, since it soon became clear that the Typhoon had certain limitations as a fighter, Hawker's chief designer, Sydney Camm, began the development of an improved version. Due to the number of changes, this new fighter was named Tempest. And it became one of the best fighters of World War II. The plastic parts are broken down into eight sprues of grey plastic and one clear parts sprue, joined with 3D printed radar parts and radiator protection, combining 3D printed parts and etches. The surface of large parts is covered with fine rivets. Detailed colour instructions in A4 format will guide you through the construction of the model. The instructions and two decal sheets offer a choice of four Tempest colour schemes, depicting machines whose pilots achieved V-1 missile kills. These are American, New Zealander, British and Polish. The decals also include full set of servicing stencils, including those for the cockpit and drop tanks. -    masks, figures and many many more sets available for the kit -    superbly detailed model kit that also contains 3D printed parts and a small fret of etches -    decal sheet with markings for machines of pilots from various nations and with interesting background Read more

Vautour IIA ‘IDF Attack Bomber’ 1/72 Art.no. Scale Barcode 100-SH72096 1/72 8594071083144    The twin-engine Vautour jet was one of the successes of the French post-war industry. It was produced for the French Air Force as an all-weather fighter and in a bomber version. Israel purchased all-weather fighters and also a single-seat fighter-bomber version, which the French Air Force did not use. The fighter-bomber Vautours were particularly involved in the Six-Day War against their Arab neighbours and even achieved several air victories. The kit contains four sprues of plastic parts, a sprue of clear parts, etches and resin cast parts. The decals offer markings for four IAF machines, but in five camouflage schemes. One of the machines flew in two different types of camouflage, one in the natural colour of metal.   - reissue of a long-unavailable model - very interesting machines with different types of camouflage - we also offer masks and Q72262 set of additional tanks for the model Read more

SPECIAL MASK

A-20C Havoc/P-70 Nighthawk MASK 1/72 Art.no. Scale Barcode 100-M72063 1/72 8595593133089 Pre-cut paint masks for the clear parts as well as the undercarriage wheel hubs of Special Hobby 's A-20C Havoc model kit, its British variety named BOston Mk.IIIA and also the night fighter P-70 Nighthawk. Read more

Vautour IIA MASK 1/72 Art.no. Scale Barcode 100-M72064 1/72 8595593133096 Pre-cut paint masks for the clear parts and wheels of Special Hobby's Vautour IIA model kit. Read more

RESIN AND 3D MODEL KITS & SETS

Dornier Do 217 Wheels Correction Set 1/48 / for ICM kits Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-4499 1/48 8595593133072 Resin cast wheels with nice levels of deail directly replace those from rather bad from otherwise quite nice ICM kit of the Dornier Do 217. Read more

F-86K Sabre Dog Wheels 1/48 / for Special Hobby kits Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-4498 1/48 8595593133041    These new resin cast wheels have been designed for kit no. SH48123 and also offer 3D-printed wheel hubs. On top of that the tyres are weighted and come with nice pattern details. Read more

MQM-74A Chukar Target Drone 1/32 Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-P32004 1/32 8595593133065     A detailed 3D printed model of the Chukar target drone, developed in the 1960s. The drone was launched from the ground or from a ship from a triangular launcher. This is also a part of the kit. The drones were used by the US NAVY, the British Royal Navy, some NATO countries and the Israeli IDF/AF. Decals offer American, British and Israeli markings. Read more

M5 and M8 Hedgerow Cutter (type 1) 1/48 Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-P48029 1/48 8595593133126    In the days following the invasion in June 1944, the Normandy countryside proved to be difficult for tanks to get across due to thick bushes separating the fields, known as ‘Bocage’. In the field workshops, American and some British tanks were therefore fitted with bush cutters that allowed them to pass through. These cutters were made and welded from the most readily available materials, German anti-tank obstacles, Czech-made so called hedgehogs in several different variants. We have prepared such 3D printed cutter for the Tamiya M5 Stuart and M8 Howitzer kits, as these are missing from the Tamiya kit parts. Read more

WWII British Ammo Boxes 1/48 (4 pcs.) Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-P48030 1/48 8595593133133   These British ammunition boxes were very often used by the crews of tanks and other military vehicles to stowage not just the ammo, but personal belongings and other stuff as well. The boxes were usualy placed anywhere suitable on the vehicle. Read more