Apart from a handful of 1:48 scale Messerschmitt Bf-109s and a pair of 1:32 scale Grumman F6F Hellcats, it would appear as if Hobby Master is content to keep releasing jets as part of its overall strategy to maintain equilibrium well into 2022. For May, for instance, even more jets are in the offing according to their latest announcement, with no sign of any inter war era prop-driven aircraft or 1:72 scale ground vehicles anywhere in sight. Even new toolings seem to have slowed down, in favor of adding more familiar aircraft collectors have been requesting over the last several months. This isn’t necessarily a knock against the Company – just an observation that they seem happy of late to maintain a conservative release schedule replete with jets that sell out month-after-month both here and around the globe. Be that as it may, here’s a list of what you can expect to see hit the tarmac this coming May:
Hobby Master 1:72 scale US Navy Northrop F-5N Tiger II Fighter – 761557, VFC-111 “Sundowners”, Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, November 2020 [Aggressor Scheme]Hobby Master 1:72 scale US Navy Northrop F-5N Tiger II Fighter – 761554, VFC-111 “Sundowners”, Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, 2021 [Aggressor Scheme]Hobby Master 1:72 scale US Navy McDonnell F-4H Phantom II Fighter-Bomber – 148423h, Test Pilot CDR John Watts Young, Project High Jump, April 1962Hobby Master 1:72 scale US Navy McDonnell F-4H-1 Phantom II Fighter-Bomber – 148390f, VF-74 “Bedevilers”, USS Forrestal (CVA-59), 1962Hobby Master 1:72 scale USAF General Dynamics F-16C Viper Fighter – 96-0080, 480th Fighter Squadron “Warhawks”, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, 2020Hobby Master 1:72 scale USAF Convair F-102A Delta Dagger Interceptor – 61363, 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 163rd Fighter Interceptor Group, Van Nuys, California, 1970sHobby Master 1:72 scale USMC Boeing F-18A Hornet Strike Fighter – VMFA-314 “Black Knights”, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, 2019Hobby Master 1:72 scale USMC Lockheed-Martin F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter – VMFA-314 “Black Knights”, June 2019 [Low-Vis Scheme]Hobby Master 1:72 scale Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi F-15DJ Eagle Multi-Role Fighter – 92-8068, JASDF Aggressor, 2013 [Aggressor Scheme]Hobby Master 1:72 scale Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Grumman F-14A Tomcat Fleet Defense Fighter – 82nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Esfahan/Shahid Beheshti International Airport, Iran, 1987
