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Title: Zvezda Il.2 Post by: Graham Boak on July 30, 2010, 10:00:26 PM Is this a new kit or a rebox of one of the last wave of issues?
Title: Re: Zvezda Il.2 Post by: John Thompson on July 31, 2010, 09:29:15 PM Although I don't have the Zvezda version to compare for sure, it's apparently a reboxing of the Toko kit (see Massimo's comment at the very end of the following article):
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/il-2/zvezda/zvezda.htm John (Edit) Fool that I am, I'm at work at the moment, but if you want, leave a reply and when I'm at home, I'll dig out my Toko and Dakoplast kits and compare them to Massimo's images on the above article. There are several 1/72 Il-2 articles on the vvs.hobbyvista site, but none of them shows sprue images, and one actually says that the Eastern Express kit (which Massimo references, IIRC) is the Dakoplast kit. Either way, the direct answer to your question is that it's a reboxing, not a new kit, but let me know if you want more information. Title: Re: Zvezda Il.2 Post by: learstang on August 01, 2010, 01:07:57 AM The Zvezda kit is definitely a Toko rebranding (I've previously bought one). The Eastern Express kits are sometimes Toko rebrandings, sometimes Dakoplast. However, even if it says Dakoplast on the box top, you may still get the Toko mould, so Caveat Emptor!
Regards, Learstang |