INFO EDUARD Vol. 11 ISSUE 4 APRIL 2011 BUILT: MiG-21MF 1/48 EVENTS: Prosek 2011 BUILT: Albatros D.III Oeffag 153 1/48 HISTORY: Trabant HISTORY: Large tailed Doras and their colors www.eduard.cz eduard INFO EDUARD ROČNÍK 11 ISSUE 4 APRIL 2011 2011 CONTENT 4 EDITORIAL 6 KITS 6 Fw 190D-9 LATE 1/48 ProfiPACK 7 B-24D 1/72 LIMITED EDITION 8 Albatros D.III Oeffag 253 1/48 Weekend April release Fw 190D-9 LATE ProfiPACK 9 BIG ED 10 Photo-etched 12 Brassin MiG-21 seat, Bf 109E MG mount, F-4 exhaust nozzles USAF late 53050 Admiral Graf Spee 13 in scale 1/350 from Academy RELEASES April 2011 14 HISTORY 14 Large tailed Doras and their colors 16 Trabant 20 EVENTS Panther Cup, Prosek Trabant... 24 BUILT 24 MiG-21MF 1/48 26 Albatros D.III Oeffag 153 1/48 28 ON APPROACH May releases 2011 Prosek and the first built MiG-21. eduard Eduard Model-Accessories, Spol. s.r.o. Mírová 170, Obrnice 435 21 [email protected] www.eduard.com EDITORIAL stock yet, causing a lot of angst and frustration. The epitome of this practice is Lucky Models, that has gone so far as to offer our Subscriber Edition for ten dollars less than us. In spite of that, I am sure that we sent none of these kits to this distributor, although a list of retailers purchased the kit during the offer (at full price). The purpose of this conduct escapes me, but I’m tempted to think it is a diversion of some sort. In any case, the tense situation settled down considerably after the MiGs arrived at their owners’ doors, and ‘MiGset’ turned to ‘MiGjoy’. What would Colonel Gaddafi or Hosni Mubarak do for a similar outcome? Our MiG was accepted very warmly and with a lot of enthusiasm by the modeling community. I don’t remember any other of our kits being March was a rather eventful month, wouldn’t accepted with such high regard so soon. you say? Revolutions, earthquakes, MiG-21s... Personally, I was most pleased by the reaction not to suggest that as soon as Eduard releases of Honza Kase, a well known expert on First the MiG-21, there is revolution in Libya and World War aircraft. He stated that, although he a massive earthquake in Japan, but you know carries a disdain towards ‘stove pipes’, and that thanks to our Hungarian friends, Berlin was closer. how it goes, everything ultimately affects the MiG-21 actually pisses him off, the kit is so everything else. In any case, it was an odd From us, its about as far as Brno, and we could nice that it is time for him to change his mind, and also avoid using the hard-pressed highway D1. month, and for us, understandably, a very initiate a collection perhaps along the theme of successful one, financially, with a lot of small I call this highway former highway. Maybe it was ‘Weapon that failed to break the Israeli People’. a highway long time ago, but in the present time catastrophes in the background for good Besides that, our MiGman Lada Jonas received measure. One of them certainly involved it is slow and danger way of transportation. a proposal of marriage (not from me :-) ), and Who has a driving experience from LA, that a miscommunication over the mailing out of the I have been nominated for President. I don’t Subscriber Edition MiG-21s and, on the other knows what I´m talking about! know what Lada has in mind, but I am hesitant. Dr. Willisch from the Luftwaffenmuseum hand, the ProfiPACK kits, to distributors and Maybe in ten or fifteen years I’d consider it... retailers. Thanks to the unfortunate formulation in Gatow, together with Andreas Beck (IPMS a man’s gotta do something. After we release Deutschland) demonstrated a great willingness of our advertisement, subscribers expected a Mustang, Phantom, all two-seat MiGs, including that they would be receiving their kits before to help, and also patience during our four hour the UTI MiG-9, B-52, and a new Tempest. infatuation with the MiG nose. I won’t dwell any the standard ProfiPACKs would be generally And while we’re at it, how about a zero, available at retail outlets. This was not realistic, more on further details (the sun was shining and or better yet, reverse, tax on models and I burned to a crisp) about such matters as the as our distribution cycle runs from the beginning modeling supplies. Perhaps certain types of of the month, while distribution of the Subscriber contribution of our colleague Mira Horcicka (who automobiles could be included. Throw in both smashed his head on a spindle type item at the Edition was planned for, and