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  Vol 16, June 2017

  ISSUE 84

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  ISSUE 84

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  KITS

  EDITORIAL

  BRASSIN

  PHOTO-ETCHED SETS

  BIGED

  RELEASE

  HISTORY

  BUILT

  ON APPROACH

  June 2017

  The Story of a Real Rabbit

  Bf 110F 1/48

  Spitre Mk.XVI Bubbletop 1/72

  Roland C.II 1/48

  Bf 109G-6 Mtt Regensburg 1/48

  Fw 190A-8/R2 1/72

  SE.5a 1/48

  June Brassins

  July 2017

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  CONTENTS

  JUNE 2017

  Bf 110F ProPACK 1/48

  Spitre Mk.XVI Bubbletop ProPACK 1/72

  Roland C.II ProPACK 1/48

  Bf 109G-6 MTT Regensburg Weekend Edition 1/48

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  my rant regarding the text’s mistake.

  That was more of a reminder that the

  line between a know everything and a

  wannabe is somemes dangerously thin.

  What really got me, though, were two

  things that I noted from my perspecve.

  The rst was the conclusion in which

  the author cites a list of mistakes and

  makes rather sadisc suggesons for

  punishment for said mistakes without

  being able to nd one posive aspect to

  the kit. This is probably connected to a

  long standing Czech, and Czechoslovak,

  tradion of deeply cricising, either

  fairly or unfairly, the value of an item or

  a product. The xaon of the reviewer

  on the need to nd fault in the review

  is as old as the concept of the review

  itself and sll represents itself well in our

  eld. As in other elds, in modelling, the

  Czech review is rst and foremost about

  mistakes. Our reviewers consider it their

  duty to nd mistakes, and shove them

  down the throats of the manufacturers.

  In my opinion, this carries with it one

  interesng side eect. As me passes,

  reviewed items have goen progressively

  beer in quality as a whole, and the

  perceived faults follow suit. However,

  the reviewers are that much louder and

  play down their overall insignicance.

  In our own case, we went through a

  several week-long debacle on the theme

  of the fairings at the wingroots of the Bf

  109G and today it’s about the posively

  engraved doors on the fuselage of

  the SE.5a. Oh the infamy! How can

  something like that occur? Well, these

  things can happen, and unfortunately,

  the toolmaker went posive instead

  of negave. There were mes when

  such things were not even commented

  upon, but in the days of dwindling topics

  to bitch about, every lile nitpick is a

  good nitpick and needs every last ounce

  of one’s overcompensaon for one’s

  own perceived personal shortcomings

  squeezed out of it. I wouldn’t even

  have that much against it personally,

  but in this case it was more about not

  understanding what he was talking about

  rather than the perceived mistakes. But

  when someone goes about poinng out

  perceived mistakes, and extrapolang

  others in a snowball eect, while

  painstakingly making an obvious eort

  to leave out any good points, I exercise

  my right and duty to speak up. Is there

  really no redeeming quality in the kit?

  Really, none?

  Everyone makes mistakes. But, there

  are mistakes and then there are mistakes.

  It’s like driving a car. For something,

  they’ll charge you with a sixty dollar ne,

  and with something else, they’ll take

  your license away. Zdeno Bugan, it would

  seem, would take away our license for

  having an under-inated le rear re.

  I don’t know if this is a result of there

  being less and less of those fatal aws

  in models on the market, or of Zdeno

  echoing the theory that Eduard is prey

  good at producing model kits and should

  be slammed a lile harder than someone

  who does not ply their trade as well. On

  the other hand, that would be a fairly

  advanced thought, the principle of which

  is even applied to our schooling system.

  In reality, I don’t hold these creave

  thoughts against their supporters, as

  I would against responsible editors. I

  don’t want to take apart the idea of the

  review to its bare bones, but as you will

  no doubt understand, I do read them. I

  must say that the level of quality in the

  reviews is too oen depressing. Finding

  a good quality review is increasingly

  dicult and is best to nd among high

  quality modellers, but an editor needs to

  keep tabs on the texts that are released,

  curb the author’s enthusiasm (in the

  negave sense of the word), aversions

  and inclinaons and to promote as

  much accurate reviewing as possible.

  And that’s the other problem I had with

  Zdeno Bugan. Right in his introducon,

  the author explains that as he sees it

  with models of First World War subjects,

  and eventually goes on to conclude

  that 1/48th scale is for these types

  inadequate, because today, the ruling

  scale is 1/32nd, especially from one

  specic manufacturer with which no one

  or nothing can hope to compete. It was

  not necessary to be a fortune teller to

  know how this was gonna end. And end

  it did, very predictably. I see two faults

  there. One comes from the fact that the

  author already had his mind made up

  from the very beginning, and that the

  review was only going to be a vehicle in

  which to propagate a specic agenda.

  The other comes from pushing forth

  the noon regarding the dominaon of

  1/32nd scale with respect to First World

  War aircra and a denite failure of this

  in 48th. That is not truth, it is merely the

  percepon of Zdeno Bugan fuelled by

  his love of WNW kits. He loves them,

  and builds them for WNW. I understand

  his passion, but so should his editor, and

  should’ve placed Bugan on a leash with

  a muzzle. Bugan’s enthusiasm regarding

  the marvellous sales of WNW kits should

  also be put in their proper place. Outside

  of Bugan’s head, the reality could actually

  be quite dierent. And this is meant

  Welcome to today’s newsleer! May

  27th was the 75th anniversary of the

  assassinaon of SS Obergruppenfuhrer

  Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich’s head

  of the Protectorate of Bohemia and

  Moravia, the head of the RSHA and

  the highest ranking Nazi killed during

  the Second World War by resistance

  forces in an occupied European country.

  The assassinaon was carried out by

  Czechoslovak soldiers with the help of

  the home underground inserted into

  the Protectorate by Great Britain several

  months prior to the actual event. We

  would like to thank all who followed our

  Facebook page regarding this theme and

  we thank you for your comments as well.

  We were extremely pleased by the level

  of your knowledge of this event. it is true

  that, however, the opinion surfaced that

  although the act was one of extreme

  bravery, the brutality of the German

  reacon relegated it into the ‘not too

  smart’ category. But that is somemes

  what the survival of a naon hinges on.

  In the bale against evil, sooner or later

  it becomes necessary to stand up and

  ght with all one’s might with everything

  at one’s disposal and not hold anything

  back. This is a realisaon that all

  countries eventually experienced in the

  Second World War that were the target

  of Nazi aggression and might. To not

  ght, to negoate with the aggressor,

  to step back, these things did not bring

  co-operaon or peace. This was, is

  and always will be true. Coincidentally,

  passionate emoons and uncommonly

  intense debate has been evoked by

  the recent events in Manchester by

  the Islamic State. We were cricised

  for some of our strong text about this

  recent event, and chassed on the basis

  that polics doesn’t belong in modelling.

  I will not ever suggest that someone

  should lose their right to their opinion,

  and I understand the misgivings of those

  that have them, but I think there is a

  place for polics in modelling as there

  is in many facets of life. We’re not just

  modellers, locking ourselves with our

  kits in the safety of the man-cave. We

  are also people, cizens who should

  care about our well-being as a species,

  and of the world in which we live. To

  express misgivings about the evoluon

  of this care and concern is in my opinion,

  relevant. Going back to the pre-war era,

  I would point out that Winston Churchill,

  expressing the opinion that Hitler was

  a dangerous thug and the Nazis a life

  threatening danger to the free world,

  was also considered a radical. What was

  going on a year later?

  I would like to thank Mr. Jindrich

  Sterbacek for his apology for the mistake

  in the review of the SE.5a in Modelar

  magazine, Issue 4/2017. At the risk of

  sounding like a disgruntled old man,

  the mistake wasn’t the main point of

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  as no cricism of WNW. Their work is

  wonderful, and they give the world

  beauful models of interesng subjects,

  but their sales are far behind the results

  found with 48th scale kits. And to use

  this as a tool with which to beat up

  on those who use 48th scale either as

  manufacturers or as modellers comes

  across as just a tad over-condent, let’s

  say.

