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kit in 1:350th scale. These will be included with

the kit to the tune of 1500 units, and we will go

into more detail on its release in next month’s

newsletter. It will be quite a different matter in

March. We took delivery of another two 3D printers in December, one of which is calibrated for

twice the resolution to produce much finer prints.

Our range will still include resin cast parts, and

the existing catalog of them will be preserved,

but over time, cast parts will decrease in number while printed parts will increase. This is the

future of accessory items. It can be said with certainty that printed parts will be able to do what

cast parts cannot: to vigorously compete with

photoetched brass items. We have seen the first

examples of this to illustrate the point in the form

of 3D printed landing flaps and Remove Before

Flight tags. Those are also 3D prints, much like

LooK and Space items, but printed on different

machines.

The printed parts for February are no tiny specks,

meaning that they account for a substantial

portion of production capability. Among them is

an engine for the Zeke, a compact, single piece

item that includes the cylinders and pushrods.

Only the prop shaft is separate, and the plug

wiring is supplied as photoetched brass. That’s

the weakest link remaining, the infamous tangle

of rectangle wires, but this will change shortly

as well, because as we all know, you can’t stop

progress. We also have the cockpit for the Z-226

Trener which offers a typical range of versions

associated with the Trener line, and another engine for the Camel, the Gnome Monosoupape 9N.

It is also a compact little print, the advantages of

which have already been brought to light. Very

nice are the Panzerschreck 1 rocket launcher

units for the Fw 190F, as are the Martin-Baker

Mk.5 Ejection Seats for early versions of the F-4B

Phantom II. That sixth set is the TSPJ Container,

and that stands for Tornado Self Protection Jammer, which makes this item pretty self explanatory. I am under the impression that it is used

exclusively with the ECR variant of the aircraft.

There are, of course, many more accessory items

being released in the various lines than those

mentioned above. I will only mention a few of

them, such as the two Space sets for the MiG-

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-21PF in 1:48th, which differ in the color of the

main instrument panel and sidewalls and consoles. Then there is the collection of photoetched

sets for Zvezda’s 1:72nd scale C-130J-30, for Revell’s 1:32nd scale P-51D-5, and for Hobby Boss’s

1:350th scale Gato sub. I am sure you will be able

to find out more about our new products down in

this newsletter without my guidance.

Other New Items for 2022

As known, the situation on the battlefield is always changing. For example, in last month’s

newsletter, I made mention of the upcoming F-51D ProfiPACK, which has now evolved into a

Limited Edition kit under the influence of the

number of marking options included. This, in

turn, is pushing another Limited Edition kit of the

Mustang, the Red Tails, dedicated to the USAAF

in Italy, to the latter half of the year. The release

schedule of new items is constantly evolving, so

all information described here regarding the second half of the year needs to be taken with the

understanding that significant changes may, and

almost certainly will, arise. The situation was no

different in 2021, even though the year was especially unstable if only due to the mentioned December 2020 blaze.

The latter half of the year will see us continue

on with the Spitfire Mk.V, with the Limited Edition

Spitfire Story: Per Aspera Ad Astra, dedicated to

the Spitfire Mk.Vc, to be followed by the Spitfire

Mk.Vc ProfiPACK. The Spitfire Mk.I and Mk.II will

make their appearance as Weekend kits, and the

Spitfire Mk.VIII and Mk.IX will be re-issued as well

as come in as new kits in both 1:48th and 1:72nd

scale.

We will also release new Trener kits. There is Z-326/C-305 Limited Edition item planned for E-day, and we can expect at least one Weekend kit

of the Trener to appear over the final two quarters. Also planned for its premiere at E-day is

the 1:48th scale S-199, while various versions of

the S-199 will be released as ProfiPACK kits in

1:72nd scale. There will also be more Zeros, in the

form of a ProfiPACK A6M2-N Rufe float version

and versions of the A6M3 Type 22 and Type 32 in

further Limited Edition kits. The second half of the

year will see the Zeros complemented with diffe-

rent versions of the Wildcat. The Limited Edition

kit dubbed “Guadalcanal’ will contain sub-variants of the F4F-4, and just as the F4F-4, the F4F3 will also be released as ProfiPACK kits.

We’ll also make a return to the good ol’ Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs. Day versions of the Bf

109F and Fw 190A-2 and A-3 will be the focus of

the Limited Edition release called ‘Wunderschone

neue Machinen’, and at the very end of the year,

we will round out the Wilde Sau trilogy with a kit

dedicated to the Fw 190A.

Following our experiences with the delivery of

plastic from Asia last year, we are anticipating

issues this year as well. For this reason, we are

currently only planning one Hasegawa based Limited Edition release of the B-25J Mitchell, a solid nose strafer in 1:72nd. We are planning this one

for August, same as the aforementioned Limited

Edition Guadalcanal and Red Tails in 1:48th, and

these plans are influenced by the timing of the

IPMS Nationals in Omaha. We are fully expecting

to accompany these kits to the event personally!

Other planned out-sourced Limited Edition kits

will originate from Europe. We are expecting a

1:72nd scale Bf 109V-13/14 with plastic from Special Hobby, which will be combined with the Avia

B.534 to form the Limited Edition kit dedicated

to the 1937 Zurich Air Races. This is planned for

September, because the Races of 1937 were held,

if memory serves, in August. Not that I was there, mind you. It’s what I remember reading. The

last out-sourced item is based on Zvezda’s 48th

scale Mi-24V Hind, planned for E-day, and as you

might expect, it focuses on Czechoslovak and

Czech Air Force Hinds. The kit will again include

the publication by Jaroslav Spacek. I am probably not the only one who would dearly love to see

the release of the MiG-21F-13 in the final quarter.

In 48th scale, of course. Whether or not this will

occur, it’s tough to say at the moment. There is

still much to do on it. But there is also a lot of time

between now and the end of the year, and hope is

the last to die. And ultimately, history will continue to be written after the final day of the year.

Not Just Models Live On, so do Modelers…

… and for this reason, we will dedicate ourselves

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