5/3/08

Shots of New Eduard's Fokker Dr.1 Triplane

Eduard has published pics of their forthcoming 1/48 Fokker Dr.1, which will be featured in some sort of "Royal Kit". Here're the contents of the box according to Eduard:
  • 2 complete kits - Albatros D.V & Fokker Dr.I
  • 4 sheets of photo-etch
  • 3 decal sheets for 10 marking variants
  • 2 sheets of the canopy mask
  • Printed portraits of Richthofen brothers
  • High quality resin figures of Richthofen brothers and their dog
  • 1/3 scale Pour le Mérite pin
Der rote Flieger
Very interesting are the pics of the built 1/48 Fokker Dr.1 triplane - new Eduard's creation. This is definitelly the long awaited kit - the other 1/48 decent Dr.1 kit was manufactured by Dragon and is very rare. The only place, I guess, you can get Dragon's 1/48 Fokker Dr.1 is eBay.

New Eduard's creation looks much better than old Dragon's. The wing detail on Ed's model looks more convincing than Dragon's. Especially pull down between the wing ribs. See it for yourself:



The left picture shows Dragon's kit - the pull down is obviously overdown. While the second picture (on the right side) shows new Ed's built fokker - you can see how subtle are the wing ribs and pull down is almost invisible.

What frightenes me the most is this picture here:

It shows that model is quite hard center so it seats straight on its leg - I guess this can be caused by point of view that the photo was taken and this point of view causes that obvious asymmetry. But who said building WW1 aircrafts is easy? ;)

Another feature that I love about this "Royal" kit are Richthoffen brothers and dog figures. Those look just awesome and will surelly can be built into 1st class WW1 airfield diorama:

Richthoffen brothersYou also get the option to choose from 10 colour schemes (4 for Albatros and 6 for Fokker kits):

This kit is definitelly a good news for every a WW1 1/48 scale modeller, but no doubt a bad news for a WW1 1/48 scale modeller budget... ;)

5/2/08

"Der Rote Baron" ("The Red Baron")

"The Red Baron" - the movie I'm waiting to see the most! It features WW1 aircrafts and "dogfight" scenes. Anyway, see it for yourself:


4/28/08

First shots of Hasegawa's 1/32 P-40E


Aeroscale.co.uk published some really tasty shots of Hasegawa's brand new 1/32 scale P-40E. Seems the model will feature very smooth delicate details and very interesting colour scheme. I guess I know the next big hit ;) All the photos are here.

PS. Check out that awesome pilot figure!

4/26/08

Zoomomania sales

The hobby shop I usually buy from Eduard's kits and accessories - Zoomomania.com has announced 80% (!) sales for Eduard's stuff. I guess this is the time for me to by 1/48 Hellcat ;)

PS. if you've noticed other hobby or hobby related online shop sales - feel free to post your links in comments - I'll publish them in my postings.

Chris Wauchop works

As you might have noticed, I'm true fan of Chris Wauchop's modelling (and especially airbrushing) works. Not really sure how, but I've missed some of the latest works of Chris. Here they're:

Tamiya 1/48 scale Heinkel He 219 by Chris Wauchop
Sherman Firefly VC Tasca 1/35 scale by Chris Wauchop

4/17/08

Hasegawa April 2008 news

Here're Hasegawa's April 2008 news:

MESSERSCHMITT Bf109F-4 TROP
F/A-18F SUPER HORNET
F-16D (BLOCK 52 PLUS) FIGHTING FALCON
P-40E WARHAWK
All April news from Hasegawa are here. Upcoming Hasegawa kits can be seen here.

4/13/08

Pics from Mosonmagyarovar 2008 - Modelshow / Modelcontest in Hungary

RLM.at has posted some very inspiring and interesting pics from Mosonmagyarovar 2008 - Modelshow / Modelcontest in Hungary.

Some really great news from Eduard!

Eduard has published their future plans for the next 3 months.
I personally am very excited about Ed's plans to make Fokker Dr.1 triplan! That it is one of the most know World War 1 airplanes. I really want to have it in my built ;) model collection. Anyway, here's the box art:

Fokker Dr.1 triplaneI'm also getting more & more interested in Hellcats. Especially ones in RAF camouflage. Don't know why, but I really digg them more than ones in USAF camo. This one looks very good:

Hellcat Mk.1 RAF
Find out more about Eduard's future plans here.

4/4/08

My Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun

Here're some built and in-progress pics of my 1/48 Eduard's Messerschmitt Bf-108. Was built couple of years ago. Hope to hear you comments.

1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108
1/48 Eduard's Messerscmitt Bf-108

4/3/08

Some more pictures of my Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6

Found today some more pics of my long ago built 1/48 Hasegawa's Bf-109G-6 flown by Georg Amon.

Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmit Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6

Another masterpiece by slava_trudu

Yesterday, I've found a latest masterpiece by Alexander Nevzorov (aka slava_trudu) - 1/72 Bell XF-6A. The model is built from Airmodel's resin kit. Apart from extra detailing and building this kit, Alexander has added a fullu natural metal finish to the ready model covering it with foil. The article is on Russian, but pics speak for themself.

slava_trudu Bell XF-6A

3/24/08

Military Aviatos of The Perished Empire

Here's the book I've recently purchased - "Military Aviation of The Perished Empire" (that's mine free translation from Russian "Военлеты погибшей империи"). Highly recommended to all WW1 and also Russian aviation fans:


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