  And so, aer several years, I decided

  to write a review of a review. I really

  didn’t want to get into it, because I

  expect that it will be made out to sound

  like a manufacturer who’s darling lile

  baby was cricised. Although I am

  not expecng any praise, I decided to

  write down this text. I wrote it because

  I consider accurate and construcve

  cricism to be one of the engines driving

  progress. A review should give some

  idea of what the consumer wants, and

  the consumer of what to expect. I fear

  that for the mostpart today, neither side

  gets what it needs. The Czech reviews

  (among others, like for example, Russian)

  are inclined to nd fault at any cost and

  trample the kit into the ground, while

  western reviews tend to as forgiving as

  a school for the variously handicapped

  and oen resemble an adversement. It

  would be a good idea to strike a balance

  so the review would benet both the

  consumer and the manufacturer. In its

  current state, the reviews are virtually

  useless. There are, of course excepons,

  such as the review of the 1/32nd Yak-3 in

  the last issue of Modelar.

  The next ModellBrno is on our

  doorstep. This year, the show takes

  place with our signicant presence, as

  we have taken over nancial support

  of the event. I have read that we are

  blood sucking vampires, the wreckers of

  modelling events, and that we used local

  circumstances to our advantage to hijack

  the event. Those are some prey harsh

  words and, of course, I am not sure they

  are warranted.We have no desire to take

  over all of the event’s funcons, and we

  certainly aren’t doing it to make a buck.

  I seriously doubt that a modelling event

  such as this one in the Czech Republic is a

  business that would turn into a lucrave

  venture. In fact, I fear that most event

  organisers are pleased when they break

  even. ModellBrno will likely be the same

  this year and our part in the nancial

  handling of the event is not going to

  change anything. Our goal is a lile more

  complicated than making a prot on

  tables and admission, while the other

  side of the coin requires no big know-

  how. Our interest is rst and foremost to

  maintain events like ModellBrno or E-day

  at the top of the show calendar, a place

  for the modelling community to gather,

  because it is this community that keeps

  us alive. For this reason, we support

  small and medium sized events, even if

  it is not evident at rst glance or doesn’t

  aract the same amount of aenon

  as our partnership with ModellBrno

  or the goings on around E-day. We are

  very well aware that the existence of the

  modelling community is the foundaon

  of our business. As long as clubs thrive,

  as long as modellers go out for a few

  beers and discuss who did what, who

  screwed up the nose on the MiG, or who

  loused up the crosses on the Fokker, then

  our industry sustains us, and as a result,

  we manufacturers survive. If the clubs

  die out and the events stop occurring,

  we stop occurring as well. Even now,

  there is regular talk of the shrinking of

  the modelling market and a decrease

  in the number of modellers. I don’t

  know - maybe it is that way, but here,

  at the Czech events, things certainly

  don’t suggest an impending tragedy.

  That makes me feel some sadness all

  the more, when I see the pessimism in

  modelling circles around the country.

  Since when, a while back, we connected

  E-day with the Czech Naonals, and the

  resources necessary were were covered

  by ourselves, I have felt very compelled

  to speak out on this subject.I think

  that the me might be right to suggest

  another state of aars that may be

  more accurate. more and more clubs

  are disbanding and leaving the union

  of Czech modellers, including the Brno

  club, and even the junior part of that

  was in danger of disbanding due to some

  poor steps taken by the union itself in

  the past. I think, then, that it is me to

  ask the queson weather or not it might

  be prudent to form an organizaon to

  replace, and be totally independent of,

  the union SMCR. This raises a whole list

  of other quesons, but it’s something to

  discuss. I am sure it’s me to begin this

  process.

  But I don’t to just want to sit here and

  philosophise. So, what will we nd at

  ModellBrno? Of course, models. One

  of our contribuons to ModellBrno is

  the concept of the admissions kit and

  this year they will be consistent with the

  show’s poster. In the same spirit, there

  will be cercates done up as memorial

  sheets. There will be the tradional pre-

  party on Friday night and there is a chance

  that General Bocek may pay it a visit. We

  took the liberty of including the markings

  for the Spiire that the General ew over

  as a Sergeant in August, 1945 to Prague.

  The markings are in the admissions

  1/144 kit. Within the hall itself, there will

  be theme appropriate displays there will

  be club tables, and naturally, some high

  quality catering. At our table you can

  expect new releases for the month of

  July including the 1/32nd scale Warhawk

  and, for now, the nal of the Eduard

  Avia line, the Bk.534 in 1/72nd scale. It

  will include the arresng gear, and will

  feature posive scribing on the centre

  secon of the top wing. That’s just in

  case you have a new le lying around

  and need to put it to good use, you

  know? That’s a joke. the surface detail is

  very ne. You’ll see. This Bk also has the

  last of the more complex t issues ne

  tuned, like, for example, the elevators.

  As a sidenote, this year’s Kamikaze Cup

  in Slany featured the building of the Avia

  B.534 I and II Series, and the kits were

  completed by all parcipants including

  one lady, and the winner even managed

  to do the rigging. If you’d like to know

  more about all of July’s new releases,

  check out the July Distributor’s Leaet.

  It’s all there. The Distributor’s Leaet

  was intended to be just that, and not

  be accessible to the general modeller.

  But the modellers found their way to

  the leaet and nowadays, anyone who

  wants it, accesses it. This, of course,

  doesn’t bother us, and we are pleased

  that you all nd it worth the eort.

  I need to say something about

  ModellBrno pre-orders. They are in eect

  now and are so unl Monday June 12,

  2017 at 8:00am. Be aware of that date

  and me, though. It oen happens that

  someone forgets to place their order and

  tries to place it aer the end of the pre-

  order period. We always accommodate

  but it’s a lot more complicated aer the

  end of the oer period and we are always

  very grateful when the orders come in

  on me. It should also be noted that the

  admission to ModellBrno is modelled

  aer E-day, and there is the admissions

  kit, which in this case is the 1/144th

  scale Spiire with two marking opons,

  both of which have a connecon to the

  city of Brno. BFC members will have the

  admission and the kit at no cost and our

  table will feature a 15% discount, 20%

  for the members of the club.

  In July, you’ll nally be able to nd

  out how it was with Manak’s Typhoon,

  thanks to Karel Tuma and Jan Mace in

  the magazine Modelar. Their arcle will

  have a denite impact on the nal look

  of our Manak Typhoon Mk.Ib, which will

  be one of the main draws at this year’s

  E-day. Their conclusions are generally

  categorical, but I must admit that our

  other consultant of Brish origins sees

  a problem with the outcome and his

  conclusions dier substanally. All these

  gentlemen have brought us to the brink

  of dilemma, to the point where weather

  or not Manak’s Typhoon had or did not

  have an antenna mast will simply be

  le up to you. The new canopy for the

  mastless version is ready, so no maer

  what the truth of the maer is, we are

  ready for any variaon. The other main

  hero for this year’s E-day, the Fw 190A-

  4 is progressing very nicely, and I am

  hopeful that we will even be able to

  show o some test shots at ModellBrno.

  We also have the admissions kit ne

  tuned, and our ambion was to make as

  aracve as possible, to the point where

  yoou’d be disappointed that E-day will

  not include Sunday this year.

  During the second half of May, we were

  nally able to start the run of prints of

  our boxart in the EduArt line. The prints,

  in an A2 format, are printed on a special

  material, and they aren’t enrely cheap.

  We aren’t ancipang huge sales with

  these items, which will be valued by

  those who acquire these items, because

  they will certainly not be hanging on

  every wall. Examples of the rst prints,

  as the ones that were prepared for June,

  can be viewed within this newsleer.

  Turning our aenon to June releases,

  there is a certain dominaon carried

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  opons depicng the classic G-6 sub-

  variant produced by Messerschmi at

  Regensburg.

