EDITORIAL

Friends,

Thanks to all of you that visited our table

at Prosek and not only bought some of our

items, but also engaged in some meaningful

conversation. It seems that the long winter

has put some modellers into an information

deficit, and this year there was no shortage

of people to talk with. Recognition must

also go out to the organizers of the show

for their overall efforts, thanks to which the

Prosek show consistently achieves a high

standard. The only minus from our end of

things is that the timing of the show prevented us from having our April releases

available, and they typically aren’t available

until around this time each month. And this

month, they are worth it!

Following its display premiere in Lingen,

today is the official release of the new ProfiPACK Fw 190A-8 in 1:48th scale. I am probably not the only one who feels that the

new line of one-nineties is the best of all of

the kits we have produced up to now, and

that all of the A-8 kits, of which there will be

three, are the best of the line, as it was with

the actual aircraft. This new kit has nothing

in common with the original we released,

despite perhaps looking like they may have

something in common. As is well known by

now, the new generation of these kits went

back to the drawing board in terms of both

shape and concept, making it a much easier

build. There was even no duplication in the

marking options offered. We put money on

offering options of aircraft that have not already been done to death, so there are no

real famous names among them, but they

are aircraft of famous units, and will not

bore. The second April ProfiPACK release

is the Spitfire HF Mk.VIII in 1:72nd scale. To

the contrary, this one has naturally plenty in

common with its 1:48th cousin including in

the markings options, although there were

some changes made here. The Limited Edition line sees its first big effort of a reboxed

kit this year in the shape of the Tornado F.3

ADV and we anticipate about the same popularity of it as we are expecting of the Fw

190. It’s based on the plastic by Revell and

is complemented, as usual, by our accessory items and a large Cartograf printed decal

sheet focusing on interesting and colourful

subjects. The resin bits include seats and

wheels which among jets is a popular combination. The fourth April kit is the good ol’

Bf 109E-4 in the Weekend Line. The kits are,

of course, accompanied by the availability

of quite a bit of accessory items that include cockpits, engines, fuselage guns and

a Löök set for the Fw 190. The Tempest

Mk.V now has an engine available for it,

which is a kit in itself in terms of its parts

count. Its development was a task and-a-half. I would like to point out the next of

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our nuclear bombs in 1:72nd and 1:48th,

and the next in the line of infantry weapons

in 1:35th. Among the photoetched items

and masks you’ll find items for the B-52H

from Modelcollect and the Phantom FGR.2

from Airfix in 1:72nd, in 1:48th there is an

interesting set for the Hunter F.6, also from

Airfix, and in 1:32nd there are further sets

for the Lancaster B Mk.I from HKM. There is

also a collection of sets for the new Trumpeter P-40F. In 1:35th, we put some focus on

the new Tamiya M3A1 Scout Car and on the

Armata T-15 from Zvezda. For ship modelers, we have the last of the PE sets for the

USS Enterprise (CVN-65). Further details follow, as they always do in these newsletters.

Back to the Modelcollect B-52 for a second. In the past, we have released several

sets for the B-52G. With the new B-52H kit,

for which we are introducing new sets today, we discovered that some are usable in

the B-52G as for the B-52H. We have decided to relabel the packaging to make it clear

that the specific set is applicable to both

versions of the airplane, and indeed, for all

B-52s from this manufacturer, and including

potential future versions. To clarify, the following table lists the sets and their name,

as well as their previous names:

marks one hundred years since our forefathers captured this machine in the conflict

against revolutionary Hungarians. Among

other points of interest, this kit will have

its decals printed with new technology that

will come into full use through the summer,

hopefully. Who will be in Prostejov and will

want to capture this new kit of a captured

aircraft with new production technology

will need to pre-order it. This can be done

through our e-shop, and I will deliver the

kit myself. Payment can be made on delivery or in advance via the usual methods.

If you want this item but will not be attending Prostejov, it can still be ordered and

paid for, and mailed out through, again, the

usual channels. But take notice… there will

only be fifty of these available. Actually, it

was similar last year with the MiG-21MF.

I would also like to point out that we are

progressively renewing some of the old, but

popular, Self Adhesive sets in an updated

and non-self adhesive form. In April, these

will be sets for the F-15C, F-14 and P-47D-20

in 1:32nd, the La-5FN and Il-2m3 in 1:48th

and the Hurricane Mk.I, F-4J and F-35

in 1:72nd.

In April, you can meet us at Moson,

in Hungary, and in Prostejov. I will personally

be in Prostejov, where I will have the pre-release Fokker D.VII MAG in 1:72nd scale,

specially prepared for Easter at Prostejov.

The kit will be a unique Czechoslovak version in a post-war three-colour camouflage

scheme in three choices and without photoetched brass. If I am not mistaken, this

It would appear that another tradition is taking hold.

A week later, our display delegation will

be at Moson, with all of the new releases for

April and May. Among them will be the full

fledged Fokker D.VII, only in a slightly different version, OAW. As opposed to the post-war Austro-Hungarian, and subsequently

Hungarian and sub-subsequently Czechoslovak, versions, the German machines are

significantly more striking. And the most

striking among the striking are probably the

aircraft that came from the OAW plant. On

top of that, they were flown by famous pilots, among them holders of the Pour le Merite, all pointing towards May’s Fokker D.VII

(OAW) being one helluva kit. To that will be

INFO Eduard - April 2019