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The Czech-Republic based manufacturer Eduard needs little introduction in the modelling community with its enormous range of After-Market sets for Armor, Aviation and Warships. What one does not necessarily think of, is Eduard as a manufacturer of Plastic model kits...

The last few years have seen Eduard develop a small, but well received range of plastic injection kits of aircraft subjects which were perhaps too 'esoteric' for the large manufacturers to handle. Recently we have seen the first release of an armor kit in the form of their 1/72nd scale Sherman with more releases in the pipeline.

This new kit, is going to have some effects in what was traditionally a smaller scale operation - the After Market Parts producers. We have already seen it working in reverse with Trumpeter producing an Ariete in 1/35th scale - the master of which came from an Italian resin manufacturer.

Perhaps this is a new trend with some of the AM companies branching-out into plastic. Hopefully we will see others following suit....

Catalogue # 6106 - Schwimmwagen in 1/16th Scale Is a large scale model of this attractive German amphibious vehicle. Due to the increasing poplularity of this as a scale and the increasingly large range of figures available this is going to become the centerpiece in many 120mm dioramas in the months to come. Trumpeter already has its 1/16th scale T34s, Bronco Models have mooted a number of large scale vehicles and various other manufacturers have 1/16th scale vehicles (in various levels of quality) already released. The price of Eduard's new model, is a not unreasonable $99 which considering how much it would cost in resin....

For more on this and the rest of their catalog, visit Eduard's Website

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