The month of May is traditionally associated with the end of the Second World War in Europe seventy-seven years ago. We will remind you about May 1945 with the help of our SA72027 Captured Sd.Kfz.250 model which in his decal sheet offers a vehicle of Prague insurgent troops alongside with vehicles captured by the US and Polish armies. The crew of the Czech vehicle fought in various locations in Prague for several days during the May 1945 Prague Uprising, only to get killed, save for only one man, by fire from an enemy armoured vehicle. Yes even the winners can be defeated, and we should keep it in mind, especially these days.
Originally, we wanted to commemorate the war’s end by the release of the 1/48 L-4 Grasshopper kit. I am so very to have to postpone this release at least until June as we still need to tackle a few minor issues. Do not despair though, May edition of our newsletter does have a WW2-related models for you, too, the most important of them being the quarterscale Siebel Si 204E, now featuring the night bomber and bomber-trainer version which is associated which Czechoslovakia in a couple of respects – the few of this airframe which were operated by Germans were in actual fact used to supress the Slovak National Uprising, and in the post-war years, the Siebel Si 204E type, now known as the Aero C-3B, became the backbone of the Czechoslovak Air Force until the arrival of jet-propelled bomber types.
Then we have the re-release of the 1/72 scale SH72406 Piaggio P.106B. When first re-released last year, the whole edition got sold out in only a couple of months. So we may assume now it is going to happen again. It would make us very happy indeed to have many more such successful models and sets in our range. Let´s hope some of this May’s sets or models become such an item. And among the sets and models I need to point out now and which I am sure will sell like those hot cakes are the 1/32 scale M35 Armament Subsystem Upgrade Set for AH-1G Cobra, the 72nd Beaufighter Mk.II Late Type Conversion set or a trio of sets designed for the 1/72 Fw 190D made by IBG kits.
A. Riedel