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Offline rolanddvi

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Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« on: January 07, 2015, 09:36:02 AM »
Just saw a post on another WWI site that Eduard is going to release a 1/48 scale SE5a. No date was given. Their English language newsletter comes out tomorrow. The post also goes on to say that the recent SSW D.III was done by an outside third party? Interesting stuff.

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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2015, 11:18:36 AM »
I saw something on Facebook about this. I made the same comment I will make here... more or less! It is great to see Eduard announce a "NEW" kit. Any addition to the line of 1/48th kits available is a good thing!On the other hand I personally think there are many aircraft just as worthy that haven't been adequately kitted in 1/48th! The Roden kit in 1/48th is very nice and doesn't suffer from some of the fit issues its 1/32nd scale version has! JMHO,
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2015, 12:48:34 PM »
wow, that may flop. theres a few se5a kits in 1/48 already 2 of which are decent, the blue max and roden. i will have to wait and see if it is a great improvment like full engine etc. or if they do the wing pully inserts right like wnw did maybe it will be worth buying otherwise i have quite a few se5a kits around the stash.
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2015, 02:04:01 PM »
If they pull all the stops and produce it to today's high end standards, like WNW or Gaspatch, I'll buy a couple.  Hell, I'll probably buy one even if they don't.
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2015, 02:12:19 PM »
It's great to see these new WW1 aircraft kits starting to pop up, does this mean that the companies are now seeing WW1 aviation as a viable option.....

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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2015, 02:21:09 PM »
Quote from: Des on January 07, 2015, 02:12:19 PM
It's great to see these new WW1 aircraft kits starting to pop up, does this mean that the companies are now seeing WW1 aviation as a viable option.....

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Perhaps.  I believe it has more to do with the 100 year anniversary of the Great War, which may be spawning an uptick in WWI interest in general.  That is at least the case for me.
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2015, 03:50:31 PM »
I heard on various forums that Eduard planned to do a WW1 model each year until 2018 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of WW1. I would love to hope an Eduard SE5a would be a return to a run of WW1 topics from them but maybe it'as just the 2015 kit as the Siemens Schuckert was the 2014 kit?

Either way any new WW1 subject in 1/48th is cause for celebration.

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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2015, 08:34:37 PM »
Quote from: rolanddvi on January 07, 2015, 09:36:02 AM
Just saw a post on another WWI site that Eduard is going to release a 1/48 scale SE5a. No date was given. Their English language newsletter comes out tomorrow. The post also goes on to say that the recent SSW D.III was done by an outside third party? Interesting stuff.

Mike

Hey guys,

I don't think that involvement of third party is so unusual... Although we could see 3D modelling of SSW D.III at Novemberfest 2013 so I guess that involved only making molds outside of Eduard factory...  isn't that similar to WNW??? It says it on their boxes - manufactured in China and we all are happy with it,right :)

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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2015, 06:14:48 AM »
I don't think it really matters where the kit components come from, as long as the boxed kit is of good quality at a reasonable price. With Wingnuts the injection plastic, the decals, the PE, the instructions and even the box probably all come from different places but once all combined make for a very delightful kit.

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Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2015, 06:25:16 AM »
Just saw in Eduard's January newsletter they are releasing a 1/48 Profipack Albatros D.Va Cat. No. 8111 this month.
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2015, 08:12:27 AM »
^Yeah.  There's a thread on it hovering in here in the "what's new" threads.
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2015, 09:34:39 AM »
Quote from: Eric Armstrong on January 08, 2015, 08:12:27 AM
^Yeah.  There's a thread on it hovering in here in the "what's new" threads.

Your'e in the whats new thread Eric!!

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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2015, 09:43:42 AM »
Quote from: the great waldo on January 08, 2015, 09:34:39 AM
Quote from: Eric Armstrong on January 08, 2015, 08:12:27 AM
^Yeah.  There's a thread on it hovering in here in the "what's new" threads.

Your'e in the whats new thread Eric!!

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I know that.  But there's more than one thread going within the "what's new " main thread.
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2015, 10:08:45 AM »
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Re: Eduard 1/48 SE5a??
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2015, 10:17:07 AM »
Some news on the Eduard SE5a.

Vladimir Sulc, "Mr Eduard", writing in the January 2015 Eduard magazine Info Eduard, says:

"Another new 48th scale kit ( in the 2015 programme) will be the SE-5a. It’s the next in our Great War line and this kit was well worth the extra effort. This kit will satisfy the most demanding fan of the type, and the level of detail approaches extreme. It represents our current peak of WWI subjects and the fact that we put a lot of effort into it shows.

"The SSW D.III was outsourced and unfortunately it shows, and so we will be doing the SE-5a ourselves.  Guess you reap what you sow...."

Interesting comment re the SSW. D.III being outsourced.

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