Special Hobby EN

This tiny little, even though in 1/48 scale, was built by our manager Mr.Riedel for our display at the Nurember Toy and Model Fair. The model comes from the 3D-printed MQM-74A Chukar  P48024  resin kit. The overall length is about 8cm while the wings span only 3cm. Camouflaged using Gunze and AK Real paints. Those who might fear the soft demarcation can pick one of the quite many single or two-colour options in either red or red-white finishes. The images were taken with a mobile only, sorry for the poor quality. 

Mr. Dan Yeoman of Israel has been so very kind to share with the readers of SH blog a couple of photos showing one of his latest builds, the 1/72 MQM-74A Chukar Target Drone. The tiny 3D-printed kit set     P72035  was first available last Telford where Dan also bought it. While he has the smaller scale version, we do offer also its larger cousin, the Chukar in 1/48 scale. One of our team is currently building the larger one so we hope to have a few photos for you soon. Dan, thanks a lot for your superb little gem!

The MQM-74A Chukar target drone was developed by Northrop in the late 1960s and was used by the US Navy as well as a couple of NATO countries and Israel, and not just in the originaly intended role of an expendable target vehicle. On several ocassions, the Chukar was also used to expose the location of enemy AA sites or even to lure the enemy's SAM missiles - which happened during the 1973 Yom Kippur war between Israel and its Arab neighbours. Our 3D-printed kits in both major scales depict not just the Chukar vehicle, these also contain the rather complex launch tripod structure, a sheet of decals enabling to build one of six quite various options in two versions (early short nose, later longer nose) and three types of start bottles, or RATOs as they might be known more precisely. The 72nd scale kit set is to have its premiere at this year's Telford Scale Model World, while its larger cousin in 1/48 is planned to hit the shops before the end of the year.