  Now the accessories. The biggie among

  the Brassins is the F-14A cockpit for the

  1/48 Tamiya kit. Out of the other sets,

  I’d like to draw aenon to two sets

  designed for Hasegawa’s H8K2 Emily in

  1/72. One set covers guns and the other

  covers engines. Also note the BigSin sets

  for the Bf 109G-6 in 1/32 for the Revell

  kit. In the photoetched brass and mask

  department, we have the rst two sets

  designed for the one of the latest naval

  eorts emanang from Trumpeter, the

  German Type VIIc sub in 1/48. This kit is

  a beast, and its proce is correspondingly

  high, for which we are then oering

  corresponding quality. Scking for a

  moment with the naval theme, we are

  connuing with the releases of sets for

  the HMS Hood in 1/200. Other sets are

  designed for aircra. In 1/72, we’ve

  got a set for the Ki-49 Donryu/Helen

  from Hasegawa, for which there was

  a surprising amount of demand, and

  two sets for the MiG-31B/BM from

  Trumpeter. The MiG-31 also receives

  our mask treatment, but not so the

  Helen, since a mask is already available.

  In 1/48, we have two sets for the Super

  Seasprite from Kiy Hawk, two for the

  Su-25UB from Smer, which is, as is well

  known, an OEZ Letohrad original later

  boxed by KOPRO/KP. The new releases

  of 48th scale sets is capped of by one

  for our just-being-released Bf 110F.

  There are also masks being produced

  for the Super Seasprite and the Bf 110F.

  Having touched upon masks, it would

  be prudent to point out another set of

  masks for the an-glare panels of the

  B-17G. The last of the representaves

  of masks for today cover the F-35A in

  1/32 from Italeri, a kit for which we also

  have three photoetched sets. You could

  say that there are a total of ve sets for

  this kit, because there two that are in

  the ZOOM line. This applies to the other

  photoetched releases as well. The ZOOM

  releases for this month, incidentally, are

  more varied than usual and is worth

  a longer look. Not only will you nd

  the typically reduced sets for the given

  subject, but also includes seatbelts.

  We have also incorporated a prt of the

  STEELBELTS line in to the ZOOM sets

  and this me these cover French Second

  World War belts in both 1/72 and 1/48

  scales, as well belts for the Spiire

  Mk.IX in the same two sizes. These are

  designed for the Eduard Spits, but can no

  doubt nd a good home in other kits as

  well. As if that weren’t enough, there is a

  set in each of 1/72 and 1/48 of German

  rudder pedals. .

  That’s it for now, my Friends. Happy

  modelling!

  Vladimir Sulc

  1. 6. 2017

  by the Bf 110F in 1/48th, for which

  one reason would be the acon lled

  boxart by Mr. Forkasiewicz, which will

  also be available as a June oering in

  the EduArt line. The Bf 110F is among

  models that are periodically discussed

  by modellers in many discussion forums

  weather live face to face or on the

  internet. We decided we should meet

  these discussions and requests head-on

  and release the ‘F’ version. This variant

  is interesng in the variety of roles that

  it found itself fullling. It served as a

  straight ghter to ghter-bomber all the

  way to a radar equipped night ghter.

  Markings opons were selected to cover

  something from all of these roles. The

  end result are opons covering ve very

  interesng aircra. Out of a certain sense

  of nostalgia, we have included the resin

  Dachshund, a reference to JG 5 based

  in Norway. These were included in the

  rst boxing of the Bf 110E in 2007. There

  are three variaons of the Dachshund,

  one of which is included in each kit.

  Details about them and how they got

  to the air force were covered, I believe,

  in REVI magazine and Honza Bobek has

  promised me a short arcle explaining

  them.

  In the ProPACK line, we also have a

  re-edion of the Roland C.II in 1/48th.

  It’s not a straight re-release, as the decal

  opons have been altered to reect

  recent revelaons. The third ProPACK

  is the 1/72 scale Spiire Mk.XVI in its

  bubbletop guise. The fourth of four

  new oerings is completed by the

  sll very popular Bf 109G-6 in 1/48 in

  the Weekend line with two marking

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  Memoriál KIT Show Broumov

  Memoriál KIT Show Broumov 20. 5. 2017

  May 20th saw the nineteenth plasc model show and contest

  at Broumov. It wasn’t actually in Broumov, but rather in a nearby

  town called Otovice at the local town hall building that also serves

  as home to the restaurant La Sahula. This was the fourth me that

  this event took place there and I think it was much to the sasfacon

  of all parcipants. There were 294 models that gathered there in all

  categories. There was representaon from Bohemia, Moravia and

  even from Poland. For the rst me, we received visitors from every

  corner of the country. Considering the fact that there were four other

  similar events at various locaons around the country and an air show

  at Caslav, we did extremely well, and I would like to thank all that chose

  our event to visit.

  Despite the weather forecast, it was a nice day and it was even

  possible to sit and talk outside on the restaurant’s pao which was

  a really good thing given the number of parcipants and visitors. We

  oered, as part of the event, a tour of the local Oliven Brewery,

  producers of a beer here called Opat. In the years to come, though,

  I won’t forget to suggest people bring along the opon of warmer

  clothing. I noted how some of the returnees from the eld trip looked

  like they just got back from Siberia.

  A very interesng aspect of the show ended up being a visit

  by Mr. Sulc from Eduard. I am a bit bothered by my noon that

  I allowed Mr. Sulc to be uncomfortably cold at the local brewery, but

  I also think that this will not adversely aect the quality of forthcoming

  models...

  The end of the show and the reading of the results, although delayed

  by an hour, took place in a very pleasant and friendly atmosphere.

  There were no early departures, which I aribute in part to the quality

  of the local cooking. Many of the parcipants had trouble moving aer

  dinner, to say nothing about leaving! I assume that the poron sizes

  and quality of the food is well known from previous years.

  There were 72 awards handed out, including Special Theme

  awards. The Eduard Awards in both aircra and AFV categories

  were handed out by Mr. Sulc himself, which the recipients received

  very appreciavely. As a maer of interest, I had to assure some of

  our Polish friends that yes, indeed, this was ‘Mr. Eduard’. Thanks to

  a close level of co-operaon with the Polish club IPMS Swidnica, the

  kits produced at Obrnice by Eduard are becoming increasingly popular

  with our northern neighbours, and, most importantly, they are being

  built. The level of quality of the built kits by them is easily on par with

  the local standards, I would think that the rst place nish sparked the

  same level of sasfacon in Wroclav as the other well placed nishers

  did.

  In closing, I would like to thank not only all of our visitors and

  parcipants, but also the sponsors, without whom the event would be

  nowhere near to what it was.

  The next event will take place again in two years, and making this an

  annual event is being considered.

  For KPM Broumov

  Jan Velich

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  POHÁR TŘÍ KRÁLOVSKÝCH MĚST A KAMIKAZE CUP

  On Saturday, may 13th, the 7th Annual Three Royal Cies model

  contest took place in Slany, put on by the local club, along with the

  clubs in Loun and Zatec. The contest this year was conducted under

  the patronage of Mgr. Hrabanek, the mayor of the Royal City of

  Slany.

  In the halls of the Grand in downtown, there were 177 compeon

  models and several dozen or so non-compeon models. The

  contest was divided into een categories. The rst three nishers

  in each of the categories received model kits produced by Eduard

  and a cercate. The Fransek Toman memorial award for Best in

  Show was won by Karel Su of Loun for his model of a Merkava.

  The Sunday poron of the event included the Kamikaze Cup,

  a contest that is me sensive. This, the sixteenth year of the

  contest, required the contestants to build an Avia B.534 I or II Serie

  model in 1/72nd scale, naturally produced by Eduard. Eduard is the

  main sponsor of the event and supplies the kits for this poron of

  the contest. This year, there were eleven entrants and all but one

  managed to nish the kit in the alloed me, including the addion

  of details, painng, and even with some of the rigging. All of that in

  the span of seven hours. The winner was Milan Bobok from Zdice.

  Next year’s event, including the Kamikaze Cup will be held in Zatec

  at the end of March. The actual schedule is yet to be determined.

