Strana 5
September. We will put together the Profipacks
a week before E-day and I assume that we
will take about 500 of them there. Not that
I expect them all to be sold, but it is better to
have more than be short some. The MiG-21F has
the potential to surprise, and we already have
a pre-order total of some 1850 units.
The second new release for November at E-day
will be the S-199 in 1:48 scale. Those of you who
have been to my lectures in Pilsen or Hampton,
VA, or who follow modelling forums, already
know that it will not be a kit in the traditional
sense, but that we will release the ‘Mule’ in the
new Eduard Brassin Hybrid series. This is a new
series of composite kits, where the airframe,
wings, fuselage, tail, and other parts such as the
propeller and the cockpit canopy will be classic
injection molded plastic, and details such as
the entire cockpit, landing gear including struts,
will be 3D printed. This solution will bring
various advantages for both manufacturers
and modelers. These modeler advantages will
primarily lie in the high quality of the details,
for which the modeler will not have to pay with
a disproportionate amount of effort that he
would have to put into such a detailed model
before now. For example, the landing gear legs,
which in a classic kit was glued together from
five parts, will be made from one part in the
Brassin Hybrid kits and will have details that
could not be made from plastic due to injection
molding limitations. The same will be true of the
cockpit, where there will be the greatest savings
in labor. I discussed this series and what we are
planning to do next in Hampton and also in Pilsen,
and I will also talk about it at the MR in Liberec.
And then of course at E-day, where you will
be able to see the S-199 and possibly buy it.
The new S-199 format and the concept’s merits
or its utter nonsense are being discussed on
modeling forums as we speak. As with everything
new that appears in the Czech Republic, there
are many negative opinions, however, by Czech
standards, the discussion is taking place in an
almost un-Czech optimistic spirit. And at E-day,
it will all be broken down and everyone will see
what the new product actually is about.
Still not convinced? Let’s talk about food!
The road to love goes through the stomach and
this year we have probably the most extensive
catering services ever provided for E-day,
if I don't count the food court in Galeria Butovice.
But our catering this year has the potential to
beat even that!
There’s one more thing I’d like to mention.
Before I started the editorial, I wrote a Boxart
Story about the Ki-115 Tsurugi. That is currently
the September release in the Heavy Retro line.
The problem with Tsurugi is that there is not
much to write about the image. I explain why
in the article, and in order to have something
to write about, I also wrote about the history of
the kit and its importance in kit development
at Eduard. This is related to the fact that in
the last issue of the EMD, published last week,
we started publishing a new series called
Plastos about the history of plastic model
making in Bohemia and the surrounding area.
So far, we are at the beginning, somewhere in
the eighties, but in two or three installments,
Eduard will make its appearance and along
with it, this kit, which will be accompanied by
a more thorough description of this airplane and
what the model has brought us, which we are
just touching on today. So if you are interested
in what it was like to develop and produce model
kits at Eduard and elsewhere, who was involved
in it all and how, and what we experienced,
then watch the new series Plastos in our EMD
magazine. It is an amazing, dramatic, funny, and
sometimes a little distressing story that you will
definitely enjoy!
So, I hope to see you all at one of our upcoming
shows, and I wish you a good read with our
newsletter!
Happy Modeling!
Vladimir Sulc
EDITORIAL
INFO Eduard
5
September 2025