Editorial

Times are very turbulent right now, and it’s a lot like the saying about how the situation on the battlefield changes minute by minute goes. As soon as I announced the release of the F-18C based on Kinetic plastic in the last newsletter, we learned that the moldings would not arrive in time for us to release the kit as a September new release. Since our release schedule is full to the end of the year, we will have a little trouble finding a new release date. We haven't set onet yet, so that piece of information will have to wait for a bit. What I will tell you is that the replacement for the Hornet is the 1:48th Ju 88 A-4 founded on the ICM kit.

Good evening, Dear Modellers

Times are very turbulent right now, and it’s

a lot like the saying about how the situation on

the battlefield changes minute by minute goes.

As soon as I announced the release of the F-18C

based on Kinetic plastic in the last newsletter,

we learned that the moldings would not arrive

in time for us to release the kit as a September

new release. Since our release schedule is

full to the end of the year, we will have a little

trouble finding a new release date. We haven't

set onet yet, so that piece of information will

have to wait for a bit. What I will tell you is that

the replacement for the Hornet is the 1:48th

Ju 88 A-4 founded on the ICM kit.

Otherwise, everything is going more or less

according to plan. The new items for July are at

the retailers, and we have also launched their

sale on our e-shop. We have a small hitch with

the Bf 110 D, which is currently unavailable on

our e-shop, but I expect it to be back on sale

by the end of this week. The reason is that we

are missing three plastic sprues that we did not

have time to produce, because our press shop

is currently a bit overloaded with demand for

other kits as well. First off, we need to produce

sprues for the new 48th scale P-40N, which

we will be packing this week, so that we can

start sending out pre-orders for the Royal Class

P-40N next week and pack the rest of these kits

for retailers. In total, we need a little over 7,000

units, and to make matters worse, we need

another 2,000 for the pending Limited Edition

issue with the somewhat complicated name of

‘15,000’, which is about the famous P-40N with

lots of attractive markings used by some of the

units flying Curtiss fighters. We have this ready

as one of the items for this year's IPMS USA,

which must make its way to America no later

than the week after next. From this, you can see

that we still have a lot to do and that we are

definitely not bored.

We are also working on molds for our planned

new releases for the fall. We have more or

less all the molds ready, eight in total, for the

MiG-21F, which is in 48th scale. They have not

all been tested yet, but I expect that we will be

able to do that by mid-August. Molds for the

S-199 are also in production, which we should

have ready for the beginning of September. For

the MiG-21F, it is already clear what will happen

with the introductory Limited Edition release,

dedicated to the service of this type in the

Czechoslovak Air Force. It will be released as

a special with a book by Martin Janousek, it has

been written, language and style adjustments,

as well as proofreading, are

underway, and the typesetting

is being prepared. The book will

be published in Czech, we will

not be translating it into other

languages. The design of the

decals has also begun. Pre-sale

will start on Friday, July 18th,

and will end on July 31st. The

size of the production run will be

determined by the results of the

pre-orders, where the pre-orders

from our e-shop and orders from

retailers will be added together.

This is the same principle that we use for the

kits released in the Royal Class series. It follows

from the fact that you do not necessarily have

to buy this kit from our e-shop, but you can buy

it later from your retailers, if your retailers

stock it. At the same time, you do not have to

buy this kit just to have the MiG-21F. Another

MiG-21F kit with the same moldings is planned

as a November release, which will premiere at

E-day in Litomerice on October 3rd and 4th.

We have received questions about whether it

will be possible to order the S-199 as part of the

MiG-21F pre-order. This option seems logical,

given that the S-199 should premiere at E-day

as well, which is only about two weeks after the

pre-paid MiGs are to be shipped. However, this

will not be possible. The fact is that the molds

for the S-199 will be completed and fine tuned

only at the beginning of September, and the

same goes for the decals, instructions and other

accessories, which can only be completed after

we have the final moldings at our disposal. And

all this is practically impossible to make it to

the planned date of shipping the pre-ordered

MiG-21Fs. We will not be able to get the S-199

into the boxes until the end of September, and

when I say at the end, it will really be sometime

on September 30th, if not even October 2nd, just

before E-day. It will be exciting to have the S-199

at E-day, we will have to try very, very hard. Of

course, we will keep you informed about the

progress of our efforts, and we will also show

the progress of our efforts live at various events.

For the first time, we would like to present

the S-199 and the MiG-21F in Pilsen at the

Plzensky Velbloud exhibition, at the beginning

of September at the now traditional meeting in

Prostejov, and just before E-day in Prague. So if

EDITORIAL

INFO Eduard4

July 2025