FOCUS ON HOBBY MASTER DIECAST

[TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED]

Back in 2006 a new Diecast company formed after the parent company of then Corgi (Before Hornby owned them) had business problem declaring chapter 11 the USA,  The factory was developing a new line of Diecsast models for the US market for Corgi.   The factory then formed its own brand name Hobby Master to use the tooling in development,  these tooling were offered to all the major UK established diecast importers, but at the time turned down by them as they could not see any potential in a range trying to compete with Corgi, which at the time was dominant, but also in trouble.

 

By good fortune Gary's Models the forerunner of Tiger Hobbies took a chance on the first six 1/72 tooling's and our first imports landed in August 2006, these were 1/72 F6F Hellcat, SBD Dauntless, JU87G Stuka, Mig 21, TBM Avenger, and the F104 Starfighter.   Every month since August 2006 Hobby Master have delivered into the worldwide market 10 to 20 releases every month without fail, and the range is now the largest quality diecast Aircraft range possible outselling Corgi worldwide by a factor of at least 10.

 

Below are the next 5 months release due into the UK for the diecast collector.

 

Yet you will not find these in the run of the mill hobby shops, but we have a band of dedicated specialist diecast sellers working hard to look after UK Collectors.

 

Not every release will sell in numbers in the UK Market, as HM have lots of world wide distributors so all the eggs are not in one basket, but our sellers have a vast choice.

 

One subject sums up Hobby Master the 1/72 F4 Phantom II, with over 100 releases of either J, C,D, E,F and G plus F110 Spector, and well over 100,000 world wide sales, and we have not even touched the UK versions.

 

Link to pictures of all the HM F4 Releases.

 

http://www.hobbymastercollector.com/1-72F-4.html

 

If you are a diecast seller and not selling HM you are really missing a trick.

 

Due Middle of Jan 2019

 

1/32 Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless"
BuNo 3315, Black 16 of Scouting 71 "VS-71",
USS Wasp (CV-7), August 1942

EARLY JAN 2019

£184.00

HA0210

1/48 FW 190A-4
Hauptmann Egon Mayer, Cruppenkommandeur III./JG 2,
Cherbourg-Theville, Feb 1943

EARLY JAN 2019

£74.00

HA7424

1/72 Su-35 Flanker E
01104, Akhtubinsk, 2012

EARLY JAN 2019

£119.99

HA5705

1/72 Japan F-2A Jet Fighter
Misawa AB 2016 "3 Squadron 60th Anniversary"

EARLY JAN 2019

£79.99

1/72 HA2716

McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
155854, VF-84, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt,
circa 1972

EARLY JAN 2019

£79.99

ha19004

1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat "Delores"
158612, VF-41, USS Enterprise, Oct 2001

EARLY JAN 2019

£130.00

1/72 HA5218

F/A-18C "30th Anniversary"
164630, Naval Air Depot, San Diego,
14th Nov 2008 to early 2009

EARLY JAN 2019

£79.99

1/72 HA3525

CF-188 Hornet
"NORAD 60th Anniversary Scheme", 2018

EARLY JAN 2019

£79.99

1/72 HA3542

F/A-18C Hornet
J-5017, Staffel 17, Swiss Air Force,
Emmen Air Base, 2018

EARLY JAN 2019

£87.98

HA3599

1/72 Lockheed F-16D Fighting Falcon
335 Squadron, Hellenic Air Force "2018 NATO Tiger Meet", 14th May, 2018

EARLY JAN 2019

£79.99

HA3865

1/72 Lockheed F-16C Fighting Falcon
505, 343 Sqn. "Asteri", 115 Combat Wing, Crete

EARLY JAN 2019

£79.99

HA3870

1/72 British Centurion Mk.5
"Nasser's Nightmare!"
6th Royal Tank Rgt., Port Said, Dec 1956

EARLY JAN 2019

£31.99

HG3512

1/72 Australian Centurion Mk.5/1
169039, C Squadron, 1st Armd. Rgt.,
RAAC, Vietnam, 1971

EARLY JAN 2019

£32.99

1/72 HG3513

Achilles IIC
75th Anti-tank Reg., Royal Artillery,
11th Armoured Div., Belgium, winter 1944-1945

EARLY JAN 2019

£27.99

1/72 HG3422

Lockheed Martin F-16AM
1601, Romanian Air Force, 2017

EARLY JAN 2019

£72.00

HA3859

1/72 Lockheed Martin F-16BM
1610, Romanian Air Force, 2017

EARLY JAN 2019

£72.00

HA3860

 

DUE EARLY FEB 2019

 

