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Zvezda catalogue 2025 is downloadable here (total 96 pages) : https://vk.com/doc6108131_682097510 The aviation pages are downloadable here : https://t.me/zvezdamodels/904 https://m.vk.com/doc582237887_682729881?hash=KyalVv2mlzXqiqspjVVSpCYeon3pXouHqHmMzU0gmZc New tool/parts aviation kits expected in 2025: Source: https://vk.com/zvezdamodels?w=wall-29859496_2851458 - ref. 4808 - 1/48 - Sukhoi Su-30SM "Flanker-H" (thread) - ref. 4835 - 1/48 - Mil Mi-171 "Hip-H" (thread) - ref. 4837 - 1/48 - Yakovlev Yak-7B - late variant (thread) - ref. 7045 - 1/144 - Tupolev Tu-144 "Charger" (thread) - ref. 7047 - 1/144 - Airbus A-330-200 (thread) - ref. 7429 - 1/144 - Kamov Ka-52 Alligator/"Hokum-B" - ref. 7435 - 1/144 - Lockheed-Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon - ref. 7436 - 1/44 - Sukhoi Su-30SM "Flanker-H" - ref. 7501 - 1/144 - Vostock-1 (thread) To be followed. V.P.

Zvezda is to release in 2024 a new tool 1/144th Airbus A-330-300 - kit ref. 7044 Source: https://vk.com/zvezdamodels?w=wall-29859496_2798054 V.P.

I think it's time to build another airliner. In the late 1990s BA painted a small number of its aircraft with a Poppy scheme to coincide with Remembrance Day; usually this had a poppy and "Pause to Remember" applied to the fuselage but G-BIKW was (as far as I know) unique as the poppy was applied to a plain white tailfin (this was after its "Ndebele" World tails had been removed but before the current "Chatham" livery was fully applied). Here is a link to the scheme So, to be built from the Zvezda kit (which has the correct Rolls Royce engines) with 26 Decals. Unlike some other Zvezda airliners this kit has no option for dropped flaps or slats, so should be a relatively quick and straightforward project. It will probably be another week or so before I get started as there are still two F-15E to finish. Mike

While the @Homebee sleeps, I'll crack his news - 3!💪😁 On Moscow "МИР ДЕТСТВА 2021" ( WORLD CHILDHOOD 2021) expo , has announced a 1/48nd of Yakovlev Yak-9 from Zvezda in 2022. B.R. Serge P.S. As far as I understand, the whiskey truck overturned on the street @Learstang , in addition to the overturned candy truck! 😉😁😁

Hi all. I want to show you my latest finished modell. As it was a commission build it was a in between project and finished very quickly. In 2002 Austria decided to purchase three former RAF Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The Aircrafts arrived in 2003 and 2004 at Fliegerhorst Vogler in Hörsching near Linz/Upper Austria. 8T-CA was built 1967 and former XV181 in RAF service. It has a landing mishap in 1975, was rebuilt by Marshall and also used as testbed for the Allison GMA 2100 engine before sold to Austria. In 2028 Austria will replace it´s three Hercules with four Embraer C-390M, they C-130 will be in service with RAF and AAF for 60 years then. The kit from Zvezda went together very nice and easy, no major fit issues and details also look very neat. Lots of extra parts for different versions are already in the kit. Some details had to be scratched from styrene, belonging to the wide range of different versions and modifications of the real aircraft. I used Gunze H306 for the overal grey scheme and Gunze H336 for the darker stone protection paint on the belly. Some dirt and soot was done with Tamiya x-19 smoke and Gunze H343. The decals from Brent-Air-Decals were also very nice to maintain and gave all the neccesarry details for the Austrian aircrafts. Thanks for watching, I hope you like it. Regards Daniel

Hello to all.I have jsut finished this model.I managed to rescribe the panels and rivet it.Quinta 3d ockpit was used and master pittotube and nose machine gun.I also did add a lot of additional scratch details.Painted in revell enamels and weathered with oils.The ub-32 rockpet pods came from the excellent eduard brasin sets.Decals I made myself at home.

