Fran

Well, one Fw-190 A-6 in 1:35 scale!!! And the crazy 1:32 HpH Me-323 D.6 - about this one, its quite odd that for some (probably world region) is around 1575€ and for other (me) it appear €1906....

Not yet!

Love it my friend!! Another masterpiece!

I was just posting this sad news when I saw your post Vince14. Thanks so much for posting Rowan was a true gentleman and trully passionate about WWI and a great name of the hobby. My condolences to his wife Sabine and his family.

Wingspan 4 1:32 Aircraft Modelling Several authors Publisher: Canfora – Graphic Design & Publishing 128 pages Landscape format (A4 size with softcover) 10 full features build Price tag: 27 euros [ Canfora Publishing has several book of Aircraft, AFV and diorama modelling as historic book. This book is a collection of several buildings aircraft, specifically articles 10 with properly completed models. And at proper scale - 1:32. The whole structure between the various items is identical in approach to the subject, but with different modellers with distinctive styles. On first reading, is the clear sense that the text is fluid, easy to read with some very good modelling information This book is not a FAQ or a pure SBS as full-page close-ups are combined with step-by-step but an informative and mojo up to modeler. The works are inspirational and can effective have a positive effect in modeler motivation. All models are inspiring, with the precise purpose: to inspire and motivate the modeler. The book format is quite unique, in its landscape form, that allows to have big and detail picture of the step-by-step parts and very good picture of all the detail. All the builds are flawless and simply amazing. The index: Focke-Wulf Fw-190 A-8 Hasegawa – Tomas Banic P-51A Mustang HobbyCraft – Ralph Riese F-5E Tiger II Kitty Hawk – Oto Drobík Douglas C-47 “SkyTrain” HpH Models – Zdenek Sebesta Knowing this model kit, this work is epic. Dornier Do-335 Hong Kong Models – Brian Criner PZL- 11 C IBG Models – Toni Canfora F-35A Italeri – Jan Kopecky FE. 2b “Early” Wingnut Wings – Mikael Terfors Mig-23MF Flogger Trumpeter – Henrik Redin Polikarpok I-16 “Type 24” ICM – Anders Isaksson All features have a small side table, with main information: the model kit used, the aftermarkets, and paints brands (and not the references). Also every single work has a color label to identify all articles, to a quick search. It's a display of beautiful works, with a few tips and some photos of WIP with spectacular photographs of fantastic models. Several techniques are presented throughout the several builds, it is told how to do, with several pictures of the step to take and to achieved that goal. Also show up the use several aftermarkets items on the builds Every single work is top quality, the best you can see in magazines an modelling books . Conclusion This book is one of the best modelling book on market. Not being a FAQ book, neither it intended to be, it`s full of pictures, of fantastic builds, with landscape format photos with every single detail at view of the reader. The book has a fantastic color registration and print quality, with some excellent model photography reproduced on 128 glossy pages. The main goal of this book is being an inspiration to other modelers, to get up your mojo, to get you motivated, and also to learn the techniques and tricks with some of the best aircraft modelers in the world. The next one will be epic – a special WWI wingspan. Very Highly Recommend Thanks to Canfora Publishing for the review sample.

Thanks Maru. Its perfect here.

