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can be built with both the standard side opening
canopy version (birdcage) or with a modified
version known as the Malcolm Hood. There will be
a total of ten decal options, including one British
Mustang Mk.III.
The second kit will be directly derived from the
Limited Edition kit ‘Overlord: D
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Day Mustangs’.
It will be the P
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P51B Mustang Royal Class
release. The basis will be the same as for the
aforementioned kit. Two sets of plastic, two of
photoetched and two of masks will be a part of
its contents. The basic decal sheet and scheme
options will also be the same. But there will be
some significant differences. There will be one
more decal sheet with four more options: Dominic
S. Gentile's ‘Shangri-La’, Duane W. Beeson's ‘Boise
Bee’, both from the 4th Fighter Group, along with
Robert Eckfeldt's ‘Bald Eagle’ and ‘Lou III’, flown
by Thomas Christian of the 361st Fighter Group.
In addition to this, the kit will also include a
selection of Brassin accessories, which will be two
versions of the 3D printed seat with integrated seat
belts, two sets of exhausts and two sets of wheels.
The kit will also include a Space line badge with
the USAAF 8th Air Force insignia, a magnet and
a painting, with the same motif used in the box art
for the Overlord: D
-
Day Mustangs kit. The author of
the painting will be Piotr Forkazsewicz. The boxing
will be a classic Royal Class package in the same
style as the previous Royal Class P-51D Mustang
in 1:48th.
There will be a pre-order event for both. Each of
them will have a slightly different sales format that
will be followed. The Overlord: D
-
Day Mustangs will
have a 15% discount applied to the basic pre-order
price, which will apply to anything a customer
orders concurrently with this item. All P-51B and
Overtree additionals slated for release in May will
also be on offer with the pre-order. The Overlord:
D
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Day Mustangs kit will then go on regular sale in
May and will be available across our retail network.
The Royal Class offer will follow a different
template. It will be sold only at the base price
without a discount on its own, but will act as
a discount trigger for other items purchased with
it. So if you pre-order the Royal Class kit along
with other items, you'll get a pre-order discount on
those other items, but not on the Royal Class kit.
Of note is the fact that the Royal Class boxing
will only be available for pre-order either from
us or from our selected partners who will be
participating in this event. We will only produce as
many kits as are pre-ordered, no more.
The pre-order window opens on March 8th for
eleven days, closing on Monday, March 18th. We will
continuously inform you about the event and its
conditions, as well as kit content descriptions and
progress towards availability on our social media
networks and also by mailings before the start of
the pre-order event.
P-51D Mustang 1:72
We will be launching a corresponding pre-
order event for the 72nd scale P-51D Mustang at
the end of March. It too will be in two formats, as
a standard Limited Edition kit called ‘Men O'War’,
and as a Royal Class ‘P-51D Mustang 1:72’. Both
kits will be Dual Combo type and the markings will
be based on the 1:48th Royal Class P-51D package
we released five years ago. The 72nd Royall Class
item will again have several bonus features in
the form of Brassin sets, a picture, a badge and
a package-specific decal sheet offering further
scheme options. Pre-order conditions will be the
same as for both P-51B 1:48 kits. Pre-order of the
1:72nd scale P-51D will start on March 29th and end
on April 8th.
B-17F Flying Fortress 1:48
Although the 1:48th scale Flying Fortress isn't
due for release until August, we're aiming to bring
it to Madison, Wisconsin for the IPMS USA Nats
taking place in mid-July. Nevertheless, it is time
to write something about this project now, because
the first mentions caused quite a stir and brought
forth many questions. So today I offer you at least
the basic facts about this project:
• The project is being developed under the
working name ‘Bloody Hundreth 1943’ and is being
developed around the B-17F in 48th.
• The following release will carry the name
‘Bloody Hundreth 1944’ and will be based around
the B-17G in 48th.
• The first of these two is expected to be released
in August 2024.
• The projects are being developed in cooperation
with Hong Kong Models (HKM) and the 100th Bomb
Group Foundation (100th BGF)
• The plastic will be supplied by HKM
• Because the HKM kit has only one of many
possible variations of the nose (the oldest, suach
as the one that was on the Memphis Belle),
we have designed other versions so that we could
include later configurations.
• The molds for the noses will be made by HKM
based on our designs. HKM will produce and supply
the finished product.
• We are working closely with the 100th BGF
regarding historical data as well as licensing of
trademarks held by 100th BGF. The 100th BG is
one of the few, if not the only, US joint military
aviation unit whose tactical insignia, the D within
a square, and other related items are subjects of
a registered trademark.
• An important role in the project is being
played by our colleague Jan Zdiarský, who is
the link between Eduard and the 100th BGF.
In addition to being an employee of Eduard, he is
also a member of the 100th BGF. Mr. Zdiarský, who,
among other things, functions as the chief editor
of our newsletters. He is also the curator of the oft
mentioned museum dedicated to the air battle over
the Ore Mountains on September 11th, 1944, and
has prepared materials for the development of the
noses and gathered reference materials for the
creation of the decals and color schemes, and will
put together summaries for those color schemes
as well as articles related to this project that will
appear in our forthcoming newsletters.
• The Air Battle of the Ore Mountains museum, as
mentioned, is devoted to the events of September
11, 1944, when during the mission to Ruhland, the
100th BG lost thirteen B-17Gs, mainly over the town
of Kovářská and its surroundings.
B-17 Flying Fortress Accessory Items
Also associated with the B-17, and the Bloody
Hundred, is the Masters of the Air series currently
running on Apple TV+. Due to the series, and
I'm pretty sure it is due to the series, we've had
a significant increase in requests to re-release
out of production accessory items for the B-17 of
various kit manufacturers and scales. We have
decided to comply with them and put these sets
back in our range. You might be surprised that
there are more than 160 such items! They have
been on sale since last week and you can find them
in our e-shop.
Profiles of the two P-51Bs whose illustrations will be featured on the cover of the premiere limited edition
of the P-51B "Overlord: D
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Day Mustangs.
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