In 2024 Zvezda is to release a new tool "easy-build series" 1/72nd Yakovlev Yak-1 kit - ref. 7327 Source: https://vk.com/zvezdamodels?w=wall-29859496_2798054 V.P.

Those who have followed my recent builds will know of my affinity with the 747. Whilst my current 747-436 tribute build is stalled (I'm still waiting for replacement decals), I thought I would turn my attention to some more modern 747 kits. Hopefully they will be far less hassle and go together much more easily than the venerable Revell 747-400! The only modern version of the 747 is the -800 variant. Both Revell and Zvezda have 1/144 versions of this aircraft, but which is best? There's only one way to find out - build them both! To start, here are the two boxes: First impressions - the packaging on the Revell box is superior, as are the decals. The quality of the sprues looks pretty comparable - time will tell as the build progresses... More on that later! Regarding the schemes, I am going to venture into the world of custom decals and build these two as 'what ifs'. Both models will be finished in a 'Utopia' or 'World Image' livery, used by British Airways at the turn of the century and then dropped in favour of the current 'Union Flag' scheme. It was a bit marmite(!), but I quite liked it and thought it would be an interesting side project to design something completely different and previously unseen on a 747. One model will be finished in the 'Youm al-Suq' design, representing Saudi Arabia. This scheme was only ever used on two aircraft - an Embraer 145 (G-EMBJ) and a 737 (G-GBTA). Images of these two aircraft can be seen on the artist's website: https://www.shadiaalem.com/british-airways-utopia-project I purchased some decals designed for the 737 and set to work on photoshop, amending the design to fit a 747. Here's the original decal: Then after many, many hours of work, I created something 747 sized: The other airframe will receive a variation of the 'Colum' livery used on my tribute build. This design was quite well received and there were several different versions of this design in use. I am basing my decal on G-BGDR, a 737-236. I bought these decals earlier in the week and have a few hours of work ahead of me... Here's how they look, compared with the 747: Obviously they need enlarging and I will have to make a few modifications and additions along the way! I hope to turn my attention to these two models soon - I need a break from the endless round of filling/sanding/priming which seems to be happening with all my other projects at the moment! Just gluing plastic together will make a pleasant change...😀

In 2024 Zvezda is to release a new tool 1/48th Polikarpov I-16 Ishak kit - ref. 4832 Source: https://vk.com/zvezdamodels?w=wall-29859496_2798054 V.P.

Zvezda is to release a new tool 1/48th Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 kit - ref. 4833 Source: https://vk.com/zvezdamodels?w=wall-29859496_2798054 V.P.

A change from my recent 1/48 fast jets, and this time a 1/72 heavy companion for the Victor and Vulcans. I love the two-tone brown scheme of the RAF’s early Hercs, especially with the white above the cockpit. I’m often slightly reticent to do these types of kits as there is so much detail to build and paint on the interior, but I’ve wanted to add a Herc for ages and have seen some brilliant builds on here. I’ve read good things about the Zvezda kit, so here we go … Obligatory aftermarket, including masks which I think will be invaluable with so many small windows. Slightly intimidating number of plastic components! Crud n’ custard ready … I’m actually thinking of doing it with the white cockpit but two-tone roundels. I’ve seen a few photos with this combination, so a mix of the two options below: Please can anyone help with what colours I’ll need for the cockpit and interior?

