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Editorial
as well. Through May, we went
to three shifts, and by the end
of the month, things were iro-
ned out. That means that we
are now back to producing kits
that had to be temporarily hal-
ted. But, as you may have no-
ticed on Facebook, a rapid in-
crease in capacity is not witho-
ut risk. New and inexperienced
people need to be brought on,
and the gates open to almost
anything. Speci cally, it cost
us the mold for the Fw190D-11
wing, which was one of the re-
asons for the shortage of these
kits as a whole. We were able
to rectify the problem within
about two weeks, but it cost us
the time. But, the D-11/D-13
Doras are back in the game.
And, to calm ourselves down
a bit, we decided to move the
release date of the 1/48th
scale OEFFAG 253 to July.
The busted mold has only
a peripheral effect on this de-
cision, the main one being that
we wanted the proper time re-
serve to produce the best possi-
ble kit. At this point, though,
its looking as though there will
not be really much tweaking ne-
cessary. On Sunday, I assem-
bled the rst test shot. I was
a happy boy. I had the very rst
test shots in my hands, which
I do often, but this time the ini-
tial shots are basically sound.
Even so, we put a lot of ca-
reful effort into our OEFFAG.
This new kit has nothing in
common with our older Alba-
tros, which we’ve produced
in almost incalculable quanti-
ties. All is new. Added to the
stitching details, we’ve added
new features for the interwing
strut assembly. As a result,
the assembly of the upper
June headliner, Albatros D.III OEFFAG 253 1/48 Pro pack edition
The rst test shots and subsequent build of the OEFFAG met, and even surpassed, expectati-
ons. This was the rst instance in our rm’s history that a kit could be completed satisfactorily
from the rst test shot.
Frantisek Toman, technical master, making some nal adjustments to forms