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  1. 3 hours ago, VMA131Marine said:

    So did Heinkel just reuse the D designation?

     

    This is no new information, rather little known because it is not really significant. It's only 30 aircraft that you can't distinguish in the photos from the P, you have to know the WNr. Here is a discussion on TOCH from 2016 where not only this article from J&P is mentioned, but also the Übersichtsliste der Änderungsanweisungen from 1942 reporting on this version and these WNr, loss notes are also mentioned.

    http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=45906

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  2. Three new boxes with the Hasegawa plastic.

     

    72075 - Heinkel He 111D

    • Heinkel He 111D, WNr.2447, 42+A00, Stab./KG 254 [Stab./KG 54], Fritzlar, Germany 1939
    • Heinkel He 111D, WNr.2447, B3+FA, Stab./KG 54, Ohlau, Germany, 15 August 1941

     

    72076 - Heinkel He 111P Outbreak of War 1939

    • Heinkel He 111P, WNr.2133, G1+CC, Stab II./KG 55, Germany, Autumn 1939
    • Heinkel He 111P, WNr.1417, 1G+FN, 5./KG 27, Seerappen, East Prussia, September 1939

     

    72077 - Heinkel He 111P Western Campaign 1940

    • Heinkel He 111P, WNr.2497, B3+BL, 3./KG 54, Epinoy, France, 19 May 1940
    • Heinkel He 111P, 1G+BL, 3./KG 27, Münster-Handorf, Germany, 10 May 1940

     

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  3. Hobby 2000 from Poland is to re-box the Academy 1/72nd Vought F-8E Crusader.

     

    72073 - Vought F-8E Crusader MiG Killers

    • F-8E (149146), Lt.Cdr. Tim Hubbard, VF-211 Fighting Checkmates, September 1967
    • F-8E (150926), Lt.Cdr. John B. Nichols III, VF-191 Satan's Kittens, 9 July 1967

     

    72074 - Vought F-8E Crusader Marines

    Instruction has description repeated from 72073, so no exact data about both aircraft.

    • F-8E 0318 / 5, DC, VMF(AW)-122
    • F-8E 0328 / 8, DB, VMF(AW)-235

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  4. Hobby 2000 from Poland is to re-box the Academy 1/72nd Junkers Ju 87G-2.

     

    72071 - Junkers Ju 87G-2 The Last Flight

    • Junkers Ju 87G-2, <-+-, Stab./SG 2, Obst. Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Kitzingen, 8 May 1945
    • Junkers Ju 87G-2, T6+FU, 10.(Pz.)/SG 2, Lt. Anton Korol, Eschwege, 8 May 1945

     

    72072 - Junkers Ju 87G-2 Eastern Front 1944

    • Junkers Ju 87G-2, S7+ET, 10.(Pz.)/SG 3, Eastern Front, February-March 1944
    • Junkers Ju 87G-2, T6+AD, Stab III./SG 2, Hptm. Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Hungary, Summer 1944

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  5. 6 hours ago, nedburt said:

    Piotr, don't forget, the Czech's also were making them as well.

     

    Yes, that's true, at CKD at Prague. But in the case of the RD-10 engines for the Su-9, I'm nearly 100% sure that the engines fitted were Jumo 004B made at the Junkers plant in Dessau, Germany.

     

    6 hours ago, nedburt said:

    I might as well show them now.

     

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    Indeed, painting this will require patience, but the result will be fantastic.

  6. 1 hour ago, Harold55 said:

    But my understanding is the RD-10 is a copy of the Jumo 004 used by Germany so that might work as an equivalent for display.

     

    To be honest this is not even a copy, these are literally the same German engines produced after the war in the original factory by German workers. Later the tooling and personnel were shipped off to the USSR. Therefore, as you wrote, any Jumo 004 kit will fit.

  7. 6 hours ago, Dennis_C said:

    Still I will build at least one Draken but honestly never thought about particular scheme.

     

    This is the most safety-oriented option. When you start thinking about different schemes and versions, then you end up buying five kits.

     

    5 hours ago, AaCee26 said:

    IIRC this one mever flow in this camo. Maybe our Swedish friends can confirm this?

     

    Following info is posted on Swedish Air Force Museum website:

    In 1972, this aircraft was painted in a new camouflage, called FOA camouflage. With the help of aerial photography of Sweden's nature, FOA had developed a camouflage pattern together with artists. The pattern colors were black, brown, dark green and light green in certain proportions. There were also templates and very accurate instructions for how to paint. Sometimes the camouflage is called Viggen camouflage because the AJ 37 Viggen was painted in this way during the 1970s.

     

    I see two photos from Stockholm-Tullinge:

    If the photographers did not get the dates wrong, this means that the aircraft had this camouflage for at least seven years. Of course, J35 also has it in the museum, but that's less important.

     

    On the old War Thunder Forum I see comment posted by someone from Sweden:

    To those who wonder about splinter camouflaged J 35s...
    During evaluations of what would become the standardized FOA pattern for aircraft (a similar pattern was already in use with the Navy in the 60s), two 35 airframes were painted during the summer of 1972. These were; the decommissioned J 35F prototype (35-7) and J 35B 35220, which was due to be decommissioned later that year. Only 35220 flew using that paint scheme. The aircraft was withdrawn from service by the end of 1972 but was used as an instructional airframe (mainly for practicing aircraft towing) at F 18 a few years, before being handed over to the SwAF Museum. Who, in turn, lent it to the collections at High Chaparral. Not sure about who took care to it after the HC collection became scattered a few years back. 35-7 was scrapped in 1972 and used for demolition practice.