announced as, expert and offensive literature, and pills for the March 15th. In view of the fact that kits typically end of the vertical tail, received quite a lump, maintenance of the ever important erection, then a bit of a hole, lost some blood. You might say arrive at the retailers two or three days after we’d be getting somewhere! We still have to the official start of distribution, it wouldn’t have he suffered a ‘MiGraine’. Sorry...I just had to work on the voting system and list of promises, say it. OK...on to the bottom line. It’s a different presented a major problem, mainly because we and your suggestions and impulses are welcome! began to send out the Subscriber Edition boxings damned animal. Behind the stainless intake ring, before the announced date. A lack of patience In mid-March, we attended the year’s first there is a diameter difference of 22mm, with and an excess of anticipation, coupled with convention at the Panthers Cup in Prague. It was the ‘BIS’ being bigger. No big wup, in scale, that retailing politics of first and foremost internet a very pleasant and well organized event. Our amounts to about 0.4mm. What’s worse, though, retailers, can also be blamed. Some announced reps were dominated by questions regarding is that an approximately 15cm section of the the sale of ProfiPACK kits at a time when they the MiG-21, and of other plans. True, if we nose has a different shape, the transformation simply could not have had any of the kits in wanted to fulfill all modeling wishes, we would from a circular section to an elliptical takes on have to clone ourselves, which would likely be a different form, period. So, we are conducting cost prohibitive at payroll level, but we did make the relevant changes. Hopefully, we’ll get it a few promises. Ultimately, candidacy cries out done by Christmas. And, while we’re at it, for promises. So far, I’ve been careful with what we’ll tackle the other versions as well; PF, PFM, I promise, the campaign is still well off, and so and probably the F as well. Truth be told, it’s a version I personally am liking more and more. have been limited to other versions of the MiG- 21. The success of the ‘MF’ has certainly woken On a MiG-related matter, we have prepared us up, and has given us some very positive new Eduard T-shirts...with MiGs, naturally. Those momentum. of you who visit Facebook will have already seen Already prior to all this, we have had some them. The shirts are sweet, especially the one for further plans for further development, and we the ‘SMT’, my personal favorite. It’s absolutely are ready to dub this year as ‘Year of the MiG’. great, front and back. Not that the other two are Originally, we wanted April to be the ‘MiG ugly, by any means, but this one has a certain Month’, but that would evidently be inadequate. ‘umpf’ to it. The shirts will have their premier So the next in line is the ‘SMT’ - that little bugger at Moson (Mosonmagyarovar) in mid April. with the big hump. I was surprised by the reaction That these items will be available with other hot generated on the Facebook page. The first night little firecrackers at our stall goes without saying. alone saw some seventy people proclaim their When I´m writing about the various shows affinity for this variant, which was unexpected. and exhibitions, if anyone of this year IPMS The ‘SMT’ really is a purposeful looking beast! Nationals organization staff reads this article, We also will have some really nice T-shirts with please contact me as soon as possible on my it as well! This kit will be available in May, with e-mail [email protected]. I sent couple of e-mails modified photoetched brass and a pair of UB- concerning our tables, with no reply, so I´m 32s to boot. a little bit nervous, I don´t miss Nats this year, trust me! In March, besides final preparations for the ‘SMT’, we were also focused on the MiG-21bis, or, Back to the MiG for a sec. In this edition of more accurately, its enigmatic nose. We headed the newsletter, besides a built MiG, you’ll find off to Berlin, although Hungarian modelers were an article describing the history of the Trabant. also graciously offering help. But, with all due There is a connection. Think back to our MiGuary 4 eduard Info Eduard - April 2011 EDITORIAL banner. I figure that we feel that we know all there is to know about the Trabant, Velorex and Maluch, but our Western, and especially overseas, colleagues may not.