Another 757 from my production line. Earlier this year,I posted the Caledonian 757 here on BM. Some more Zvezda 757s have been finished,I have not had the time yet to photograph them but they will be posted here as well shortly. LTS was the subsidiary of LTU,based in Munich-Riem in the early 80s. The first livery of it was the dark and light blue as showed here.Later on the livery was kept but the colour changed to red as with the LTU aircrafts and the name changed to LTU SÜD. The blue livery carried on with the Spanish subsidiary of LTU,named LTE,they later changed to the red livery as well. The Zvezda 757 kit is absolutely lovely and the fit is near perfect. I only changed the kits RR engines to early RR 235 engines. These are again from DRUZ and are simply gorgeous The window/door arrangement needs to be changed too as LTS used a different arrangement than what the kit provides. If one wishes to have open windows instead of decals,simply count 13 windows from back to forth and close the following 4.The smaller service doors will be placed in the place of the last 2 of the 4 closed up windows.The rest is identical to the other versions. . The decal set comes fgom AHS.The dark blue stripe is included there,but its just a straight piece,no windows or cockpit cutouts. So I opted to paint everything and use the titles and letters only from the set. All additional details come from the Zvezda decal set. An interesting side note:The registration worn by this 757 "D-AMUR" was later passed on to a LTU SÜD Boeing 767-300ER... Cheers, Alex

The Zvezda Airbus fits together well, apart from vagueness about the engine pylons attachment to the wings. Superb decals came from 26decals. The vehicles are either from the talented Ray Rimes Designs or Oxford Diecast. Scenic background from Coastal kits and base from Kits World. I was casting around for which registration to use, when an A320 came into to land near my daughter's house in west London and according to Flightradar24 on my phone it was G-EUUY, so I thought, why not? Hope you like it Andrew

After my Whirlwind full of mistakes I have to apologize and post something of much better quality. This is the Zvezda 1/48 single seat Sturmovik I built last May almost OOB, just with some Eduard photo etched parts for the cockpit. This is a very good kit comparable with the excellent Tamiya one that I also built few years ago in the two seat version. Colour scheme is as per in-box indications and represents an airplane active on Stalingrad front during winter 1942-43. Quite happy with the result, especially about the white paint over standard camouflage. Enjoy pictures and please feel free to comment. Cheers Andy

Thanks Luis Pacheco - link Worth a dedicated thread ! A strong rumour coming from Moscovia: Zvezda could release a 1/48th Kamov Ka-52 Alligator/"Hokum-B" kit at the end of 2023. To be followed Source: https://dzen.ru/a/ZM4FGUonYhvCyrvu?share_to=vk&utm_referer=away.vk.com V.P.

Eduard is to rebox in October 2023 the Zvezda's 1/48th Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot" kit: - ref. 11176 - Sukhoi Su-25K "Frogfoot"/ Hrábě - in Czechoslovak, Czech and Slovak air forces Source: https://www.eduard.com/out/media/distributors/leaflet/leaflet2023-10eng.pdf V.P.

Here is my completed Zvezda C-130H. I posted a Work in Progress topic over the months of the build. The kit is the Zvezda 1/72nd scale kit with a couple of Eduard PE detail sets - cockpit, interior troop seats, and interior detail set. The kit is pretty good and is the only C-130 that I have built so I can’t comment on other available kits for comparison. One comment is that the Eduard sets are definitely not required. Almost none of the cockpit details are visible and the set does not include side panels or the navigation station. About the only parts visible are the seatbelts. For the cargo bay interior, the detail set has some good stuff, but the forward crew stairs are a little too big and some of the cargo bay structure pieces are very delicate and difficult for me to get aligned. Any of the parts forward of the wing box are out of view. The cargo bay seats are pretty good, but do offer some challenges. These are described in the WiP posts. The biggest kit challenge was a poorly molded canopy/windscreen. I am disappointed in how I resolved that problem. If you build this kit opened up like I did this one, I would recommend an LED light set to illuminate the cargo bay and the exterior lights. I’m not sure that cockpit lights would help with visibility into there. Finally, the kit is well designed and a great start for super detailing if you are a true fan of the type. European One camouflage colors are Hataka Orange line lacquers for the greens, 34102 and 34092. The gray is supposed to be 36118 Gunship Gray, but looking at photos, gunship gray looks way too dark in this scale. I used Testors Model Master 36270 Neutral Gray. Interior colors are various light greens that I had in my paint boxes. Tamiya interior green, IJN gray-green, and Model Master RAF Sky Type S. I wanted to put a 1/72 Humvee in the cargo bay but couldn’t find one.

