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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1329 A-10C Thunderbolt II 80-0275 2019 A-10 Demo Team October 1975 saw delivery of the first USAF A-10A and deployment in March 1976. Built specifically for close ground support the pilot is protected by titanium armor while being covered by a bubble canopy giving a commanding view. The Warthog has everything needed to survive, dual engines; self-sealing fuel cells; redundant flight control systems protected by titanium armor; a 30 mm seven-barrel Gatling...

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA4210 Douglas A-20G Havoc "Little Joe" 43-21475, 389th BS, 312th BG, 5th AF, early 1945 With war approaching America knew it would be called upon to aid their Allies so a new aircraft would need to be developed. Douglas Aircraft designer Ed Heinemann's DB-7/A-20 was chosen to be the new attack-bomber. The prototype flew in December 1938 with the first production aircraft flew on August 17, 1939. Production ran until September 1944 with 7,478 aircraft built....

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA8750 BF 109G-6 "Erich Hartmann" 4./JG 52 Hungary, 1944 The first Bf-109G "Gustav" entered service in March 1942. New features were a pressurized cockpit with three larger guns mounted on the nose and none on the wings but could be field mounted. The Bf-109G could overheat causing oil leaks; starting a fire forcing the pilot to bail out. The Gustav was produced in many variants including long-range fighters, recon fighters and bomber destroyers. The...

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA5229 Grumman F-14A Tomcat 160408, VF-84, USS Theodore Roosevelt, May 1993 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 from the call-sign...

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA4421 Lockheed Martin F-35A 134th FS, 158th FW, Burlington Int'l Airport, Vermont Air Guard, Sept 2019 The Lockheed F-35 is an advanced stealth fifth generation fighter combining speed and superb agility. There are three variants; F-35A, B and C. The F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) and has four internal weapons stations in two weapons bays plus three optional external weapons stations. The F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) variant...

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA4422 Lockheed Martin F-35I "Adir" No.902, 140 Squadron, IAF, August 2016 The Lockheed F-35 is an advanced stealth fifth generation fighter combining speed and superb agility. There are three variants; F-35A, B and C. The F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) and has four internal weapons stations in two weapons bays plus three optional external weapons stations. The F-35B STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) variant while the F-35C is a CV...

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA4318 F-86F Sabre "Blue Impulse" 02-7960, JASDF The North American F-86 Sabre was manufactured from 1949 - 1956 and was America's first swept-wing fighter. As well as being built in the U.S. variants were built in Canada and Australia bringing the total of all variants manufactured to 9,860 units. During the Korean War the Sabre arrived to take on the other swept-wing aircraft of the conflict, the MiG-15 Fagot. The Americans disputed. Japan received the...

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power SeriesHA5116F/A-18E Super HornetNF200 (CAG Aircraft), VFA-27 "Royal Maces"USS Ronald Reagan, 2017The McDonnell Douglas Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet is a twin-engine multi-role carrier-based aircraft. The �E� variant is single-seater while the �F� variant is a tandem-seat configuration. The �E� is a much larger, more advanced and more capable variant of the F/A-18C. The Super variant can carry a larger array of weapons as well as more of them and is capable of...

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA5117 F/A-18F "1 Squadron 100th Anniversary" A44-210, 1 Squadron, RAAF, 2019 The McDonnell Douglas Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet is a twin-engine multi-role carrier-based aircraft. The "E" variant is single-seater while the "F" variant is a tandem-seat configuration. The "E" is a much larger, more advanced and more capable variant of the F/A-18C. The Super variant can carry a larger array of weapons as well as more of them and is capable of returning to the...

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA7745 P-51K Mustang "Tall In the Saddle" 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, WWII Later in WWII the Allied bombers were flying deep into Germany but suffered tremendous losses because of the lack of range the fighter escorts had. German fighters would wait beyond the range of the Allied fighters and then attack the vulnerable bombers. Once the P-51, called Mustang by the British, had the Allison engine replaced with a British Merlin it possessed the...

HL1407 Space Shuttle mission 51-L, OV-099 "Challenger", January 1986 The U.S. Space Shuttle program started with the awarding of the contract to Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division. There were 6 shuttles built, Enterprise OV-101 (Orbital Vehicle) for testing, Columbia OV-102, Challenger OV-099, Discovery OV-103, Atlantis OV-104 and Endeavour OV-105. The first of 135 Space Shuttle missions took place April 12, 1981 and lasted 2 days 6 hours when STS-1 (Space...

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA7854 Spitfire Mk. Vb AB972/UD-W F/L Brendan "Paddy" Finucane No. 452 Sqn., RAAF, RAF Kenley Oct 1941 The first Spitfire Mk V was produced in January 1941 and proved to be as good as the Mk III and less complicated. The Mk V was the most produced variant of the Spitfire and the main version throughout 1941 and was a better aircraft than the Bf-109 but that all changed with the introduction of the Fw-190. The Mk V remained the RAF fighter through the summer...