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Info Eduard - January 2011
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EDITORIAL
masks generally do not generate too many miracles. They
must t, they must adhere, and they have to release easily.
Pretty simple, but to get it all right is simpler said than
done. But, it appears as though we managed to succeed
in this, and we intend to continue. I trust you’d all agree.
Our youngest line, the Brassin sets, are celebrating
their rst anniversary in January. The line proved very
successful in its rst year, and also has illustrated our
ambition, and not only concerning individual sets, but also
in their inclusion in kits, rst and foremost in improving
kits that we issue in our Limited Edition line. This year,
Brassins will inltrate our Propack kits as well, and the
MiG-21 will include Brassin UB-16 and UB-32 (MiG-
21SM/SMT) pods. Our goal is to closely link the Brassin
line with the model kit line. New 48th scale sets will be
prepared concurrently with the actual kit. The MiG-21
kit is a pilot project for this idea, although the rst kit we
released for which we developed our own resin parts for is,
as is already well known, the 1/32nd scale Bf 109E.
In the case of the Bf 109E, there was a considerable
gap between the release of the kit and the accessories.
This is what we want to change, and release the acce-
ssories at the same time as the kit, or with a minimal
time gap. With the MiG, the minimal time gap is the likely
outcome, but the Brassin sets are in a very advanced
state of development. The masters for the seat are done,
along with the exhaust and wheels, and the cockpit and
armament are yet to be added. The 1/48th scale Bf 109E
in the summer may see the simultaneous development
idea apply, because, as well as for other reasons, the 48th
scale sets will be similar to the 32nd scale sets. We are at
a bit of a crossroads and are deciding weather to address
the 1/72nd scale kits and Brassin sets the same way,
but I am certain that the 1/72nd scale Bf 110 line begs
for it. I can also easily imagine a Brassin engine for the
1/72nd scale Hellcat! Besides new models, we would also
like to retrot some older kits with Brassin accessories.
A Brassin engine for our Fw 190s would be more than
sweet, and could also address the overengineered aspect
of the kit. The Doras have no plastic engines, but they
could also fully take advantage of Brassin sets without
any problem. The same could apply to the Bf 110s, where
Brassin cockpits could provide a detail advantage as well
as a practical one.
We will not limit ourselves to producing sets for our own
models, and will not ignore those of other producers.
The Bf 109E in 1/32nd scale may prove to be
a good example. As we will treat our kits, we will treat
models from Trumpeter, Dragon and Airx, and likely
will revisit older kits from Hasegawa and Tamiya.
In this newsletter dedicated to kits, I mentioned the MiG-29
and Su-27 from Academy. These kits, released as Limited
Edition kits, will of course, have
Brassin seats and perhaps
cockpits, or at least a part
of same, and in the case
of the MiG-29, a corrected
nose. Besides the Brassin
sets included with the kits,
we would also like to release
individual sets for these
kits, including exhausts,
speed brakes, wheels, and
armament. Good plans, no?
Keep your ngers crossed,
and maybe we can release,
if not all, then at least most
of this this year.
We are getting near the end.
I am writing this extended
intro (don’t worry…the next
eleven months, I will be
more brief) on New Year’s
Eve on a hill in Austria,
and the evening is drawing
to a close. So just a few more small items. Before you
know it, the rst convention will be on us where you can
come and see us, and this year it will be Prosek Model
in March. In April, we will be at Moson, in June in Brno,
and in August in the United States (in Omaha) and then
at E-day, here, with the biggest organizational changes
since 2005. Don’t worry, we will not be crawling out of
the garage, but after a lot of thought, we decided to go to
a one day affair. It will be only on a trial basis, and a nal
determination will be made weather to keep it that way
or go back to the two-day format. We’ll see. And, while we
are with changes, we will also be changing the date to the
1st of October to avoid conicting with other events, most
of all ‘NATO Day’.
And that’s it. Friends, I wish you all the best for 2011, good
health, and a whole truckload of new models, hopefully
from Eduard! I would also add a hopefully short Eduard
month to you, and us, or at least as time goes on, that
the Eduard month stabilizes between twenty and twenty-
ve days. Not that the world would need any new models;
recent years have witnessed an unprecedented wave
of new kits, but I am optimistic that Eduard and its products
will not be lost in that wave. My belief is supported
by the voting currently going on on Hyperscale for the
most popular modeling rms. (http://www.network54.
com/Votelet/55843). When I left over a week ago for
the Alps, and lost my internet contact (for those that
wrote to me unanswered), we were in third place.
I am anxious to learn our nal standing. So, weather
we nish third, or fth, or God forbid, second, I would
like to thank you for your support, and promise you our
unrelenting dedication to justifying it!
Keep on Modeling!
Vladimir Sulc