Thanks Luis Pacheco - link . Worth a dedicated thread ! A strong rumour coming from Moscovia: Zvezda has a 1/48th Mil Mi-28 "Havoc" kit in design. Nonetheless Zvezda is reported having decided to give now the priority to its 1/48th Ka-52 project - thread link To be followed. Source: https://dzen.ru/a/ZM4FGUonYhvCyrvu?share_to=vk&utm_referer=away.vk.com V.P.

This will be my second entry to the GB to go along with my Beaufighter. As I mentioned in the chat, I put a £15 bid in for this on eBay with no real thoughts of winning it, but I did. As an added bonus it had the Eduard canopy mask included which was not mentioned in the description. So, a right result! During WW2 the PE-2 (nickname “Peshka”) was the most extensively used Soviet medium front-line bomber. This is the newer 2019 Zvezda version. The mouldings look good. My eye was drawn to the 3 figures, which have separate arms, legs and heads. Something you don’t see very often in 1/72, but might be a bit tricky to put together. I think i will give them a go as they do look nice. 5 marking options provided. I will hopefully make a start on this in the next few days 🤞 George

So, after the DAK diorama my youngest son (9 years old) wanted to try some modeling so we decided on this kit from zvesda, the SU-122. A nice starter kit, not too difficult and a great way to introduce my son in this great world of scalemodeling. As you allready guessed this will be an oob build. My goal is to keep my son interested trough out the build. Great way to spend some father son time together. There is a strict agreement on the tasks. My son wants to cut all the parts from the sprues and i'm in charge of cleaning and glue. Together we read the instructions and i'm explaining all the do and don't while we are building this russian tankdestroyer together. So far we got the lower hull completed. When it was bedtime i asked him if he wanted me to continue the build but he was adamant..... he forbid me to continue and he wanted to go again tomorow. This is the new generation guys 😄 This will not be the most complex build. No scratchbuilding, no aftermarket parts etc. Just fun with my son. We will keep ypu guys posted! Cheers! 👍👍👍

Here is the Zvezda 737 Max 8 finished as Norwegian’s EI-FYA “Sir Freddie Laker” which I believe was the first Max to enter service in Europe in June 2017. Freddie spent some time on Norwegian’s short-lived EDI-BDL route but its brief career with Norwegian ended with the grounding of the Max in March 2019. The aircraft never flew for Norwegian again and remained in storage until the summer of 2023 when it finally found a new home with Smartlynx Malta as 9H-GEM. At the time of writing it is on lease to Andolujet. Generally the build is OOB but a couple of accuracy points need attention. Firstly the familiar V-shaped apu intake aft of the right rear door has gone from the Max. In its place is a hinged flap which opens outwards when the apu is running. Zvezda have ignored this, probably in the interests of sprue commonality. It’s an easy enough fix with drill, files, plastic sheet and plastic rod. I guesstimated the dimensions from photographs although when I see the model photos I think it might be fractionally small. Secondly, despite giving us a nice new sprue of Max-related bits, Zvezda have missed the Max’s extended nose wheel leg, needed to accommodate the larger engines. On the real aircraft this is approximately 20 cms longer than the 738 and gives the Max a slightly different sit. I achieved the extension by gluing a piece of plastic rod into the recess on part D15. Once this was firmly set I trimmed the rod to just under 1.5mm and drilled it to take a length of fuse wire. I removed the locating lug from part D20 which was also drilled to take the wire. The two halves of the leg were then superglued together before part D4 was added. It’s rough and ready but gives a reasonably strong assembly which should withstand normal handling. If anyone has a better method I’ll be delighted to hear it. Paint is Halfords Appliance Gloss White and Racking Grey with Hycote Post Office Van Red. Metallics are by Tamiya and Revell. Livery decals are by Lima November. These are generally OK and even take account of EI-FYA’s different engine marking. Unfortunately they are let down by the less than wonderful reproduction of Freddie on the fin and some minor annoyances like oversized fuselage registrations and the slightly indifferent fit of the winglet decals. To my eyes the blue stripes on the winglets are too broad and if I did the livery again I think I would mask and spray the winglets. I supplemented the LN decals with Authentic Airliners windows and details from the spares box. Thanks for looking and constructive criticism is always welcome. Dave G My approach to correcting the nose wheel leg.... / ... and the final result

