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INFO

EDUARD

VOL. 12

ISSUE 6

JUNE 2012

BRASSIN

HISTORY

R-2800-31 engine

1/48

Flugzeugmaschinengewehr MG 17

BUILT

Fokker D.VII 1/48

PE-SETS

USS CVL-22 Independence 1/350

Grapevine 1/72

Rushes 1/72

PV-1 1/48

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INFO

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VOL. 12

ISSUE 6

JUNE 2012

2012

involved.

Ltd.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

KITS

6 Su-25K 1/48

7 Bf 109E-4 1/48

8 L-39C 1/72

9 Hellcat Mk.II 1/48

PHOTO-ETCHED SETS

BIG ED

DECALS

BRASSIN

BIGSIN

RELEASES

Seznam novinek, June 2012

HISTORY

Flugzeugmachinengewehr MG 17

BUILT

Fokker D.VIII 1/48

EVENTS

Czech Air Show, Pardubice

ON APPROACH

July 2012

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EDITORIAL

to the point of considering themselves almighty

must be tempered with solid social bravery and

determination, quality assessments of justice,

and supreme patience. It also applies that by

the time these types come to the end of their

journey, they can, and do, cause huge amounts

of often irreversible damage. Damaging and

evil mechanisms that are put in place by such

individuals can remain in tact long after their

originators have departed. That will always

be the way. Both of the above examples

show, however, that the ight against evil has

signiicance, and despite often situations of deep

hopelessness, must continue.

When the frontal approach fails, they fall back

on resistance in the anonymous safety of the

internet forum. It is a kind of customer guerilla

warfare. I really don’t see much wrong with that,

and I admit to having the same type of tactic

in me at times. For example, my coffee maker

has stopped working properly. Try as I may,

it only grinds what it feels like, not very well at

that, and does not properly brew my coffee

despite having its reservoir full of a ‘Fair Trade’

blend of Central American beans. I’ve taken the

bugger apart and cleaned it three times, and

no change. You have no idea of how badly I’d

like to pull out my virtual Stengun, and send

that bastard to meet its maker. For the money

I spent on it, it certainly could not be considered

unreasonable to expect it to work for more than

six months! In any case, I keep telling myself that

for a reputable manufacturer this is nothing bad,

because the strength of the internet guerilla

tactic lies in its use against manufacturers who

commit sins. Not that sometimes the truly innocent

won’t incur any wrath from time to time. That’s

to be expected in that type of warfare. The

manufacturer of my coffee processor and maker

has a very good reputation, but the worse

manufacturers should get it much worse, which

should apply across the board.

By the way, many modelers ask me if we will

ever release a Bf 109E edition with Heydrich’s

markings. Forgive me if I am repeating myself

here, but this would be an unacceptable

commemeration for us. An evil entity such as that

of Heydrich could only be ‘honored’ in a way

as to pay tribute to the brave men who rid

the world of him and his incredibly effective

‘managerial skills’ that imprisoned over a million

souls.

Seems like anniversaries are followed

by anniversaries, with tomorrow’s that

of ‘The Invasion’, and last week we celebrated

the 70th of the assassination of Reinhard

Heydrich. Intellectual tendencies, high intellect,

and excellent managing skills. An incredibly

capable man, and its easy to marvel at all he

was able to accomplish. In an analysis of his

accomplishments, one cannot, of course, avoid

using the word ‘BUT...’. He would not be lost in

today’s world, and would achieve celebrity

status. People of his managerial skills ill many

governing and corporate buildings, only the

times have changed, and such drastic methods as

those of seventy years ago are no longer used,

nor needed for that matter. Back then, there was

no other recourse in the attempt to get rid of such

a productive tyrant other than to toss the grenade

after the Stengun failed for whatever reason.

This is no longer the time of assassination, even

though many have not come to that conclusion

yet, and such measures as assassination, civil

disobedience, and revolution are a last resort.

