share the pin-up theme. Stay tuned.

The ProfiPACK line in 1:48th scale introduces a P-51D Mustang in a package

that will be part of the catalog for several years, likely over several re-pops. The

kit will include a nontraditional six marking options covering well known pilots

of the 8th, 9th, 15th and 5th Army Air

Forces. These are essentially very striking aircraft, and you can check these

out further in the product description.

One of the options, that flown by Major

Pierce McKennon, is also covered in the

historical section of today’s newsletter.

It could be said that this follows along

the lines of the Tornado release…everyone knows these aircraft, and they

have been done to death. There will be

those that will curse us up and down

on this, but the majority of modellers

will welcome these marking choices.

The fact is that this group of pilots

have not yet been offered up in a single package. I should also add that, as

of the beginning of February, the Royal

Class boxing of this kit, R0020, is back

in stock, but it won’t be for very long.

On Friday, there were only 200 pieces

remaining. In some way, this is actually

beginning to resemble the situation in

the grocery stores.

We have a Bf 109E-1 in the Weekend Line, which comes to us with new

marking options. The fourth of the kit

quartet for the month is the tiny little

MiG-21MF, bagged under the SUPER44

label.

Turning our attention to accessory

items, of note are several interesting

items in the mask sets. There are two

for the spraying of the anti-glare panels

on HKM’s 1:48th scale B-17G, and, along

similar lines, we have a set for the panels on the F-35B (Italeri, 1:72nd scale).

Then, we have some classic mask sets,

among others for the Modelsvit P-51H

and ICM’s A-26B in 1:48th, the F-15J in

1:72nd scale from Great Wall Hobby,

and, in the same scale, for the Wellington GR Mk.VIII. We also have a standard

canopy mask for the above mentioned

F-35B from Italeri. We also have a mask

for ICM’s 1:32nd scale Gladiator. The

majority of the kits mentioned in the

mask descriptions also have new photoetched sets being released for them

concurrently. This goes for the F-35B,

F-15J and for the Wellington in 1:72nd,

and the same can be said for the A-26B

and B-17G in 1:48th. In the latter scale, we have three sets for the UH-1N

from Kitty Hawk. Two of them are in the

Zoom line, and among these, you’ll also

find other interesting items, such as for

the W-3A Sokol (Answer 1:48th) and

the Mitsubishi T-4 (Hobby Boss, 1:72nd

scale). The remaining Zoom sets are for

kits already mentioned above, such as

the A-26A, the Wellington, etc. There is

also an AFV set, for the M109A7 Paladin

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howitzer for the 1:35th scale Panda kit.

The ship line expands by two sets for

Revell’s German U-Boot Type IX C (U67/

U154) in 1:72nd, and a set for the USS

Yorktown hull (Trumpeter, 1:350th).

The Brassin line in March brings us

the P-38F Cockpit for the 1:48th scale

Tamiya kit, a nice accessory for a nice

kit, which generally guarantees attention. Note the Look set for the Me 262

for the kit from the same manufacturer

in the same scale. In the new Look sub-line, LookPlus, we have two sets for

the Bf 109G-10, and these differ in the

inclusion of the wheels. We introduced

the LookPlus line at Nuremburg, and

it is still a new concept. There is also

a quartet of wheel sets being offered,

for the He 111 and the A-26/B-26 Invader (both from ICM, 1:48th), and the

other two are for the big 1:32nd scale

lugs covering the B-24 (Hobby Boss) and

Lancaster (HKM). The 48th scale B-17G

from HKM will be possible to improve

with a set of superchargers (648536

B-17G) in March. The remainder are

weapons sets in 1:48th and 1:32nd scales, four of which are designed for the

current Tornado GR.1, aka Desert Babe:

the BOZ-EC Pod, Sky Shadow ECM

Pod, the PHIMAT Chaff Dispenser and

ALARM Missiles. Another three sets,

designed around the Tornado GR 1, are

being prepared for April and May, 2020.

You should also note the BigSin P-38F/G

Essential in 1:48th and the five new

BigEds. Among the new items for the

month, there are also three new decal

sheets.

I would like to thank everyone that

visited us at Nuremburg, and especially

those that attended our Friday press

conference. Thanks also to all participants of the Artur event in Prague on

February 20th. I don’t know what was

in the air that night, but the number

of attendees surpassed expectations

by a wide margin. This is leading us at

Eduard, and also at Artur, to consider

a repeat performance. This led to some

overcrowding, and we are seriously considering moving the venue to

a nearby Italian restaurant. They have

a nice floor space available for putting

together evenings such as this, and it

would be a good place to hold this the

next time. We could try the idea out in

June or July. At that time, we should

have out Spitfire Mk.I ready, and it will

need to be properly introduced. By

then, too, this epidemic should have

run its course. And speaking of the Spit,

we have tried out two new moulds, for

the canopy and the fuselage, and things

do not look bad at all. The combination

of positive and negative scribing is very

convincing. We anticipate the usual

wave of naysayers that accompany virtually every new release, but I am convinced that most will accept this feature

with enthusiasm. I like it a lot!

I am off to the Alps. I should be back

in a week or a month. Depends on whether or not my vacation is extended, or

I will need to go into a quarantine. If the

first variation manifests itself, I will be

at Prosek.

Happy Modelling!

Vladimir Sulc

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