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   The J-3 Cub, a Ford T of the US aviation, was born in the latter stages of the Great Depression. The simple top wing monoplane demonstrated excellent viability and its fame continues to these days. There are still dozens if not hundreds of them flying still around  the world today along with their successors, the Super Cubs. The Cubs' service with the military kicked off in a rather inconspicious way as the type at was first tested as an observation platform borrowed by the Army (not the Air Force though) from civilian operators. And as the test flights were a success, the orders calling for the militarized  L-4 Grasshopper  followed shortly in quite large numbers. With the war about to break out, civilian flying schools began training military pilots too under contracts with the US government.     And exactly such airframes are the subject of our new release, the 1/48  SH48220 J-3 ‘Cub Goes to War’  kit. The options cover a fres...

 Maxim Goyna of Ukraine finished in an exquisite was this  SH48093  Heinkel He 178V-2 model. This diminutive airframe holds a very important world's first as it was the first jet plane to take to the air. Maksim's model is finished highly unusually, once you see such model you will never forget it, what an impression it makes. Our thanks to Flight Line Media for whom the model photos were taken.

In almost a record breaking time built, Martin Pfeifer shares with us his French delta wing jet model from kit SH72476 Mirage IIIC. Also available for the model are these sets  M72041  pre-cut paint masks, Q72401  resin wheels,  Q72402  engine nozzle and  Q72403  hot seat.

   Well we all know that Pinocchio comes from Italy, however in Switzerland they had several of them too. No not those long nose wooden lads, these Pinocchios were the special variety of the DH Vampire jet, version with number 6 and enlarged nose section resembling the fairy tale character indeed. Their fuselage pods were even made of the same material as the toy, wood. The rest of the airframe was standard aluminium stressed skin though.     Mathiass Becker has now built one such Pinocchio, using Special Hobby kit  SH72391  that covers these Swiss long nosed aeroplanes. And what a superbly looking model Mathias made, really, and even very nice pictures too, with the background of the Alps. Many many thanks go to Mathias for the images.    Let us also mention a couple of sets available for the model, these are  Q72313  and  Q72325  with wheels with two hub styles plus sets  K72027  and  K72029  of pre-p...