Remarks: "cn 6S/649205". Post-WWII silver paint scheme.
Status: Limited Production    Units: 1000

1/48 scale pre-finished
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.
Cockpit slides open.
Cockpit side door opens.
Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
Comes with display stand.
Landing gear is fully retractable and can be displayed up or down.
Removable wing ammo bay covers.
Propeller is metal.
Extremely sought after by collectors.

The Mk. XIV was a Mk. VIII airframe originally with a Griffon 61 engine and later the Griffon 65. These engines generated so much power that a 5-bladed propeller had to be used. A cut-down rear fuselage was mated with a teardrop canopy to give the pilot an all round better view. There were 957 of these aircraft produced.

Built by the Vickers Supermarine facility at Keevil around the end of 1944, this Spitfire Mk XIV had a construction number 6S/649205 and was assigned serial number MV 293 and somewhere along the way was registered as OI-C. It was stored by the RAF until early 1945. In February 1945 it was sent, from 33MU at RAF Lyneham, to India for use by Air Command Southeast Asia. Here it was loaned to the RIAF (Royal Indian Air Force) 8 Squadron October 15, 1945. May 12 1946 Officer SM Ahmed landed the aircraft with the tail wheel retracted. It became part of the IAF inventory December 12, 1947 and in 1949 went to the IAF Technical Training Centre (TTC) in Jalahalli where it was used as a ground instructional airframe with markings T-20. In 1978 the War Birds of Great Britain bought the plane and shipped it back in crates to the UK.
In 1978 the registration G-BGHB was saved for the aircraft but never used. But in 1979 the registration G-SPIT was assigned and after a lengthy restoration period the aircraft made its first fully restored flight on August 14 1992 wearing an all silver post WWII paint scheme. In 2000 the aircraft was repainted and re-marked MV268/JE-J as a tribute

Detalii pe WhatsApp? Detalii pe Mess? ]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 14:12:17 +0300 MACHETA METALICA Hobby Master Grumman F3F-1 United States Navy 1:48

Length: 14.71 cm Wingspan: 20.31 cm

Remarks: "BuNo 0256, VF-7, Neutrality Patrol, USS Wasp, 1940".
Status: Limited Production    Units: 1000

1/48 scale pre-finished
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.
Cockpit slides open.
Moveable rudder
Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
Comes with display stand.
Can be displayed with landing gear up or down.

In 1938 the USN ordered an improved version of the F3F-2 because the replacement monoplane Brewster F2A and F4F Wildcat were delayed in development. To accomplish this Grumman started to modify the 65th F3F-2 to F3F-3 standards with 26 more aircraft being produced as F3F-3. The modifications were comprised of an upgraded engine with a smaller diameter propeller and a modified cowling as well as small flaps and revised leading edges. The armament wasn’t  changed. By the end of 1941 the entire operational biplane fleet was replaced but 117 were sent to various bases for training and transportation. The F3F-3 had two distinctions; it was the last of the USN biplanes as well as being the fastest carrier-borne biplane in the world.

The first F3F-1 was accepted on January 29, 1936. Throughout the 1930’s and early 1940’s military aircraft had some of the brightest and most colorful paint schemes. VF-7 was no different with this aircraft painted in the colors of its Commanding Officer on board the USS Wasp (CV-7). In September 1939 because of the outbreak of war in Europe, Neutrality Patrols were formed to seek out and track any war-like actions in Atlantic. At first aircraft such as the F3F-1 were one of those used for this purpose. Eventually were joined by 77 destroyers and mine-layers that had been in storage. Because they were part of a Neutrality Patrol the aircraft also carried additional national insignias on the forward fuselage. VF-7 was the last Navy Fighter Squadron to be equipped


Detalii pe WhatsApp? Detalii pe Mess? ]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 14:12:17 +0300 MACHETA METALICA Hobby Master Spitfire PR Mk XIX Royal Air Force 1:48

Length: 18.96 cm Wingspan: 23.33 cm Height: 7.29 cm

Remarks: PL965
Status: Limited Production    Units: Limited

Die-cast metal.
1/48 scale pre-finished.
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.
Canopy slides open.
Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
Comes with display stand.
Landing gear is fully retractable and can be displayed up or down.
Propeller is metal.
Extremely sought after by collectors.

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied coun

Detalii pe WhatsApp? Detalii pe Mess? ]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 14:12:17 +0300 MACHETA METALICA Hobby Master Hawker Fury "Munich Crisis" Royal Air Force 1:48

Length: 16.93 cm Wingspan: 19.05 cm Height: 6.46 cm

43 Squadron, RAF, 1938
Status: Limited Production    Units: Limited

1/48 scale pre-finished
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.
Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
Comes with display stand.

