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Revell’s Halifax in 1/72nd Scale – Photo-etched Set (Part 2) Thumbnail

Revell’s Halifax in 1/72nd Scale – Photo-etched Set (Part 2)

Posted by Martin Ferkl|on February 28 2012, 06:21 PM|in Blog, Eduard Products|in , , , ,

The previous Halifax-related article described the preparation phase of PE set design. It focused specifically on the upcoming sets for Revell's Handley Page Halifax in 1/72 scale. Thanks to all of you who sent us ideas that helped in the design phase! The reference materials from our archives are now in the hands of the designer. It is up to that particular individual how the parts are to interface with the kit parts, and how they will improve upon them. The design is developed using 2D software. At first, the initial prototype of the PE set is created by the designer. He (or sometimes she

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10% Eduard Store Discount Coupons #5 (Week 8)

Posted by Libor Havránek|on February 23 2012, 07:21 AM|in Blog, Eduard Giveaways|in

You can find this week's discount coupons in the green box below. Paste/write it into the "Redeem Coupon" field, in the first step of the shopping cart. Be as fast as possible, as many others will be waiting for the moment the code appears here. First-come, first-served. Good luck and be fast! Coupon is applicable: to any Eduard customer worldwide only at Eduard Store to any products found at Eduard Store You can use a coupon once, on one order only! 5 coupon codes for this week: 4f45d8d181e5a 4f45d8d183589 4f45d8d183d54 4f45d8d182592 4f45d8d182db5 Copy&paste or

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Revell’s Halifax in 1/72nd Scale – Photo-etched Set (Part 1) Thumbnail

Revell’s Halifax in 1/72nd Scale – Photo-etched Set (Part 1)

Posted by Martin Ferkl|on February 10 2012, 09:48 AM|in Blog, Eduard Products|in , , , , ,

Revell's Halifax in 1/72nd scale - famous British WW2 bomber and one of the hottest news on the market produced by Revell. What else can we say about the model? The plastic parts are very nice and as we know, the photo-etched sets for good-quality kits sell very well, so that's the main reason why we decided to design the PE sets for the new Revell's Halifax. We want to also offer you a detailed insight into the process of designing detail sets, so in the following days, we'll be publishing more articles related to Revell's new Handley Page Halifax. Right now, there is a preparation

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Hannes Trautloft and Wanderzirkus Janke – Secret Training In Russia And a Legionnaire In Spain (Part 2) Thumbnail

Hannes Trautloft and Wanderzirkus Janke – Secret Training In Russia And a Legionnaire In Spain (Part 2)

Posted by Jan Bobek|on February 8 2012, 08:09 AM|in Blog, History|in , , , , , , , , ,

Hannes Trautloft gained a total of five aerial victories in Spain up to December, 1936. It was already becoming evident what his strong and weak points were. He was a capable leader with good organizational skills, commanded excellent understanding of the technical aspects of aircraft, and was a superb pilot. However, he suffered from a lack of something that was generally common to pilots that achieved a greater number of kills in the Second World War; good eyesight. In his memoirs from Spain, Trautloft wrote of his tendency to spot enemy aircraft later than his colleagues, his tendency t

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10% Eduard Store Discount Coupons #4 (Week 6)

Posted by Libor Havránek|on February 7 2012, 09:12 AM|in Blog, Eduard Giveaways|in

This week's discount coupons will not appear on this page.  This time, we decided we'll make it little bit more tricky and fun for you, so we've hidden the discount coupons, instead of showing them right below as usual. When you find one - paste/write it into the "Redeem Coupon" field, in the first step of the shopping cart. Try to be as fast as possible, as there are only 5 hidden discount coupons for this week.  First-come, first-served. Good luck and be fast! Coupon is applicable: to any Eduard customer worldwide only at Eduard Store to any products found at Eduard Store You

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