EDITORIAL

Good day, Dear Friends

One more time I would like to extend my

thanks to all of you that made your way

out to Molivice. You overcame your doubts

and fears of the unknown brought about

by a new venue out in the middle of almost

nowhere and by the predicted inclement

weather. We were all armed with the belief that after two years of forced inactivity,

joy could once again be found in the participation of a favorite activity and the meeting up with old friends in an environment

surrounded by old armor pieces and new

models. Those of us involved in putting

the show together are very pleased that

we have not disappointed. On behalf of all

that attended, I would particularly like to

thank Charles Chad Richmond, a man who,

at 77 years of age, made his way from Alabama to Prague, to make his way Saturday

morning by train to Lyse nad Labem and

then by bus to Milovice. It was his sixth

trip to E-day and he attended ModelBrno

once. Chad is a Vietnam War vet, a combat

pilot who flew, among others, the AH-1G

Cobra and the UH-1 Iroquois. He is a holder of

a slew of decorations, a member of Veteran’s groups and organizations, as well as

a modeler and a friend of our nation. We

look forward to seeing him, and all of you,

again next year at E-day 2023! Those that

were not able to attend the show, or did

attend but for some reason missed the

E-day Special report, can get a glimpse into

the goings-on in Milovice here.

NEW RELEASES FOR NOVEMBER

KITS

In the Limited Edition line, we have our

fifth kit of the Tornado, this time a German

Tornado IDS in 1:48th scale. As before, this

kit is based on Revell plastic and contains

the classic assortment of Eduard accessories in the form of photoetched, masks

and Brassins. There is also an expanded

decal sheet, allowing for one of seven decal options, the majority of which are Bindesluftwaffe and Bundesmarine machines

in striking anniversary schemes. Originally,

we had planned to include a Saudi Tornado,

but unfortunately, the kit lacks the correct

pylons . The options are a mix of the noted

anniversary schemes and standard ones

because we are aware of the fact that not

everyone takes a shine to the anniversary schemes. I would also like to point out

that this kit’s decal sheet provides plenty of

opportunity to test out our decals, for those

who haven’t yet or those who would like to

hone their skills in the application of them

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that includes the removal of the carrier

film.

In the ProfiPACK line, we are also soldiering on with the 48th scale Wildcat, releasing the F4F-4 in its early guise. The kit is

designed for modelers who don’t feel that

they would take full advantage of October’s

Dual Combo Midway kit, containing two

complete sets of plastic, one for the F4F-3,

the other the F4F-4. The hero of the boxart

is Stanley Vejtasa, an American pilot with

Czech roots, to whom we proudly connect.

More on Stanley Vejtasa and about the boxart can be found below in this newsletter.

There are two November ProfiPACK kits,

the other being the Bf 109G-14/AS. I will

now provide a bit of background information surrounding it. This kit was originally

planned as a Weekend release , but after

being confronted with the myriad of marking options, we decided to promote this

item to the more attractive and better equipped ProfiPACK level. There are five marking options, including an Italian aircraft.

It should also be pointed out, that taking

into account this is a late war German type,

the markings are rather striking. It’s plain

to see that the ‘109, in terms of attractive

markings and individual stories to tell, never disappoints. For lovers of 1:72nd scale, I will repeat the good news from this

past E-day: we are currently working on

our 1:72nd Bf 109F, G and K and we expect

the first kits to be released next summer.

In October, we finalized the parts layout on

the sprues and the technological execution of the forms, and this was no easy task.

The reason is that, as opposed to the 48th

scale Messerschmitts, we are developing

the 72nd scale items as one project, taking into account all versions, from the F-2,

through the G-2, 4, 6, 14, the AS versions,

three G-10s, all the way on through to the

K-4. The laying out of all components into

fourteen molds was a complicated ride.

But don’t worry; none of the kits will have

fourteen sprues. The project vision has two

sprues with detail parts, which will be common to all versions, two with clear parts

including formation lights (which are doubled up to provide spares in case of loss of

any of these small bits), either of which will

go into the relevant release. Ten molds cover fuselages, wings and unique items for

various versions, where each kit will include one of these sprues. Dual boxings aside,

there will be two sprues in each kit, but you

can probably see that.

Modelers who work in 1:72nd scale often complain, and loudly at that, that we

neglect them. I’m sorry for that. I confess

that we are first and foremost a 48th scale

manufacturer with a soft spot for the legacy

of the old Monogram kits, but even so, we

do have a segment of our plans dedicated

to your scale. These include new items, to

at least one new release per year, Limited

Edition releases based on reboxing others’

kits, and Weekend kits that are of our own

making and have gone through their Limited and/or ProdiPACK releases. Since our

fire a couple of years back, we have been

intensively renewing our range largely by

releasing Weekend kits based on older

items. Often, we simplify the packaging of

these older items by using original, preserved boxes and sold out ProfiPACK kits

to support the Weekend line. In September,

we did this with our Bf 110E kit in the Weekend 1:72nd scale line, re-energizing the

Bf 110s in that scale, and this will extend in

November to the long-awaited Bf 110G-4.

At the same time, we are nearly ready to

put back into rotation three older items, the

Limited kit ‘Adlertag’, dedicated to the Bf

110C and D in the Battle of Britain, and two

November 2022