Hobby Master’s 1:48 scale USAAF North American P-51B Mustang Fighter – Lieutenant Steve Pisanos, 334th Fighter Squadron “Fighting Eagles”, 4th Fighter Group, Essex, England, May 1944
Perhaps channeling or celebrating the life of the late great disco singer, Donna Summer, Hobby Master announced yet another wave of new diecast aircraft that are slated to hit the dance floor in September 2023. No surprises were included – rather most are based upon tried-and-true subjects that have sold well over the course of the last few years. Interestingly, a standard as well as a signature edition P-51 Mustang, based upon Steve Pisanos’ famed USAAF mount, is included in the mix even though the war hero passed away back in 2016. Not sure how they managed that but I’m sensing a theme here and I’ll let Hobby Master explain away that one. Anyway, here now the rest of the dance card:
Hobby Master’s 1:48 scale USAAF North American P-51C Mustang Fighter – Lieutenant William T Whisner, “Princess Elizabeth”, 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group, RAF Bodney, England, 1944Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale RCAF McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo Fighter – 409 “Nighthawk” Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, 1982Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale USAF McDonnell F-101B Voodoo Fighter – 50-80308, 62nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron “Spike War Dogs”, Ki Sawyer AFB, Michigan, 1965Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale USAF McDonnell F-4E Phantom II Fighter-Bomber – 68-0531, 163rd Fighter Squadron “Blacksnakes”, 122nd Tactical Fighter Group, Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 1987Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale USAF General Dynamics F-16B Viper Fighter – 920458, “Top Gun”, 90th Anniversary of Naval Aviation, NSAWC, 2009 [Anniversary Scheme]Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale USAF General Dynamics F-16A Viper Fighter – 920409, “Centennial of Naval Aviation”, 2006-2008 [Anniversary Scheme]Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD “Flogger-K” Fighter – “White 36” (1:72 Scale)Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale RAF Panavia GR. Mk. 1 Tornado IDS All-Weather Bomber – “Debbie”, ZD790, 31 Squadron, Bahrain, 1991 (1:72 Scale)Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale Ukrainian Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29C ‘Fulcrum-C’ Fighter – “Yellow 45,” “The Ghost of Kyiv”, Ukraine, 2022Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale Russian Sukhoi Su-35S “Flanker-E” Multirole Fighter – “Blue 01”, 116th Combat Application Training Center of Fighter Aviation, VKS, September 2022Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale US Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat Fleet Defense Fighter – 163904, VF-31 “Tomcatters”, September 2006 [Low-Vis Scheme]Hobby Master’s 1:72 scale USAF Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle Multi-Role Fighter – 71-0291, McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1980
