News from Special Hobby 12/2025

Dear business friends,      You are receiving the December newsletter earlier than newsletters in other months. This is so that you can order quickly and we can deliver the goods to you before the Christmas holidays. For the last month of this year, we have prepared only two, but very attractive plastic kits. We offer you eight detailed sets from our resin and 3D printed portfolio.    Thank you for your cooperation in the turbulent year 2025 and we look forward to its continuation in 2026. We are also preparing very attractive models and sets for next year. You can find the January ones in the second part of the newsletter.   We look forward to your orders. A. Riedel SPECIAL HOBBY PLASTIC MODEL KITS

Morane-Saulnier MS-406C.1 1/32 Art.no. Scale Barcode 100-SH32019 1/32 8594071080402    In 1934, the French Armée de l'Air announced a competition for a single-wing fighter with a speed of 450 km/h and armament of one to two 20 mm cannon. The winner of the competition was the Morane Saulnier MS-405C.1. Only 16 of this version were produced, and production switched to a modified version of the MS-406C.1. It was powered by an H-S 12Y.31 engine and was armed with a cannon firing through the propeller hub and two machine guns in the wing. 1,064 were produced, including the export ones. At the beginning of the war, the MS-406C.1 was the most numerous fighter type that France had at its disposal. It exceeded the German Bf 109D in terms of performance, but lagged behind the most modern version of the Bf 109E. Units flying the MS-406 C.1 were deployed not only in France, but also in North Africa and Indochina. French fighters fought on the MS-406C.1 from the beginning of the war until the defeat of France. Along with them, Czechoslovak and Polish pilots. The Morans were also used by the Armée de´l Armistice air force. Several of them were also used by the Free French air force. Furthermore, the MS-406C.1 was purchased and entered the service of Turkey, Finland and Switzerland. Due to the occupation of France, the captured machines entered the service of Germany, Italy and Croatia. Other machines were purchased from Germany by Finland. Switzerland also built the MS-406C.1 under license and further developed it.    We are returning the kit of this very important fighter in 1/32 scale to the offer after a long time. Four sprues of grey plastic parts and one sprue of clear parts are complemented by resin parts and two frets of etches. Decals are offered for three machines, two French, one of which flew with the Polish unit and therefore bears the Polish chessboard on the sides of the fuselage. The third machine is a Finnish Morane, decorated with a mouth full of sharp teeth. -    the kit also contins finely detailed resin parts and two frets of etches one of which is pre-coloured -    atrractive colour schemes and decals -    limited edition Read more

SMB-2 Super Mystère ‘The First French Supersonic’ 1/48 Art.no. Scale Barcode 100-SH48223 1/48 8594071089474    Model of a French jet fighter. The model is moulded using metal type tools, contains 8 sprues of plastic parts (two are duplicates) and a sprue with clear parts. The SMB-2 Super Mystère was the first mass-produced Western European aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. In its development, Dassault built on its previous mass-produced fighter types as were the Ouragan and Mystère IVB and a number of experimental prototypes. The first production aircraft, out of 180 produced, first took to the air on 26 February, 1957. The new aircraft were gradually assigned to three squadrons of the Armée de `l Air, numbers 10, 12 and 5, and also flew at the CEV and CEAM test centers and in flight schools. Later produced SMB-2s received the more powerful Atar 101G-2 or G-3 engine. The Super Mysteres flew with combat squadrons until 1977, when the last SMB-2s of Squadron 12 were retired and replaced by the Mirage III. The SMB-2 service of the Armée de `l Air was relatively uneventful, with exercises in NATO countries, Africa and participation in the Operation Air Bull in Thailand.    The situation was exactly the opposite for the other user, the Israeli Air Force. The SMB-2's service with the IAF was marked by participation in a series of conflicts with Israel's Arab neighbours, known as the War over Water, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War and the protracted conflict between these wars, the so-called War of Attrition. Soon after the Sambads, the excellent Mirage IIICs were delivered to Israel, which became the main front-line fighters. The Sambads were therefore assigned to only one unit, the 105th Squadron, and were used mainly as fighter-bombers. -    finely detailed and top notch accurate model  -    perfect and accurate decals for three Armée de `l Air machines, including full set of stencils -    also available are pre-cut masks, A couple of 3D-printed sets in the pipeline Read more

RESIN AND 3D MODEL KITS & SETS

Lysander Practice Bomb Set 1/48 / for Airfix kit Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-4502 1/48 8595593133409    Airfix’s Lysander does offer a few practice bombs hung on its stub wings, our 3D-printed set brings those with much much better detail levels and overall quality. The bombs with the racks can be used with other RAF or FAA airplane models, too. Read more

Lysander Parachute Container 1/48 / for Airfix kit Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-4503 1/48 8595593133416    The supply parachute containers were used in all theatres of war, in Europe, Africa and in Asia, too. They were used to supply detached units, support the resistance warriors and similar tasks. The Lysander could carry them hung on its stub wing racks. The containers are now portrayed in this 3D-printed set and they can be used with other RAF or FAA aircraft models too. Read more

Lysander Smoke Curtain Installation Container 1/48 / for Airfix kit Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-4504 1/48 8595593133423    As army-coop aircraft, the Lysander carried a variety of weapons and equipment. This equipment included containers with smoke curtain generators. 3D printed containers with pylons can be hung under Lysanders or other RAF or FAA aircraft models. Read more

A-11 Ghibli (AMX Attack version) Cockpit 1/72 / for Italeri kit Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-7528 1/72 8595593133256   Detail resin cockpit set with fret of etches, designed for the single-seat version of the Italian AMX/A-11 Ghibli aircraft as kitted by Italeri. Read more

AMX-T (Trainer version) Cockpit 1/72 / for Italeri kit Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-7529 1/72 8595593133263    Detail resin cockpit set with fret of etches, designed for the two-seat version of the Italian AMX-T aircraft as kitted by Italeri. Read more

M5 and M8 Hedgerow Cutter type 3 1/48 Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-P48037 1/48 8595593133447  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 a 3D printed cutter for the Tamiya M5 Stuart and M8 Howitzer kits, as these cutters are missing from the Tamiya kit parts. Read more

Fairey Barracuda Exhausts 1/48  / for Trumpeter kit Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-P48040 1/48 8595593133454    3D-printed set of exhaust featuring nice levels of detail. Designed for Turmpeter’s kit of the Barracuda torpedo bomber aircraft. The exhausts do look much better that their styrene counterparts. Read more

Fairey Barracuda Correction Propeller Set 1/48  / for Trumpeter kit Art.no. Scale Barcode 129-P48041 1/48 8595593133461   Finely detailed, 3D-printed propeller featuring both the correct shape and size. Designed for Special Hobby’s Barracuda kit set. Read more