Spacek, who will fly into Line tomorrow

aboard an actual Mi-24. The 1:72nd scale

Hurristory kit is based in the Arma Hobby

plastic, supplemented by our usual photoetched brass, resin and decals to our current standards. The 1:72nd scale F6F-3 is

making a return in the Weekend Line, and

along with that, several other boxings of the

Hellcat are making a re-appearance. Within

the list of re-editions are things that went

out of production as a result of December’s

fire, including the 1:48th scale MiG-21R, with

new instructions and decals, and the Bubbletop Spitfire Mk.XVI.

The release schedule also includes new

accessory items for new kits released in

both September and October alike. There are new Space and Look sets for all

new September releases. In last month’s

newsletter, I made mention of new Brassin

sets, manufactured not as resin castings,

but as 3D prints. These are now available among October releases. They include

things for the Camel, in the form of bomb

racks with bombs and two engines… the

Bentley and the Clerget. Have a look at

them. They will show you the future of the

Brassin line! Also mentioned in the last

newsletter was the fact that the new Falang

missiles for the Mi-24D would be printed,

but these have ended up as being resin

castings, just as these items are in the Limited Edition kit of the Hind D. Unfortunately, our manufacturing capacity couldn’t handle the demand placed on it by these items

together with everything else. The demand

placed on just these Hind items came to

about the same as the monthly demand

placed by the rest of the entire Brassin line

for the month. This prompted us to order

another printer, so this situation will improve significantly soon. I would also like to

point out the resin cockpit for our Spitfire

Mk.V. For now, the only kit that this is destined for is Eagle.s Call, but the possibilities

will expand, as we will be releasing various

models of the Spitfire Mk.V in the months

to come. This will continue with November’s Limited Edition release dubbed The

Sweeps, dedicated to the Spitfire Mk.Vb in

both early and late versions. We also have

the 1:72nd scale cockpit for the very popular

‘Desert Babe’ Tornado kit. The demand for

this item has continued to skyrocket to the

point that it will be one of the few Limited

Edition kits to see a re-release, and this will

come in December of this year. Then, there

are a number of wheel sets, such as for the

Mi-24, the Trener, B-17G, Me 163B, and for

the F-4B Phantom II from Tamiya. Not a bad

list, no?

Turning our attention to photoetched and

masks, we find more interesting items.

As an example, I would point out the 72nd

scale sets for the Vulcan B.2 from Airfix,

for the Special Hobby Ki-54 and the 48th

scale Ar-234B from Hasegawa/Hobby2000.

In 1:48th scale, we have accessories for the

aforementioned M-24D which, among other

things, includes the troop compartment.

For the ship people, we have the first two

of four sets for the USS Intrepid in 1:350th.

Note that this is for the post-war Intrepid,

not the one anchored in New York. There are

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a couple of sets in 1:35th to satisfy the AFV

guys, covering the Ferdinand from Amusing

Hobby and the TOR M-2/SA-15 Gauntlet

from Zvezda. I think that the latter is an anti-aircraft system of some sort, and I admit

that, despite serving in an anti-aircraft defense unit, I have no idea of what this item

looks like. And I will say that although I hail

from the 17th Tank Regiment’s anti-aircraft

component, I do like aircraft! When I served

with this unit, our main opponent was figured to be various versions of the AH-1 Cobra. One of our October Big-Ed releases is

for the AH-1G in 1:32nd scale, and another

two are for the aircraft carrier USS Langley,

in two different time periods, and to this we

add two 1:48th scale sets covering the Kinetic F-84F and the Zvezda Mi-24P. You can

see that in October, the Hind is extremely

well represented. We even have stencil data

in the 48th scale Eduard Decal line covering

the F-4B and the Z-226, the P-51D in 32nd,

and the 72nd scale Hurricane Mk.I. In the

decal line in 1:48th scale, we further have

a sheet for the US Navy F-4B.

On September 11th, Hotel Olympic was the

site of the Czech Republic National Championships in plastic modelling. I had the honor of presenting the award of the overall

winner, and although I could not be in attendance over the entire event, I came away

with the impression that it was very nice

event. There were some amazing examples of work on display, and the event was

well organized with a friendly atmosphere.

I think it was the best such event in a long

time. My only issue with the event cannot

be blamed on either the organizers nor

the participants. I refer to the respirators.

During my presentation of new, upcoming

items, all in attendance were wearing respirators and it was impossible to see any

reaction, interest or disinterest, on what

was being said. It was kind of like talking

to a room full of robots, not people. It threw

me off, and I suspect that this was evident.

I know I mumbled on more than one occasion and I apologize for this to those in attendance. It won’t happen again. I am really looking forward to the day when we can say

goodbye to these stupid masks once and

for all.

With respect to the Championships, there

has appeared in discussion forums the opinion that the separation of this event from

E-day was due to Eduard’s lack of desire to

work with the SPCzR. That’s pure nonsense.

The Championship went ahead on its own

partly because E-day has had to be twice

cancelled. Being a smaller event, the Championship was able to go ahead as a stand

alone entity. We have decided, together with

all relevant parties, that this format works

well, and should continue. Eduard will continue to support the Championships and

will continue in its sponsorship, weather it

continues on as a separate event, or again

becomes a part of E-day.

A full report and photo gallery from the

Championships of the Czech Republic can

be found in November INFO.

Our full support is also being extended to

this year’s CzR Championships in Junior

Plastic Modelling in Obrnice.

And that is all for today. I wish you all, as

always, a pleasant read of the following

pages. I will just end up with a mention of

the historical articles, an integral part of

our e-magazine. They are for the most part

consistent with the themes of the new releases. For the Hurricane, we have the Mira

Baric article about the last surviving pilot

from the Battle of Britain, John Hemingway. For the Spitfire Mk.V and the Eagle’s

Call kit, we have the loosely related article

by Andrew Arthy, and associated with the

Camel, we have the Richard Plos article on

W.E. Johns.

Happy Modelling!

Vladimir Sulc.

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