  Vladimir Stepanek

  Chairman, KPM Royal City of Slany

  Contest Organizer

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  POHÁR TŘÍ KRÁLOVSKÝCH MĚST A KAMIKAZE CUP

• Page 10

  Bf 110F 1/48

  49833 Bf 110F (PE-Set)

  49095 Seatbelts Luftwaffe WWII fighters STEEL (PE-Set)

  48567 Bf 110 workshop ladder (PE-Set)

  648055 Bf 110 E/F/G main undercarriage wheels (Brassin)

  648085 MG 15 gun (Brassin)

  648131 MG 81 gun (Brassin)

  648135 MG 81Z gun (Brassin)

  1/48, Cat. No. 8207

  plastic parts Eduard

  photo-etch set

  painting mask

  decals Cartograf

  5 markings

  Bonus: resin Dach-

  shund gure in 1/48

  scale. Random selecti

  -

  on 1 of 3 variants.

  RECOMMENDED:

  Product Page

  KITS 06/2017

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  KITS 06/2017

  Bf 110F-4 Oblt. M. Bauer, CO of 11./NJG 6, Zilistea, Romania, June 1944

  Bf 110F-2 Oblt. G. Tonne, CO of II./ZG 1, Belgorod, Soviet Union, June 1942

  Bf 110F-2 Ofw. T. Weissenberger, 6.(Z)/JG 5, Kirkenes, Norway, June 1942

  Bf 110F-4 Ofw. R. Kollak, 7./NJG 4, Juvincourt, France, June 1943

  Bf 110F-2 W. Nr. 5080, W. Frost, 13.(Z)/JG 5, Kemijärvi, Finland, Winter 1942/ 1943

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  Spitfire Mk.XVI Bubbletop 1/72

  72640 Spitfire Mk.XVI landing flaps (PE-Set)

  672108 Spitfire Mk.IX wheels 4 spoke, smooth tire (Brassin)

  672109 Spitfire Mk.IX wheels 4 spoke, w/pattern (Brassin)

  672110 Spitfire exhaust stacks - fishtail (Brassin)

  672111 Spitfire exhaust stacks - rounded (Brassin)

  672121 Spitfire 500lb bomb set (Brassin)

  672122 Spitfire drop tank (Brassin)

  672125 Spitfire Mk.XVI top cowl (Brassin)

  672142 Spitfire Mk.XVI wheels - 3 spoke (Brassin)

  CX425 Spitfire camo scheme B 1/72 (maska)

  1/72, Cat. No. 70126

  plastic parts Eduard

  photo-etch set

  painting mask

  decals Eduard

  5 markings

  RECOMMENDED:

  Product Page

  KITS 06/2017

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  KITS 06/2017

  TE456, No. 501 squadron RAuxAF, Filton Air Base, 1949

  RW393, No. 601 Squadron RAuxAF, 1949

  SL721, ACM Sir James Robb, September 1951

  SL549, No. 17 Squadron RAF, Farnborough Air Base, 1950

  SL718, No. 612 Squadron RAuxAF, Cooper Air Race, Elmdon Air Base, July 1949

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  Roland C.II 1/48

  648242 MG 14 Parabellum WWI gun (Brassin)

  1/48, Cat. No. 8043

  plastic parts Eduard

  photo-etch set

  painting mask

  decals Eduard

  4 markings

  RECOMMENDED:

  Product Page

  KITS 06/2017

  648242

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  KITS 06/2017

  Kasta 2, Kagohl 1, End of 1916/ Beginning of 1917

  Lt. Seibert and Hptm. Peger, FFA 5b, Western Front, Fall 1916

  Western Front, Summer 1917

  1859/16, Bayerische Flieger Schule 5, 1917

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  KITS 06/2017

  2 markings

  decals Eduard

  Bf 109G-6 MTT Regensburg

  Product Page

  Bf 109G-6/R6, W.Nr. 18807, Ofw. Alfred Surau,

  9./JG 3, Bad Wörishofen, Germany, September 1943

  Bf 109G-6/R6/trop, Oblt. Emil Josef Clade,

  CO of 7./ JG 27, Kalamaki, Greece, January 1944

  48885 Bf 109G-6 (PE-Set)

  49093 Bf 109G seatbelts FABRIC (PE-Set)

  49094 Bf 109G seatbelts SUPERFABRIC (PE-Set)

  49095 Seatbelts Luftwaffe WWII fighters STEEL (PE-Set)

  648239 Bf 109G-6 radio compartment (Brassin)

  648240 Bf 109G-6 cockpit (Brassin)

  648246 Bf 109 cannon pods (Brassin)

  648247 Bf 109G exhaust stacks (Brassin)

  648255 Bf 109G-6 propeller (Brassin)

  648261 Bf 109G-6 wheels (Brassin)

  648265 Bf 109G external fuel tanks (Brassin)

  EX512 Bf 109G spinner spirals (Mask)

  D48027 Bf 109G Balkenkreuze (Decal)

  BFC014 Bf 109G-6 1/48 (Decal)

  BFC015 Bf 109G Royal 1/48 (Decal)

  RECOMMENDED:

  1/48, Cat. No.84143

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  06/2017

  632104

  AIM-4G

  1/32

  Brassin set - AIM-4G

  missiles in 1/32 scale.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 12 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  color

  - painting mask: no

  648312

  F-14A cockpit

  1/48 Tamiya

  Brassin set - cockpit for F-14A

  in 1/48 scale. Easy to assem-

  ble. Replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - resin: 32 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  color STEELBELTS

  - painting mask: no.

  Built on page 55.

  Product Page

  Product Page

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  648325

  M36 cluster bombs

  1/48

  Brassin set - U.S. M36 cluster

  bombs in 1/48 scale. Package

  of 4 so-called „Funny Bombs“.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 4 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painting mask: no.

  Brassin set - undercarriage

  wheels for Su-34 in 1/48 scale.

  Set contains wheels and a

  front mudguard. Recommen-

  ded kit: Hobby Boss.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 16 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painting mask: yes.

  648322

  Matra R-550 Magic

  1/48

  Brassin set - French Matra

  R-550 Magic missiles in 1/48

  scale. Set contains 2 missiles

  and adapters.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 28 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painting mask: yes.

  648326

  Su-34 wheels

  1/48 Hobby Boss

  BRASSIN 06/2017

  Product Page

  Product Page

  Product Page

  Built on page 55.

  Built on page 55.

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  672128

  CBU-97

  1/72

  Brassin set - U.S. cluster

  bombs CBU-97 in 1/72 scale.

  Set contains:

  - resin: 12 parts,

  - decals: yes,

  - photo-etched details: no,

  - painting mask: no.

  Product Page

  BRASSIN 06/2017

  672152

  Spitre Mk.XVI gun bays

  1/72 Eduard

  Brassin set - gun bays for

  Spitre Mk.XVI in 1/72 scale.

  Set contains gun bays for both

  wings with covers.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 18 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painting mask: no.

  672157

  H8K2 Emily guns

  1/72 Hasegawa

  Brassin set - guns for H8K2 Emily ying

  boat in 1/72 scale. Set contains all 5

  Type 99 guns with magazines. Easy to

  built, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Hasegawa

  Set contains:

  - resin: 27 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painting mask: no.

  Recommended for kit

  Cat. No. 70126 and 2117.

  Product Page

  Product Page

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  672158

  H8K2 Emily engines

  1/72 Hasegawa

  Brassin set - engines for H8K2

  Emily ying boat in 1/72 scale.

  Set contains all 4 engines. Easy

  to built, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Hasegawa

  Set contains:

  - resin: 68 parts,

  - decals: no,

  - photo-etched details: yes,

  - painting mask: no

  BRASSIN 06/2017

  Product Page

  E-BUNNY SQUAT

  Built on page 54.

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  BRASSIN 06/2017

  Collection of 3 Brassin sets for Bf 109G-6

  in 1/32 scale by Revell.

  - engine,

  - cockpit,

  - undercarriage wheels.

  All sets included in this BIG SIN are available separately,

  but with every BIG SIN set you save up to 30%.

