fightersweep Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I remember a couple of these Lets being based at Southend Airport back in the 1980s. Then I saw that one of the decal options is for one of these aircraft and indeed on the box art. No brainer! KPs cash register goes ker-ching. Must say, it's a very nice kit! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 9 hours ago, fightersweep said: I remember a couple of these Lets being based at Southend Airport back in the 1980s. Then I saw that one of the decal options is for one of these aircraft and indeed on the box art. No brainer! KPs cash register goes ker-ching. Must say, it's a very nice kit! Steve Depending on how much accuracy you want, you could have rather more work on your hands with the kits that feature British registered aircraft. I was looking at those kits when I bought my Z-37 kit a week or so ago. both kits have exactly the same plastic. However, as you can see from the box art, the window configuration aft of the cockpit is different between them. The kit has clear parts for the smaller, square window version, but it uses decals to represent the larger windows of the British registered version. As they are fairly big windows, decals don't do a really convincing job of representing them. Also, a good part of the aircraft's seed and spray hopper could be seen though those larger windows and you'd have to scratchbuild some representation of that if you decided to use the window decals as patterns for acetate replacements as the kit doesn't have a hopper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Upnorth; Thanks for the information. I know very little about these aircraft, so at least I can do some research into the differences now. I don't mind a bit of alteration or scratch building, so I will attempt to correct the plastic to how it should look. Thanks again for pointing this out...I would have missed it. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 No problem, Steve. The more I look at my kit, the more it looks like it was rushed out the door. Given that news of Eduard's impending Z-37 kit has broken recently lends credence to that possibility. It seems Eduard bought the Z-37 kit design from someone else after the KP kit hit the shelves. There's a lot of finer details, like steps and handholds that KP seems to have left to the aftermarket and scratchbuilders to tend to. Apparently, there will be some PE produced for the kit by Marabu Design in September sometime (that is according to what Jan Polc told me in the AZ/KP discussion thread). You can keep an eye out for the sets on the Marabu website: https://www.marabudesign.com/ I sent some of my Z-37 reference photos to Julien for use in the photo gallery section, so hopefully he'll post them soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 The Z-37A2 variant is also in the 2018 pipe line Source: https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=68170&start=10785 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Future Z-37A2 kit box art is from Aviation Art ZM Source: https://www.facebook.com/208070375871052/photos/a.208144655863624/2276129355731800/?type=3&theater V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 Released new boxing - ref. KPM0129 - LET Z-37A-2 “Čmelák” Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/en/produkt/z-37a-2-cmelak/ Box art+schemes V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 18, 2019 Author Share Posted January 18, 2019 New boxing - ref. KPM0129 - LET Z-37A-2 “Čmelák” Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/en/produkt/z-37a-2-cmelak-2/ Box art+schemes V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 New boxing - ref. KPM0139 - Z-37A-2 “Čmelák” DDR Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/en/produkt/z-37a-2-cmelak-ddr/ V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 Next boxing & variant a Zlín Z-37T Agro-Turbo ? Box art ? Source: https://www.facebook.com/208070375871052/photos/a.208144655863624/2497498460261554/?type=3&theater V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 Source: http://www.modelarovo.cz/let-z-37t-agro-turbo-1-72-kp-kovozavody-prostejov/ Let Z-37T Agro Turbo & Z-37TM Military Turbo variants are in the pipeline. Expected at ModelBrno 2019 in mid-June V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 I'd like to see more agricultural aircraft in 1/48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) Source: https://www.facebook.com/kovop/posts/1041437136050135 - ref. KPM0145 - Let Z-37T Agro Turbo Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/z-37t-agro-turbo/ - ref. KPM0146 - Let Z-37TM Turbo Military Source: https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/z-37tm-turbo-military/ V.P. Edited June 18, 2019 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 In box review - ref. KPM0146 - Let Z-37TM Turbo Military http://www.kfs-miniatures.com/1-72-z-37tm-turbo-military-kp/ V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) The last opportunity for the Kovozávody Prostějov Z-37 kits to be alone on the market as they are facing the soon release from the Eduard Čmelák kit (link)... Source: http://www.modelarovo.cz/konecne-stefan/ New boxing - announced new tool as produced with upgraded (new?) moulds - compare with the pictures: link. Wait and see. Quote (...) I přes Šulcovo rozsáhlé PŠM (politické školení mužstva) je tento oblíbený model prvního tradičního výrobce stále v kursu. Short-runová forma už má něco za sebou , takže jsme provedli nutné opravy a úpravy povrchu. (...) Googled: (...) Despite Šulc's extensive PŠM (political training of the team), this popular model of the first traditional manufacturer is still in the course. The short-run form already has something behind it, so we made the necessary repairs and surface adjustments. (...) - ref. KPM72203 - LET Z-37A Čmelák - Štefan "Movie Star" https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KPM72203 - ref. KPM72204 - LET Z-37A Čmelák "Export" https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/KPM72204 V.P. Edited August 7, 2020 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Released - ref. KPM72203 - LET Z-37A Čmelák - Štefan "Movie Star" https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10472,en_z-37a-cmelak-movie-star-.html - ref. KPM72204 - LET Z-37A Čmelák "Export" https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10467,en_z-37a-cmelak-export-.html V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Dedicated detailing set - ref. K72017 - Agricultural spraying equipment for Z-37 http://www.mhmodels.cz/doplnky_72.php V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary from darwin Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 has anyone actually built one of these yet? cheers gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 There are some impressively ugly agricultural aircraft around; the LET Z-37 is certainly a challenger in that category! I bet it is fun to fly though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN-KEH Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 We have the Polish gift to Soviet agriculture - the jet powered M-15 Belphegor - it is rather large and I am surprised that Amodel haven`t blessed us with a 1:72 kit of this monster since they appears to like strange aircraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL_M-15_Belphegor M-15 is the world's only jet agricultural aircraft (i.e., the world's only jet cropduster), as well as the world's only jet biplane and the world's slowest jet aircraft, at least amongst aircraft that have been put in mass production. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 New boxing expected in April 2022 - ref. KPM0145 - Let Z-37T Agro Turbo Source: https://www.modelarovo.cz/novinky-kovozavody-prostejov-azmodel-pripravovane-na-duben/ V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Released - ref. KPM0145 - Let Z-37T Agro Turbo https://eshop.kovozavody.cz/10642,en_z-137t-agro-turbo.html V.P. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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