Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 05:56 AM UTC
Three new products from ZVEZDA
1/144 / BOEING 777
A long-range wide-body jet-airliner. This is the world’s largest twinjet: its wings have a longer span than the distance of the first Wright brothers’ flight, and the diameter of its General Electric engine is just 30 cm shorter than the width of the Boeing 737’s cabin. Boeing 777 holds the record for the longest distance flown by a commercial aircraft - 21601 km.

1/48 / SOVIET DIVE BOMBER PE-2
Petlyakov Pe-2, nicknamed Peshka, was the most numerous Soviet bomber of World War 2 - from 1943 the Soviet Air Forces used more Pe-2s than all other bombers put together. Pe-2 participated in almost every campaign of the Red Army, being used for ground attack missions.

1/48 / GERMAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT MESSERSCHMITT BF-109 G6
In addition to the 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon, Bf-109 G6 was equipped with a pair of 13 mm MG 131 machine guns mounted in the cowling, firing over the top of the engine. Externally this resulted in two distinctive blisters over the gun breeches. The G6 became the most numerous version of the Bf-109: over 12,000 examples were built.

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Cheers Richard I'm really looking forward to the Pe-2 - and a Gustav from ICM should be awesome after their superb Bf 109F. If they get the timing right to capitalise on the delay before Eduard's re-worked kit arrives, they could have the market to themselves for a while... All the best Rowan
JAN 27, 2015 - 01:43 PM
Thanks Richard, a Pe-2 now that's got my interest
JAN 27, 2015 - 04:12 PM
Both are of interest to me. I agree with Merlin about timing of their G-6 relative to the Eduard G-6 situation. I also note from Hannants "Future releases" section t hat ICM plans a slew of Do-17 and 217 variants.
JAN 27, 2015 - 07:37 PM
A PE-2 - interesting choice and certainly something to consider for the stash. 109G - I would think that is a bad idea after Eduard's release: However, what is the mentioned reworking of the Eduard kit? I bought their royal edition, so I hope there is nothing wrong with it?
JAN 27, 2015 - 08:44 PM
OK, managed to find out the Eduard issue myself. Disappointig that Eduard made a mistake like that, but I am personally ok with a 1/47 Me 109G6 compared to a 1/48. Must be extremely expensive for Eduard though. Basically all the moulds needs to be redone. Stil lookin forward to build my Euard Me 109G6 kits.
JAN 27, 2015 - 09:01 PM
I'm afraid I find no joy in the popular selections; a 1/144 triple seven, though, makes me realize I have to get a deeper display shelf.
JAN 27, 2015 - 11:40 PM
Hi Jesper I think another problem with Eduard's current Gustav is that it's inconsistently scaled - when we were doing builds for its release, some parts matched 1:48 plans, while others didn't. A great shame after so much work went into it and, as has been noted, it won't be cheap to correct. Full marks to Eduard for doing so, though. All the best Rowan
JAN 28, 2015 - 02:08 AM
Hope both the Pe-2 and the 109 G-6 share the same high quality their latest moulds have. Zvezda can score big if these releases hit the mark in accuracy and detail. i look forward to see the upcoming reviews in here Cheers
JAN 29, 2015 - 04:55 AM
I agree Roman, that the Pe-2 is a good choise, Im looking forward to it. However I dont think that the Me-109F was a superb kit. In fact I didnt finish it and it landed in the trash, which is something I normaly never do. I was very frustrated with the overcomplicated nature of the whole kit. It has more parts then most other Friedrichs and Gustavs out there, and also nice details, but that does not make it superb, especially when compared to faar les complicated Tamiya and Hasegawa kits.
JAN 30, 2015 - 09:24 PM
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