While the Company continues to shuffle around some of its previous introductions, and beef up many of its strongest categories, Hobby Master took time away from their busy schedule to announce their late summer lineup. Although no new toolings were debuted, there were a number of notable new offerings, including their first ever subject from the Spanish Civil War: a Messerschmitt Bf-109E3 attached to the Luftwaffe’s Condor Legion. Designed to test the mettle of Goring’s young air force, the Condor Legion would go on to play a key role in the war between the Republican and Communist forces dueling for control over Spain from 1936 to 1939.

Here’s the rest of what you can expect to see when the summer draws to a close and everyone climbs back into their cockpit, er, returns to work:

Even as we begin packing up the February Hobby Master releases that showed up this week, we’re already looking ahead to the summer when the latest flock of warbirds materializes. That said, here’s a quick-and-dirty at what you can expect to set off for the wild blue yonder this coming July:

With Chinese New Year fast approaching, Hobby Master wasted no time re-jiggering its mid-year lineup and adding a bevy of new aircraft for a June delivery. While no new toolings were shown, several of their newest warbirds have been requested for several months, including an Israeli F-16C Barak fighter that took part in joint operations with the Luftwaffe over German skies as part of Exercise Blue Wing 2020. Here now some of the latest aircraft added to the Hobby Master aerial armada.

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Now that the holiday season has come and gone, we can at last get down to business and start hawking some of the latest additions to our product portfolio. In the case of Hobby Master, several new aircraft were debuted in late December, all of which are tentatively scheduled for a May release. While no new toolings were shown, several of their most popular models are being hauled out again for a re-purpose and re-dress, which should make aviation collectors giddy with glee when they roll off of the assembly line. Here now the newest introductions to our burgeoning Hobby Master inventory:

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To learn more about these items, simply click on each image, which will take you directly to the product listing.

Even though their shipments have fallen behind schedule, that doesn’t mean Hobby Master hasn’t set its eyes on the coming year. Several new warplanes were announced recently, perhaps the most notable being their first 1:72 scale Sukhoi Su-57 “Felon” stealth fighter, which is clad in a scintillating digital camouflage scheme. Here now the list of what you can look forward to nabbing in early 2021:

#HA8751 – German Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 “Gustav” Fighter – “Green 1”, Hermann Graf, Jagdgeschwader 50, Neubiberg, Germany, September 1943 (1:48 Scale)

#HA3882 – USAF General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon Fighter – 88-0454, 8th Fighter Squadron “Black Sheep”, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 2017 (1:72 Scale)

#HA3880 – USAF General Dynamics F-16C Block 40 Fighting Falcon Fighter – 88-0428, South Dakota Air National Guard “70th Anniversary”, 2016 [Anniversary Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA3897 – USAF General Dynamics F-16CM Fighting Falcon Fighter – 92-3894, PACAF Viper Demo Team “Primo”, Komaki Base, Japan, 2019 [Low Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA1330 – USAF Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II Ground Attack Aircraft – 81-0976, 354th Fighter Squadron “Bulldogs”, Incirlik AFB, Turkey, April 2017 (1:72 Scale)

#HA2811B – USAF Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor Air Dominance Fighter – Raptor 01, “Spirit of America” [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA4522 – USAF Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle Multi-Role Fighter – 01-2004, “‘Mi Amigo'” 75th Anniversary Fly Pass”, 494th Fighter Squadron, Lakenheath, England, February 22nd, 2019 [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA4910 – US Navy Lockheed S-3B Viking Anti-Submarine Aircraft – Bu.No. 160581, VX-30 “Bloodhounds”, “100 Years of Naval Aviation”, Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, 2011 (1:72 Scale)

#HA4911 – US Navy Lockheed S-3B Viking Anti-Submarine Aircraft – Bu.No. 160147, VX-30 “Bloodhounds”, Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, 2016 (1:72 Scale)

#HA6609 – German Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon Multi-Role Fighter – 30+09 “Bronze Tiger”, TktLwG 74, Neuburg Air Base, “Tiger Meet 2014” [Tiger Meet Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA6801 – Russian Sukhoi Su-57 “Felon” Stealth Fighter – “Bort 053”, MAKS 2019 Aviasalon Air Show (1:72 Scale)

Even though they shuffled their release schedule for the balance of 2020, that hasn’t prevented Hobby Master from putting another gaggle of warbirds on the September tarmac. Here’s what you can look forward to nabbing in the months ahead:

