delivery. That will be possible as part of

the Afterparty for ModellBrno, which

will begin on June 14th (a Friday) and

end on Tuesday, June 18th. Thursday,

June 6th, will kick off our annual ‘The

Longest Day’ event, which will end on

Sunday, June 9th. The resumption of

regular mailings is expected on the 7th

of June.

I have hinted at ModellBrno. This is

slated for next Saturday, the 15th of

June. The evening party for all display

participants will traditionally take place

on Friday evening. This year, ModellBrno will again host the National Junior

Championships and added to this will

be the National Championship in Railroad Modelling, which should prove

to be an interesting deviation from the

regular program. The good news is that

the parking won’t be as restricted as we

had originally feared. It will be possible

to park at the hall itself, although the

number of parking spots will be limited.

After the parking lot fills up, it will be

possible to park temporarily to unload after paying a deposit, the amount

of which will be refunded to you if you

vacate the parking area within the specified length of time. Parking for those

who arrive after the lots are full can be

had beside the Hotel Voronez in front

of Gate No.4. The Royal Class Tempest

Mk.V, which will include a publication

by Chris Thomas, the 1:72nd scale F6F3 ProfiPACK with a new set of markings,

and a 1:32nd scale Bf 109E Limited Edition kit labelled Legion Condor, should all

be available at ModellBrno. There will

also be a selection of Gunze products

on hand that will include new items as

well. There will be the latest Mustang

shots available for viewing, and that

project will by then be nearing completion. There will be only one plastic sprue

missing. That will need to be finished by

the beginning of July, because we have

our pre-premiere Mustang slated to

be ready for August for the line Library

Edition, dubbed CHATTANOOGA CHOO

CHOO. The name of the popular jazz

tune was carried by P-51D-5s flown by

Ed Poque of the 79th FS, 20th FG, 8th Air

Army. It’s one of six marking options of

this pre-premiers edition of the kit. The

actual release of the kit is being timed

to coincide with the IPMS Nationals in

Chattanooga , Tennessee. The kit will be

available at the show, and through our

e-shop as part of the event Afterparty.

They will also be available through retailers, as long as they preorder them

on time. All of the chosen P-51D-5s are

of the later variant, with the tail fillet,

which is the difference between this

and the premiere P-51D Mustang ProfiPACK edition which should be out in

October. This will represent aircraft that

lacked the noted fairing. The Nationals

bring us to August, for which more interesting items are being planned. There

will be the Bf 109G-6/AS in 1:48th scale

as a ProfiPACK kit, a Limited Edition kit

of the MiG-21bis in the same scale, and

the aforementioned Skyhawk will first

see the light of day. But that’s a bit of

a ways off yet, and we’ll talk more about

that over Brno.

For now, I wish you all good reading

of this issue of our newsletter. Happy

Modelling!

Vladimir Sulc