     

    Both photos from Tullinge show the aircraft next to the towing equipment, so this description agrees with the photos.

     

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  8. Source: https://www.specialhobby.net/2024/03/krabicky-v-tisku.html

     

    We are currently printing boxes for F-84F Luftwaffe, F-84F USAF, Hi-Tech version SMB2 1/48 and Biber 1/72. While the F-84F Luftwaffe and SMB-2 will be new, the Biber mini-submarine is going to be re-released, we haven't offered it in a while. The F-84F USAF may have been new last fall, but the entire first run of this kit sold out a month ago. As orders are still coming in, we are preparing a second run of this kit. A blister card is being printed with the boxes. Each F-84F Luftwaffe kit contains a piece from the F-84F that crashed in Czechoslovakia in October 1959.

     

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  9. 1 minute ago, GioCare said:

    Of course but why missed in 2024 catalogue?

     

    Those who are supposed to know know, the rest will create conspiracy theories. Another very important sign for the inner circle is the switch of places between 35032 and 35033. There is also another set missing from this catalogue, but I cannot give this number or even confirm it when someone asks about it.

  10. 17 minutes ago, Fin said:

    Awesome! Thank you very much! Any estimate (in the public domain 😀) for the IAR 81C release? I’m assuming it won’t be shipped at the same time as the first box with the IAR 80.

     

    As far as I know, there is no information on this in the public domain :D

    There is a chance they will be released in June, both boxes of course.

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  11. 1 hour ago, Overflow said:

    when they are not able or willing to release more than one 48th and 72nd scale tooling yearly

     

    It doesn't make much sense to look at how many new tooling a company is releasing, because this is putting an equal sign between a project consisting of one mould and one consisting of a few or even a dozen moulds. Almost all Eduard's new releases are whole projects with multiple versions each. And well, here is what the last six years of new tooling production from Eduard looks like:

    • 2018: (1/48) Hawker Tempest | (1/72) MiG-21
    • 2019: (1/48) P-51D | (1/72) Fokker D.VII
    • 2020: (1/48) Spitfire Mk.I | (1/72) VŠB-1 Kuňkadlo, Zlin Z-37A Čmelák
    • 2021: (1/48) A6M Zero, Sopwith Camel, Zlín Trenér | (1/72) —
    • 2022: (1/48) F4F Wildcat | (1/72) Avia S-199
    • 2023: (1/48) Bf 109K-4, A6M2-N Rufe | (1/72) Bf 109F

    There was no 1/72 novelty in 2021, but the year before there were two, while the total was 15 projects in six years.

  12. 10 hours ago, Sabrejet said:

    Back to 1/32 Eduard: some inter-war US bomber types please! (starting with Curtiss B-2 Condor)

     

    With less than 20 built and a wingspan larger than the B-25, I don't think any company will make this model with injection moulding technology, even as a short run. I'm not sure if resin companies would dare to make a 1/32 scale kit too but maybe this is the job for Lukgraph. But such kit will be really expensive - 1/72 resin kit from Ardpol was priced at £80 in 2019

  13. 1 hour ago, tony.t said:

    Hasn't Mr Sulc already indicated that if Eduard go ahead with a new kit in 1:32 the first would be a Spitfire IX?

     

    That's how I understand quotation cited above by Ingo - Spitfire IX seems to be almost confirmed, followed by other Merlin variants. Hellcat indeed seems to be ruled out but Mr. Sulc doesn't mention Zero. I think of those others mentioned, the MiG-21 has the least competition at the moment.

    Still, Eduard will analyse the 1/32 market on a regular basis, after all, other companies are also releasing kits in that scale.

  14. 4 minutes ago, Exam89 said:

    More than enough.

     

    I am afraid that this type of opinion is meaningless if it is not supported by evidence. And evidence is not the claim itself, the opinion of person X or Y, a long thread on some forum or someone's deep belief.

     

    Over the last decade I have seen many long threads about what mistakes manufacturers have made, how unfamiliar they are with the aircraft or tank, how they are unable to make the proper kit. When it turned out that the manufacturer had made the model based not on Holy Plans or the tales of Mr. I Have This Vehicle In My Shed but on surviving museum equipment and factory documentation, I have never seen an apology from those so keen to accuse the manufacturer of all the evils of this world. Therefore, if someone comes with complaints, he should immediately back them up with proper evidence.

     

    In the case of complaints about Eduard models, giving feedback to the manufacturer is very easy. Mr. Sulc is present on the Czech Modelforum, he looks into the special thread concerning Eduard every day, so it is possible to discuss with him directly. They don't even need to know Czech, they can write in English. But I don't recall all those complaining on various forums daring to write there. It looked as if they wanted to complain about the models, but in such a way that the company would not comment on it in any way. Of course, I don't suspect them of lacking courage, certainly none of them knew of the existence of Modelforum. If they only knew, they would certainly have told that Mr. Sulc! Oh, how they would tell him. And how he would listen to them.

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