  SIN63209

  Bf 109G-6

  1/32 Revell

  Product Page

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  HMS Hood

  1/200 Trumpeter

  HMS Hood pt. 3 railings 1/200 Trumpeter (53189)

  SELECTED 06/2017

  PHOTO-ETCHED

  AND MASKSSETS

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  HMS Hood

  1/200 Trumpeter

  PE-SETS AND MASKS 06/2017

  HMS Hood pt. 4 life ras 1/200 Trumpeter (53190)

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  F-35A exterior 1/32 Italeri (32404)

  F-35A wheel bays and bomb bays 1/32 Italeri (32405)

  F-35A interior 1/32 Italeri (32910)

  F-35A 1/32 Italeri (33168) (Zoom)

  F-35A seatbelts STEEL 1/32 Italeri (33169) (Zoom)

  F-35A 1/32 Italeri (JX201) (Mask)

  F-35A 1/32 Italeri

  PE-SETS AND MASKS 06/2017

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  Su-25UB/UK

  1/48 Směr

  PE-SETS AND MASKS 06/2017

  Su-25UB/UBK exterior 1/48 SMĚR (48927)

  Su-25UB/UBK interior 1/48 SMĚR (49835)

  Su-25UB/UBK 1/48 SMĚR (FE835) (Zoom)

  Su-25UB/UBK seatbelts STEEL 1/48 SMĚR (FE836)

  Su-25UB/UBK 1/48 SMĚR (EX553) (Mask)

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  DKM U-boat VIIc U-552

  1/48 Trumpeter

  DKM U-boat VIIc U-552 pt.1 1/48 Trumpeter (53191)

  DKM U-boat VIIc U-552 pt.2 1/48 Trumpeter (53192)

  PE-SETS AND MASKS 06/2017

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  F-35A 1/32 Italeri (JX201)

  Bf 110F 1/48 Eduard (EX555)

  Super Seasprite 1/48 Kiy Hawk (EX554)

  MASKS JUNE

  PE-SETS AND MASKS 06/2017

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• Page 29

  49813 Su-27

  49814 Su-27 seatbelts STEEL

  48917 Su-27 exterior

  EX546 Su-27

  49815 MiG-25RBT interior

  49816 MiG-25RBT seatbelts STEEL

  48918 MiG-25RBT exterior

  EX545 MiG-25RBT

  73588 SpitreMk.IIa

  72649 SpitreMk.IIalandingaps

  CX480 SpitreMk.IIa

  BIG49172 Su-27 1/48 Hobby Boss

  BIG49173 MiG-25RBT 1/48 ICM

  BIG72126 Spitre Mk.IIa 1/72 Revell

  Product Page

  Product Page

  Product Page

  All sets included in this BIG ED are available separately,

  but with every BIG ED set you save up to 30%.

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  KITS

  84143 Bf 109G-6 MTT Regensburg 1/48 Weekend edition

  70126 SpitreMk.XVIBubbletop    1/72 ProPACK

  8207 Bf110F    1/48 ProPACK

  8043 Roland C.II Reedition    1/48 ProPACK

  PHOTO-ETCHED SET

  53189 HMS Hood pt. 3 railings 1/200 Trumpeter

  53190 HMS Hood pt. 4 life rafts 1/200 Trumpeter

  53191 DKMU-boatVIIcU-552pt.1     1/48 Trumpeter

  53192 DKMU-boatVIIcU-552pt.2     1/48 Trumpeter

  32404 F-35A exterior 1/32 Italeri

  32405 F-35A wheel bays and bomb bays 1/32 Italeri

  32910 F-35A interior 1/32 Italeri

  48926 Super Seasprite exterior 1/48 Kitty Hawk

  48927 Su-25UB/UBKexterior     1/48 SMĚR

  49833 Bf 110F 1/48 Eduard

  49834 Super Seasprite interior 1/48 Kitty Hawk

  49835 Su-25UB/UBKinterior     1/48 SMĚR

  72654 MiG-31B/BM 1/72 Trumpeter

  73595 MiG-31B/BM 1/72 Trumpeter

  73596 Ki-49 Donryu / Helen 1/72 Hasegawa

  ZOOMS

  33168 F-35A 1/32 Italeri

  33169 F-35A seatbelts STEEL 1/32 Italeri

  FE834 Super Seasprite 1/48 Kitty Hawk

  FE835 Su-25UB/UBK     1/48SMĚR

  FE836 Su-25UB/UBKseatbeltsSTEEL     1/48SMĚR

  FE837 Super Seasprite seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Kitty Hawk

  FE838 Luftwaffe rudder pedals 1/48

  FE839 Seatbelts France WWII STEEL 1/48

  FE840 SpitreMk.IXseatbeltsSTEEL     1/48Eduard

  SS595 MiG-31B/BM 1/72 Trumpeter

  SS596 Ki-49 Donryu / Helen 1/72 Hasegawa

  SS597 SpitreMk.IXseatbeltsSTEEL     1/72Eduard

  SS598 Luftwaffe rudder pedals 1/72

  SS599 Seatbelts France WWII STEEL 1/72

  MASKS

  JX201 F-35A 1/32 Italeri

  EX554 Super Seasprite 1/48 Kitty Hawk

  EX555 Bf 110F 1/48 Eduard

  CX484 MiG-31 1/72 Trumpeter

  CX485 B-17Gantiglarepanels(VEproduction)  1/72 Airx

  BIGED

  BIG49172 Su-27 1/48 Hobby Boss

  BIG49173 MiG-25RBT 1/48 ICM

  BIG72126SpitreMk.IIa    1/72 Revell

  BRASSIN

  632104 AIM-4G 1/32

  648312 F-14A cockpit 1/48 Tamiya

  648322 Matra R-550 Magic 1/48

  648325 M36 cluster bombs 1/48

  648326 Su-34 wheels 1/48 Hobby Boss

  672128 CBU-97 1/72

  672152 SpitreMk.XVIgunbays    1/72 Eduard

  672157 H8K2 Emily guns 1/72 Hasegawa

  672158 H8K2 Emily engines 1/72 Hasegawa

  BIGSIN

  SIN63209 Bf 109G-6 1/32 Revell

  June 2017

  June Releases

• Page 32

  HISTORY

  In the Eduard newsletter for November 2016, well-known aviation

  historian Jan Bobek published the results of his research as to the

  fate of Czech pilot Lt. Eduard Kleinkönnig of JG 9 “Fuchs” on the

  Kolgujev polar island. I was very interested in this story, and I wanted

  to learn more about this bizarre history. The fact that colleague

  Bobek drew his information mainly from German archives, and that

  it would be dicult to uncover much more, I turned my quest to the

  east. Correspondence and debates with well-known Russian aviation

  historians, as well as a query to the Central Archive of the Russian

  Ministry of Defense in Podolsk, led to the unfortunate conclusion that

  nobody knows anything more ... and I understand why Bobek’s article

  devoted only one brief paragraph to JG 9 after the end of the war.

  However, unlike Bobek, I look at history not only through the optics

  of boring historical facts, but I also try to see the particular human

  destinies. I decided to expand my search through a somewhat broader

  perspective.

  So I began to nd out everything I could about Kolgujev Island, where

  JG 9 fought its heroic struggle with the Norwegian killer penguins. My

  next steps led to the Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg, where the largest

  Russian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography is located. I found

  out that the island was discovered in 1553 by English sailor Sir Hughes

  Willoughby, but the rst inhabitants came to the island only at the end

  of the 18th century. These were some of the Nenets families that were

  involved in shing and reindeer breeding. A more detailed cartographic

  survey of the island was only begun in 1941 - but was interrupted by

  the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War. Unfortunately, the subsequent

  period up to the end of the 1950s, the track disappeared. It seemed

  that another quest would be fruitless when a fatal accident happened

  at that moment. One of the curators to whom I told the story of JG 9

  said, “What about asking Zaja Eduardovna? She is already retired, but

  she was born in Kolgujeva - sometime after the war! “. She picked up

  the phone, and after a half-hour conversation, she gladly announced

  that she would meet me and was willing to tell me everything I was

  interested in ...

