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The Polikarpov I-16 was a Soviet fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world’s first all- metal cantilever-winged monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear. I-16 was introduced in the mid 1930s and formed the backbone of the Soviet Air force at the beginning of WW II. I-16 had a surprisingly long career from its [...]

Manfred von Richthofen was definitely one of the most prominent person in the WW1. He was top ace and his glory was that great that in his honor aviation unit have his name. So this is no wonder that in many cases first association with some airplane is related to this great pilot. For many [...]

The newest kit in Eduard’s 1/48 scale weekend edition is the beautiful Fw-190A-5 kit no 8430 released during the March 2008. Kit is presented in a beautiful box with simple but effective illustration of 5/JG 54 aircraft from the Eastern front in summer 1943. But it is when you open the box when a great [...]

Eduard’s F6F-3 kit released previously this year is absolute hit kit on the market, for a long period of time modeler just could not find good Hellcat kit in 1/48 scale on the market. But, as Eduard always strive towards perfection they released aftermarket detail sets for this kit.
Newest addition to their detail sets is [...]

Eduard 1/48 scale detail set FE399 for weekend edition kit Yak-3 is released during January 2008 provides excellent opportunity to build highly detailed kit of this Soviet fighter. Set contains one photo etched fret with 34 parts with most of them pre-painted packed inside Eduard’s plastic bag.

Yak-3 detail set
Parts provided in FE399 set are mostly [...]

No need to tell anything special about the famous US fighter plane Grumman Hellcat. Introducing of this aircraft into the units in Pacific resulted in moving advantage in the air combat on the US side. Fast, maneuverable, good armed and strong construction Hellcat gives important influence into the final victory in the WW2.

Grumman Hellcat
Airplane of [...]