Preview: Special Hobby & CMK kits for October...

Special Hobby & CMK's October releases have some interesting new & adapted kits & 3-D printed accessories from their ranges incoming. We look at the best of them in our preview...

Preview: Special Hobby & CMK kits for October

The October Special Hobby new releases bring a new boxing of the 1/72 F-84F Thunderstreak, a new boxing of the 1/48 CAC CA-19 Boomerang and a re-release of the 1/72 Mirage F.1C/C-200 and Sunderland Mk.V kits. Apart from the plastic models, they also have several new 3D-printed or resin cast items, such as some more sets for ICM’s 1/48 B-26 Marauder, some sets for the 1/48 TBF/TBM-3 Avenger or a couple of 1/35 sets for military vehicle models.

For the final months of the year, the Special Hobby team are preparing new re-boxings of the 1/48 CAC CA-9 Wirraway, 1/48 Fiat Br.20 Cicogna ‘Bomber over Two Continents’, 1/48 AH-1G Cobra ‘Marines/US Navy’, 1/48 Romeo Ro 43 ‘Spanish Service’. In 1/72 scale, we will be releasing the Defiant Mk.II, Havoc Mk.I ‘Intruders’, Dornier Do-27H-2 ‘Three Blade Propeller’ and Caproni Ca.310. Only one 1/32 scale model will be released by the end of the year. The ICM’s AH-1G Cobra styrene parts will be joined by our own-made plastic parts turning the original kit into the AH-1Q/S anti-tank version.

F-84F Thunderstreak ‘Luftwaffe’  Hi Tech kit 

Manufacturer: Special Hobby

1/72nd scale

100-SH72510

Product Link on @Hobbylink Japan

When the Luftwaffe F-84F Thunderstreak model had been first released this April, the release that contained a fragment from a real machine that crash landed on our territory, the speed of sales did take our breath away. And as we did not have more than a thousand of those fragments, there was left nothing to sell after less than a month's time. 

The F-84F in Luftwaffe livery will be widely seek after by many a modeller, and so we are going to release this SH72510 kit that replaces that really fast sold out SH72505. The sheet of decals and boxart are left the same, now it includes a pre-cut mask as well as a set of 3D-printed parts enabling the builder to have the nose machine gun compartment open.

- very interesting colour schemes

- masks and 3D-printeddetailing parts

- highly accurate model with superb fit throughout

Mirage F.1C/C-200 'Armée de l'Air' 

Manufacturer: Special Hobby

1/72nd scale

Product Code: 100-SH72388

Product Link on @Hobbylink Japan

The Mirage F.1 owes its creation to a private initiative by the Dassault company. The first prototype took off for the first time on 23 December 1966 and the production machines went to serve with the Armée de l'Air as the Mirage F.1C single seat jet and the Mirage F1.B two seat trainer aircraft. During the service, some of the machines were modified to the F.1C-200 standard by adding the IFR probe on the nose section. The French military used two recon versions of the Mirage, too. These were the Mirage F.1CR and Mirage F.1CT, the latter being converted from the F.1C-200 airframes. 

The Armée de l'Air received a total of 246 Mirages of all versions and the type also marked an export success. They flew in Spain and Greece in Europe, in South America they saw service with a sole operator, the air force of Ecuador, whilst in Africa and Asia, the Mirages flew in Gabon, South Africa, Morocco, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar and Kuwait. As a result, the Mirage F.1 fighters were involved in many armed conflicts and wars all around the globe, in mock combats between Greece and Turkey as well as in hot missions in Chad, over-border clashes between Ecuador and Peru, in South Africa they fought against Cuban aircraft flying from Angola bases and perhaps most known might be their involvement in the Iran-Iraq conflict where they were used by both sides.

 

Our nicely detailed Mirage F.1C/C-200 model has its parts broken up to six grey styrene sprues plus one with clear parts. The decal sheet covers a quartet of machines, three of which sport grey-blue on the upper surfaces with aluminium paint below, they all carry various colourful trim and the fourth machine is in a desert scheme as it flew in Djibouti. Its centre-line fuel tank is adorned with a pair of eyes and a shark mouth.

- Very interesting colour schemes

- Finely detailed model kit set with plenty of accessory sets available, from masks to figures

CAC CA-19 Boomerang ‘Jungle Scouts’ 

Manufacturer: Special Hobby

1/48th scale

Product Code: 100-SH48241

The Boomerang was the only indigenous-built Australian fighter aeroplane to saw service during the Second World War. Boomerangs defended Australia and were also deployed to New Guinea and other Pacific islands. The last fighter-recce version, designated CA-19, carried a photo camera behind the cockpit and mainly flew recon missions or marked potential targets for larger fighter bombers. 

The instruction sheet and decals enable the modeller to choose one of three green-overall machines two of which had their tail sections painted in white. All three of them carry some sort of nose art. The kit set itself comes on four grey styrene sprues, one with clear parts, a set of resin parts and a fret of etches.

- A model of the iconic WW2 Australian-built fighter.

- Decals with three RAAF options, all with nose art.

