Eduard P-51B

[denders]

Vladimir Sulc from Eduard did an update. I could not attend that talk. 
 

Scott Germain did a sort of Cliff’s Notes on the talk. 
 

Spring 2026.

 

sorry if this has been posted already, I didn’t notice it

 

From those notes:

 

The 1/32 P-51B will be designed and produced the same style in this new technology. Plastic plus print. This will come out in Spring, 2026. Vladimir said to compare the gear well on the 1/48 scale Mustang with all of its complexity to the new design: more detail and fewer parts. Way more detail he said. This technology requires less tooling and more design. The Mustang will have the Malcolm hood, later fin fillet, and other parts to produce different variants.

 

[ChuckT]

Oh wow.

 

Let’s hope they post lots of development pics so the experts can help them knock this kit out of the park!

[Out2gtcha]

Good news indeed! If this comes to fruition as noted, this will make many happy (including myself)!

[LSP_Mike]

Yes. On the radar for '26.

[CRAZY IVAN5]

1 hour ago, ChuckT said:

Oh wow.

 

Let’s hope they post lots of development pics so the experts can help them knock this kit out of the park!

If they use their 48th scale -51 B/C 'stang as a reference , that should keep them "on course" for the most part. I built their B/C and it's very nice. Should be interesting to see who gets theirs out first Eduard or Z-M, both SHOULD be good. I'll probably take the one that's cheaper.

[Aerophile]

I know I can safely speak for everyone when I say

 

          Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!

[Pete Roberts]

49 minutes ago, Aerophile said:

I know I can safely speak for everyone when I say

 

          Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh Boy!

Well, not quite everyone 

[Aptivaboy]

The number of Malcolm hooded decals to come out should be,,, staggering. I always thought those Mustangs were the prettiest. 

 

[Tolga ULGUR]

7 hours ago, denders said:

Vladimir Sulc from Eduard did an update. I could not attend that talk. 
 

Scott Germain did a sort of Cliff’s Notes on the talk. 
 

Spring 2026.

 

sorry if this has been posted already, I didn’t notice it

 

From those notes:

 

The 1/32 P-51B will be designed and produced the same style in this new technology. Plastic plus print. This will come out in Spring, 2026. Vladimir said to compare the gear well on the 1/48 scale Mustang with all of its complexity to the new design: more detail and fewer parts. Way more detail he said. This technology requires less tooling and more design. The Mustang will have the Malcolm hood, later fin fillet, and other parts to produce different variants.

 

 

 

Fantastic
You can reserve 7 units for me

 

[Christa]

If 1:32 fading, its Last Rites are way below the horizon.

 

I might have a shelf called Mustangs' Alley.

[Martinnfb]

x2

 

my credit card is ready

[BiggTim]

Woohoooo! That one will most definitely be added to my meager stash, maybe x2 or 3.

[FW190A-5]

Just when I had given up hope.. thank you Eduard. 

[Pete Hamann]

16 hours ago, ChuckT said:

Oh wow.

 

Let’s hope they post lots of development pics so the experts can help them knock this kit out of the park!

As helpful as it can be, that strategy can only be applied in some limited business environments. the more people involved in a project, whether they are technically on the design and production team or not, the higher the development cost. Development costs has a direct, substantial cost on kit price.

 

Think of it like this: Everyone who "offers input" is essentially issuing a tasking order to the designer(s). Designer labor hours are not free, or cheap.

Management can steer the designers workflow, but even just receiving, sorting, curating and incorporating external inputs involves labor hours and management hours that may not return any benefit beyond what happens on forums.

 

It can be done, but inviting strangers into your management team has risks that some operating environments can support and others may see as too risky.

[CRAZY IVAN5]

1 hour ago, BiggTim said:

Woohoooo! That one will most definitely be added to my meager stash, maybe x2 or 3.

I'm with ya on that! I'm thinking 3 for me[ depending on cost of course] One done in AAF markings and the other 2  in the BENDIX cross country race, Kelly green for Jackie Cochran's, and red for Paul Mantz's entrie[s]. I would like to do The Beguine but that's gonna take some decent mods.