Here is the Zvezda Boeing 737-700 finished as SE-RJX “Vagn Viking” which as far as I know was the only 737 to carry SAS’s current livery. Somewhere along the way she also managed to acquire an A350-style black windscreen outline, no idea why. SAS introduced their new livery in September 2019 when the days of the 737 fleet were already numbered and only SE-RJX had been repainted by the time Covid 19 brought everything to a stop. To the best of my knowledge the rest of the 737 fleet ended their SAS careers still in the previous livery which I think dated back to the 1990s. I was never a fan of the sandy grey with orange-red engines but I do like the bright, fresh look of the 2019 scheme so here is my take on it. The build was straightforward and largely OOB with the addition of some Daco p/e and a couple of small details from plastic sheet. The light grey is a by-the-eye mix of Mr Hobby H-1 and H-338, roughly 2:1. Blue is Mr Hobby H-5. Photographs were ambiguous about whether the wings, stabs and pylons were Boeing Gray (as they were in the old livery) or the same colour as the fuselage. I opted for the former and used Halfords Racking Grey. If I’m wrong, so be it. The engines are AK Interactive Aluminium overpainted with my favourite brushing satin varnish - Klear mixed with a few drops of Tamiya Flat Base. Other metallics are by Tamiya and Revell. Livery decals are by Lima November with Authentic Airliners windows. Detail decals came from the kit sheet and the spares box. Thanks for looking and constructive criticism is always welcome. Dave G

Zvezda is to release in 2020 a 1/72nd Lockheed C-130 Hercules kit - ref. 7321 Source: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235061306-zvezda-2020/ V.P.

The new BM 30 from Zvezda, I first built up the multi part chassis and weathered it, the part fit was good, although it looked a bit daunting at first and rife for mis alignment, it goes together quite easily with practically zero room for errors. the wheels are just put in place and not fixed. the cab and crew cab go together just as easy as do the rest of the body. whilst I was at it, I dragged the S 400 kit also from Zvezda that had been lounging round unfinished out. The missile tubes are a pain though, each part comes in two pieces with some of the rear parts having three. this is before cleaning seams and attachment points! getting the tubes to fit was problematic at best, although they do have positive location points getting them all aligned was fun! best part of an hour for one section! Everything is just placed on the chassis nothing is glued in place apart from the tubes, the next section went a bit quicker, possibly because I put one of the tubes in a safe place! and possibly because I only glued the rear portion and the front piece is just there for alignment. I also gloss coated the cabs and launch area so I could start weathering. whilst I was on a roll I thought I might as well get on with the Pantsyr

looks like a beautiful kit, the level of detail is insane compared to the Eastern Express IL-96 kit I have just done. I think you can get more detailed resin engines for this kit but at the moment I don't know if it is worth it - the engines look satisfactory to me fuselage is a similar size to the IL96-400/ IL96T + IL96M. note the curved fuselage at the rear for the civil IL86 (above) a snippet of the colour scheme i intend to do. decals are not available but they are available for the 767 the fuselage is obviously larger on the IL-86 but I still think the 767 decals will be suitable for the logo on the tail and the red stripes separating the blue and green (painted areas) from the white fuselage.