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Eduard: Gustav Countdown
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 07:00 PM UTC


Eduard are all set to begin the countdown to the launch of their eagerly anticipated new 1:48 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6, and we'll be running a month-long series of News updates covering all aspects of the kit:

Read the Full News Story

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

T-Minus 30

T-Minus 29 - Boxtop

T-Minus 29B - Research Trips

T-Minus 28 - The Wings

T-Minus 28B - Brassin Cannon Pod 3D Renders

T-Minus 27 - Brassin Cannon Pod Finished Castings

T-Minus 26 - New Tool Testing

T-Minus 25 - Fuselage Sprue

T-Minus 24 - Colour Scheme #1

T-Minus 23 - Brassin Cockpit

T-Minus 22 - Colour Scheme #2

T-Minus 22B - Finished Brassin Cockpit

T-Minus 21 - Sprue H

T-Minus 20 - Colour Scheme C

T-Minus 20B - Sprue J - Clear Parts

T-Minus 19 - 3D renders of Brassin Engine & Guns

T-Minus 19B - Finished Brassin Engine Set

T-Minus 18 - Colour Scheme D

T-Minus 17 - Brassin Wheels

T-Minus 16 - Colour Scheme E

T-Minus 16B - Finished Brassin Mainwheels

T-Minus 15 - Interview with Katerina Borecka

T-Minus 14A - Sprue I

T-Minus 14B - Brassin WGr. 21 rockets

T-Minus 13 - E-Bunny WGr. 21 Carrot Launcher

T-Minus 12 - ProfiPACK photo-etched parts

T-Minus 11 - Easter E-Bunny

T-Minus 11B - Interview with Lukas Zajic

T-Minus 10 - Decals

T-Minus 9 - Brassin WGr. 21 actual parts

T-Minus 9B - Instruction sheet

T-Minus 8 - Painting masks

T-Minus 6 - Finished Brassin Engine

T-Minus 5 - Undercarriage

T-Minus 4 - Martin Nademlejnsky

T-Minus 4B - Tail assembly

T-Minus 3 - Paper seatbelts

T-Minus 3B - Nose-Job

T-Minus 2 - Finished Standard Cockpit

T-Minus 2B - Finished Brassin Cockpit

T-Minus 1 - Wing root bulges

T-Minus 1A - Interview with Martin Lebl

Zero Hour - Wheel wells video
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 07:58 PM UTC
Their marketing tools are pretty ok.
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 11:20 PM UTC
Hi Robert

Yes - this is looking set to be Eduard's most carefully planned release yet. The promise is for fresh updates every day, including reveals ahead of their appearance on Eduard's own site. Jean-Luc and I are also planning something a little special to add to the brew ourselves.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 11:55 PM UTC
Me too ....
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 - 08:19 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Me too ....



Nice one Steffen!

This pre-launch should be a blast!

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 - 09:09 AM UTC
Even I'm looking forward to this count down.
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:37 AM UTC
Just saw the 3D images and it looks like it should be as good as they get, another quality product for sure.
Hope it comes with a correct spinner, Hasegawa's only big fault. Will build one of each side by side when possible
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Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 - 10:28 PM UTC
Hi again

I'll keep a list of links to all the instalments in the first post of this thread.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:14 AM UTC
Hi all

Prepare for a Gustav Fest! Thanks to some sort of technical glitch, the previous couple of days' updates disappeared into the ether. So... days will be hours as we perform a hasty catch-up! But, hey man, time is purely relative... so just chill and enjoy.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Friday, April 11, 2014 - 09:24 AM UTC
I do hope that we will have the 'Trop' option.

I've never been a Bf-109 fan (Fw-190 fan ) but I've wanted to do one of the Italian RA Bf-109G-6/R6 trop hand me downs for a while, these were ex-Luftwaffe aircraft with the markings over painted and in most cases Italian ones applied over the top.
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Posted: Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:42 PM UTC

Quoted Text

I do hope that we will have the 'Trop' option.

I've never been a Bf-109 fan (Fw-190 fan ) but I've wanted to do one of the Italian RA Bf-109G-6/R6 trop hand me downs for a while, these were ex-Luftwaffe aircraft with the markings over painted and in most cases Italian ones applied over the top.



Hi Luciano

I've also long been a fan of the '109 in Italian service. Although I've seen the rest of the colour schemes planned for this boxing, I can't reveal them ahead of schedule.

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 - 08:04 AM UTC
Hi again

Just over two weeks to go until the kit is launched! Poor e-Bunny probably sums up the struggle behind the scenes on any kit to bring the best possible product to market at a price we can afford:



Judging by what we've seen to date, the new Gustav looks set to be an absolute stunner!

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 - 09:35 AM UTC
Hi Rowan,

The new e-bunny cartoon refers to some errors on the fuselage riveting. Some errors (rivets in the wrong places, bulge on the wingroot and bulges on the wings) have been reported by several people and it seems, judging from this pictures, that the Eduard Boss is making his designers work overtime...

Jean-Luc
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 - 09:53 AM UTC
Hi Jean-Luc

I've missed all of that - none of it on Aeroscale... where were you all? The thread's here for feedback...

I've fed back input on Grislawski's scheme... (hint - fuselage cross )

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 - 10:37 AM UTC
Hi Rowan,


Quoted Text

I've missed all of that - none of it on Aeroscale... where were you all? The thread's here for feedback...



There were some comments from followers on the Eduard Facebook page...

Jean-Luc
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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 06:52 PM UTC
Hi again

E-Bunny adds an extra scheme to those already shown for the new Gustav, but I somehow don't think you'll find much about it in your references...



All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 08:04 AM UTC
Hi again

I must admit, I don't always quite "get" the message in E-Bunny!



All the best

Rowan
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