Gabor explaining.

The Weekend Line is represented by

the Avia B.534 of the first production

series in 1/72nd scale.

Among the accessory items, I see

a lot of potential for the set for PT109 from Revell in 1/72nd scale, the

PT Boat that was sailed on by President John F. Kennedy at the time of

Guadalcanal. Besides that, there are

a lot of other interesting little items

to be found, too. Also attractive will

be the newly designed sets for the

A-26B from Revell in 1/48th and for

the Pz.IV Ausf.H from Academy in

1/35th, as well as the P-61A from

Hobby Boss and F-106A from Trumpeter (both in 1/72nd). We really

didn’t want to go into these initially,

I must admit, but we decided to go

with popular demand. I would also

like to point out the two sets of MiG-21MF masks in 1/72nd scale. The

item with the catalog number CX511

is a classic, standard set and overs coverage of only the outside face of the

canopy. CX512 is a TFace item which

masks off both the interior and the

exterior canopy. Both allow for the

masking of the weatherstripping

around the canopy frame, which will

be a challenge for every modeler, but

one well worth the effort.

I touched on the Brassin sets for

the MiG-21MF above, and I would

like to add that this month we are releasing a cokpit set, dubbed ‚Cockpit

Late‘, which in this case refers to the

Greys and modernised camouflaged

aircraft. In July, we will be releasing

a ‚Cockpit Early‘, and these will be

of the camouflaged aircraft as they

were delivered to Czechoslovakia in

the seventies. Minor details and va6

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riations as aircraft were modernized

won’t be covered and we will leave

that up to the creativity of individual

modellers. May‘s releases also offer

wheels, exhausts, weapons pylons

and R-3S missiles in two packagings.

In the R-3S missiles for MiG-21 1/72nd

scale (Cat.No.672185) contain only

the missiles and the rails and in the

R-3S missiles w/ pylons for MiG-21

1/72nd scale (Cat.No.672186) includes the fuselage and wing pylons.

For the MiG-21MF, we are also releasing an individual decal sheet of

stencil data for the type.Of the other

Brassin sets, I would like to point out

the Fw 190A-5 Engine and Fuselage

Guns in 1/48th, designed for the kit

released this May as well. There are

also another two sets of details for

the Bf 109G-6 from Tamiya covering

the radio compartment and the cockpit. I must point out that this latter

set is of the classic Bf 109G-6 armed

with 20mm cannon. For Bf 109G-6/U4

aircraft with 30mm weapons we will

release a cockpit set in June with the

Catalog Number 648411. The Brassin

releases this month are rounded up

by more sets of bombs. Often we are

met with the question as to why we

release the bomb sets that we do,

and ones that should typically be considered ore interesting by most modellers. It’s difficult to answer such

a question and the best answer that

seems to come to mind is ‚because

we do‘. But to satisfy what is, after

all, a reasonable question, I would

respond by saying that our goal is to

eventually produce kits of all known

and used bombs, missiles, training

rounds, reconnaissance pods, drop

tanks and other such items from various periods throughout aviation

history. And in 1/72nd, 1/48th and

1/32nd scales to boot. This might be

an ambitious weapons program, maybe as ambitious as the one pursued

by Comrade Kim Jong-Un, but it is

what it is!

Happy Modelling!

Vladimir Sulc

INFO Eduard - May 2018