B-25 J Mitchell “Glazed Nose” Catalogue Number AK35503 Price Tag: 99,99$ “In January 1931, Chief of Naval Operations William Pratt and Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur signed an agreement that gave the Army Air Corps the primary responsibility for operating land-based aircraft in defense of the United States and other overseas possessions, while the Navy focused on mobile operations with the fleet. As a result, during the 1930s the Army procured a number of bombers, among them the B-25 Mitchell. Design work on the medium bomber, which in final form was named for air power advocate Major General William “Billy” Mitchell, began in 1938, with the first production order for 184 airplanes placed in September 1939, the same month that German forces invaded Poland, beginning World War II. The Mitchell served as the forefront of many campaigns in the wide-ranging global conflict, but its greatest fame came in a unique operation its designers certainly never envisioned. Following the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese military conquered wide swaths of the Pacific region. America sought a way to strike back at Japan, but it was out of range of land-based aircraft. A carrier strike was thought too risky—the short range of single-engine Navy aircraft would require a ship to approach close to shore. Navy Captain Francis S. Low proposed the use of Army Air Forces bombers. Captain Donald Duncan and Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, who was chosen to lead the mission, figured out how to make it work. The B-25B Mitchell medium-bomber fit the requirements with its range, bomb load and, most importantly, ability to take off in a relatively short distance. It would require the entire latter attribute to launch from the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet (CV 8), which was the unorthodox launch platform chosen. Doolittle assembled his aircraft and crews at Eglin Field, Florida, in February 1942, with the Navy dispatching Lieutenant Henry Miller, a flight instructor from Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, to train the Army Air Forces in carrier take-off. By April, the airmen who would forever be known as the Doolittle Raiders were at sea on board Hornet steaming towards Japan On April 18, 1942, with Hornet having been observed by a Japanese vessel short of the intended launch point, Doolittle led his sixteen B-25Bs aloft 650 miles from Japan. The crews bombed industrial targets before setting course for China, with most bailing out or crash landing. One crew landed in the Soviet Union. Of the eighty Doolittle Raiders, three were killed in action during the mission and seven were captured by the Japanese, four of whom died in captivity. The material damage inflicted was minor, but the psychological impact on the Japanese was great. As a direct result of the raid, Japan decided to go forward with an operation against Midway Atoll, the resulting naval battle in June 1942, helping turn the tide of the Pacific War for the Allies. Just two months after the Doolittle Raid, the Navy contracted for a percentage of North American’s B-25 production, and in February 1943 began receiving the first of over 700 Mitchells produced for naval aviation. Designated PBJs, the aircraft became a mainstay in Marine Corps medium bombing squadrons, seven of which flew combat missions in the Pacific. Marine Bombing Squadron (VMB) 413 flew the aircraft’s first sorties in the Solomon Islands on March 14, 1944, and subsequent flights included daylight bombing over Rabaul, as well as night heckling missions. While most PBJ squadrons operated in the South Pacific, VMB-612 supported the drive across the Central Pacific. Specializing in low-altitude night attacks against enemy shipping, “Cram’s Rams” operated from airfields on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa during 1944-1945. All told, twenty-six Mitchells fell to enemy fire. Navy use of the PBJ was mainly experimental in nature, including catapult and arresting gear trials aboard the carrier Shangri-La (CV 38) in November 1944. The last Mitchells were stricken in 1948. The museum’s B-25J Mitchell flew in both the Army Air Forces and the civilian market. It is painted in the markings of the airplane flown by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle on the raid from the aircraft carrier Hornet. Specifications Manufacturer: North American Aviation, Inc. Dimensions: Length: 52 ft., 11 in.; Height: 16 ft., 4 in.; Wingspan: 67 ft., 7 in. Weights: Empty: 19,490 lb.; Gross: 35,000 lb. Power Plant: Two 1,700 horsepower Wright R-2600-92 engines Performance: Maximum Speed: 272 M.P.H. at 13,000 ft.; Service Ceiling: 24,200ft.; Range: 1,350 miles Armament: 20 forward-firing and flexible-mounted .50-in. guns, provisions for up to 3,000 lb., of ordnance” (history from National Naval Aviation Museum - https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/collections/aircraft/b/b-25j-mitchell.html) A brand new 1:48 B-25J!!! We are in fact in the Gold history of modelling!! The B-25 J was only represented in this scale by the ancient monogram model from 1981. The other version B/C/D and G have the venerable Accurate Miniature to represent them in a very satisfactory way but those molds already have more than 20 years. But the J version has in fact the most needed one in 1:48, for an actual new XXI century technology. And here enters Hong Kong Models with their brand new B-27 J “glazed nose” (basically is the glass nose version) with a curious detail on the box: “The Mitchell series”. So, I bet that a H version and a J solid version will be next on the row. Let´s see the model itself. The boxart is a very good and attractive one making what it mean for: convince modeler to buy it… and this boxart is a very good one. Its has an extra inside. A full and color drawing poster of the boxart. It’s a very