  The next day I rang thebell of a small apartment on Vasiliev Island.

  A tiny but energetic old woman opened my eyes. At rst glance, I

  was struck by her sharply cut features, large earlobes and a distinct

  overtbite. After the pleasantries, I divulged the reasons that brought

  me. She listened to my story about Bobek’s tale and the history of JG

  Panikova rodina.

  Mustafja.

  9 with increasing interest, and almost seemed nervous. When I ended

  the story, she looked deeply into my eyes and said rmly, “My name

  is Zaja Eduardovna Kaninchina - and I am the daughter of Eduard

  Kleinkönnig!” A glass of the excellent carrot juice fell from my hand.

  “Are you surprised, young man? I’ll tell you how it was ... “, she

  smiled and began to talk...

  “JG 9 aircraft landed on Kolgujev Island in the summer of 1944.

  Their eld was located in the northeast of the island - where today

  the oil miners have their base. My father was inquisitive by nature,

  and therefore he often went out for excursions to the vicinity of the

  base in moments of leisure. During one of these trips, he was attacked

  by a pair of killer penguins and rescued by a native hunter, Paniko,

  my grandfather, from a certain death. This experience bonded the

  two men with an unbridled friendship. Paniko introduced Eduard to

  the beauties of Nordic nature, and taught him tactics of surviving

  the killer penguins. The commander JG 9, Hptm. Von Schlauer-

  Fuchs, had no understanding of his subordinate‘s association with

  the natives. Kleinkönnig’s argument “Germans or Nenets, what’s

  the dierence! We’re all people

  ... “ did not convince him. His

  misfortune - if he had listened

  to my grandfather’s advice,

  his fate might not have been

  sealed. After the tragic death

  of the commander, nothing

  further interfered with the

  two friends. Eduard and Paniko

  became blood brothers, like

  Vinnetou and Old Shatterhand.

  During visits to the family

  house, Eduard met Paniko’s

  daughter, the beautiful

  Mustaa. Between the two

  young people, a ame of love

  soon broke out ... Paniko was

  aware of the cultural and other

  dierences between Eduard and

  Mustaa, and did not approve.

  The young lovers had to conceal

  their love and meet secretly,

  and during one of these secret

  meetings, a tragedy occurred.

  Paniko caught the young couple

  engaged in some love games

  behind the ammo dump, and he

  dropped the burning torch he

  used to light his way ... “

  “So the cause of the loss of all

  of JG 9‘s ammunition was not a

  malfunction of wiring, as my colleague Bobek wrote,” I remarked.

  “Thanks to the love of two young people, the unit was completely

  defenseless against the killer penguins!”

  “They were out of ammo,” Zaja Eduardovna smiled shyly, “but the

  defenseless ones certainly did not stay. They had “jolki-palki”! “

  “Eduard devised a primitive but eective way to y against the

  penguins - hanging wooden sticks under the wings of his Messerschmit,

  which was then ejected in a dive at a ight of penguins. The rst

  results were not too dazzling (remember, JG 9 was a reconnaissance

  and ghter unit, and its pilots did not have training in diving bombing),

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  but with gradual training, the ghters succeeded in one raid to hit

  6-8 penguins! The positive side eect was that the penguins had

  ceased to be a clutter hazard, and when they heard the sound of

  the aircraft engine, they froze. Another one of Eduard’s invention

  was to modify some of the Messerschmitt tanks into simple ame

  throwers. The ery wheel, formed by low altutude circling, reliably

  kept the penguins at a respectable distance.

  After the war, JG 9 did not give up to the Soviets, not because

  Eduard and his men were afraid of ending up in Siberia, but for a far

  more prosaic reason – which was to just not to give up! As Mr Bobek

  wrote, the rst expedition of the explorers and the Wallachian

  collie arrived on the island in April, 1946. Other members of JG

  9 were repatriated to Germany, but Eduard decided to stay with

  his beloved Mustaa. He russied his surname to Kaninchin and

  became the chairman of the Kolgujevskij Kolkhoz. Grandfather

  Paniko nally came to terms with his daughter’s relationship with

  his blood brother, and in the summer of 1947, Edward and Mustaa

  gave birth to a daughter - me ... “

  “Impressive history,” I said, “But how can the chairman of kolkhoz

  become a ghter ace in Africa?”

  “You know,” Zoja Eduardovna smiled bitterly, “Who is born to y,

  can not crawl ...”

  “Father was still dreaming of ying... but his requests to return

  to active duty were persistently rejected. In addition, production of

  the walrus ice-cream bars broke all records, the kolkhoz ourished,

  and for the results even received the title of ‘the Socialist

  Brigade‘ in 1949! It was only this distinction that convinced the

  Soviet authorities of my father’s loyalty to Soviet power. In the

  autumn of 1950, he was reactivated to serve in the VVS with the

  rank of Captain and passed training on MiG-15 ghters. For us,

  unfortunately, it meant we were seeing him less and less. In May

  1951 he even disappeared for a whole year! He never told us, due

  to commitments to military secrecy, where he was - he always only

  said he was a volunteer, and he would promptly change the topic

  of conversation. Occasionally, he would become overwhelmed by a

  tense mood, and then he would repeatedly belt out a melody. It was

  only after some long years that I recognize this melody on TV - it

  was the song “Suicide is painless”.

  In 1957, he was severely aected by the news of the rst ight

  of a living creature, Lajka, into the space. “Zaiechka, at some point

  you will see that rabbits and people will go into space,” he told me

  then ... From the spring of 1960, he pretty much ceased coming home

  to Kolgujev. In my mother’s writings, he wrote that he was involved

  in a super-secret project, that he cannot discuss on his own - but that

  we would certainly be proud of him! The last letter came from him on

  March 8, 1960. He congratulated his beloved Mustaa on International

  Women’s Day, and begged her to watch the night sky the next day.

  And we never heard from him again ... aside from just a few weeks

  later, when an austere telegram from the Department of Defense came

  that Major Eduard Kaninchin was missing in action. All our attaempts

  at further information proved fruitless. “ Zaja Eduardovna sighed and

  wiped the tears in her eyes ...

  I was upset. Zoja Eduardovna’s narration brought a lot of new pieces

  to the mosaic of the colorful fate of Lt.Col. Eduard Kleinkönnig. But my

  head was full of other new questions. Kleinkönig’s pause is covered by

  the 196th IAP deplyment to Korea - does this mean that he participated

  in the air war there? That would explain his masterful control of the

  MiG-15, which he demonstrated in 1977 in Africa ... And on March 9,

  1961 Sputnik-9 was released, the rst version of the future spacecraft

  Vostok. Was he sitting in the spaceship capsule, instead of “Ivan

  Ivanovich”.... Eduard Kleinkönnig himself, and so, was he the rst in

  space, a year before Gagarin???

  I told Zaja Eduardovna everything I knew in return from the articles

  of my colleague Bobek about the operations of Major Kleinkönnig in

  Africa. As we said our goodbyes, Zaja Eduardovna revealed to me one

  dark family secret:

  “You know, I am not the only child of Eduard and Mustaa. Shortly

  before her death, my mother told me that they had one more child,

  a son. He was born in the spring of 1945. As I have already said, my

  grandfather, Paniko, was against his daughter’s relationship with

  Eduard (let’s not forget that although they were friends, Eduard was,

  from Panico’s view, an occupier). When the boy was born, Paniko took

  him to the mainland and to a children’s home. We do not even know his

  name - his grandfather did not refer to him other than”that Mustan

  boy”.

  And since then, he has been constantly in my head - why my friend

  Mansur became the best Russian Bf-109 expert...

  Kleinkönnig´s Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6 was released last spring by Eduard M.A. as an entry model for its Bunny Fighter Club. In contrast to

  the kit presented, I made the following adjustments to get it closer to the look of the machine in April, 1946:

  - the machine guns were removed (what good would they have been with no available ammo?)

