the Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus

Unitis in 1:350th. Also worthy of attention are sets for the PT-17/N2S-3 Kaydett

from ICM in 1:32nd scale and Su-27 and

Su-27UBfrom Kitty Hawk in 1:48th. Also

in this scale, there are sets for the Revell

Beaufighter Mk.IF and the SBD-2 Dauntless from Academy. In 1:72nd, we have

focused on the Arma Hobby Wildcat

Mk.VI, which is a company that is reaching

new levels with each release. In 1:35th,

we then have the StuG.III Ausf.G and the

M60A! from Takom covered. In the Brassin

line, I can suggest a look at the sets for

the P-38H (Tamiya, 1:48th), the MiG-19

(Eduard/Trumpeter, 1:48th) and the first

for the Z-37A Cmelak (Eduard. 1:72nd).

We have some interesting decal sheets

coming out for the September released

Adlergriff, the Bf 109E, in 1:32nd scale.

Of course, there are too many new accessory items being released to mention here,

but their descriptions are supplied within

the pages of this newsletter.

I have hinted at some changes that are

slowly being implemented here and that

will be implemented over the course of

next year. I am introducing them a little at

a time, so as not to overload anyone all

at once. I think that these are all positive

developments, and we aren’t planning

anything nasty for you. Changes will also

come with regards to contests. In the recent release of the Special Newsletter,

I indicated some changes in the way E-day will be run. For those who didn’t read

the Special Newsletter, I will summarize.

After the successful Plastic Model National Championship, which was also an improvised event brought on by the current

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situation at Hotel Olympik, there is a developing understanding being forged with

the governing body of the SMCzR and the

National Championship component of

E-day. The contest under E-day, until now

run under the Hobby category, has had,

to put it mildly, a lax attitude on the part

of the SMCzR, and this supports the notion of a separation into a new contest. So,

it is my privilege to announce the death

of the Hobby category at E-day, and at the

same time, to announce the birth of the

Czech Model Masters, with the intention

of becoming the most lucrative event of

its kind in continental Europe. This is intended to become a contest that will be

talked about, written about, and will be

worth winning. We are expecting to attract the best modelers and the best models. So, see you next year!

Unfortunately, some events have announced their cancellation, so there is

some bad news to go around as well.

These include Go Modelling in Vienna,

and it looks like the end for this year for

Kit Saloon in Nymburk, and we are doing the same with ModellBrno. The good

news is that we are trying to come up with

a worth alternative and I will touch on this

again in a future edition of this newsletter.

Today, we will also implement a small

change to the newsletter itself. These

newsletters are sort of like Czech movies.

They don’t really finish, they just sort of

stop. From now on, the newsletters will

end with a feature titled TAIL END CHARLIE. It will be an ‘in closing’ sort of thing,

and it will come from the editors of the

newsletter, Jan Zdiarsky, Jan Bobek and

Richard Plos. Today’s inaugural feature

will come from Jan Zdiarsky.

That’s it from me for now. I hope you

enjoy the read, and that you find inspiration from a study of our new releases that

are now being released as we go forward.

Happy modelling!

Vladimir Sulc

INFO Eduard - November 2020