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INFO

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VOL. 12

ISSUE 8

AUGUST 2012

BRASSIN

Il-2 wheels

and weapon set

1/48 Tamiya

HISTORY

L`Ultima Diana

PE-SETS

B-25J 1/32

M-ATV MRAP 1/35

F8F 1/48

Cactus 1/72

BUILT

Bf 110E 1/72

Su-27UB 1/48

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INFO

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VOL. 12

ISSUE 8

AUGUST 2012

2012

involved.

Ltd.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

KITS

6 Fw 190A-9 1/48

7 Fokker Dr.I 1/48

8 NATO Falcons 1/48

PHOTO-ETCHED SETS

BIG ED

DECALS

BRASSIN

RELEASES

August 2012

HISTORY

L`Ultima Diana

EVENTS

Mulefest 2012

BUILT

30 Su-27UB 1/48

32 Bf 110E 1/72

ON APPROACH

September 2012

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EDITORIAL

and respect for the events participants to a a

sense of almost despair at the thought of trying

to keep up in a sporting sense, the modeling

and, quite honestly, the social components of

such an endeavor at my age. Facing facts, I

have already passed the peak of my modeling

career, and I can only do what I am doing now

in terms of participation, and, incidentally, I have

not yet beaten Karel in badminton.

The successor this month to ‘Kozy Koza, will be

‘Diana’, a rebox of the F-16A, oficially dubbed

NATO Falcons in our boxing. In this case, there

is no exclusively internet marking option, but we

are presenting a report from the author of the

tailart, Pierpaolo Maglio, on the birth of ‘Diana’

of the 5th Stormo of the Italian Air Force. The

NATO Falcons kit also contains another three

atrractive marking options for the F-16s, and

so there is certainly enough to choose from.

The title of the kit is not really a traditiobnal

one for us, but is something we would like to

change, and so after the sixteen, we will have

‘Czechoslovak Fifteens’. This will be in 1/72nd

scale. The main boxart for this release will depict

the Zatec Aerobatic Unit, in the ifties nicknamed

‘Trio Prckos’. I suspect that it is well known what

this is, and you may feel free to look forward to

the premiere of this kit at E-day. Bear in mind,

though, that there will not be very many of them,

as in the case of ‘Kozy Koza’. And, if you are

interested in knowing if there will be further

Lightnings released, then rest assured that you

answer is ‘yes’. Next will be the P-38F/H, and

then Paciic Js and Ls.

The IPMS US Nationals are an event of a

substantially higher caliber. Our representation,

as per usual, will not be missing. We certainly

won’t be running around Florida in rubber boots,

and there will be no doubledecker in front of

our stall, but we will still have something to show

off, and something to talk about. We will have

our photoetched offerings for the 1/32nd scale

B-25, along with PE and resin for the Tamiya Il-

2, to say nothing of other topics to be covered.

Along with the items mentioned in this newsletter,

we also be present with our Bf 110E, including

the latest available in Brassin detail sets, We

will also have some of our last ‘P-38J Over

Europe’, also known as the ‘Kozy Koza’ which

left a bit of a dust wave as they quickly passed

through our stock room. I wanted to set aside

a couple of cartons of this kit for E-day, but I

reacted to the popularity of the kit too late and

I was only actually able to save only a fraction

of what I wanted. And this is despite the fact

that there appeared quite a bit of skepticism

surrounding this release. Once again, though,

it has been shown that relevant photoetched

and resin details, along with high quality and

attractive decal options, can take a relatively

old kit, and make it into a potential hit. Still, we

took some shots, this time because the speciic

markings for ‘Kozy Koza’ was only revealed

over the internet. It provoked a lively debate

over the release of the kit. I would like to point

out that this involved no ‘austerity measures’,

but rather a speciic trend in which we intend

to continue. Certain types of information will be

released only over the internet, and there is not

necessarily any reason to see this as a bad thing,

or a degradation of the manufacturing culture.

Furthermore, there will be all kinds of activity on

our website, things that we anticipate will pique

much curiosity, and things that will prove to be

interesting. More information will be revealed

on our home soil E-day event.

So, the Olympics have begun. The opening

ceremonies impressed me very much, and I

did like the presentation of the Czech side,

from the uniforms worn by the athletes to the

doubledecker bus in front of the Czech team hq

in London. I can see why this would be a source

of trafic jams! Our little community has no true

equivalent, and modeling will not be reaching

the standard set by the Olympics, despite the

diametrically opposing viewpoint held by Johnny

Vojtech, as some of you will know. So, we will

happily continue to settle on something a little

more manageable, and in scale, if you will. One

such event was the ‘Mulefest’, something you

can read more about here in our grand internet

newsletter. Because one of its participants and

organizers, as well as the author of the article,

Karel Cvancara, plays badminton regularly, I

decided to head out over to the event to see

what such an almost ‘sporting’ meet such as this

involves. Although most of the participants of

Mulefest were out on an excursion into the former

East Germany, I came away with a feeling of

the mancave atmosphere, which performed the

role of the sports arena admirably, as well as a

feeling likely resembling that of the Olympic, or,

in this case, Mulefest, Village. I came away also

with some mixed feelings, from a sense of awe

So, that’s about it for now. Those of you who

can’t meet up with us in Florida, perhaps we could

make up for it in Pilsen. We will be there over

the inal August weekend with the same lineup as

for the US IPMS NAtionals...along with the MiG-

15. Admittedly, this kit is a beautiful example

of what the ‘Eduard month’ is all about,but

our wares on display in Orlando, Pilsen, and

especially at E-day, will show just how much that

is now in the past, and how much that timeframe

has been shortened over the last two years. Note

how quickly we have been able to react to the

new 48th scale Il-2 and the 1/32nd scale B-25.

You may point out that regarding the Spitire,

and other kits that we have been threatening,

there hasn’t been a hide nor a hair about for a

long time, but that will change. Come to E-day....

you won’t regret it!

Keep on Modelin’!!!

Vladimir Sulc

Info Eduard - August 2012

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