Our civilization prescribes different methods

of proceeding, as can be witnessed for example

in the case of ex-governor Rath, which are also

effective. What is the common denominator in all

cases is that the temptation to shoot personalities

that are supremely narcissistic and self righteous

I took part in an radio interview. I am hoping

that my simple English skills were understandable.

I thoroughly prepared myself for the inevitable

question of my reaction to periodic negative

internet trafic, but as the world goes ‘round,

the question never came up, or I simply missed

it. In any case, I was a bit disappointed, because

it is something I have thought a lot about,

and, amazingly enough, it is something that

I formulated an opinion about. I was a bit sorry

over not expressing it to anyone, so I will at least

print it here, in our newsletter. In my opinion,

the sporadic negativism is often legitimate

and even positive input from customers to the

manufacturers. Often, manufacturers commit

such crimes of minor to major proportions such as

small wheels, larger cockpits, various dimensional

mistakes, lousy moldings, and ejector pin marks

that often ruin an otherwise nicely detailed part.

And then these pieces of crap are offered up

to customers for unreal sums of money. And

if the customer doesn’t like it, there is the usual

attempt to convince him (or her) that this is the

way it is, it is correct, and that it is ultimately

for the customer’s own good. And yes, we, here

at Eduard, have had similar tendencies. After all,

we are only people, too. Customers, though, are

not sheep, and they do try to protect themselves.

On June 6th, we will begin selling our Frog

themed Frogfoot, the ‘Su-25K in 1/48th Limited

Edition’, to put it in the oficial lingo of our

marketing department. This is an action that we

have never quite done before, and probably

never will again. We were able to secure,

and please don’t ask how, 230 kits of the ex-

KP 1/48th scale kit. We added resin, and

especially decals. To the original markings we

added two well known, if not outright famous,

and especially attractive options. One is the

Czech ‘Frogger’ marking, and one Slovak. With

respect to the Slovak machine, it is not entirely

clear what animal is actually depicted on the

aircraft. Most likely it is a buffalo or a wisent,

but commonly among people here, it is a bison.

I guess there can be plenty of argument over

whatever the differences are or aren’t, as the

case may be. We just basically have been

calling him ‘the bull’. In any case, it’s a very

cool rendition. Along with the kit, there is also

the inclusion of a tee shirt, of the ‘Frogger’,

from ‘Rezava Vrtule’ (the Rusty Propeller) irm.

The box will be white with no label, and also

included will be two stickers with the same

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design as on the shirt. What the modeler does

with the stickers is up to the individual. I would

assume one will be stuck on the box, and the

other on the fridge. Of course, take that as

a recommendation only, and not some kind

of law! As I said, there are only 230 of these

kits in existence, and I will be coniscating two

fo them, making only 228 available. The price

is not cheap, because it factors the exclusiveness

of the kit into itself. Sale of the kit will begin on

our website on June 6th at 19.00 CET, and will

continue til stocks are gone. That the kit will only

be available at www.eduard.cz goes without

saying.

on our 72nd scale Bf 110E. The plan is that

this kit will be our 72nd scale masterpiece,

with associated set releases to be made

simultaneously. So, along with the model, there

will be a release of a standard photoetched

set, an etched ladder, two Brassin sets covering

nose cannon and wheels, and decals offering

four additional marking options. It is hoped that

we will be able to offer you this model and

accessories through June. We will be using the

modeler-popular site Facebook. We recommend

to all interested, and especially to all staunch

conservatives, to monitor the progress of this kit

on Facebook, because it will be some kit! It this

not only applies to fans of 1/72nd scale. For

those who tend to gravitate to 48th, there are the

Lightnings. Admittedly not our own creation (all

in good time...) But a re-edition of the Academy

kit, but still a kit worthy of attention. I must

admit that I too was guilty of underestimating

this kit, but was gradually convinced as the kits

fell together with the addition of decals and

resin. The combination of now aged but still very

respectable plastic parts, ive attractive noseart

options on the decal sheet printed by non other

than Cartograf, a Brassin cockpit, wheels and

supercharchers (well...the visible parts, anyway),

photoetched brass, and beautiful boxart all come

together to produce what is, in my opinion, our

most noteworthy Limited Edition release to date.

