A
s I write I am still
surrounded by review
samples we received
at this year’s Eday show.
This year the show moved
out of Prague, for the first
time, to the town of Lysá nad
Labem. The journey to the
show involved a pleasant
40-minute train ride and
the show venue itself was a
five-minute walk from the
railway station so quite easy
to get to. As at last year the
show was just for one day,
which makes it difficult to
see everything, especially as
this year Eduard had laid on
a steam train and a Spitfire
flypast! I think we managed
to catch up with all of the
manufacturers who were
there this year, so without
further rambling from me
here is the Eday news!
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at the editorial e-mail addressBy Tim Upson-Smith
News
CZECH
Fancy a Quickie?
BRENGUN
A
1/72 scale Rutan Quickie
that is! This new resin kit
from Brengun had its debut
at Eday and came as a very pleasant
surprise. I must admit that I
treated myself to one, as it rather
appeals to my love of the unusual.
The Quickie is a typical futuristicRutan design in a biplane format
with the bottom wing forward.
First flown in 1978 the Quickie
was designed with the home
builder in mind and to date over
350 have been made, in countries
around the world, markings are
included in the kit for a single
USA registered example.Tempest for Telford
EDUARD
E
duard has announced that
their long expected 1/48 scale
early Hawker Tempest will
hopefully be released at Scale Model
World, Telford. Eduard have also
announced the future release of a
very obscure Czech civil aircraft, the
rather pretty parasol monoplane
VBŠ Kuňkadlo ‘Mumbler’. The
aircraft was built by two students in
1924-26, and it is now preserved in
the Technical Museum in Prague.
A strange choice indeed for a large
company Eduard and when asked
why they are releasing this obscure
aircraft in 1/48 scale the answer
was ‘Because we can!’. Over the
years, on my visits to Prague, I have
often seen this aircraft and wished
somebody would make a kit of it,
but never believed anyone would, let
alone Eduard! We can look forward
to seeing this kit during 2019.Another future release Eduard
are working on is the 1/72 scale
Fokker DVII. And again, we can look
forward to seeing this kit next year.
More immediately we can look
forward to the second part of the
‘Riders in the Sky’ Liberators this
time the GR Mk.VI in 1945. This kit
will feature the Hasegawa plastic
with Eduard upgrades and markings
options for the Liberators of 311
Czech Squadron as they appearedwearing Czech markings in Prague
during 1945, and a book covering this
unit’s operations. Like the previous
B-24 release this will be a limited
edition and I am sure it will sell
out as fast as the first boxing did.
Also released in 1/72 scale as a
Weekend Edition will be the Avia
B.534 II Series, as has become
standard now, the kit will feature
two markings options. In 1/48 scale
the Fw 190A-2 will be released in a
ProfiPack Edition. In the Limited-
Edition line, the 1/48 scale Pe-2
Peshka will be also re-releasedin very limited quantities for
those that missed this upgraded
Zvezda kit first time around.
If you were wondering this
years entry kit for Eday was a 1/144
scale Spitfire Mk.IX in the colour
scheme of the Spitfire Mk.XVI,
which took part in the show by
‘strafing’ the steam train! This
Spitfire, TE184, is operated by
Classic Aircraft Displays/Classic
Trainers in the Czech Republic.
And If you entered the competition
you also received a 1/72 scale
Profipack Edition kit of the Spitfire
Mk.XVI in the same markings.Mini Spitfires
MARK I MODELS
C
oming soon from
Mark I models we
can look forward
to a family of 1/144 scale
Spitfires and if you like your
airships you will be pleased
to hear that the British R.34
will be getting the Mark I
treatment in 1/720 scale.
MooseFLY
W
e picked up our review
samples of the PZL-
37A/B/bis kits at Eday,
space was tight this month, so
we will bring you a preview next
month. Suffice to say it looks
good, with the engines, bomb
bays and some cockpit detailsin resin. The plastic parts will
require cleaning up before
assembly and there are no locating
pins, but if you have experience
with short run kits, then this
will not pose any problems.WWW.SAMPUBLICATIONS.COM • NOVEMBER 2018 • 37
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