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Info Eduard - March 2011
EDITORIAL
Good things come to those who wait, and today,
we have made it to the month of the Miguary.
The modeling world has waited a long time
in terms of Eduard months, but the wait has been
well worth it. Over the past two years, we have
been striving to eliminate several, and rightfully
criticized, aspects of our older kits. Most
of you will remember these items - out of register
part separation, over-engineering of some
subassemblies, and so on. I don’t need to repeat
all of it! So, we took a modied approach,
stayed true to our founding principals, which we
feel we owe our fans, and re-evaluated the rest.
Actually, we re-thought the MiG from the ground
up. It’s not the rst of our newer kits that show
effort to strive for something better. Our previous
Fw 190D and especially the OEFFAG clearly
indicated the direction we are taking, although
the OEFFAG tripped up a bit, something that we
are certain the MiG won’t do.
I don’t think that a detailed description of the
MiG would make much sense here. Much has
been said on Facebook, if virtually, but your face
to face meeting with the MiG-21 is near. I only
became familiar with the entire a kit a couple
of days ago, when I had the opportunity to glue
it together from the rst test shots, and although
I have been closely supervising the evolution
of this kit, even I was pleasantly surprised.
In fact, I would go so far as to say ‘pleasantly
shocked’, and I know you will be, too. There will
be few who will not want at least one of these.
The MiG also brings along with it another
important moment, that of combining Brassin
with the kit. The MiG-21 is accompanied by
an attractive sortiment of Brassin accessories.
Wheels, exhaust, weapons, cockpit including
the seat, and even the pilot’s helmet are covered.
The wheels are being released together with
the kit, and other sets will be developed for
release in April and May. A standard inclusion
with the kit will be UB-16 rocket pods, and in
the pre-paid edition, there will also be the seat.
And if the MiG-21MF represents a new standard
in Eduard kits, the corresponding Brassin sets
are unparalleled in their level of detail. And,
as if that weren’t enough, we are planning some
very signicant projects.
With respect to the MiG-21, the most common
questions concern the next steps. So, to reiterate
- in two months, we will release the MiG-21SMT,
a long range version, and at the end of the year
or the beginning of the next, the ‘BIS’. The second
half of the year will see the Weekend Editions
of the MiG-21MF and the MiG-21SMT. Other
versions will follow, but with a time gap between
them and the third generation kits. At the end
of the year, we will begin work on the PF, PFM,
and R, and we will ad the F and UM. There
have also been questions on releasing the type
in 1/72nd scale. That will come as well. And so,
with that, I have promised you the MiG-21 moon!
The option of buying the subscriber edition
of the MiG-21MF ended the morning of March
1st. The rst of these will go out on the morning
of March 15th. Thank You to all those who
pre-paid for their kits, and I wish you a lot of
enjoyment with it.
Most of you will have seen by now our rather
brazen, even not too politically correct,
advertisement for the new model. But, there are,
will be, and will continue to be enough MiGs
to go around. So, take it with some humor,
and not too personally!
Keep on Modeling!
Vladimir Sulc