  - the addition of the “jolki-palki” under the wings

  - an improvised ame thrower is mounted under the fuselage, adapted from a fuel tank

  - fabric covered surfaces are covered with red cloth. Colleague Bobek is right in the fact that cloth surfaces have suered from severe

  climate conditions - but his theory of lozenge cloth originally intended for Finnish Fokker D.VIIIs is probably nonsense. Red cloth was always

  enough in the USSR…

  - the extreme climate conditions aected not only the fabric, but especially the rubber parts. According to Zaja Eduardovna’s memories,

  the undercarriage were replaced by improvised skis. The gear, of course, remained unretractable. The main gear metal covers were also

  removed.

  - the original German crosses were replaced with red stars. I nd it inconceivable that after the war there would be aircraft ying carrying

  German crosses

  - according to Zaja Eduardovna, Eduard painted a red heart with the initials of his beloved Mustaa behind the cockpit...

  Cat. No. BFC019

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  Built by Jan Novotný

  Camo A

  Bf 110F

  1/48

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  49833 Bf 110F Upgrade set (fotolept)

  648264 SC 50 German WWII bombs (Brassin)

  648162 SC 500 German bombs(Brassin)

  648135 MG 81Z gun (Brassin)

  648055 Bf 110 E/F/G

  main undercarriage wheels (Brassin)

  Cat. No. 8207

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  Günther Tonne was born in Frankfurt am der Oder on May 21, 1916 as was recruited for Kriegsmarine in 1935. He entered Luftwaffe in 1937, learnt how

  toyBf110andwaassignedtoZG1.In1940TonnedownedsevenBritishairplanesandinApril1941addedonemoreaircrafttohistally(Blenheim)as

  a6./SKG210leader(onJanuary4,1942theStaffelwasre-designated6./ZG1).TonnewasappointedtheCOofII./ZG1onFebruary1942.Heled

  thisGruppetillDecember1942whenoverhandedthecommandofSKG210equippedwithFw190bomber-ghters.Hecrashedaftertakeofffromthe

  ReggiodiCalabriaaireld.TheenginesofhisaircraftstopsandTonnehadnochancetosurvive.Tonnewascreditedwithca20killsandwasawardedthe

  Knight´sCross(onOctober5,1941)andOakLeaves(onOctober24,1944;posthumously).

  Oblt. Tonne ewseveralBf 110F-2s over Russian plains in 1942. The ZG 1 wascalled Wespen

  (Wasps)asthegroudpersonelpaintedwaspsonthenosesofGruppe´saircraft.Thetypical

  camouageschemewastoneddownwithsplotchesofRLM70orRLM71.Theyellow

  markingidentiedaircraftownintheEast.

  Bf 110F-2 Oblt. G. Tonne, CO of II./ZG 1, Belgorod, Soviet Union, June 1942

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  Built by Petr Zatřepálek

  Camo A

  Spitre Mk.XVI

  Bubbletop

  1/72

  June release

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  One of the aircraft that participated in the 1949 Cooper Air Race was

  Spitre Mk. XVI SL718. The small bulge on the wings upper surface was

  created to accommodate the three-spoke undercarriage wheels. Black and

  whitephotosshowreversedcolorsinthenash.Thecolorofthefuselage

  band is not clear but was light blue in all probability.

  SL718, No. 612 Squadron RAuxAF, Cooper Air Race,

  Elmdon Air Base, July 1949

  Cat. No. 70126

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  Built by Martin Jirkal

  Camo A

  Roland C.II

  1/48

  June release

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  Cat. No. 8043

  BUILT

  Thecrewconsistingof pilot Lt. Seibertand observerHptm.Pegerew

  this aircraft over the Western Front in the fall of 1916. These aviators were

  members of Feldiegerabteilung Nr.5b. The fuselage carried a sh scale

  motif complete with mouth and eyes on the nose of the aircraft.

  Lt. Seibert and Hptm. Peger, FFA 5b, Western Front, Fall 1916

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  Built by Martin Benák

  Camo B

  1/48

  June release

  Roland C.II

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  ThisRolandC.IIwasownbyaGermanunitservingontheWesternFront.

  The Roland C.II fullled the reconnaissance role in the German Air Force

  aswellasescortghterswhentheneedarose.

  Western Front, Summer 1917

  Cat. No. 8043

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  BUILT

  Built by Petr Zatřepálek

  Camo B

  Bf 109G-6 Mtt

  Regensburg

  1/48

  June release

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  Cat. No. 84143

  BUILT

  ThisaircraftwasownbyAlfredSurau,andacewith45kills(somesourcesstate46)tohiscredit.HisrstwasonFebruary28th,

  1943inRussia,whereheservedwith9./JG3.HisrstkillontheWesternFrontwasoneoftwoB-17sheiscreditedwithonSeptember

  6th, 1943. Another two followed on October 1st. Surau last saw combat on October 14th, 1943, when he took part in attempt to repel

  asecondAmericanraidonSchweinfurt.Hisaircraftwashitfromthebombers‘defensivereandSurauwasseriouslywounded.He

  succumbed to his injuries in a Wertheim hospital the same day. The eye markings on the engine cowl were carried by aircraft serving

  with 9.Staffel of JG 3, and the marking on the nose belonged to Jagdgeschwader 3 ‚Udet‘. It is possible that the rudder was yellow. It

  is further possible that the lower engine cowl was in RLM 76, while the yellow remained only under the stencil on its side.

  Bf 109G-6/R6, W.Nr. 18807, Ofw. Alfred Surau, 9./JG 3, Bad Wörishofen, Germany, September 1943

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  Fw 190A-8/R2

  1/72

  Built by Jakub Nademlejnský

  Camo E

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  Cat. No. 70112

  AghteraceandholderoftheKnight‘sCross,KlausBretschneiderwas

  one of the founding pilots of II.Gruppe JG 300. He wound up with a total

  of fourteen kills before retraining on Sturmjager tactics, after which he

  would add another 20 victories, the majority of which were four engi-

  ned heavy bombers. He died as CO of 5./JG 300 on December 24th,

  1944 after an attack on a group of American B-17s. He was the victim

  ofescortghters,likelyfromthe357thGroupoftheUSAAF.Hisaircraft

  went down not far from the town of Oberaula, in Hesse.

  Bretschneider‘sSturmbock,dubbed‚RauhbatzVII‘,hadthesidearmour

  glass panels removed from the sliding portion of the canopy. The red

  fuselage band identifying JG 300 Defence of the Reich aircraft was

  supplemented by a red horizontal stripe placing this aircraft with the

  5.Staffel.

  W. Nr. 682204, Lt. K. Bretschneider, 5./JG 300,

  Löbnitz, Germany, December 1944

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  BUILT

  Built by Jakub Nademlejnský

  Camo B

  Fw 190A-8/R2

  1/72

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  Cat. No. 70112

  BUILT

  AswithitssisterunitJG301,JG300wasoriginallyintendedtobeanightghterunittaskedwithcombatingAlliedbombersattac-

  kingtargetsinoccupiedEurope.Atthebeginningof1944,therolewaschangedtothatofdayghting.II.Gruppe,formedinJuly

  1943,wasinthesummerof1944equippedwithheavilyarmedandarmouredFw190A-8/R2orR8aircraftdesignedspecicallyfor

  use against Allied heavy bombers and was designated as a Sturmgruppe. One of the unit‘s pilots would be the then eighteen-year-old

  Uffz.PaulLixfeld,who‘smachine,Yellow‚12‘,carriedtheinscription‚Muschi‘.TheDefenceoftheReichroleofJG300wasidentiedby

  the red fuselage band. Lixfeld‘s Sturmbock was not equipped with the side armour glass panels on the moving portion of the canopy,

  nicknamed‚Scheuklappe‘(blindsusedonhorses).