nice touch from Hong Kong Model. Inside the box, all the sprues are packaged separately and the clear parts, as it should be, are also separately with a cardboard backing. Nice way to protect them. As an extra, in protect bag with carboard backing there two small photo etch brass frets are included in the kit, containing seatbelts, the cockpit exterior armour plating and some interior detail. Honestly, I don´t like these seatbelts. Honk Kong Model has included a pre-shaped metal nose weight. Don’t know if will be enough for avoid tail sitting but it will help to keep it on the right stand. Let´s check the plastic! I start with the fuselage. These are already removed from the sprue but you still need to clear the sprue connections remains. The plastic texture and molding are the best I ever see in a Hong Kong Model. The fuselage have all the negative rivets present with perfection and not overdone. I just love surface detail. The injection molding is very good and all the parts have sharp and well defined surface details. The wings and the fuselage have, in fact, top noch details. Speaking of wings, a nice details is given to the modeler, straight from the box: separate elevators and wing flaps. So, the modeler can choose the position of theses. Keeping in the wings the connection system to the fuselage is the same that I saw in the Grand Slam Lancaster, so the join will be perfect with no glue required with will be perfect to all of those that don’t have much display space or to transport the model to model show or convention. The high injection mold quality detail is present in all the model with rivet and panel lines very well defined. The cowling flaps in the open position and are quite thin. Yes, for the rivet modeler, a PE or thin more the plastic will do the job and give it a realistic scale thickness. The engines, the Wright R-2600, fourteen cylinder, twin-row radial engine. These, despite not being very visible (only from the front), the detail is inferior to all the rest of the kit. They are engines with a basic detail that is not in the parameters of the remaining kit. It is the weakest point of the kit, however given its visibility, it does not compromise the final result of the kit. This is the engine fully build (the PE is not totally glue and is from Eduard old PE set fro B-25J)... Not at the standart of the rest of the model but its more than enough to most modellers. The Hamilton Standard three-bladed propeller however is, for me, perfect in shape and detail. The wheels have some quite good external detail but they are in two parts so sanding the seam on the tire you will lose the diamond tread. I really don’t like wheels in two halves. Here, once again, the AM guys will come to the rescue. The armament are very well detail, directly from the box. Now the interior detail. Hong Kong Models give interior detail in the cockpit, front nose, tail and bomb bay. The cockpit is quite well detailed. No perfect but a good one directly from the box. Two things I think that could be better: the seats and the seatbelts given in PE. . So I think that AM companies have room here to give the modeler new seats and new seatbelts (I really dont like the seatbelts). The instrument panel is molded with recessed instrument faces and the decal sheet contains a single piece decal for the dial faces. The detail is very good. The bomb bay has a very good detail. I don’t particularly like bomb bay in general (I almost never leave it open) but this bomb bay was some crispy detail and a very busy look so I recommend to leave it open to show all that beautiful detail. Curious it`s that the bombay doors don’t have great detail inside with no double metal sheet recreation…. So here`s also a good point to improve with AM set. The tail gun has good and sufficient detail. The canvas boot that cover all the tail is very good detail, with some very nice texture simulating canvas! Nice one Hong Kong Models. The waist gun does have almost any interior detail expect the gun itself. Moving to the clear parts. These are in perfect shape, with no damage or distortion being perfectly clear. The general surface detail in all parts is very good even in small detail like the gun barrels. Sprue G contains all the parts, which are specific to the J model. So has we suspected and already said, new variants are coming in a near future for sure. So this sprue have the extra specific guns, ammo boxes, seat cushions needed to model the J variant. The instructions. It`s a booklet with 20 page on large format glossy paper with good and clear drawings being easy to follow all the indications. Colour are provided using AK, Tamiya and Gunze/Mr Hobby paints. The decals have very good registration and color pigmentation as it will be expected from Cartograph. Hong Kong Models give us two markings - "Cactus Kitten", a B-25J-11-NC, s/n 43-36041 from 501th BS./ 345th BG. - "She's Engaged", a B-25J-2, s/n 43-27559, flown by Lt. John W. Allen of he 380th BS, 310th BG and based at Ghisonaccia, Corsica. Conclusion: The B-25 is one of the most epic aircraft of WWII, at least for me. And if we wereqite well served with the Accurate Miniature molds of the B.25 B/C and D version, the J version only had its best representation in 1:48 with the old Monogram one. Now, Hong Kong Models came to the rescue and give us an state-of-art B-25 J in 1:48 (as its had given in 1:32) being the best one in this scale. Its perfect? Well, no model is and this one is no exception but it’s a fantastic model kit that I already build it and all the build has being flawless and I will make almost OOB (also there`s no AM itens yet) and the details are more than enoguht to get a fantastic B:25 J replica in 1:48. So do you self a favour, buy at least one! Very Highly Recommend. Our thanks to Honk Kong Model for the review samples and all the support given. To purchase this directly, click THIS link.