1/48 Spitfire Vb
RF-D/EN951, flown by Sqn. Leader Jan Zumbach, 303 Sqn., RAF, summer 1942

END OF JAN 2019

£72.00

HA7850

1/48 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat "Battle of Midway"
White 23, flown by Lt. Cdr John Thach,
VF-3, USS Yorktown, 4-6 June 1942

END OF JAN 2019

£79.99

HA8902

1/48 BF 109E-4 "Marseille"
1.(J)/ LG 2, France, Sept 1940

END OF JAN 2019

£79.99

HA8706

1/72 Lockheed F-117A "Gray Dragon"
53 TEG Det 1, 53 WG, USAF,
Holloman AFB, 2004

END OF JAN 2019

£99.99

HA5804

1.72 F/A-18E Super Hornet
166957, VX-9 "Vampires", 2018

END OF JAN 2019

£110.00

HA5109

1/72 McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II
7499 "The end of the Film", 348 TRS,
Hellenic Air Force, 2017

END OF JAN 2019

£81.99

HA19007

1/72 F-110A Spectre
USAF TAC, Langley AFB, 1962

END OF JAN 2019

£81.99

HA19005

1/72 Lockheed F-16C Block 52+
4061,  6th Squadron, Polish Air Force, April 2016

END OF JAN 2019

£79.99

HA3866

1/72 POLISH F16

END OF JAN 2019

£79.99

HA3899

Lockheed F-16D Block 52+
4077, Polish Air Force, August 2016

END OF JAN 2019

£79.99

HA3867

1/72 BF 110E-7 Trop
3U+OR, 7./ZG 26, Libya 1942

END OF JAN 2019

£69.98

1/72 HA1815

Sd. Kfz. 7 German 8 Ton Half Truck
WL605030, WWII

END OF JAN 2019

£31.99

HG5004

1/72 Sd. Kfz. 7 German 8 Ton Half Truck
WL-427172, WWII winter

END OF JAN 2019

£31.99

HG5006

1/72 Su-34 Fullback  Fighter Bomber
Red 03, Russian Air Force, Syria, Jan 2015

END OF JAN 2019

£115.99

HA6301

1/72 Su-34 Fullback  Fighter Bomber
Red 03, Russian Air Force, Syria, Jan 2015

END OF JAN 2019

£119.99

HA6301A

 

End of Feb 2019

 

1/72 Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II
101, VFA-101 "Grim Reapers", CAG Bird, 2013

END OF FEB 2019

£99.99

HA6201

1/72 Lockheed F-22 Raptor
05-4086, 95th FS, RAF Lakenheath, April, 2016

END OF FEB 2019

£99.99

HA2819

1/72 AH-64D Longbow
ZJ171, British Army Air Corps, 
Cosford Airshow 2013

END OF FEB 2019

£83.99

HH1203

1/72 AH-64D Longbow
2067, 120th Sqn., RSAF, 2016

END OF FEB 2019

£95.99

HH1204

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet
M45-02, TUDM (Royal Malaysian Air Force), 2015

END OF FEB 2019

£83.99

HA3541

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet
BuNo.164699, VMFA(AW)-224 "Bengals", 2009

END OF FEB 2019

£87.98

HA3543

1/72 Lockheed F-16A Fighting Falcon
79-0403, New York ANG/174th TFW, 
Saudi Arabia, Operation Desert Storm, 1991

END OF FEB 2019

£81.99

HA3868

1/72 Northrop F-5E Tiger II
00312, 7th FTW, ROCAF, 2018

END OF FEB 2019

£69.98

HA3333

1/72 Northrop F-5F Tiger II
830121, 7th FTW, ROCAF, 2018

END OF FEB 2019

£72.00

HA3334

1/200Space Shuttle
Endeavour, OV-105, Dec. 4, 1998

END OF FEB 2019

£77.99

HL1404

1/200 Space Shuttle
Discovery, OV-103, Oct. 29, 1998

END OF FEB 2019

£77.99

HL1405

1/72 M60A1 w/reactive armor
USMC 525012 "Operartion Desert Storm"

END OF FEB 2019

£36.99

HG5606

1/72 German Tank Destroyer Marder III
near Stalingrad, 1943

END OF FEB 2019

£29.99

HG4109

 

END OF MARCH 2019

 