#HA3338 – US Navy Northrop F-5E Tiger II “Aggressor Special” Fighter – 1980s [Pseudo Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA3339 – US Navy Northrop F-5F Tiger II “Aggressor Special” Fighter – 1980s [Pseudo Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA6510 – Russian Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29C ‘Fulcrum-C’ (9.19) Fighter – “Red 21”, 426th Air Group, 102nd Russian Military Base, Armenia, 2015 (1:72 Scale)

#HA3714 – USAF McDonnell F-101B Voodoo Fighter – 59-0402, 192nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Late 1972 (1:72 Scale)

#HA6608 – Italian Eurofighter F2000 Typhoon Multi-Role Fighter – 37-12, 37 Stormo, 18 Gruppo, “Exercise Cobra Warrior 2019” (1:72 Scale)

#HA6650 – Qatar Emiri Air Force Eurofighter F2000 Typhoon Multi-Role Fighter – FGR4 ZK361, 12 Squadron, RAF Coningsby, England, 2020 (1:72 Scale)

#HA4423 – JASDF Lockheed-Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter – 69-8701, 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 3rd Air Wing, Hyakuri Air Base, Japan, March 2020 [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA5707 – Russian Sukhoi Su-35S “Flanker-E” Multirole Fighter – “Blue 50”, “Russian Knights”, Russian Air and Space Force (VKS), November 2019 (1:72 Scale)

#HA5707B – Russian Sukhoi Su-35S “Flanker-E” Multirole Fighter – “Russian Knights”, Russian Air and Space Force (VKS), November 2019 (1:72 Scale)

#HA6902 – USAF Lockheed U-2R Reconnaissance Aircraft – 80-1084, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Fairford AFB, England, 1990s (1:72 Scale)

#HA6905 – USAF Lockheed U-2R Reconnaissance Aircraft – 10338, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Fairford AFB, England, 1990s (1:72 Scale)

#HA6903 – USAF Lockheed U-2S Reconnaissance Aircraft – 80-1084, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Osan Air Base, South Korea, October 2012 (1:72 Scale)

#HA5232 – US Navy Grumman F-14D Tomcat Fleet Defense Fighter – 164342, VF-31 “Tomcatters”, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), 2006 (1:72 Scale)

#HA5231 – US Navy Grumman F-14A Tomcat Fleet Defense Fighter – 160395, VF-33 “Starfighters”, USS America (CV-66), 1992 (1:72 Scale)

As I alluded to earlier, Hobby Master has been moving some projects up in the schedule and others back, so its entirely possible that these are initial release dates that could be altered in the months ahead. Food for thought as we near the all-important holiday selling season.

Like clock work, Hobby Master announced their latest spate of new models due out some time in December. While several intriguing new schemes were shown, the most notable new inductee into the pantheon of Hobby Master aircraft models is a F/A-18XT Advanced Super Hornet Strike Fighter, the latest generation of versatile combat aircraft that are designed to beef up the US Navy’s arsenal of aerial assets. Here now the newest military hardware in the pipeline:

#HA8320 – RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc Fighter – ML214, Sqn. Ldr. Johnny Plagis, No.126 Squadron, RAF Harrowbeer Devon, England, August 1944 (1:48 Scale)

#HA8321 – RAF Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX Fighter – PL258, No.331 (Norwegian) Squadron, Caen, Normandy, France, 1944 (1:48 Scale)

#HA19019 – USAF McDonnell F-4E Phantom II Fighter-Bomber – 73-1172, Commanding Officer of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, 1990 (1:72 Scale)

#HA19018 – South Korean McDonnell F-4E Phantom II Fighter-Bomber – 60-499, South Korea, October 2019 (1:72 Scale)

#HA4612 – USMC Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter – 169415, VMFA-211 “Wake Island Avengers”, January 2019 [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA6503B – German Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29A ‘Fulcrum’ Fighter – 29+03, 2003 (1:72 Scale)

#HA6505 – North Korean Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29A ‘Fulcrum’ Fighter – 553, 2015 (1:72 Scale)

#HA6507 – Hungarian Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29A ‘Fulcrum’ Fighter – “Black 04”, 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron “Puma”, 59th Tactical Fighter Wing, 59th Air Base, Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary, 2010s (1:72 Scale)

#HA5118 – US Navy Boeing F/A-18XT Advanced Super Hornet Strike Fighter – 168492, Boeing Testing Facility, St. Louis, Missouri, 2013 [Low-Vis Scheme] (1:72 Scale)

#HA5009 – US Navy Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler Electronic Warfare Aircraft – 163521, VAQ-140 “Patriots”, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), CVW7, 2012 (1:72 Scale)