Editorial
Good day, fellow modelers! Welcome to the tenth issue of our newsletter for this year. It is of course dedicated to October's new releases, which, like every month, are many and need to be reported on in detail. In addition, you will also learn something about November's new items, specifically about the Avia S-199 in 1:48th scale, the first kit of the new Eduard Brassin HYBRiD line. This kit, along with the entire new series, had its world premiere last weekend at E-Day in Litoměřice. We have been introducing this project on various occasions since the beginning of August, so it is unlikely that you would not have heard anything about it by now. Nevertheless, I will take the liberty of saying a few words about what you can expect from this new concept for kits.
Good day, fellow modelers!
Welcome to the tenth issue of our newsletter for
this year. It is of course dedicated to October's
new releases, which, like every month, are many
and need to be reported on in detail. In addition,
you will also learn something about November's
new items, specifically about the Avia S-199
in 1:48th scale, the first kit of the new Eduard
Brassin HYBRiD line. This kit, along with the
entire new series, had its world premiere last
weekend at E
-
Day in Litoměřice. We have been
introducing this project on various occasions
since the beginning of August, so it is unlikely
that you would not have heard anything about
it by now. Nevertheless, I will take the liberty of
saying a few words about what you can expect
from this new concept for kits.
These are composite kits manufactured using
two technologies, the tried and true injection
molding using metal molds along with 3D
printing. Large and medium-sized parts are
made of plastic, primarily the fuselage, wings,
tail surfaces, propellers, as well as canopies
and all other transparancies. Complete cockpit
and landing gear strut assemblies will be
manufactured using 3D printing, as well as
some small parts, such as exhausts, antennas,
or especially onboard weapons. Wheels will also
manufactured using 3D printing. The landing
gear legs of the S-199 are made of a special
material, used for the production of prostheses
and implants within the dental industry. This
material is characterized by high resistance
to deformation, low flexibility and dimensional
stability. It is therefore suitable for the
production of parts that require load resistance
and long-term strength overall.
The HYBRiD series kits use the good
properties of both types of material. The plastic
parts are precise with high quality surface
details and feature perfect fit. The printed
parts also have great precision and, compared
to their predecessors, resin castings, also
have perfect fit, but compared to plastic small
parts, they have a much, much greater fidelity
of detail. The printed parts and specifically the
printing process provides advantages that allow
parts to be produced as one without needing to
make multiple parts that might be necessary
because of tings like undercutting. The result is
a reduction in the number of small parts that
the modeler has to glue together as with classic
injection molded parts. The wheel wells in the
first HYBRiD kit, the S-199 in 1:48 scale, consists
of a single part that is simply glued into the wing,
where it naturally fits perfectly. The same is
true of the cockpit, where the floor with pedals
and seat, including the rear wall of the cockpit,
is printed as one part. Other parts of the cockpit
include the side panels, again each printed from
a single piece, the rear cockpit wall, the control
stick, the instrument panel, and the trim control
wheels.
This concept allows for the reduction of the
number of parts in the kit while raising the bar
for the quality of the details. For comparison,
in the 1:48 S-199, the number of plastic parts
was reduced from 126 parts in the previously
conceptualized all-injection molded kit to 56 in
the HYBRiD series kit. In addition to plastic and
3D printed parts, the HYBRiD series kits will be
equipped with a cockpit painting mask, a decal
sheet for six color versions and instructions as
standard. Photo-etched parts are not included
in these kits. An important detail is that plastic
and printed parts can be glued together with
classic solvent adhesives, it is not necessary to
use instant adhesives. But that is of course also
possible, the results of both gluing techniques
will be equivalent.
In terms of price, the first HYBRiD 1/48 kits will
be in a similar price range to the 1:48 Profipack
kits. The first EDUARD BRASSIN HYBRID kit,
No. 948011, the 1:48 scale S-199 Erla will cost
925 CZK (about 45 American Greenbacks). It is
new for November 2025, but was sold for the
first time last weekend at E
-
Day and during the
associated Afterparty, and then will be again in
November. In January, the second version of the
S-199 with the sliding canopy will follow, and for
2026 we are also preparing HYBRiD 1:32 scale
kits, which will be priced in line with classic kits
of this scale available on the market today.
The concept of the new series is brought
to you clearly and concisely by Jakub
Nademlejnsky in his article about the new Avia
S-199 kit. As a thank you for participating in the
exhibition, modelers exhibiting at E
-
Day will
receive another HYBRiD series kit, an Enstrom
480 helicopter in 1:72 scale. We have prepared
this kit as a technological demonstrator that
will give its owners a good opportunity to try out
exactly what the new series brings in terms of
construction and utility properties.
Other November new releases will also be on
sale at E
-
Day, but only in kit form. They are the
MiG-21F-13 in 1:48 and the P-40N in the same
scale, with both kits being members of the
Profipack line.
This year's E-day, which took place last
weekend in Litoměřice, was successful but
cold. The influx of Arctic air and hurricanes
across the Atlantic did their job. Fortunately,
it didn't rain until Saturday afternoon, but even
so, it was probably the coldest of all 22 E
-
Days
to date. However, we had the most models and
modelers on display, a total of 1,459 models,
compared to 1,123 models last year, and we are
very happy about that! There were always lots
of people around them. The discussions with the
MiG-21F pilots and even with one of them, Colonel
Spinka, who flew the S-199, were amazing, and
the modelers enjoyed other discussions and
lectures as well. And we sold all the S-199s
in the new Eduard Brassin HYBRiD series by
2 p.m. So, all in all, it was a good event, and if
you weren't there this year, come next year!
Happy Modeling!
Vladimir Sulc
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