1/48 P-40B Warhawk
flown by 2nd Lt. George Welch,
47th Pursuit Squadron, 15th Pursuit Group,
Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii, ,1941

end march

£81.99

HA9201

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18F Super Hornet
VFA-41 Black Aces CAG, USS John C. Stennis,
US Navy , 2012

end march

£112.00

HA5111

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle
84-0027, USAF 493th FS,  RAF Lakenheath, 2014

end march

£90.00

HA4560

1/72 Sea Harrier FA.2
 ZH809 No. 899 NAS "Admiral's Barge" , 25 Years Anniversary Special, England, 2004

end march

£69.98

HA4104

1/72 Lockheed F-16C Block 52
92-3911, 157th FS/169th FW, South Carolina, McEntire JNGB, August 2015

end march

£81.99

HA3869

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
BuNo.155510, VF-102 Diamondbacks,
USS Independence (CV-64) , 1976

end march

£81.99

HA19006

1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat "MI-8 Killer"
162603, VF-1 "Wolfpack", 1991

end march

£130.00

HA5224

1/72 Douglas A-4E Skyhawk
300/AH, VA-163, USS Oriskany, War of Vietnam

end march

£72.99

HA1429

1/48 Hurricane IIC BBMF PZ865

end march

£72.99

HA8651

1/72 AV-8B+ Harrier II
BuNo 165584, VMA-311, Feb 2012

end march

£69.98

HA2622

1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat
162698, VF-14 Tophatters, 80th Anniversary, 1999

end march

£123.98

HA5214

1/72 MIG-25PD Foxbat
1025th Aerial Squadron, Libyan Air Force, Benin 1981

end march

£99.99

HA5603

 

END OF APRIL 2019

 

1/48 FW 190A-4
Commander of 6./JG 2 Oblt. Erich Rudorffer, North Africa, Spring 1943

end apr

£79.99

HA7425

1/72 SWISS F5 Tiger II 55th Anniversary

£72.00

HA3335

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II
20th Anniversary Phantom "First In Phantoms"
BuNo.153777, VF-74, Oceana NAS, 1981

end apr

£81.99

HA19008

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F-15J "Mount Fuji"
42-8838 "JASDF 50th Anniversary Scheme", 2004

end apr

£97.99

HA4514

1/72 Su-34 Fullback Fighter Bomber
Red 21, Russian Air Force, Syria, 2015

end apr

£128.00

HA6302a

1/72 Su-34 Fullback Fighter Bomber
Red 22, Russian Air Force, Syria, 2015

end apr

£128.00

HA6302b

1/72 A-10C Thunderbolt II
78-0633,  190th FS/124th FW,
Incirlik AB,Turkey,October 2016

end apr

£90.00

HA1327

1/72 Su-27 Flanker B
Red 93, Russian Navy Baltic Fleet, June 2017

end apr

£117.99

HA6006

1/72 Su-27SK Flanker B
6006, 370th Fighter Division of Vietnamese Air Force, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam

end apr

£117.99

HA6007

1/72 MIRAGE 2000

END APR

£95.99

1/72 HA1614

Mirage 2000-5
Waddington RAF Station, United Kingdom, 2002

Jan-00

£95.99

HA1614B

1/72 British A34 Comet Cruiser Tank
South African Defense Force, 1960s

end apr

£34.99

HG5206

1/72 British A34 Comet "Iron Duke IV"
T335104, HQ, 1st RTR, 7th Armoured Division, Germany 1945

end apr

£29.99

HG5207

 

END OF MAY 2019

 

1/48 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat
46685, VC-12, USS Core, 1944

emd may

£85.99

HA8903

1/48 Spitfire Vb Trop
No.417 Sqn., BR487/AN-V, Tunisia 1943

emd may

£83.99

HA7851

1/72 Grumman TBM-1C Avenger "Barbara III"
White 2 of VT-51, USS San Jacinto, 1944 Lt G Bush

emd may

£85.99

HA1221

1/72 EA-18G Growler
168893, VAQ-141 "Shadowhawks", USS Ronald Reagan, Atsugi Air Base, 2017

emd may

£121.99

HA5150

1/72 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A
BuNo 162875, NSAWC 55, 2004-2006

emd may

£90.00

HA3544

1/72 Grumman F-14A Tomcat
BuNo 161616, VF-21 "Freelancers", USS Independence, CVW-5, 1994

emd may

£131.99

HA5225

1.72 McDonnell Douglas F-15E "Strike Eagle"
88-1667, 391st FS "Operation Enduring Freedom"

emd may

£103.99

HA4509

1/72 MIG-21MT
Blue 15, Dolgoye Ledovo, Russia, 1970s

emd may

£79.99

HA0194

1/72 US M60A3
West Germany, 1990s

emd may

£38.99

1/72 HG5608

US M60A3
ROC Army, 2007

emd may

£38.99

HG5609

 

MID JUN 2019

 

1/32 Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat "Jolly Rogers"
White 50, VF-17, USS Hornet, 1945