  W. Nr. 682958, Uffz. P. Lixfeld, 6.(Sturm)/JG 300, Löbnitz, Germany, December 1944

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  Built by Martin Benák

  Camo M

  SE.5a

  1/4 8

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  The history of the 25th Aero Squadron began to be written on May 7th,

  1917 at Kelly Field in Texas. In January 1918, it crossed the Atlantic and

  underwent training in Great Britain. On its completion, the unit was moved

  to France and was equipped with SE.5as. On November 10th, 1918, it took

  partinightsoverthefrontlinesforthersttime.InJuneofthefollowing

  year, the unit was disbanded at Mitchel Field, New York.

  Capt. Reed G. Landis, a former No.40 Squadron, RFC pilot, was named CO

  of the 25th Aero Squadron in August 1918. The emblem of the 25th Aero

  Squadron was an executioner dressed in black, wearing a mask and wielding

  a large axe. Landis‘s aircraft additionally carried the unit CO‘s marking,

  areddiamondonthenandtwowhiteonesontheupperfuselage.

  F8005, Capt. R. G. Landis, CO of 25th Aero Squadron,

  Collombey-les-Belles, France, November 1918

  Cat. No. R0015

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  Built by Ivan Ryšánek

  Camo J

  SE.5a

  1/4 8

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  F9029, No. 1 Squadron Canadian Air Force, Shoreham, Great Britain, 1919

  Cat. No. R0015

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  No.1 Squadron, Canadian Air Force, was formed on

  November 20th, 1918 at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire

  County. On April 1st, 1919, it was located at Shoreham

  eldequippedwiththeSE.5aandSopwithDolphins.

  Aircraft F9029, No.1 Squadron CAF, was part of a 200

  aircraftorderthatwaslledbyVickers.Aportionofthe

  order was delivered prior to the end of the war, but most

  weredeliveredafter.Asanidentierofbelongingtothe

  CAF,therewasamapleleafonthen,andthemarking

  on the front of the plane was likely a personal emblem.

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  Built by Pavel Zimandl

  Camo A

  SE.5a

  1/4 8

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  No.143 Squadron was formed on February 1st, 1918 at Throwley and was

  equipped with the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8. In March of the same year,

  it was re-equipped with the SE.5a and moved to Detling. On the night of

  May19-20,theunittookpartintheinterceptionoftherstGermanraidby

  Gotha bombers on London.

  ‚Nightghting‘SE.5aaircraftwerecamouagedinaspecialcoatingcalled

  NIVO(Night InvisibleVarnishOrfordness),andwasalsoapplied overthe

  white rings in the national roundels. The white bands on the rudder were

  likelypaintedoverwithPC-10.TherearesixHoltareholdersbelowthe

  fuselage.

  C1803, Capt. C. J. Truran, No. 143 Squadron,

  Detling, Great Britain, May 1918

  Cat. No. R0015

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  H8K2 Emily engines

  Spitfire Mk.VIII cockpit 1/72

  1/72

  Cat. No. 672158

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  Built by Petr Zatřepálek

  Built by Petr Zatřepálek

  Cat. No. 672156

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  Su-34 wheels 1/48

  M36 Cluster bombs 1/48

  AIM-4G 1/32

  Built by Petr Zatřepálek

  Built by Petr Zatřepálek

  Built by Petr Zatřepálek

  Cat. No. 648325

  Cat. No. 632104

  Cat. No. 648326

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  BIG3376 Tempest Mk.II 1/32 Special Hobby

  BIG49174 Ki-61-Id 1/48 Tamiya

  BIG49175 Su-34 1/48 Hobby Boss

  BIG49176 H-21C 1/48 Italeri

  BIG72127 Do 17Z-2 1/72 ICM

  632098 Mk.82 bomb w/ Mk.15 Snakeye Fins 1/32

  648323 Matra R-550 Magic 2 1/48

  648327 German Submarine 8,8cm gun 1/48 Trumpeter

  648328 He 219 wheels 1/48 Tamiya

  648329 Bf 109F seat early 1/48 Eduard

  648330 Bf 109F cockpit w/ early seat 1/48 Eduard

  648331 Luftwaffe FuG 16 antennas 1/48

  648332 Bf 109F&G Pitot tubes 1/48

  672154SpitreMk.VIIIgunbays1/72Eduard

  672159Me262wheels1/72Airx

  SIN63210MosquitoFBMk.VI1/32Tamiya

  ON APPROACH

  ON APPROACH

  BIGED (July)

  BRASSIN (July)

  BRASSIN (July)

  July 2017

  BIG49174

  BIG49176

  632098 Mk.82 bomb w/ Mk.15 Snakeye Fins 1/32

  BIG72127

  NEXT MONTH...

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  648329 Bf 109F seat early 1/48 Eduard

  648327 German Submarine 8,8cm gun 1/48 Trumpeter

  648328 He 219 wheels 1/48 Tamiya

  648331 Luftwaffe FuG 16 antennas 1/48

  648323 Matra R-550 Magic 2 1/48

  648330 Bf 109F cockpit w/ early seat 1/48 Eduard

  ON APPROACH

  ON APPROACH

  July 2017

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  672159Me262wheels1/72Airx

  648332 Bf 109F&G Pitot tubes 1/48

  672154SpitreMk.VIIIgunbays1/72Eduard

  ON APPROACH

  ON APPROACH

  July 2017

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  Collection of 4 Brassin sets forMosquito FB Mk.VI

  in 1/32 scale by Tamiya.

  - nose guns,

  - gun bay,

  - undercarriage wheels,

  - exhaust stacks.

  All sets included in this BIG SIN are available separately,

  but with every BIG SIN set you save up to 30%.

  ON APPROACH

  ON APPROACH

  July 2017

  SIN63210 Mosquito FB Mk.VI 1/32 Tamiya

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  ON APPROACH

  July 2017 / kits

  PHOTO-ETCHED SETS (July)

  11104

  Warhawk

  1/32

  8414 1/48

  Bf 109F-4

  70105 1/72

  Avia Bk.534

  53193 HMS Hood pt. 5 deck 1/200 Trumpeter

  53195DKMU-boatVIIcU-552pt.3hullbody 1/48Trumpeter

  53196GermanU-boatags 1/48

  32406 P-40N upgrade set

  1/32 Eduard/Hasegawa

  32911 Sopwith F.1 Camel 1/32 Wingnut Wings

  36356PanzerIVAusf.H 1/35Zvezda

  36357PanzerIVAusf.Hschürzen 1/35Zvezda

  36358ScammellPioneerSV2S 1/35IBG

  48927 Yak-28P exterior 1/48 Bobcat Models

  49841 Yak-28P interior 1/48 Bobcat Models

  49847 Super Seasprite cargo interior 1/48 Kitty Hawk

  73600Me262A-1a 1/72Airx

  ZOOMY

  33170 Sopwith F.1 Camel seatbelts STEEL 1/32 Wingnut Wings

  33171 Luftwaffe rudder pedals 1/32

  FE841 Yak-28P seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Bobcat Models

  FE842 Yak-28P 1/48

  FE843 SE.5a seatbelts early STEEL 1/48 Eduard

  FE844 Bf 109F-4 Weekend 1/48 Eduard

  FE845 Luftwaffe cowling fasteners 1/48

  FE846 SeatbeltsSovietUnionWW2ghtersSTEEL1/48

  SS600 Me262A-1a 1/72Airx

  SS601 SpitreMk.VIIIWeekend 1/72Eduard

  SS602 SeatbeltsSovietUnionWW2ghtersSTEEL1/72

  SS603 Luftwaffe cowling fasteners 1/72

  7442 1/72

  Spitre Mk.VIII

  8162 1/48

  Fokker Dr.I

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  FE844 Bf 109F-4 Weekend 1/48 Eduard

  FE845 Luftwaffe cowling fasteners 1/48

  FE846 SeatbeltsSovietUnionWW2ghtersSTEEL1/48

  SS600 Me262A-1a 1/72Airx

  SS601 SpitreMk.VIIIWeekend 1/72Eduard

  SS602 SeatbeltsSovietUnionWW2ghtersSTEEL1/72

  SS603 Luftwaffe cowling fasteners 1/72

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  NOVEMBERFEST

  1 - 2 Dec. 2017

  Capacity

  144 persons