Scale aviation modeller international

W

ell, Spring has

definitely arrived

as evidenced by the

Warbirds awakening at my

local airfield. The two seat

Spitfire flights have begun and

the unique two seat Hispano

Buchon HA-1112 M4L was

outside its hanger catching

some early Spring sunshine.

Spring is usually a time

when modellers slow down

their output, but the last

few weeks has seen my

output increase as I try to

finish some older started

and stalled projects, so I can

make way on my bench for

some of these new releases!

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By Tim Upson-Smith

News

CZECH

Babies and Bees

KOVOZAVODY PROSTEJOV

G

ood news from KP the 1/72

scale Praga Air Babies are

almost ready, with test

shots underway the final work

on the moulds will take place in

the coming weeks, it is hoped

that the kit will make its debut

at the Mosen Model show in

Hungry at the end of April.

The 1/72 scale Zlin Z-37A

Bumble Bee is also nearly

ready and should be

released in the early

summer. In other news

1/72 scale from KP we

can look forward to two

boxings of the MiG-

23BN an international

version and a Warsaw

Pact version.

BIG Buff!

HPH

P

re-orders are now being

taken fo Hph’s 1/48 scale

B-52H Stratofortress! This

kit will be mixed media, with the

main components in fibreglass,

detail parts will be vacuum cast

resin, the clear parts will be cast in

transparent resin. Also included

will be a lot of photo-etch, some

metal parts, wet transfer decal

sheet and paint masks. The kit

will have a complete interior,

undercarriage bays and bomb

bay with bomb racks. Further

accessories will be available for the

kit, these will include, a complete

payload of steel bombs and racks,

a complete maximum payload of

ALCM cruise missiles, including

the internal rotary launcher and

external racks and last but by no

means least a landing flap kit,

which will need to be ordered with

the main kit if you want one!

All of this however, doesn’t

come cheap at 775Euro inc

VAT... For details on how to

pre-order this mighty kit please

visit http://www.hphmodels.cz

More MiG’s!

EDUARD

M

ay will see the first

ProfiPack release of the

all new 1/72 scale MiG

21 family, this first version to

appear will be the MF. Also, in 1/72

scale but this time in the Weekend

line, we have the Avia B534 Series

1. For fans of 1/48 scale, Eduard
   are reissuing their Albatros D.V
   as a ProfiPack Edition. While In
   their Limited-Edition line Eduard
   are releasing a 1/48 scale duel

combo Bf109F-4 and

Bf109G-2, in North

African campaign markings,

under the title of ‘Afrika’.

As well as the kits, there are

lots of photo-etch and Brassin

sets to tempt as well. I have

come to realise that a lot of

these Brassin accessories are

little kits in themselves and I

have started to build some of

the ordinance for individual

display! w w w.Eduard.com

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