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Info Eduard - April 2011
banner. I gure that we feel that we know all
there is to know about the Trabant, Velorex
and Maluch, but our Western, and especially
overseas, colleagues may not. So, we decided
to throw a bit of light on this subject. I assume
that even eastern Europeans will nd some little
tidbits that they didn’t know before. Next time
we’ll take a look at the Velorex. And the new
advert for the ‘SMT’, well, that will be something
else altogether!
As a sidenote, at ModelBrno in June, there will
be a special category of the Best MiG, heavily
subsidized, much like Wimbledon! All MiGfans
should circle the date in your calendars.
And that’s it for the MiGs for now - at least for
the intro. You’ll be able to nd more tidbits in the
newsletter. There are other kits and other articles.
April will see the release of another Dora, this
time with the Ta 152 tail surfaces. Apparently,
this was the result of a production anomaly,
maybe lasting only a day. Despite that, this is
one of the most popular Focke-Wulfs, at least
one can be found at most contests. Here, this
project gained several nicknames, such as ‘big
butt’, although the rudder was no bigger than
with the classic Dora. Another was ‘Café Late’.
This may or may not be clear, but I won’t get into
it. In any case, we got trampled by the experts
over the reconstruction of our camouage
schemes. For that reason, you’ll see that theme
in the article by Martin Ferkl in this newsletter.
Its not that we would want to convince anyone of
our ‘truths’, but we thought that an explanation
of our interpretation of things is warranted.
For the next April kit release, we are preparing
an article for the next INFO. It is something
to look forward to; it will be lled with the
interesting fates of the aircraft represented
in the kit. This is being released now as B-24D
Mission Centenarians. For those that don’t know,
these are Liberators that survived one hundred
missions. These include exceptionally colorful
markings....really something! Bear in mind, that
these are Limited Edition kits, and these tend to
get really hard to nd really fast. In that sense,
hopefully, the article won’t show up in time to be
past its expiration date.
The third kit for April, the Weekend OEFFAG
153, also, as of yet, has no accompanying
article. Actually, we have ready the rst part of
a related article on Friedrich Navratil, and it is
very exclusive, and with 34 pages. This seems
a bit long for the format of our INFO newsletters,
and so we are in talks with the author, Peter
Aharon Tesar, about the possibility of shortening
it. Hopefully, it will work out, as this article is
worth the time to read. For now, you can wet
your whistle with a ne example of a beautiful
OEFFAG from the workbench of Slava Vanous.
There are three new items in the Brassin
line. Notice that even here, we are slowly but
surely gaining momentum. The KM-1 seat for
our 1/48th scale MiG-21MF are already well
known to those who ordered the Subscriber
Edition of the kit. The 1/32nd scale Bf 109E
fuselage weapons installation nicely dresses
up the kit it is designed for (Eduard, naturally).
Also nicely dressed up are the exhausts for the
Tamiya Phantom II (USAF). To install the exhausts
requires little cutting, which doesn’t quite apply
to the Bf 109E weapons installation.
Photoetching for April - a lot, as usual.
The variety is more pronounced than usual.
Regardless of your interests and preferred
scale, it’s worth taking a look at the two types
of American Camouage Netting in 1/35th.
EDITORIAL
The new color nets are very attractive, and
I don’t think that they have a viable alternative
with any other technology. I am very interested in
seeing their performance. Their use in dioramas
can also be realized in other scales.
Still with brass, I would like to draw your
attention to some new sets for ships. A while
back, I promised a more concentrated focus on
these subjects. This month, we’ve got three new
sets for ships, not counting the Ar 196A, if you
should consider that a ship theme. In May, there
will be another ve, so there is a certain amount
of fulllment of the promise happening. As you
are by now no doubt well aware, it takes a few
Eduard months to get things moving around here,
but once they do, stand back! At this moment, for
example, we are intensively working on nishing
the 1/72nd scale Hellcat. Yeah, yeah, it is only
1/72nd scale, and it won’t mesmerize like the
48th scale MiG, but will represent something
new, to be sure. It should be ready for release
by July 1st, and most of you will admit that that’s
a pretty good clip not seen before. I am also
expecting our MiG-15 in 1/72nd to arrive back
here from Sevastopol. That project is a bit of
a throwback to earlier days, and we’ll have to
see what kind of an effect the Eduard month will
have on this project.
I see that I am now pushing three pages; time
to wrap this up. At this point, I would like to say
a special ‘hello’ to our Japanese friends and
clients. The earthquake in Japan came out of
the blue, as things like this tend to do. For us
modelers, the natural catastrophe in Japan and
the resulting damage to the Fukushima power
plant, is a very sensitive event. There likely
is no modeler that doesn’t have a Japanese
friend, acquaintance, retail partner, or at least
some form of contact with Japanese modeling
products in some way, shape or form.
We would like to extend our deepest
sympathy to all who have been affected by the
earthquake and the resulting catastrophe, and
from the bottom of our hearts, we hope that
the days of calm will return as soon as possible.
Hang in there...our ngers are crossed!
Happy Modeling!
Vladimir Sulc
東北地方太平洋沖地震
で被災された方、また
そのご家族の皆様に、
心よりお悔みとお見舞
いを申し上げます。
そして、日々の安心し
た暮らしが取り戻せる
ことを心より祈ってい
ます。被災地の皆様厳
しい現状だと思います
が頑張ってください。