HOBBYCRAFT 1/48 BRITISH FIGHTERS KIT TABLE

 

Last update: 10 November 2005

 

Hi, I’m Tony Hodun, and this is table of 1/48 Hobbycraft British fighter aircraft kit listings I’ve developed to aid you as a modeler or collector (or both) in finding the kit you want to build the version you want, or to fill the gaps in your collection.

 

HOBBYCRAFT 1/48 HURRICANE II KITS

 

Hobbycraft’s Hurricane II kits are older tooling, and have a few inaccuracies, but actually go together pretty well.  The wing panels are correct for the Mk IIc only, and the tail wheel is the Mk. I version. The propeller is the blunt Rotol spinner with Jablo wood blades.  Newest boxings include 44 gallon underwing fuel tanks on pylons.  The parts trees are:

 

A

2 parts, fuselage

A*

6 parts, fuselage, pair of 44 gallon underwing tanks on pylons

B

3 parts, wings

C

44 parts, prop, landing gear, 2 types 20 mm cannon barrels, horizontal stabilizers, 2 types exhausts, cockpit, other details, trop filter, 40 mm under wing cannon

C*

43 parts, prop, landing gear, 2 types 20 mm cannon barrels, horizontal stabilizers, 2 types exhausts, cockpit, other details, 40 mm under wing cannon

C**

39 parts, prop, landing gear, 2 types 20 mm cannon barrels, horizontal stabs, 2 types exhausts, cockpit, other details

D

4 clear parts, canopy, gun sight, two landing light covers

etch

Model Technologies tree with 40 parts to detail cockpit and exterior, including correct IIB wing gun bay panels

 

C –  The Trop filter and the 4 parts of the 40 mm under wing cannon are gated parts; the C tree can be produced without them.  Some earlier production of kits 1533 or 1534 may lack some of these optional parts, newer ones include them.

 

HOBBYCRAFT 1/48 HURR ICANE II KITS

1453

Hurricane IIc

Night Intruder

A*,B,C,D

2 RAF IIC night fighters, French IIC postwar

New decals

1533

Hurricane II

Desert Rat

A*,B,C,D

RAF desert IID, 2 Portuguese IIB

New decals

1534

Hurricane II

Russian Front

A*,B,C,D

Russian IIB, Finnish IIB

New decals

1582

Hurricane II

II B/C/D

A,B,C,D

RAF IIB, IIC, and IID

Old decals

9582

Hurricane

Night Raider

A,B,C,D, Etch

RAF IIB and IID, IIC night fighter, restored IIB

Old decals

 

NEED INFO: None.

 

 

HOBBYCRAFT 1/48 SPITFIRE XIV / SEAFIRE XV KITS

 

While these kits aren’t exactly a family, as they share no parts, they are of the same generation, and are admittedly older tooling, so I chose to combine them in one table.

Spitfire XIV Parts Trees are as follows:

A

2 parts, fuselage

B

3 parts, wings

C

36 parts, landing gear, cockpit, propeller & spinner, horizontal stabilizers, other details

D

2 clear parts, canopy

Seafire XV Parts Trees are as follows: 

A*

2 parts, fuselage

B*

3 parts, wings

C*

41 parts, landing gear, cockpit, propeller & spinner, horizontal stabilizers, other details

D*

1 clear part, canopy

 

HOBBYCRAFT 1/48 SPITFIRE XIV / SEAFIRE XV KITS

1537

Spitfire XIV

Pacific

A,B,C,D

4 RAF CBI

New decals

1585

Spitfire XIV

- - - - - -

A,B,C,D

2 RAF

Old decals

1521

Seafire XV

Pacific Theatre

A*,B*,C*,D*

2 FAA Pacific

New decals

1584

Seafire XV

- - - - - -

A*,B*,C*,D*

FAA, RCN

Old decals

 

1537 and 1585 are identical Spitfire XIVs.  1521 and 1584 are identical Seafire XVs.

NEED INFO: None.

 

 

HOBBYCRAFT 1/48 SEA FURY KITS

 

The Hobbycraft Hawker Sea Fury kit is the only injected mold game in town.  It does have some shape problems (spinner, prop, nose), which you can ignore, or correct with resin correction sets that have been produced.  Later boxings include wings with flashed over mounting holes and a stores tree with drop tanks, bombs, and rockets.

A

2 parts, fuselage

B

3 parts, wings

B*

3 parts, wings modified with flashed over holes for mounting stores

C

44 parts, propeller, rudder, horizontal stabilizers, landing gear, cowl, cockpit, all other details

clear

1 clear part, canopy

etch

Model Technologies etched fret, 62 parts to detail cockpit and exterior

stores

34 parts, 6 rockets on twin launchers, two 500 lb bombs and pylons, two drop tanks with pylons

 

HOBBYCRAFT 1/48 SEA FURY KITS

1454

Sea Fury

Prop Perfection

A, B*, C, Clear, Stores

RAN, R Neth Navy, RCN

New decals

1531

Sea Fury

Korean War

A, B*, C, Clear, Stores

RAF, R Neth Navy

New decals

1532

Sea Fury

Bay of Pigs

A, B*, C, Clear, Stores

2 Cuban, Pakistani

New decals

1583

Sea Fury

F. B. Mk. II

A, B, C, Clear

RN, RCN

Old decals

9583

Sea Fury

F. B. Mk. II

A, B, C, Clear, Etch

2 RN, RCN

Old decals

1583 is the original basic kit; 9583 included the etched fret.  1454, 1531, and 1532 all include the modified wings and under wing stores tree.

NEED INFO: None.

 

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