Eduard
Czech company Eduard produces high-quality styrene kits, cast and 3D-printed resin accessories, photo-etched metal details and standard/3D decals. The kits come in ProfiPACK and Dual Combo limited-edition forms, as well as standard and Weekend Edition versions. ProfiPACK and Dual Combo items come with extra accessories and tape masks. Highlights from this firm are its 1/48 P-51D Mustang and MiG-21 series kits.
FORTRESS BOOTS
This is a complete set of replacement resin main and tail wheels for Hong Kong Models’ newly tooled B-17.
ENGINE COVER
Modellers wanting to avoid an unsightly join on their Eduard 1/72 Spitfire Mk.XVI cowlings will find this one-piece resin replacement a boon.
BUSY INTERIORS
Revell’s recently tooled Beaufighter gets the Eduard treatment with this well-designed two-fret photo-etched metal package.
MUSTANG 'OFFICE'
Eduard’s approach to detail is very much ‘pick and mix’, with Brassin sets representing the highest in terms of refinement, such as its P-51D cockpit.
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TREATS
Modellers seeking extra refinement for their Tamiya 1/72 Bf 109G-6 will find plenty in Eduard’s photo-etched metal upgrade set, which comprises two frets, with pre-painted parts for the cockpit and plain brass items for the airframe in general.
Tank-Hunter treats
Armour subjects typically have many small fittings that are challenging to reproduce in styrene, so Eduard’s photo-etched accessories are a real boon for modellers.
Warhawk 'wow factor'
Special Hobby’s Kittyhawk Mk.Ia (the RAF name for P-40D/E/F Warhawks) is the recipient of this two fret PEl upgrade from Eduard.
Add-On 'Beeps and squeaks'
Electronic countermeasures pods became de rigueur for most US Air Force tactical aircraft in the Vietnam war, and have been a common feature ever since.
'Flying Porcupine' details
Designed to fit Special Hobby’s recently tooled Sunderland Mk.V, this two-fret package provides upgrades to the cockpit, plus nose and beam gun positions.
Licence-Built Left-Over
Hanriot’s design served with Italian and Belgian air arms during World War One, and it’s the former that’s addressed in Eduard’s re-boxed 1/48 limited-edition offering.