December Hobby Master Releases.

For December we have a new 1/72 Douglas A-26 Invader!!!! This is a new for diecast collectors. Next we have to celebrate the Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney in the form of a P-51D Cripes a Mighty in 1/48 and in 1/72 an F-22 with a dash of colour also called Cripes a Mighty.

The pilot of Cripes, Major George Preddy, was a leading US ace prior to being shot down and killed of the 25th December 1944 while he was on the tail of an Fw-190 (if I recall correctly). He was a victim of friendly fire, being shot down by American quad .50s.

There's also a Greek F-102, two MiG 15 in two different Chinese / Taiwanese schemes and an Australian A-4.

November Hobby Master Releases.

Hobby Master have announced a new tooling in the form of the DC-2 in 1/200. This 1930s airliner was the predecessor to the DC-3. Also of interest in 1/200 is the KC-97G inflight refueling tanker.

In 1/72 there's a Romanian Stuka, a Vietnam A-4 Skyhawk, the pilot of which is still MIA but is a US Medal of Honour winner. There's also a Canadian Beaufighter, US Marines SNJ-3 (Harvard) and another Avenger. 

In 1/48 there's couple of new Mustangs, P-12 and P-26. Interestingly Hobby Master is creating new models with broader appeal by doing representions from different countries across the range of scales.