Hobby Master Air Power Series
 Hobby Master is set up by a group of hobby enthusiasts and specialists who endeavor to establish new industrial standards in the diecast space. Their goal is to build collector items which provide unprecedented levels of enjoyment for their customers. Collectors will be amazed by these highly innovative and detailed Hobby Master diecast military aircraft!
#HA2503 - 2nd Issue: USAF Republic F-105D Thunderchief Fighter-Bomber - "Memphis Belle II", 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, RTAB Takhli, Thailand (1:72 Scale)
Note: Due to stringent MAP guidelines enforced by the distributor, we are unable to extend any promotional discounts to the Hobby Master line of military replicas.
-- Updated July 2nd, 2009 --
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Hobby Master Wrestles with a 'Wild Boar'
Aviation enthusiasts have been waiting with baited breath for a number of new product announcements from Hobby Master and here's one they can really sink their teeth into. In an effort to bolster their line of 1:48 scale combat aircraft, the manufacturer intends to offer their first ever German Fw 190A-8 fighter (HA7401). Based on a mount flown by Oberstleutnant Walter Dahl who was assigned to Jagdgeschwader 300, their inaugural Focke Wulf bears the infamous 'Wild Sau' ('Wild Boar') insignia, indicating it was designed for bomber interception and, if necessary, ramming operations against incoming heavy bombers to break up their formations. Look for the first bird to cut a swath of destruction sometime in July....[posted 4/15/2009]
Hobby Master Initiates Its Rolling Thunder Campaign
For months, speculation has been running rampant concerning Hobby Master's next, newly-tooled aircraft. Earlier today, the cat was let-out-of-the-bag when we learned that they planned to offer a 1:72 scale rendition of the illustrious F-105 Thunderchief. Developed by Republic Aviation, the same makers of the Thunderbolt, Thunderstreak and Thunderjet combat aircraft, the Thunderchief was quite literally the workhorse of the USAF during the early portion of the Vietnam Conflict, capable of carrying twice the bombload of the F-100 Super Sabre. The first F-105D "Thud" (#HA2501) is now available for pre-order, and we believe this model could easily become their best-selling plane of 2009...[posted 3/12/2009]
Hobby Master Adds the Israeli Phantom II to Its Aerial Armada
When Hobby Master announced their intent to model the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber in 2008, it was perhaps just a matter of time before they would get around to offering one of the most important export versions ever to see action. The Israeli Kurnass (F-4E) played a central role in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and has seen extensive service in air-to-air and air-to-ground actions following the war. The Hobby Master version (HA1909) is expected sometime this spring and will likely become one of the most coveted F-4 Phantom IIs amongst aviation enthusiasts....[posted 1/23/2009]
Hobby Master Straps on the Peashooter
Its no secret that Hobby Master has garnered much of its success by offering aircraft replicas no other modelmaker would think of tackling. Case in point, the Boeing P-26 Peashooter. The "Peashooter", as it came to be known by its pilots, was the first all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the United States Army Air Corps. The prototype first flew in 1932, and were used by the Air Corps as late as 1941 in the Philippines. Due to its size, Hobby Master has elected to replicate the aircraft in 1:48 scale, and will no doubt offer a myriad of paint schemes as production gears up. Look for the first pair of examples (HA7501 and HA7502) to take wing sometime this spring....[posted 1/21/2009]
Hobby Master Takes the Wraps Off of Their Beaufighters
With the holidays looming large, Hobby Master decided to place a pair of gifts under the Christmas tree. Earlier this week, the company unveiled photographs of their upcoming 1:72 scale Beaufighters, one depicting a low-level torpedo bomber (HA2301) and the other an early war night fighter (HA2302). Both are scheduled to see active service in early 2009.
In other news, images were also supplied for their soon-to-be-released MiG 15 in captured US markings, based upon the plane flown by a defecting North Korean pilot in late 1953 and put through its paces by test pilot Tom Collins (HA2403)...[posted 12/12/2008]
 Hobby Master Catches Hell and is Proud of It!
Sure, it's a play on words, but Hobby Master has quickly become the turn to company that is willing to produce some of the less obscure aircraft and liveries in the military market. For instance, when it comes to World War II, the manufacturer has annouced a third pattern in their upcoming Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive-bomber series (HA2203), this one based on a plane embarked upon the USS Bunker Hill. Fast forwarding to the Vietnam War, the company intends to offer a Royal Australian Air Force F-4E Phantom fighter-bomber (HA1908), awash in a dark southeast asia camouflage pattern. And, if that isn't enough, they're toying with a Taiwanese Mirage 2000-5 jet fighter, handsomely adorned in a blue-on-blue paint scheme (HA1609). Other aircraft are also in the mix, all scheduled for an early 2009 release...[posted 11/16/2008]
New Product Showcase
 One of the nice things about our new site is that it now allows us to highlight some of the more noteworthy items being released by each manufacturer. In the case of Hobby Master, what follows is a list of some of the more intriguing products that have just arrived which we feel would be of interest to the savvy collector.
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