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1/48 - North American F/P-51D/K Mustang by Eduard - released - TF-51D conv. set by Halberd models in 2024


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Good point Giorgio N. I usually buy the Overtrees or Weekend editions of most Eduard kits ( except Spitfires ) which is probably what I’ll do this time. I have enough unbuilt P-51s to keep me occupied for a while.

If it was an accurate P-51B that would be a different matter.

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I do not have mine as yet, however will wait for another box set with British and Commonwealth decal options, which will surely come out. Now I have built the Tamiya, the Airfix kit is in the stash and can honestly say that if you know and like your Mustangs, then this Eduard kit is in a totally different league. The parts options allow you to build so many sub variants that other manufacturers only include in a different boxes. There are also part options available in this kit that no other manufacturer has ever included. This is a quality product and I believe has been priced accordingly. All the other kits can be built up nicely however there is always room in this industry for a class leader and thankfully we now have one. 

 

Cheers.. Dave

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In Czech is pricing: Tamiya: 480CZK, Airfix : 550CZK and Eduard (lowest price) 676CZK (Stock price is 795CZK). (1USD=23CZK, 1EURO=27CZK and 1GBP=32CZK). 

But - is a real true shame for Airfix their kit from last year looks side by side comparation with news "Edík" (Little Eddie - nickname for Eduard in CZ) as twenty years old stuff…. Yup, Tamiya and Hasegawa are old, but Airfix is simple obsolete. (Meng i never saw on my eyes, but pricing is same as Eduard´s Chatanooga - around 800CZK). 

 

I don´t know why - Airfix car scale Tiffy and Hellcat are gorgeous, but their 1/48 as Spitfire Mk. I or Mustang looks obsolete when you compared with new tool Tamiya BoB Spit or now Ed´s Mustang. (But Airfix 1/72 Wimpy is nice....) 

 

But only Eduard have on their WW II fighters decent riveting - when you look on newest Tamiya - P-38 (what is priced much higher as Ed´ s P-51), this surface detail here was little missing. (On 1/32 Tamiya have riveting, but not in smallest scale...) 

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45 minutes ago, AlCZ said:

But - is a real true shame for Airfix their kit from last year looks side by side comparation with news "Edík" (Little Eddie - nickname for Eduard in CZ) as twenty years old stuff…. Yup, Tamiya and Hasegawa are old, but Airfix is simple obsolete.

I think that’s a very personal/subjective statement... Yes Eduard’s Mustang looks like the best ever in 1/48.  I can’t wait to get my hands on one!  

But I will not get rid of the Airfix kit (neither of my several Tamiya and Hasegawa). I think you can build all off them and unashamedly put them next to each other.  The modelers are the real winners here 😀

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But this is a problem with "big game" in scale modelling - wait for P-38 from Tamiya, but when i look on B.G. photos on HS - surface looks - bare... In my opinion - new kits in 1/48 needs a rivets. Yeah, Tamiya is shake n' bake take it easy build, but without rivetings look - little strange. Ed' s Pony have decent riveting on frame and look it decent and realistic. 

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2 hours ago, AlCZ said:

In Czech is pricing: Tamiya: 480CZK, Airfix : 550CZK and Eduard (lowest price) 676CZK (Stock price is 795CZK). (1USD=23CZK, 1EURO=27CZK and 1GBP=32CZK). 

But - is a real true shame for Airfix their kit from last year looks side by side comparation with news "Edík" (Little Eddie - nickname for Eduard in CZ) as twenty years old stuff…. Yup, Tamiya and Hasegawa are old, but Airfix is simple obsolete. (Meng i never saw on my eyes, but pricing is same as Eduard´s Chatanooga - around 800CZK). 

 

I don´t know why - Airfix car scale Tiffy and Hellcat are gorgeous, but their 1/48 as Spitfire Mk. I or Mustang looks obsolete when you compared with new tool Tamiya BoB Spit or now Ed´s Mustang. (But Airfix 1/72 Wimpy is nice....) 

 

But only Eduard have on their WW II fighters decent riveting - when you look on newest Tamiya - P-38 (what is priced much higher as Ed´ s P-51), this surface detail here was little missing. (On 1/32 Tamiya have riveting, but not in smallest scale...) 

Like much else in modelling, it's all very much a matter of individual preferences. Personally, I much prefer the Tamiya approach to 1/48 surface detail, to me representing all of the rivets in anything smaller than 1/32 just looks daft. However, I know this isn't the current fashion, which leaves me with an awful lot of filling to do.....

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19 minutes ago, AlCZ said:

In my opinion - new kits in 1/48 needs a rivets.

My feeling is that model builders are split pretty much 50/50 when it comes to rivets... Some will take the Eduard 109 over the Tamiya, for others it will be the other way around. Everybody happy. That being said I agree Eduard has some of the most petite and restrained rivets there are. I like the recent Eduard kits a lot!