The first flight of the Hawker Fury I took place in March 1931. Because of the Great Depression and the high cost of the Fury only 118 were produced for the RAF. It was the first RAF operational aircraft to exceed 200 mph in level flight. In May 1931 No. 43 Squadron was the first to receive the new aircraft. Starting in 1936 five RAF squadrons received the new improved Fury II. Seven foreign air forces ordered the Fury II. In 1939 the RAF Furys were replaced by Gladiators and Hurricanes.

After occupying Austria in March 1938 Hitler made demands that part of Czechoslovakia that formerly was German territory and was taken away as a result of WWI, be returned to Germany  or he would invade. In early September 1938 Prime Ministers of Britain and France met with Hitler and reached an agreement that Czechoslovakia cede the Sudetenland to Germany thus avoiding war. The Czechs reluctantly agreed and there was a meeting in Munich on September 29, 1938 where after hearing that Czechoslovakia had agreed Hitler added new demands that German troops be allowed to occupy the territory and again Hitler was appeased and

Detalii pe WhatsApp? Detalii pe Mess? ]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 14:12:17 +0300 MACHETA METALICA Hobby Master Hawker Fury Mk. I  "K5674" Royal Air Force 1:48

Length: 16.93 cm Wingspan: 19.05 cm Height: 6.46 cm

43 Squadron, RAF, 1938
Status: Limited Production    Units: Limited

1/48 scale pre-finished
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.
Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
Comes with display stand.

The first flight of the Hawker Fury I took place in March 1931. Because of the Great Depression and the high cost of the Fury only 118 were produced for the RAF. It was the first RAF operational aircraft to exceed 200 mph in level flight. In May 1931 No. 43 Squadron was the first to receive the new aircraft. Starting in 1936 five RAF squadrons received the new improved Fury II. Seven foreign air forces ordered the Fury II. In 1939 the RAF Furys were replaced by Gladiators and Hurricanes.

Hawker Fury Mk. I  "K5674" was built as c/n 41H-67550 and delivered to 2 ASU (Armament Support Unit) Cardington on November 20, 1935. On June 2, 1936 K5674 was delivered to 43 Squadron at Tangmere and became the personal aircraft of F/O F. Rosier from December 9, 1936 until February 22, 1939. It became the property of the South Africa AF in late 1940 as serial 215. In 1941 it was written off, discovered in a f

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Length: 31 cm Wingspan: 36 cm Height: 13 cm
Stand inclus

Remarks: Named "Stinger VII". "Major Robert W. Moore, 45th FS, Iwo Jima, June 1945".
Registration:  44-63483/67

Detalii pe WhatsApp? Detalii pe Mess? ]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 14:12:17 +0300 MACHETA METALICA Air Force 1 Xian JH-7 FBC-1 Flying Leopard Chinese Air Force 1:48

Length: 47 cm Wingspan: 28 cm Height: 33 cm
Stand inclus


Detalii pe WhatsApp? Detalii pe Mess? ]]> Sat, 02 May 2026 14:12:17 +0300 MACHETA METALICA Hobby Master Messerschmitt BF 109E-3 Romanian Air Force 1:48

Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 20.56  cm

Status: Limited Production  

1/48 scale pre-finished
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings pad applied for superb results.

Pilot inclus.

Manufacturer: Hobby Master Make/Model: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3

Airline: Romanian Air Force Scale: 1:48

Part #: HA8721 DiMA ID #: 85249

Registration: Yellow 9 Engines: 1 Daimler-Benz DB 605A

Country: Romania Continent: Europe

Production: 2022 - 2022 Units Made: Limited

Rolling Gears: No Includes Stand: No

Notes: Named "Hai Fetito". "No.9, Lt. loan Di Cesare, Grupul 7, Karpovka-Stalingrad, November 1941"

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series

HA8721

BF 109E-3 "Hai Fetito" No.9, Lt. loan Di Cesare, Grupul 7, Romanian Air Force, Karpovka-Stalingrad, November 1941

General Background

The first German mass produced 109 fighter was the Bf-109E that has been mistakenly referred to as the Me-109. The Bf is the designator for the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) (Bavarian Aircraft Works) that produced the original aircraft. In 1938 Messerschmitt took over BFW but throughout WWII German handbooks and documents referred to the aircraft as the Bf-109. By the end of 1939 the Bf-109E (Emil) had replaced all other 109 variants and equipped 13 Gruppens with 40 aircraft each. The Bf-109 was the main single-engine aircraft until the Fw-190 came along.

The Aircraft

In December 1939 Romania ordered 50 Bf-109Es, 11 delivered in 1940 and the remaining 39 arriving one year later. These aircraft equipped the new Grupul 7 Vanatoare in time for them to take part in operation Barbarossa. But by mid 1941 the group had lost aircraft and was withdrawn to be replenished with 15 used German Bf-109E-7s. The unit returned to the front in time for the Battle of Stalingrad. Grupul 7 had 8 aircraft captured by the Soviets including Bf-109E3 No. 9 “Hai Fetito” flown by Lt. loan Di Cesare who is credited with 16 victories.

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