Editorial
In February, after overcoming many obstacles, we finally successfully completed two large and exceptional projects, the Alien and Strafer kits.
In February, after overcoming many obstacles,
we finally successfully completed two large and
exceptional projects, the Alien and Strafer kits.
The first one in particular put up a good fight, but
clean livin’ prevailed! Those of you who followed
the preparation of this project on our Facebook
or Instagram pages know what I'm talking about.
I dare say that we have probably never created
anything more complex, at least when it comes
to decal sheets. We are therefore happy that
we were able to send out all preordered kits
to customers by the end of February. It was
a little later than ideal in the end, and I thank
all those who preordered for their patience
and understanding for all the big and small
difficulties we encountered with this project.
I believe that all of this was a fair price to pay for
owning such a unique kit. By the way, we ended
up producing a total of 950 Tigers 3366, which
is an extremely small edition by our standards.
Thanks to this small number of pieces produced,
it is clear that everyone who invested in
this kit received a truly unique item. Of the
950 kits, we sold 720 via preorders, and the rest
were delivered to retailers. So if you hesitated
in oreordering, you still have a small and very
limited chance to purchase this kit, but be aware
that these kits are available to retailers in very
small numbers as well.
In principle, the situation is similar with the
Strafer kit, the B-25J Mitchell in 1:48th from the
new HKM EDUARD series. We also sold these
kits through preorders, but unlike Tiger 3366,
aka Alien, in this case the total number of kits is
significantly higher. We produced a total of 3800
pieces, most of which are at retailers. Strafer is
one of the March Limited Edition releases, so at
this point it is already available at most retailers
who ordered it, but it is no longer available in our
e-shop. This is because we produced the exact
number of pieces that we received preorders
from our e-shop and from retailers for.
We will proceed in the same way with several
other new products prepared for this year.
The closest of them to reality is the Royal Class
P-40K 1:48. Preorders for this kit will start next
week, on Friday, March 13th, and will end on
Tuesday, March 24th. The kit is officially a May
release, and we will ship it to customers and
dealers in the second half of April.
A month later, on Friday, April 10th, preorders
for the second HKM EDUARD kit, the A-20G
Havoc in 1:48, will begin. Preorders on this item
end on April 21st, shipping to online customers
will begin in the first half of August.
New Releases for March
Going back for a moment to the current flock
of March new releases, we have the Enstrom 480
in the Hybrid line in 1:72nd scale. This kit follows
on from the kit that modelers who exhibited
at E
-
Day received in October 2025. Since it is
a HYBRID series kit, it consists of plastic and
3D printed parts. Compared to the kit from E
-
Day,
with catalog number 972011, this March new
release has structurally modified 3D printed
parts so that they are more durable both during
transportation and during model building. This
simply means that both the parts themselves
and their attachment to the base are reinforced.
There have also been changes to the printing
support system and their shape to allow easier
separation of parts from the support structure.
The new kit with catalog number 972012 also
has a classic box with a boxart image, unlike the
exhibition one, and offers a choice of six color
and marking versions.
Another kit in the March collection of new
items is the Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4, released
for the first time as a 1:72nd scale Limited
Edition kit under the name Kurfürst. Like most
new Limited Edition kits, the Kurfürst is released
as a Dual Combo affair with two sets of plastic
and a decal sheet with nine color and marking
options. The Bf 109K-4 is also the last part of
the Bf-109F/G/K project. With the Kurfürst, we
have fulfilled our expectations as far as the
Messerschmitt Bf 109 with the DB 605 engine is
concerned, although we will of course release
other boxed versions in all series, Weekend,
Profipack and Limited Editions.
In March, we are also putting out two reissues
of older kits. While one of the most popular kits
of recent times, the Fw 190F-8 (Profipack 1:48),
is being released unchanged from its original
guise, the Spitfire F Mk.IX (also Profipack 1:48) is
different. In its case, we have decided to revamp
the markings options. We have removed one of
the original paint schemes and have added two
new ones, one Canadian and one American.
You can also find some reissues among
aftermarket accessories, specifically among
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March 2026