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1 hour ago, AlCZ said:

But this is a problem with "big game" in scale modelling - wait for P-38 from Tamiya, but when i look on B.G. photos on HS - surface looks - bare... In my opinion - new kits in 1/48 needs a rivets. Yeah, Tamiya is shake n' bake take it easy build, but without rivetings look - little strange. Ed' s Pony have decent riveting on frame and look it decent and realistic. 

That's because people are becoming use to this look on models, nothing wrong with that if that's what you like and a lot of people do, but generally a lot of real aircraft don't look as interesting as models often do, so we tend to get overdone riveting and painting/weathering effects. So there will always be this split between modellers who like a model to look really interesting and those that prefer a more realistic look. Personally I prefer to keep rivets to 1/32nd scale or bigger ( and would rather they were rings in those scales instead of holes ) but I can live with them in 1/48th scale if they are fine like Eduard's as they don't look too bad on a NMF aircraft but not so great on a painted airframe, so I'm quite happy that Tamiya keep the rivets for larger scales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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13 hours ago, Masinissa said:

Postage from Czech Republic if free if you buy $250 worth of items. I have a friend who likes Eduard's stuff, so together we will combine our orders. $125 each. That $125 goes a long way during a sale and I'm also a Bunny Fighter Club member. Sometimes there are sales where the discount is 30% for BFC members. Two Royal Class kits add up fast! 

 

Another advantage is buying the special BFC boxings for the same price as a regular kit, but they throw in something extra: decals, or resin.

I used to order from Eduard, but the shipping cost has soared recently - which sucks, because I like to buy overtrees. The order sum to allow free shipping to Sweden/Norway is about the same as it is to the US, but it’s more difficult to find partners in crime here.

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9 minutes ago, Torbjorn said:

I used to order from Eduard, but the shipping cost has soared recently - which sucks, because I like to buy overtrees. The order sun to allow free shipping to Sweden/Norway is about the same as to the US, but it’s mote dofficult to find partners in crime.

Yes shipping cost from Eduard have gone up. The EU changed the subsidy that Eduard receives to defray the cost of their online business. I know that in 2017 you had to order $125 worth of kits and aftermarket items to qualify for free shipping. Now it's $250. 

 

If I lived in the European Union I would call my representative in the European Parliament and ask them to make shipping cost lower. It's good for business!

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I am not sure Eduard is receiving some subsidy for shipping, but the Czech Post is increasing prices regularly. On the (hopefully) brighter note, it was said that Eduard will be testing other shipping companies for the parcels sent abroad. So with a bit of luck, shipping prices abroad could decrease...

 

2 hours ago, PouK9 said:

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 Consider yourself lucky, PouK9. Since you don't live in the EU, your price is without the VAT. EU customers are not that lucky, hence higher prices mentioned by AlCZ.

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30 minutes ago, JBr said:

I am not sure Eduard is receiving some subsidy for shipping, but the Czech Post is increasing prices regularly. On the (hopefully) brighter note, it was said that Eduard will be testing other shipping companies for the parcels sent abroad. So with a bit of luck, shipping prices abroad could decrease...

 

 Consider yourself lucky, PouK9. Since you don't live in the EU, your price is without the VAT. EU customers are not that lucky, hence higher prices mentioned by AlCZ.

I placed an order earlier and it included the option of using FedEx for the first time along with the post. 

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Different pricing for different countries - in the land down under, buying that kit from Eduard shop, that kit is about 1014 czk - the overtrees are 423 czk.  Sadly no free shipping option either.  It’s normally cheaper for me to buy the weekend Editions from other sources than overtrees from Eduard - sometimes even the profipacks are only a couple of dollars difference.  Thankfully other Czech manufacturers seem to have a single price for the world and only factor in the VAT.  Also good to understand about the postage rates and why they changed.

I’ll just have to wait until they show up on my favourite eBay shop.

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14 hours ago, AlCZ said:

But this is a problem with "big game" in scale modelling - wait for P-38 from Tamiya, but when i look on B.G. photos on HS - surface looks - bare... In my opinion - new kits in 1/48 needs a rivets. Yeah, Tamiya is shake n' bake take it easy build, but without rivetings look - little strange. Ed' s Pony have decent riveting on frame and look it decent and realistic. 

It depends whether you want something to look like an miniature aeroplane, or like your idea of what a model should look like

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Had a look at the one on display at Chattanooga yesterday. Very nice, but sadly Eduard has joined the ranks of those who engrave panel lines on wings that were filled. No biggie, but a pain to fix.

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I hear - but i not now confirmed - a Eduard make a P-51B/C - aaand one - very, very popular US fighter plane, what flying in colors of His Majesty - over Atlantic and North Africa theater…. It is a small, agile plane lookin´ as small cask of whisky with wings… and have name as one popular mark of jeans trousers, when was exported to socialistic Czechoslovakia in Cold War time… I confused it is a real - or rumor only… But i hope it is a true, not rumor :)

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