The Little World

A few months ago I purchased an Eduard kit from Hobbytech Toys in Myaree – a Weekend Edition of a Czech crop duster.

It was delightful. Encouraged, I returned to HobbyTech one Sunday and picked up a Profi-Pack Edition of this classic Soviet fighter. I wanted to see what differences Eduard would provide. I noted that the kit was actually cheaper than a similar Airfix offering of a Polish LIM-5 fighter ( read MiG17 ), so the curiosity was at a peak. Was Eduard going to give me more than Airfix would have?

Yes, I do know the difference between a 15 and a 17, and yes, I will get one of the Airfix kits shortly to make a Polish museum plane, but let me dive into the Eduard pool now.

The three grey sprue trees look perfect, though I note little in the cockpit area that suggests locating pins or slots for a cockpit tub; perhaps I will be helped later. In any event, no flash, no sink marks, and no ejection towers.

The clear parts look superb and the arrangement of the sprue feeds suggests that this is a factory mould rather than a re-pop.

The instructions are superb, as is the colour call-out ( I am leaning toward the Egyptian version for my Middle Eastern Collection. The decal sheet is equally good, and as the last Eduard markings went on perfectly, I expect good results with these.

The Profi-Pack qualification comes, I think, with the mask set and the colour-printed brass PE fret. I do not always get on with masks, though in this case I will certainly try. The brass is simple, and looks good on the sheet.

This will be a build taken in parallel with one of an ICM bombers to use time at two different clubs.