The irst Lightning kit, ‘The P-38J Over Europe’,

will be produced in signiicantly more numbers

than the ‘Frogger’, but I will not be surprised

if all 1500 units are still here in a week, as has

often been the case with this line.

your attention to the ‘Built’ section that covers the

Fokker D.VII. It was built by a young lady named

Sylvia Koberger. The interesting story depicted

on the fuselage side represents a story of seven

dwarfs, depending on your translation. It’s

a relatively depressing story with a bad ending.

I would recommend it to anyone that subscribes

to the notion that the best is behind us, and it’s

all downhill from here. Optimists and realists

need not apply! I proudly consider myself to be

trained in classical literature, and so I understand

quite well Snow White and Sleeping Beauty with

their respective morals, but this story really is

a kick in the head. The pilot who had it so well

depicted on the side of his aircraft was either

blessed with exceptional intuitive vision or was

a manic depressant. One does not exclude

the other, and in keeping with actual historical

progression, both could be considered to be true.

The ‘Frogger’ is kind of the ‘icing on the

cake’ of our June offerings, that even without

it would have to be considered lively and

widely appealing. The main item to draw your

attention to is the 1/48th scale Bf 109E-4, one

of the best known 109 versions. The passion

surrounding the original release has subsided,

and now we can all look at the quality of the kit

for what it is. Noteworthy too are the collection

of Brassin kits offered this month, which include

two engine sets, a DB 601A/N made for the

aforementioned Emil, and a PW-2800-10 for

the P-61. Another set covers the MG 17 guns,

also for our Bf 109, which then represents an

unprecedented quantity of quality offered for

a kit of our own production. The fourth Brassin set

offers the fuselage mounted MG 131 machine

guns for the Fw 190 that are very attractive

if not downright adorable, if it is, in fact, possible

to say something like that about a machine gun.

We plan on paying a lot of attention to such

weapons in the future, and not just German ones,

either. Another BIG SIN is also being offered this

month, this time for the MiG-21MF of the later

series. It should be noted that all of the Brassin

sets are in 1/48th scale. Attention should also

be turned over to the photoetched sets offered,

which is dominated by four sets for the new

PV-1 Ventura from Revell. There are other little

morcels, too, which will appeal to AFV modelers

with four sets for the M-1151 EAC.

And to inish off, a note about decals. A while

back, we released several sheets that will be

recalled by those who are able to remember.

Decals are now, after some ifteen years, making

a comeback in our portfolio with the offer of two

new sheets. Contrary to the initial ones back

then, these are not only designed by us here, but

also are printed here. We feel that our decals,

along with all that we learned in printing them,

have something to offer. How well they compare

to the best out there will be a matter of personal

opinion, but they are quite easy to work with,

and are true to actual markings on actual

aircraft. Hopefully, that will be enough to make

them attention worthy.

All of this can be found in this month’s newsletter.

Although its quite full, I would also like to draw

Keep on Modeling!

Vladimir Sulc

The sets for the Ventura are relatively rapid

responses for a newly released kit by our

standards. We would like to mimic this trend with

other newly released kits. About a week ago, the

new 1/32nd scale Mitchell landed at our irm,

and the basis of the sets is being developed,

and these should be ready in August along with

sets for the new 48th scale Il-2 and 35th scale

Elefant (both from Tamiya). From this, it can be

deduced that August will be an eventful month.

So, that covers June and a bit of August,

so what about July? July tends to be a lean

month. People get a bit lazy, go on holidays,

and they do little and buy even less. I myself

have signed up for an intensive July course

to continue learning Japanese. I have several

personal reasons to that end, among them

an attempt to better understand the Japanese,

their soul, and their decision making mentalities.

I can’t understand why Tamiya is releasing the

Sturmovik. Maybe it’s only because I am not

a ‘Russomaniac’. We’ve got our own agenda

for June, and we are rather intensively working

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