Czech Air Force Centenary
EDUARD
E
duard have announced three new
releases for Eday, although there
are still no clues to this year’s free
entry kit will be ( The editor is still betting
on a 1/144 Bf109G) The three kits for Eday
are all themed around the Centenary of
the Czech Air Force and represent three
very diverse types from history.
First up is the 1/48 scale Spad XIII, which
has markings options for Spads flown by
Czechoslovak pilots fighting with the French AirForce during the First World War and this will
also include the post-war flag markings, which
will make for a very different looking Spad.
The second kit is the Avia S-99/C-10, the Czech
version of the Bf-109G-10 also in 1/48 scale.
This kit will feature four markings options, two
police aircraft with their attractive red trim
and two Czech Air Force examples. The third
Eday special release is a very special one, also
in 1/48 scale, ‘Bedna’ (Box), the MiG 23 in CAF
service. The kit will contain the plastic from
Trumpeter’s MiG 23 MF/ML, the underwing
weapons will be produced Eduard and the kit
will have a Brassin ejection seat with Steel belts,
as well as resin underwing racks and R-23T
missiles. The kits will include no less than 13
options with the decals printed by Cartograph.
Last but by no means least the kit will come with
a 128-page book covering the MiG 23MF/ML/U in
Czechoslovak/Czech Air Force Service. I think
I may need to start saving my Czech Koruna!
As ever there will also be plenty of photo-
etched, Brassin and Löök sets to tempt me
to spend more as well w w w.Eduard.com.Burberry
KOVOZÁVODY PROSTEJOV (KP)
K
P have two further releases of
their 1/72 scale DH88 Comet. The
releases are both for the most
famous of the Comets, G-ACSS but in its
lesser known schemes, as ‘The Burberry
and as evaluated by the RAF as K-5084. I
cannot recall ever having seen the Comet
as ‘The Burberry’ in kit form before, so
certainly that is one to look out for. The
other new release is a 1/72 scale Spitfire
MkVc, which I am sure will have lots of
boxings to cover the various sub-versions
and the colour schemes this version wore.Twin Pin
VALOM
A
new announcement from Valom
that the next 1/72 scale kit we can
look forward to will be the Sottish
Aviation Twin Pioneer in at least two boxings.WWW.SAMPUBLICATIONS.COM • OCTOBER 2018 • 39
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