Friday, March 24

Preview: April's latest kits, resin, masks & prints from Special Hobby

We have a look at Special Hobby's new kits, prints, masks and aftermarket resin, with sprues, at and some colours for each one today in our preview...

Preview: April's latest kits, resin, masks & prints from Special Hobby

Every month Special Hobby seem to release a bunch of kits and aftermarket. Most of these pretty interesting. We thought we would show you what's new in a preview.


A-20G Havoc ‘Low Altitude Raiders’
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72478
1/72nd Scale
The American A-20 Havoc / Boston twin-engined bomber aeroplanes saw service over many a battle field of the Second World War. And they were highly successful in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. The A-20G version was fitted with a battery of heavy machine guns in the nose and a pair of the same type of machine guns in a turret to defend the rear hemisphere. This armament was also often used in ground attack sorties in addition to the bombs dropped from low levels. Besides Bostons flown by the US crews, there served also Bostons of the RAAF whose crews liked to throw so-called bomb „tea-parties“.
The kit offers nicely detailed A-20G parts broken up to five grey styrene sprues plus one sprue with the clear parts. On top of that the kit also contains a sheet of decals covering two schemes, the US one with a quite interesting, hat-wearing cat painting on the nose and the other option portrays an Australian machine bearing a unique combination of US and RAAF national insignia.
- Finely detailed model
- Interesting colour scheme options
- Wide variety of available accessory sets (masks, PUR detail sets, figures)


CAC CA-9 Wirraway ‘In training and combat’
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72473
1/72nd Scale
The trainer, reconnaissance and ground attack aircraft developed indigenously in Australia from the US-produced Texan was given the name Wirraway and proved very worthy military machine. Wirraways were also flown for advanced training and in combat areas they flew recon, ground attack and target spotting and marking missions. They were produced in several batches, differing mainly in equipment and a few minor details.
The model come on two styrene sprues joined by a clear one and a decal sheet with markings for two machines. The first option was operated in the north of Australia painted yellow overall with highly visible fuselage number. The other machine is from New Guinea, green overall and with white empennage.

- Limited edition
- Separately available – resin wheels and pre-cut masks


DH.100 Vampire 6 'Pinocchio Nose'
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72391
1/72nd Scale
The Vampire first generation jet aircraft was an extremely successful design which was operated by many air forces around the globe, and enjoyed quite a long career in Switzerland. The Swiss air force fitted their FB.6 Vampires with hot seats and later on also with a longer, pointed nose section which gave the plane its unofficial name Pinocchio...
The kit contains three sprues joined by one clear sprue, sheet of decals and a set of resin underwing stores.
Finely detailed model, the very best 1/72 Vampire on the market
Decal sheet with four marking options
Eye-catching schemes, one of which is adorned with a huge shark mouth on its fuselage
Resin parts included


A-20G/K Havoc/Boston MASK 1/72
From: Special Hobby
100-M72021
1/72nd Scale
Pre-cut paint masks for the clear parts and undercarriage wheels of the A-20 of late series which were fitted with a gun turret. Designed for Special Hobby and MPM Production kits and the re-boxings by Revell.


VR-1 SNB Marking Decal
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72367
1/48th Scale
This decal sheet offers markings for the first example of the VR-1 helicopter, as was known the FA 223 built in postwar Czechoslovakia. The VR-1 was delivered to the Police Air Force (SNB – National Security Corps Aviation). And it has also been for the very first time that a helicopter was used for road traffic control. These decals are designed fot Special Hobby’s FA 223 kits no SH48020 and SH48201.


Zetor 25 ‘Military w/Towbar for MiG 15/17s’
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72367
1/48th Scale
The Zetor 25 tractor was among the first products of the post-war Czechoslovak industry and also the very first tractor to have been manufactured by the Zetor company. Until 1961 when the production was ceased, a total of 160,000 Zetors left the production line of which almost 100,000 had been delivered across both Europe and Asia. Special Hobby are now launching the 1/48 scale Zetor 25 model kit as the previous Zetor 25s in smaller 1/72 scale (models MV128 and MV129) have been a phenomenal success with the customers. Model kit no.8063 portrays the miliary variety of the type which saw quite wide service with the Czechoslovak armed forces. Many of the vehicles were used to tow military jets on the airfields, mainly the MiG 15s and 17s, as is also shown in several period propaganda films. And this is why our model also offers the 3D-printed tow bar in addition to a few etched details and a sheet of decals.


PT-579/588 Boat Radar Mast
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72367
1/72nd Scale
Resin cast detailed antenna mast with a radar as fitted to the PT-579/588 boats. The set comes with a fret of etches. The detail overall is much better than on the original kit’s item.


F/A-18F Super Hornet Cockpit 1/72 / for Revell kit
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72367
1/72nd Scale
The new F/A-18F model kit as made by Revell is really nice but lacks plenty of details in the cockpit area as well as its hot seats are of incorrect size. 
This resin cockpit with photo etches offers much nicer levels of detail and the new seats are well proportioned.


HESA Shahid 136 / Geran-2
From: Special Hobby
100-SH72367
1/72nd Scale
The Iran-made HESA Shahid 136 / Geran-2 drone is used by the Russian military to terrorize Ukraine and to attack its civil infrastructure. Our model is resin cast and comes with a few 3D-printed parts and is available in the Planet Model range. It also has a sheet of decals.


MG 3 Machine Gun - squad support variant (2 pcs)
From: Special Hobby
129-P35009
1/35th Scale
Superbly detailed, 3D-printed  MG3 machine gun in the troop-support variety with a bipod. The set contains two examples of this world-wide used weapon.

These new kits are available on Special Hobby's Website