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Info Eduard - January 2011
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EDITORIAL
That’s not all for the 1/72nd scale kits slated for this
year. We have one more up our sleeve, and it should
be noted that it is one with a bit of a history already
behind it. We began work on the 1/72nd scale MiG-15
somewhere around the turn of the century, initially with
our colleagues at Gavia. Unfortunately, before the project
could be nished, our colleagues underestimated their
personal and professional targets, and went a different
route altogether. As a result, the MiG-15 project had
to be shelved, because we had other projects that taxed
our capacity at the time, and we could not compensate
for the turn of events. This situation changed last year,
and we could afford the luxury of returning our attention
to the MiG-15. In the fall, I had a very nice, if a little
conventional, master. On the other hand, what else would
you expect from the type? In any case, this kit has a very
nice level of surface detail, and some of the aspects
of the kit are to a level that no other manufacturer has yet
reached with this type. This goes mostly for the cockpit,
but the air intake and engine exhausts are no small feats
either, and the same goes for the undercarriage. At the
moment, we are working on the molds, which is in and
of itself a bit complicated, because even in this case,
at this time, we have to squeeze this kit between other
projects on the go. Nevertheless, I do hope that by the
end of the summer we will be able to package the rst
of these MiGs. The plan at the moment is to progressively
release the MiG-15, MiG-15bis and MiG-15UTI.
Should the plan of the release of these three 1/72nd scale
kits come to fruition, it would itself be a pretty revolutionary
thing. It would mean a new level of strictly brand new
releases, and a new height in 1/72nd scale releases,
which, admittedly, we have neglected for too long.
This current activity can be understood to be certain
research to test the reaction of our customers to these
kits. The models will be sweet, equipped to the Eduard
standard, and I am anxious to see what the reaction will
be.
The 1/72nd scale kits are, in their own way, a bonus
to our standard production that has come to include two
1/48th scale kits in the year – calendar year, not Eduard.
The second of such kits will be the 1/48th scale Bf 109E.
As with the 1/72nd scale kits coming down from the 1/48th
scale ones, this one will be an evolution of the 1/32nd
scale kit we produce. As with the 1/32nd scale kits,
we will be releasing all major versions, meaning E-1, E-3,
E-4 and E-7, and also the JABO version, which I am sure,
you will note that we have not yet done in 1/32nd.
Besides all of these brand new projects, there will be
a release schedule that includes a line of Propack kits
of older models, the most signicant of which, arguably,
will be April’s release of Fw 190D-9 of the later production
series., and these will include three marking options for
the large-tailed bird a la Ta 152, and two for the classic
D-9. Besides the late Dora, you can look forward to the re-
edition of the Yak-3, DH-2 and the Lysander, all in 1/48th
scale.
We will also maintain the Limited Edition line, and these
will be base on our own work, as well as that of other
manufacturers. Immediately this month, as you likely
know, we are releasing the 1/72nd scale Liberator Mk.VI,
or the B-24J (ex-Minicraft) in British markings of the far
east. We will hold on to the Liberator theme in the spring
with the B-24D, and, hopefully by the end of the year,
but more likely the beginning of the next, the Liberator in
the British Coastal Command. Most of you will certainly
make the connection between that theme and the history
of Czechoslovakia. That, as a side note, for those who
would again feel the need to attack our patriotism,
although, truth be told, my patriotism is very much in tact.
British Coastal Command Liberators will require quite
a bit of conversion pieces, part of which will be resin,
and part in plastic. This is the reason of this release
in about a year’s time. And I won’t blur the issue with
a further references to Eduard months.
8190 Fw 190D-9 LATE 1/48 ProPACK
8263 Bf 109E-4 1/48 ProPACK
7056 MiG-15 1/72 ProPACK
7057 MiG-15bis 1/72 ProPACK
3402 Bf 109E-3 1/32 Weekend edition