Scale aviation modeller international

W

ith the Summer

upon us, I was

expecting this

month to be a quiet one for

news, how wrong I was!

Instead, we have had

announcements on the release

of a few well-known aircraft like

the MiG 21 to the less well known

like the Zlin Bumble Bee and a

lot in-between. So, I will keep

my introduction short and just

encourage you to read on and

see what whets your appetite.

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By Tim Upson-Smith

News

CZECH

Hurricane Warning

FLY

F

ly have been working some

magic on the Hasegawa 1/72

scale Hurricanes MkIIA/B.

The new kit will come with

Hasegawa plastic, but upgraded

by the addition of Fly resin parts,

decals and paint masks. The resin

includes new propeller blades,

spinner, wheels and a pilot’s seat.

Certainly, in the

UK Hasegawa

kits are getting

quite hard

to come by,

so hopefully

this upgraded

release from

Fly will make

them more readily available!

In other news from Fly, the

re new 1/72 scale PZL-37A/B/

bis kits are almost ready too.

These are injection moulded

kits with the addition of some

superb looking resin engines,

bomb bays and cockpit details.

Dora

AZ MODELS

A

Z Models

will have

released, by the time you read this

their 1/72 scale Fw 190D-9. The other

new release from AZ this month will be

the 1/72 scale L-5 Sentinel with markings

for aircraft

which served

during the

Second

World War.

BIG Dak

HPH

H

pH have released

some more images

of their forthcoming

1/32 scale DC3/C47 and it

looks the absolute business!

I can see this kit being very

popular, the level of detail

looks stunning and will

certainly provide several

months of pure modelling joy!

Bumble Bees

KP

T

he 1/72 scale Zlin Z-37s

will be released in June.

There will be three initial versions released, one

of which will feature German examples though this

is an exclusive release for AZs German distributor so

may be hard to find in the UK. The other two releases

will feature Czech, British, Hungarian and Finnish

examples of this rather ungainly looking aircraft. I am

rather looking forward

to building one of these

after seeing one in action

as a glider tug aircraft

at Brno Medlánky

airfield last year.

Royal Class and more

T

he Eduard 1/72 scale MiG21

will be released in its Royal

Class Edition this month

and I am sure will be very popular

as it includes a fantastically

diverse decal sheet. The kit will

supply markings for 12 decal

options and will be printed by

Cartograph. It will also include a

selection of Brassin resin parts

including two seats, two sets of

wheels. Finally it will include

an Eduard Art A3 size print.

Another highlight will be the

release of AGM 1/48 scale L-29

Delfin as a Weekend Edition. This

boxing will include an L-29 Delfin

from Zatec Air Force Base, Czech

Republic, which in 1993. Was

painted in an overall Tiger striped

scheme. The decal sheet for this

release will include all the stripes

and has been designed by one of

the crew who painted the original

airframe, so I think it is fair to

say that it will be very accurate.

July will also see the release

of the 1/48 scale SE.5a night

fighter this will be a ProfiPack

release, the example with the

blue diamond pattern over the

standard PC 10 finish is a must

do scheme for me. The final July

release, this time in the Weekend

line, is the 1/48 scale Bf 109G-2.

Looking further ahead Eduard

have some rather interesting

plans to empty my wallet at

Eday with a selection of kit to

commemorate the centenary of

the founding of Czechoslovakia,

we start with a reissue of their

Spad XIII in Czech markings,

hopefully this will be in both 1/72

scale and 1/48 scale versions?

Also new for Eday will be the

1/48 scale Avia C-10/S-99, note this

is not the Jumo engined Mule as

used by the Czechs and the fledgling

Israeli air force but a Messerschmitt

Bf-109G-10 completed by Avia

after the end of Second world war.

Finally, we will also have a limited-

edition version of the Trumpeter

MiG-23ML/MI with markings

for Czech AF aircraft that will

include a book and some upgrade

detail parts in brass and resin.

As well as the kits, there is lots

of new photo-etch and Brassin

sets to tempt as well. One that

particularly caught my eye is he

1/32 scale engine for the Revell

Fw 190A-8. This set would make

a fantastic display piece in its

own right. http://www.Eduard.com

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