HOB HA19059 Hobby Master 1/72 F-4J Blue Angels “Cdr. Harley Hall” 153812, Cdr Harley Hall & AMHI Guy Giuffrai, US Navy, 1970 to 1971 In 1969 the Blue Angels re-equipped with the McDonnell Douglas two-seat F-4J Phantom II. The first F-4Js for the Blue...

HOB HA3377 Hobby Master 1/72 Northrop F-5F Tiger II 73-0891, 58th TTW, USAF, Williams AFB, 1979 The Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic fighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew...

HOB HA1121 Hobby Master 1/72 Grumman F6F-5 “Blue Angels” US Navy, 1946 (with decals for No.1 to No.4 airplanes) On April 4, 1944 the new F6F-5 took to the air. It was a much improved version of the F4F Wildcat. The designers gave the...

HOB SM1012 Hobby Master 1/72 F8F-1B Blue Angels US Navy, 1946 season (decals for 1 - 5) The Blue Angels were originally formed in April 1946 as the Navy Flight Exhibition Team. They changed their name to the Blue Angels after seeing an advertisement for...

HOB HA3585 Hobby Master 1/72 F/A-18B Hornet “ARDU” A21-101, RAAF (with 2 x AGM-158) The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet is a supersonic twin engine all-weather night fighter and attack aircraft. The F/A-18s first flew in November 1978 and the first production flight...

HOB HA38019 Hobby Master 1/72 Lockheed F-16B “Top Gun” 04, Centennial of Naval Aviation, 2011 The F-16 Fighting Falcon was produced by General Dynamics who became Lockheed who then merged with Martin Marietta to become Lockheed Martin. The F-16 entered service in January 1979...

HOB HA5511 Hobby Master 1/72 Curtiss P-40N Warhawk Diecast Model USAAF 15th FG, 45th FS, #42-105112 Geronimo, Bruce Campbell, Mankin Island, December 1943 The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk first flew in 1938 as a modification of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk. Warhawk was the official U.S. designation...

HOB HA1437 Hobby Master 1/72 A4M Skyhawk "Diamondbacks" 160024/QG-00, VMA-131, US Marines, 1993 The A-4 Skyhawk is one of the most successful attack aircrafts ever built. This smallest jet aircraft ever deployed on a carrier was the product of Douglas’s Chief Engineer Ed Heinnemann...