love it!!!

Its been a pleasure to see this beauty taking shape!

Well done!!! great job!

Hope that is not true... I would love a Kate in 1:32...

I love the Cutlass! Its quite a unique looking airplane! Its a shame that the Fisher`s one is the only game in town in 1:32. Ernie mate, if you ever want to sell one then, just let me know.

Nice re-release to light up 2023 modelling year! Looking forward to se what Special Hobby and MPM group will have to offer in 2023. Cheers Fran

Thanks Petr. A 2023 full of sucess to you and all Special Hobby team!

Be positive. This year, the Helldiver is almost at the finish line... so at least one!

Sorry @Artful69 I didnt saw your post! If I did i would have deleted mine!

Well, 2022 is almost over and we already have news for 2023 releases... So, what I saw in a couple days: HK Models 1:32 A-20G Revell 1:32 Meteor F.3 GWH 1:48 A-10 Halberd 1:32 Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk 1:32 Copper State Model Bristol Scout 1:32 Vintage Series SR-71 1:32 Trumpeter F-35 Kotare 1:32 Spitfire will only be available in Feb/March. 2023 (but, yes its a 2021 announcement)

love it!! Great Great Work!

I`m in as all years!! we are mainly Air modeller but i think that there are some AFV modeller as well... So I enter with this

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Make more with what? sales?

No idea... IF I had to guess, I would say that would be around the same price as the 1:32 B-25

A-20 G 1:32 Hong Kong Models At Scale Model World, Hong Kong Models made a new 1:32 kit announcement. The wait was long (for me at least) and I was very keen to know what was the new model kit from HK Models. And then, PUF!!! A A-20 was announce on facebook page… with a solid nose so probably the solid nose. Several CAD were share on the internet by HK Models. That was confirm on 12tH November, Saturday, when lots of pictures were share on several social networks with the A-20G sprues. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a test sample sprues directly from HK Models CEO (Neil, thanks a lot my friend). This is not the final test shoot and it doesn’t have any number pieces indication, as it doesn’t have any instructions, PE fret or decals. Just and simply the plastic. Well, one point of the previous HK Models release that was talked about was the lack of interior detail. Well the detail was there but not totally pleasant to the 1:32 modeller. Starting for the interior, that´s a lots of details, in a much more refine surface details on the parts. This model has full interior, having interiors details along on the fuselage. The cockpit is very comprehensive. Remember that I don’t have the PE fret so if it comes with the seatbelts, it’s a good cockpit OOB. Even thought, there`s still room for the AM to come in. The wings and the fuselage. The surface details is very very good. The best of all HK Models without a doubt. It`s very subtle and there’s the stress-skin surface with all the little negative rivets. Its present in all fuselage, wings and tail wings. The fuselage has full inteiror detail, as the bomb bay: The engines have very good details, straight from the box. Could be better. Probably yes but AM guys will have a tons of fun on these engines. However, I quite happy with those straight from box. The undercarriage and wheels bay are quite well achieved. I must say that I`m quite impressed in the detail in the wheels bays. In this area, there`s space for AM as usual, but sincerely, for me it will be a waste of time and money as it on OBB is will be great for such a “hidden” area. The nose it is a model by itself. Its extraordinary the amount of detail, of the guns and the gun bay. The upper Turret has a sprue for itself. as the rest of the model it has detail enought to have a great result straight from the box. The clear parts. They have good definition and clarity being in fact, transparente. Now, the main concern: the fitting. The simple cut of the fuselage and wings, and the fit is marvelous in their main parts. The tail wings, the tail have connection points very well thought so there no problem of fitting also whatsoever, even thought I can`t try it without glue it. I`m using as “instructions” some renderings that was given by HK Models but it hasn’t been easy! Conclusion: What an epic release. Very good (and I mean really good) interior details in all parts since the nose across all fuselage, far superior of other HK Models releases. An extra bonus and really nice surprise is the surface detail. Is very suttle effect of the skin-stressed fuselage and a brillant work on the CAD and great work of injection department. This a show-stopper anywhere straight from the box and I still didn’t have seen the PE freet, the instructions and the decals! Stunning release of an unique A-20G in 1:32. Kudos for HK Models! My truly thanks to Neil from HK Models for this test shot.

GWH are that bad?? 😵 Waiting for one Hawk as we speak!!

Hi guys. Has you all know, Hk Models announced in SMW Telford 2022, a 1:32 A20-G. I was lucky enough to get, directly from Neil, HK Models CEO, a test sample for the upcoming 1:32 A-20G. So I have to make a quick review (Still working on it) but I also wnated to start building it, even without any instructions, no PE seatbels, no decals... just the plastic.!! I will post some pics of the current build of this one... hoping for some decals in the near future, before the painting!