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the Kamikaze Tokkōtai kit, Mrs. Mari Kučera.
The boxart proper, which modelers really like,
was created by Piotr Forkasziewicz, and is also
being published as a print in the EduArt series
today. And finally, two more notes, if you don't
want to buy a kit in Dual Combo mode and you
only need one Zero, the A6M2-K Zero Model 11
will be released in the Profipack range in August.
We aren’t counting on the Zero Model 52 to be in
the Profipack series yet, but the A6M5 Zero Model
52a/52b kit is tentatively planned for January
next year in the Profipack line. However, what is
absolutely crucial information is the availability
of the Kamikaze Tokkōtai. At this moment, the
kits should be available at all retailers selling
our kits. In our own e-shop www.eduard.cz,
we have about 300 pieces left, which is not many.
If you want this kit, don't hesitate and buy it now.
They won't be available later. A wise man once
said ‘he who hesitates, doesn’t get to glue’.
In addition to the Zero, we are releasing two
Weekend Edition kits in April, a 48th scale Spitfire
Mk.IIa with Douglas Bader on the box and a 72nd
scale P-51D-5 Mustang. In addition, the PSP
surface makes a return to our catalog, the large
one measuring 300x400 mm. You can also find
a number of interesting things in aftermarket
accessories, such as two types of bombs and
a gun bay for our P-40E, several sets for the
F4F-4 Wildcat from Academy and an etched
bomb bay for the 48th scale B-24 from Hobby
Bose. As usual, there are a lot of new items,
a complete overview of which can be found in
today's issue of the newsletter below.
There will be several events in April. For
example, on Friday, April 4th, we will launch
a unique sale of the remaining stocks of GSi
Acrysion and MMP paints, and also seventy
Overtrees items. This is something we have
never done before and we will not do it again
for a long time. The main reason for this is that
we need to free up space in the warehouse for
more new products, and the Overtrees section
is already completely full. We currently have
over 140 items in the OT assortment, and we
have decided to reduce this amount by half.
This event will run until April 26th, what is left
will be taken to Moson in Hungary, and what we
may not sell there either, we will unpack and
take out of circulation, and the moldings will
be placed in the model components warehouse.
So, if you are interested in these discounted OTs,
do not hesitate. They will not be available and
I would like to point out that the return of the
discontinued items to our catalog is not expected
for several years. The only exceptions are cases
where a new kit is created with the same set of
moldings. There will be a few of these, but this
will not happen with most of the discontinued
items.
Speaking of discontinued items, some of
you may be pleased with our March decision.
It concerns discontinued items in the
photoetched and Brassin lines. Modelers often
ask about them on the modelling forums or
request them from customer support. In the case
of support requests, we usually accommodate
those interested in paying a higher amount for
the individual production of a set and accept the
conditions of this production. However, there
is a kind of public pressure to reintroduce
discontinued sets into the catalog. Therefore,
we decided to accommodate these requests and
return several sets to production under specific
conditions. By these specific conditions, I mean
that it will be for a limited-time and limited
quantity. We will start with this in May and I will
tell you more about it in the May newsletter
As every year, we will have a stand at the
exhibition in Mosonmagyaróvar on April 26th
and 27th. The MiG-21bis in 1/72 scale, which
we are currently finishing up, will have its
sales premiere there. It is a nice kit, created
in the same style and with the participation of
the same experts as the previous 72nd scale
MiG-21s.
In addition to the bis, the fourth-generation
Fw 190 A-6 in the Profipack series will also make
its debut in Moson. The set of color options also
includes two night fighters with radar, which,
I hope, will fulfill the wishes of modelers who
have been calling for the release of nightfighter
Focke-Wulf Fw190 for a long time. The third
premiere kit is the P-39K/L Airacobra in the
1:48th scale Weekend line, and a small PSP
base for 1:48 scale models will also return to
production.
If you would like to see what the venue
where E-day will be held this year, you can go
to Litoměřice between April 9th and 13th, when
the Zahrada Čech (Czech Gardens) spring
exhibition is taking place at the Zahrada Čech
exhibition center. All the halls where E-day
will be held will probably be open, so you can
experience the halls in full operation. Instead
of models, there will be flowers, vegetables
and other agricultural products on the tables,
but I don't think that matters. In principle, flowers
and models are more or less the same. I will go
there on Saturday, April 12th, via the Švestková
rail from Most. In the year I was born, Yuri
Gagarin flew into space in Vostok 1 on April 12th,
so I will take an old train to Litoměřice in his
honor. The timing will be more or less the same,
and we will see how it will be with comfort and
prospects for returning. I wish you a pleasant
reading of today's newsletter and an enjoyable
spring!
Happy Modelling!
Vladimir Sulc
EDITORIAL
INFO Eduard
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April 2025