be around in time for Christmas and will

make a great present, no? A Tempest Royal

Class boxing can be expected through the

first half of 2019, which will be a great complement to the first Mustang, a P-51D-5.

This, however, is taking me out of the realm

of this newsletter, but before we do sign

off for this month, there are two more tidbits of information I want to divulge. The

first concerns the Fokker D.VII in 1/72nd

scale, which is being finalized and would

like to see the first ProfiPACK kit by the end

of 2018. The second concerns the Bf 109G10 and more precisely, its Czechoslovakian

development, the C-10/S-99. We will be releasing a special edition of the C-10/S-99 at

E-day, 2018. I think you’ll like this. Note that

it will not be the admissions kit and will be

a normally sold item, released for the show.

This brings us to the theme of shows.

As is known, E-day this year will be held at

the convention centre in Lysa nad Labem

on Friday, September 28. This is a state holiday, so I apologize to those who cannot

take advantage of this fact and will need to

resort to taking holiday time for the show.

We will not be the only such show at this

venue this year. The Nymburk IPMS club

will be putting on a show there in June.

I recommend attending this show, and it

will give some idea of what to expect form

E-day a few months later. We will, of course

be attending other shows as well, starting

traditionally with Prosek, then at Mosonmagyarovar, in June at the aforementioned

Nymburk show, and in August we’ll be flying

to the IPMS Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona.

Then, it’s off to Plzen, then E-day, and then

Telford and Bratislava to round out the year.

There will be no Brno this year; it is being

replaced by the show at Lysa (the Nymburk

show) and there is also no Novemberfest.

The latter is going the every-other-year route like Brno.

The New Year will see an increase in the

release of BFC items. There will be stand

alone items such as publications from our

Limited Edition releases (temporarily for

EU countries only; at the end of January for

non-EU countries as well) and WET TRANSFER decals. These are made by HGW, who

makes them for our kits and thanks to an

agreement between us and Mr. Bobek (the

HGW owner) will be also offered as BFC

items. There will be other items, and we are

preparing special offers from the kit lines,

which will be sold with expanded decal options and bonus items exclusively offered to

the BFC crowd. The first such offering will

be the January release of the Bf 109G-14,

which will include a marking from JG 5 and

a resin wheels. The price will be the same

as a standard line kit release. This idea will

continue past that, and each month we

will choose one standard kit to dress up

in a similar fashion to be offered to the club.

Getting back to the publications, three have

been so far offered: HIND - Mi-24in Czech

and Czechoslovak Service, MF- MiG-21MF

in Czechoslovak and Czech Air Force Service, and The Five Hundred – the Avia B.534.

All BFC offers are limited and apply while

supplies last.

We should have a quick look at new releases for January. I decided not to describe

all the new items and their details starting

this month, and only point out the more

interesting of the releases. This would,

without a doubt, include the ProfiPACK

Bf 109G-14 in 1/48th scale, another in the

line of our Bf 109Gs. For those of you that

would consider this version somewhat boring, take a loser look and pay close atten-

those that have decided that they detest

our style of boxart form the very bottom

of their hearts to those that swear by them.

As you will probably guess, we belong to

the latter grouping. We choose these works

of art because we feel that they are consistent with the concept around which our kits

are designed. Incidentally, the G-14 artwork

depicts an actual event. Hartmann’s aircraft

is typically the first choice for this type.

I confess that this aircraft is as interesting

in the offered option as it was later, when

the plane was no longer Hartmann’s.

The photoetched releases for the month

that deserve mention include the sets for

the P-51D-5 from Revell in 1/32nd scale,

among others for the reason that these

have the glazed instrument dials. The same

goes for the Brassin set for the F4U-1D from

Tamiya in the same scale. I would also like to

draw your attention to the Brassin doors for

the Spitfire Mk.VIII and IX in 1/48th for our

Eduard kit. This set is interesting in that it is

being produced by popular demand and it

tion to the marking options. You’ll find that

none are boring at all. In fact, you’ll see that

they are very interesting in terms of not

only the striking quality of them, but for

their technical details as well. These are the

things that made these later versions variable and very interesting indeed. Then, you

can take part in the discussions that will entre around weather or not this or that machine had a yellow rudder or underside of

the cowling, or a yellow V under the wing,

or whether the fuselage band was yellow,

green, blue, or, God forbid, pink, whether

the tail was wooden or metal, or even if the

plane in question was even a G-14. It will

not be boring. You can also express an opinion about the boxart. This will generate its

own level of non-boring discussions from

Bf 109G-14 1/48 ProfiPACK.

includes two doors, one with and one without a crowbar. The doors are naturally also

good for the Mk.XVI. The mask sets are led

by the P-51D set for the Revell kit and is the

first of the TFace sets produced. Another interesting item among the mask sets is the

one for the B-17G anti-glare panels for the

1/48 sale Monogram (currently from Revell)

kit, depicting aircraft built at Vega.

And that is all for me now. Thank you all

for your support over the past year, and

we will work hard to continue to deserve it

going forward. Happy modelling!

Vladimir Sulc

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INFO Eduard - January 2018

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