END OF JUNE

£200.00

HA0307

1/48 Curtiss Hawk 81-A-2 (P-40B)
flown by Ft. Leader Robert 'R.T.' Smith,
3rd Sqn., Kunming, China, June 1942

END OF JUNE

£81.99

HA9203

1/48 Hurricane IIc "The Last of the Many!"
PZ865, 1944

END OF JUNE

£76.00

HA8650

1/48 Hawker Hurricane IIc "Night Reaper"
JX-E/BE581, No.1 Sqn., 1942

END OF JUNE

£76.00

HA8652

1/72 Su-33 Flanker D
Bort 67, 1st Aviation Squadron,
279th shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment,
Russian Navy, Feb 2014

END OF JUNE

£119.99

HA6401

1/72 CF-18 "2016 DEMO"
flown by Captain Ryan "Roid" Kean, 2016

END OF JUNE

£85.99

HA3550

1/72 B5N2 Kate
flown by Lt. Cdr. Shigekazu Shimazaki,
carrier Zuikaku, Pearl Harbor, Dec 7th 1941

END OF JUNE

£71.98

HA2011

1/72 Sea Harrier FA.2 "Operation Deliberate Force"
No.800 NAS, Fleet Air Arm ,HMS Invincible, Mediterranean, July 1995

END OF JUNE

£69.98

HA4105

1/72 Lockheed Martin F-35B
BF-05, flown by Cdr. Nathan Gray,
HMS Queen Elizabeth, 2018

END OF JUNE

£85.99

HA4608

1/72 Lockheed F-35C Lightning II
CF-01, US NAVY

END OF JUNE

£99.99

HA6202

1/72 Lockheed F-16A Block 15
TS-1608, TNI-AU "Indonesian Air Force",
circa 2001

END OF JUNE

£79.99

HA3861

1/72 Lockheed F-16B Block 15
TS-1601, TNI-AU "Indonesian Air Force",
circa 2001

END OF JUNE

£83.99

HA3862

1/72 Sd. Kfz. 7 German 8 Ton Half Track
10th Infantry Division, 1942

END OF JUNE

£33.98

HG5007

1/72 M60A1 w/reactive armor
USMC 50637

END OF JUNE

£38.99

HG5607

1/700 USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)
Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser

END OF JUNE

£76.00

HSP1002

1/700 USS Princeton (CG-59)
Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser

END OF JUNE

£76.00

HSP1003

Edited January 18, 2019 by TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED

[Graham Boak]

Given that the British model market is dominated by 1/72 WW2 aircraft, yet HM have only one such release in six months (and that Japanese, which is generally far from popular here), I think I can see why sellers are reluctant to give greater coverage to the range.  Lots of nice stuff, true.  I'm sure some will sell well, but as a range they are not exactly aimed at the UK, are they?  Which is fine for the individual buyer with other tastes and plenty do like modern stuff or are willing to go a little exotic, but how many? 

[TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED]

Given that the British model market is dominated by 1/72 WW2 aircraft  (replace with saturated), hence you go for the gaps in the market.

 

Also not bothering to read the script it states

 

Yet you will not find these in the run of the mill hobby shops, but we have a band of dedicated specialist diecast sellers working hard to look after UK Collectors.

 

Not every release will sell in numbers in the UK Market, as HM have lots of world wide distributors so all the eggs are not in one basket, but our sellers have a vast choice.

 

Further to this

 

HM have limited WW2 Tooling as this is fairly well covered by Corgi, and others, the growth market is 1/72 Jets and this is where HM leave Corgi behind.

 

HM outsell Corgi even in the UK though some cannot accept that, but looking below at the range, and every month our container discharges 10 to 20 releases every month and have done since 2006.

 

Some we may only import 36 to 48 units, other 300 to 600, but they all add up.

 

Worldwide sales figures for 1/72 Jets is vast, with the following continuing to sell in good numbers.

 

These are the jet that are in the current line up and are released throughout the year.

 

F-100

F-101

F-102

F-104

F-105

F-106

F-111

F-117

 

A-4

A-10

EA-6

 

F-CK-1

F-4, J.C.D.E.F and G

F-5

F-14

F-15C/E

F-16  almost all variants 

F-18

F-18E/F

EA-18G

 

Harrier  AV8B, B plus, GR5, GR7, GR9

Kawasaki T-4

MiG-15

MiG-17

MiG-21

MiG-23

MiG-25

Mirage

Mitsubishi 
F-1/T2

Mitsubishi F-2

 

F-22

F-35A

F-35B

F-35C

F-86

 

RA-5C Vigilante

Sea Harrier

Su-25

Su-27

Su-33

Su-34

Su-35

S-3 Viking

T-38 Talon

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2019 by TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED

[TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED]

Further to this we have 1/72 Prop aircraft and 1/48 aircraft.

