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05/06/2023
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New to pre-order Hobby Master HA3580 F/A-18C Hornet (165217; NE400) US Navy, VFA-34 Blue Blasters 2015

New to pre-order from Hobby Master HA3580 F/A-18C Hornet (165217; NE400) US Navy, VFA-34 Blue Blasters 2015. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £79.95. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a supersonic twin engine all-weather night fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18s first flew in November 1978 and the first 1987 production switched to the F/A-18C. Variants A and C are single-seat aircraft while B and D are tandem-seats. The Hornet can operate from either aircraft carriers or land bases with the capability of... Read More

05/06/2023
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New to pre-order Hobby Master HA5248 F-14D Tomcat (164604) United States Navy, VX-9 Vampires 1997

New to pre-order from Hobby Master HA5248 F-14D Tomcat (164604) United States Navy, VX-9 Vampires 1997. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £99.95. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a twin-engine, variable sweep wings capable of supersonic flight. The aircraft is crewed by a Pilot and a Radar Intercept Officer who share the tasks of navigation, target acquisition, ECM and weapons usage. The Tomcat was operated by the United States Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force only. The name “Tomcat” is said to come... Read More

05/06/2023
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New to pre-order Hobby Master HA6110 Sukhoi Su-25M1 (Blue 19) Ukrainian Air Force, 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade Lt. Col. Zhybrov February 2022

New to pre-order from Hobby Master HA6610 Sukhoi Su-25M1 (Blue 19) Ukrainian Air Force, 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade Lt. Col. Zhybrov February 2022. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £84.95. In 1999 Russia decided to upgrade their aging Su-25 aircraft with actual work beginning in 2001. The first of the upgraded aircraft designated Su-25SM (Stroyevoy Modernizirovannyi) Grach (Rook) flew on March 3, 2002 with the first six modernized aircraft entering service with the Russian Air Force in December 2006. The idea behind the modernization was to... Read More

05/05/2023
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New to pre-order Zoukeimura SWS21 Super Wing Series 1:32 Focke Wulf Fw190 A-4 ‘SIEGFRIED SCHNELL’ Aviation Model Kit

New to pre-order from Zoukeimura SWS21 Super Wing Series 1:32 Focke Wulf Fw190 A-4 ‘SIEGFRIED SCHNELL’ Aviation Model Kit, pre-orders for this 1:32 scale kit are being taken at £94.95. Decal Options: Decal No.1 – Fw 190 A-4, 9./JG2, “Yellow4”, W.Nr.140746, flown by Hptm. Siegfried Schnell, France, Jan. 1943 Decal No.2 – Fw 190 A-4, Stab.I /JG54, “Chevron – Double Bar”, Russia, Feb.1943 The Fw 190 was well liked by its pilots and some of the Luftwaffe’s most successful fighter aces claimed many a victory while flying it. The Fw... Read More

04/05/2023
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New to pre-order Corgi AA29301 BAe Harrier GR7A, ZD437/49A ‘Michelle’, RAF No.1 Squadron, Operation Herrick, RAF Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2007

New to pre-order from Corgi AA29301  BAe Harrier GR7A, ZD437/49A ‘Michelle’, RAF No.1 Squadron, Operation Herrick, RAF Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2007. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £144.95. Marking a significant development in the history of this magnificent aircraft, the Harrier II may have shared many visual similarities with its famous VSTOL predecessor, however, was actually a very different aeroplane altogether, one which owed much to the American McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Essentially, this new generation of Harrier was a completely different aircraft, a much more capable aeroplane... Read More

04/05/2023
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New and due in stock soon Corgi AA38211 C-47A Skytrain 42-100521 ‘Night Fright’ 79th TCS, 436th TCG, Membury, 5th/6th June 1944

New to pre-order from and due in stock soon Corgi AA38211 C-47A Skytrain 42-100521 ‘Night Fright’ 79th TCS, 436th TCG, Membury, 5th/6th June 1944. Pre-orders for this 1:72 scale model are being taken at £107.95 including free UK delivery. With the long-anticipated invasion of Europe now imminent, some new arrivals turned up at US Station 466 Membury airfield in the last few days of May 1944, the paratroopers of the famous 101st Airborne Division ‘Screaming Eagles’, members of the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion and a detachment of the 326th... Read More