F
or me, the model show
season of 2017 is over
with SAMI’s attendance
at another successful
Plastic Winter show in
Bratislava. This year saw
record numbers of entries
into the competition and it
was great to catch up with
friends from all over Europe.
KPM Bratislava are to be
congratulated for this show
and all being well we will be
attending again next year!
As always we managed
to catch up with the Czech
model companies who were
attending and came home
with a suitcase of review
samples, which we will bring
to you as previews and builds
over the coming months! So
on with the news from Scale
Model World, Telford and
Plastic Winter, Bratislava.
If your company or product
is not featured and you would
like it to be, please contact us
at the editorial e-mail address.By Tim Upson-Smith
News
CZECH
Rocket Ship
AZ MODEL
N
ew from AZmodel for
Telford was 2 boxings of
the Saunders Roe SR-53A
in 1/72 scale, the prototype and
a ‘what if’ production model
named the ‘Rocketeer’. We have
the ‘what if’ version for review
as the prototype kit had sold out
at Plastic Winter, so time to E bay
the old Airfix kit and buy and build
this new kit from AZ! Also new
for Telford was another ‘What if’
the Martin Baker MB6, a strange
looking thing to say the least!
The 1/72 scale Curtiss P-36,
A, C and Mohawk Mk.III/H-
75C1, was also new for Telford
and Plastic Winter.RAF Liberator
EDUARD
T
his month we are able to
bring you some more news
on the expected future
releases from Eduard, first up is
the re-boxing of the AMK 1/48
Delfin, this seemed to be quite
a popular selling kit at Plastic
Winter... Eduard will be offering
Overtrees of this kit as well as a
Weekend Edition and possibly
a Limited Edition, which may
feature a book on the type...
In February, we can look forward
to a limited-edition kit dedicated
to Finnish Bf 109G-2 and G-6
aircraft, in 1/48th. For fans of RAFCoastal Command, you can look
forward to March and the long
awaited release of the modified
ex-Hasegawa Liberator GR Mk.V
(and Mk.III) in 1/72 scale. This will
be titled ‘Riders in the Sky 1944‘.
This kit will feature two specially
produced runners of plastic parts
to produce the RAF variants.
2018 will also see some more
MiG 21s in 1/48 scale and more
significantly also in 1/72 scale,
with the MF variant being offered
first in a Profi-pack edition.January releases from Eduard
will be, in 1/48 scale as a Profi-
pack edition, a Bf 109G-14, also in
a Profi-pack the popular 1/48 scale
Spad XIII is being reissued. The 1/48
scale SE.5a Wolseley Viper is being
released as a Weekend edition,
with Grinnel-Milnes famous red
painted fuselage aircraft as an
option. Last but not least in 1/72
scale we have a Limited-edition
release of Fw 190 ‘Grünherz’
As well as the kits, there are lots
of photo-etch and Brassin sets to
tempt as well http://www.Eduard.comA Hunter for two plus
exclusive news...
MARK 1
M
ark 1 were at
Telford where they
had a surprise
announcement a 1/144 scale
Hunter T.8. This kit features the
plastic from the rather excellent
Revell kit, with Mark 1 supplying
a new fuselage and canopy plus
all the extras for the cockpit and
a rather nice decal sheet for fouroptions, the overall dark sea
grey appeals as the simplicity
of the scheme shows off the
sexy lines of the Hunter...
The long awaited 1/144 scale
Dornier Do 17Z-2/3 is also now
available and very nice it looks too,
the sample we received has Eastern
Front markings including one in
all over winter white and a Finnish
example. For fans of the really tinythe 1/144 scale Let L-13 Blanik glider
may appeal, with two in the box
the construction won’t take long
but adding the decals just might!
We are able to exclusively
reveal that in January/February
Mark 1 will be releasing a 1/144
scale Spitfire 14/18 series,
we will keep you posted!46 • JANUARY 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL
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