Short Sunderland Mk.V ‘Fighting Commies in Europe and the Far East’ 

Manufacturer: Special Hobby

1/72nd scale

Product Code: 100-SH72162

Model kit of the iconic British flying boat is back in the offer in a limited quantity of 500 kit sets. The box contains no less than eleven styrene sprues including one with clear parts, a small resin cast part and a fret of etched details. Full-colour instruction booklet and decals cater for four colour schemes, two of which depict machines flown in Malaya and Korea, one boat that took part in the Berlin Bridge and one French machine from Lanvéoc-Poulmic naval base in 1951.

-    highly detailed model with accurate dimensions and shape

-    fine recessed panel lines

-    large decal sheet made by Cartograf, including full set of stencils

-    colour schemes for three RAF machines and one of the Aéronavale

Bloch MB.210 Mask 

Manufacturer: Special Hobby

1/72nd scale

Product Code: 100-M72056

Pre-cut spray masks for the Bloch MB.210 kit that we have made for Azur/Frrom.

Dodge WC-51 Exterior Set for Zvezda and AFV Club kits

Manufacturer: CMK

1/35th scale

Product Code: 129-3151

Kitbags hanging on the vehicle sides, sacks, rolled tarpaulin and camouflage net and seat cushions for the Zvezda kit. All these items can be used to upgrade your Dodge CW-51 model.

TBM-3E Avenger Conversion Set for Accurate/Academy kits

Manufacturer: CMK

1/48th scale

Product Code: 129-4474

The TBM-3E was a light weight version of the Avenger that began to leave production lines in 1944. The improved weight enabled better performance, the addition of the APS-4 underwing radar meant that those Avenger could be used for night missions too. Our conversion covers both the external and internal modifications of the type, it offers new forward fuselage section, belly gunner position blank-off parts, arrestor hook, starboard wing radar set, and the interior radar controls. 

The conversion combines are 3D printed and resin cast parts. Designed for the Accurate Miniatures model or its re-boxings by Italeri and Academy. The decal sheet offers markings for two US Navy machines that flew in the PTO in the final stage of WW2.

B-26B/C Marauder Waist Guns, Ammo Boxes and Feed for ICM kit

Manufacturer: CMK

1/48th scale

Product Code: 129-4485

3D-printed set that covers the waist window machine guns with their ammo boxes and ammo belts. The majority of these details is missing from the kit while they can be very well seen through the large side windows. 

B-26 Dorsal Turret Upgrade Set for the ICM kit

Manufacturer: CMK

1/48th scale

Product Code: 129-4487

3D-printed set that offers new machine guns with their ammunition belts and tracks. The guns can be posed aiming up as is quite often seen on period photos. The kit allows only horizontal position though.

TBF-3/TBM-3 Avenger Dinghy Box

Manufacturer: CMK

1/48th scale

Product Code: 129-4490

Resin cast set of the opened dinghy compartment that was located in front of the gun turret, and so this extra detail can be very well seen on your model.

RAF Bomb sight Mk IXA

Manufacturer: CMK

1/32nd scale

Product Code: 129-P32003

This British bomb sight was utilised on many British WW2 aeroplanes as was the Mosquito or Lancaster. 3D print with a fret of etches.

Hetzer Exhaust (final type) for Academy/ Takom kit

Manufacturer: CMK

1/35th scale

Product Code: 129-P35032

The final variety of Hetzer exhaust stub, made by direct 3D print. Designed for Academy and Takom kit sets.

MG 3 on Leopard Mount for Tamiya, Revell and ICM kits

Manufacturer: CMK

1/35th scale

Product Code: 129-P35033

3D-printed set portraying the MG3 machine gun with an ammo box on a mount specific to the Leopard tank. Comes with a fret of etches.

Wehrmacht Bicycle (2 pcs)

Manufacturer: CMK

1/48th scale

Product Code: 129-P48018

The bicycle was not only a means of transport or sport for civilians. As a bicycle can carry quite a lot and is also rather faster than a pedestrian, many armies introduced the bicycle to their inventory in the early 20th century. The German army was no exception, bicycles were used there even before the Great War. In the 1930s, the new and rebuilt Wehrmacht introduced this invention too and kept using it until the end of the war. Many a photograph illustrates wide use of bicycles in the military, and they often carried even a machine gun or up to two Panzerfaust weapons.

These 3D-printed bicycles come 3D-printed in top quality. One of them carries a panzerfaust and on its frame it has an open box for grenades. The other bicycle can carry a machine gun or a rifle.  Having made a 1/72 bicycle set for you, now we feel it is the right time to upscale it for quarter scale modellers, too.

P-40 Wing Bomb Racks (w/plywood support boards)

Manufacturer: CMK

1/72nd scale

Product Code: 129-P72033

 A pair of wing bomb racks that were used on P-40 Warhawk / Kittyhawk fighter bombers. The set is made on a 3D printed and also contains the bombs and side plywood boards that supported the bombs. The set is designed for the new SH72502 kit but can be used with any of our earlier P40 Warhawk / Kittyhawk releases.

These new kits are available on Special Hobby's Website or from Hobbylink Japan