BFC104, Bf 110C/D Crew, containing resin

crew figures, with the pilot seated in the

cockpit and the radio operator/gunner

standing on the wing.

The forth kit release for November is the

1:72nd scale MiG-21PF in the Weekend

line. I can’t add much to this, most of you

will be familiar with the kit, and what the

Weekend line includes is well known to

everyone. However, the Weekend kits will

go through a change. This is an interesting

release by virtue of the fact that this is the

last Weekend kit to be released in this format. The first change will involve the blue

on blue box with the picture of the aircraft

on a white background with two marking

options. As of January, this changes. The

boxart will now include a rendering of the

subject along the lines of the ProfiPACK

kits. Marking options will go from two to

four and there will be a small modification

to the instructions. There will be no more

changes, including in the price. The reasoning behind all this is to raise the qualitative level of the Weekend line in terms of

bang per buck and be more attractive to

modelers that continue to hold a certain

suspicion towards photoetching and at the

same time, view the Weekend line as substandard items. With these changes, the

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line will become more comparable to the

same types of, or even slightly better than,

releases from other manufacturers. In my

opinion, these changes will address the

price point attribute of the kits first and

foremost. Those among you that read our

Distributor Newsletter are probably shaking your heads about what this all means

for the December release of the Weekend

Bf 109G-6/AS. I can tell you exactly what it

means. It is being pushed from December

to January, and will be in the new format.

We figured that releasing this kit in the old

format would be a shame!

The delay of the Bf 1009G-6/AS slated for December leaves only two new

1:48th scale kits for the month. It will be

the same combination that went head

to head in the minds of modelers in October, the 1:72nd scale Cmelak (Bumble

Bee) and the 48th scale Spitfire. In October, the Cmelak won by a hair, but further outcomes are open to speculation.

The types of kits that will be released are

reversing, and the Cmelak will come out

as a ProfiPACK kit, and the Spitfire will

be the Mk.II in the Limited Edition line.

The latter will be a Dual Combo kit named

Tally Ho! It will include the Spitfire Mk.IIa

and the Mk.IIb, as I had indicated before.

With the release of the Mk.II, those that

so dearly wanted the fairing covering

the oil pump will get their wish, but they

won’t get the metal seat. We have concluded that the metal seat was a feature of

the Spitfire Mk.I, and the Mk.II had the

plastic seat. The conversion from one to

the other will not be a complex operation

for those that feel differently. The Cmelak will be the focus of a small side offer.

All that purchase the kit in December on

our e-shop, will also receive for free a set

from our new Eduard Space line, designed

for this kit. The offer stands for those who

buy the new ProfiPACK kit or SERVUS

CHLAPCI, as long as supplies of the latter

last. The EDUARD SPACE line are new

items that combine so-called 3D decals

and photoetching, and, in this case, the

photoetching will always be steel. With

the Cmelak kit, the items are being introduced, and it will give a good idea of how

these things will look and how they will

function. We hope they will prove very

interesting!

So, after a small excursion into the

near future, I will return back to November and its new accessory items. Among

them, I would like to turn your attention

to the photoetched sets for the new kit of

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