 

B5N2 Kate

Beaufighter

Bf-110

Douglas A-1 Skyraider

Douglas A-20 
Havoc/Boston

Douglas
A/B-26 Invader

 

E-2C Hawkeye

F6F

Ju-87

P-39/P-400

P-40

 

SBD/A24 Banshee

SB2C Helldiver

T-6/Harvard/SNJ

TBF/TBM Avenger

 

1/48 aircraft

 

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series
Propeller

Bf-109

Brewster Buffalo

F3F

F4F

F4B-4/P-12

F4U Corsair

Fw-190

Hawker Fury

Hawker Hurricane

 

Japanese Zero

P-26

P-40

P-47 Thunderbolt

P-51B/C Mustang

P-51D Mustang

Spitfire  MK1, MKII  MK Va MK Vb MK Vb Trop, MK IX, MKVIII, MK XI, MK XVI, MK XVIII, MK XIX

Stearman/Kaydet

 

[TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED]

Where to buy

 

Sample of some of our larger sellers, (Others to be added)

 

Flying Tiger Models Limited

 

https://www.flying-tigers.co.uk/?s=hobby+master&post_type=product

 

JUMBLIES MODELS

 

http://www.jumbliesmodels.com/search/hobby-master

 

ANTICS

 

https://anticsonline.uk/N431/N1340_hobby-master-diecast-aircraft-model/index.html

 

IAN ALLAN BOOKS

 

https://www.ianallanpublishing.com/

 

RM TOYS 

 

https://www.rmtoys.co.uk/search?q=HOBBY* MASTER*&type=product

 

Aviation Retail direct (ARD)

 

http://www.aviationretaildirect.com/search.php?search_query=HOBBY+MASTER

 

PLANE CRAZY

 

https://www.planecrazy.biz/models/non hobbymaster.php

 

AIRBASE 1125

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/airbase1125/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

 

 

[Knight_Flyer]

On 1/16/2019 at 1:43 PM, Graham Boak said:

Given that the British model market is dominated by 1/72 WW2 aircraft, yet HM have only one such release in six months (and that Japanese, which is generally far from popular here), I think I can see why sellers are reluctant to give greater coverage to the range.  Lots of nice stuff, true.  I'm sure some will sell well, but as a range they are not exactly aimed at the UK, are they?  Which is fine for the individual buyer with other tastes and plenty do like modern stuff or are willing to go a little exotic, but how many? 

 

On 1/16/2019 at 10:38 AM, TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED said:

 Every month since August 2006 Hobby Master have delivered into the worldwide market 10 to 20 releases every month without fail, and the range is now the largest quality diecast Aircraft range possible outselling Corgi worldwide by a factor of at least 10.

 

 

Considering Graham's comment, does HM outsell Corgi by a factor of at least 10 in the UK?

 

As a bit of general interest for readers, Corgi and Airfix both come under Hornby. Corgi make pre-assembled and painted metal diecast planes. Some of their new releases are based on Airfix kits (no surprises there  ) and examples include P-51D, P-40B, Bf 109E  It's suspected the new Corgi British F-4 Phantom is based on the Airfix, however Corgi is releasing it in 1/48 scale.

[TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED]

In the UK it is closer but every month 10 to 20 release arrive at Tiger Hobbies and is distributed to our trade customers, you are lucky to get 1 or 2 releases in a month from Corgi as far as Aviation goes.  Individually a Corgi release may out sell a individual HM release, but when you are doing 10 to 20 every month without fail, these all add up so overall it is more than possible that HM outsells Corgi in the UK as far as pure model numbers go in Aviation.

 

In the last 24 hours a container landed at Tiger Hobbies and discharged 2000 HM models over a number of releases, as well as Rye Field models and Star Ace figures , this happens every month (sometimes up a few more than the 2000 that landed yesterday).  All the HM model have been distributed other than 50 of HA7850 1/48 Spitfire VB RF-D 303 Sqn, which is this months stock item.

 

https://www.tigerhobbies.co.uk/Hobby-Master-HA7850-1:48-Supermarine-Spitfire-MK-Vb-RF-D-303-Polish-Sqn?search=HA7850

 

For the last 12 or so years we have been call Bull sh*tters by certain folks who will not accept what as been going on in the UK diecast aviation market, and it is as if we and HM do not even exist.

Edited February 7, 2019 by TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED