The Eduard Modeller's Den

The Eduard Modeller's Den is an online paid magazine of Czech company Eduard - M. A. designed for enthusiasts of plastic modeling, history, and related subjects. It offers a diverse range of content, including articles on current events, historical articles, museum travel guides, and interviews with notable personalities.

Strana 65

Eduard Modeller‘s Den No. 6 - JUNE 2025

June releases 2025

GreenTea-Team,OozinAahsRecords

The Shizuoka Hobby Show is the Mecca of

scale modeling, and describing this event

would be like carrying coals to Newcastle.

Aer all, many of the new releases we’ll

talk about today debuted at this year’s 63rd

edion. However, not everyone knows

that Shizuoka Prefecture is also the center

of Japanese tea producon, and a local

adversing agency, Oozin Aahs Records,

decided to prepare a unique souvenir for

the show visitors — green tea packaged

like a plasc model kit, decorated with an

illustraon by Eiji Shimamura, the in-house

box art illustrator for Tamiya, under the

name Green Tea-Team.

P-51D 1/35 Border Model

You can never have too many Mustangs

in any scale, and so one in 1/35 can’t be

missing. And since it’s in 1/35, it could only

be made by Border Model. Although the

company hasn’t specied which version

it will be, and based on their experience

with the Fw 190A, it’s possible they’re not

enrely sure either. The fuselage design —

quite detailed and reminiscent of Zoukei-

Mura kits — suggests the model will only

be buildable with a dorsal n, and thus from

later producon batches.

SBD-3/4Dauntless

1/35 Border Model

While the Mustang is a safe bet, the

Dauntless from Border is a surprise nobody

saw coming — and a tour de force of surfa-

ce detailing, even a level above their upco-

ming Heinkel He-111. It features thousands

of raised rivets, overlapping panels, and re-

alisc uneven surface textures — in short,

everything a modeler could dream of in

a kit of this size. Also included are posio-

nable control surfaces, the iconic dive bra-

kes in the extended posion, a complete

engine, and of course photo-etched parts.

StuGIIIAusf.GEarlyProducon

1/35 Border Model

The StuG III is a Border’s staple kit now.

This model has been on the market for

three years and has seen several reissues.

A kit includes a complete interior and was

enhanced with crew gear — helmets, fuel

drums, sandbags, camouage tarps, and

sleeping bags. Also included are three

muzzle brakes, a metal barrel, and gures.

WARNINGSHOTS

Strana 1
Strana 2
Strana 3
Strana 4
Strana 5
Operation Spider’s Web
The greatest one-time combat loss of strategic bombers since World War II. That is the result of Ukraine’s Operation Spider’s Web, in which eight Tu-95MS bombers, among other aircraft, were destroyed. This surpasses even the highest one-day losses of American strategic bombers during the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Strana 7
Strana 8
Strana 9
Strana 10
Strana 11
Strana 12
Strana 13
Strana 14
Strana 15
Swedish Naval Forces
Today’s instalment of the series is dedicated to a navy with an unbroken tradition spanning over five centuries, making it one of the oldest in the world. It was founded by King Gustav Vasa in 1522 and has since remained a permanent component of the Swedish Armed Forces. Historically, Sweden has been one of several coastal states bordering the Baltic Sea, giving it a long and rich maritime history. For more than two centuries, Swedish policy was based on neutrality. The last military action abroad occurred in 1814, when the Swedish army, as part of an international coalition, helped defeat Emperor Napoleon, followed that same year by a short war with Norway, by then a French ally.
Strana 17
Strana 18
Strana 19
Strana 20
Strana 21
Strana 22
WHO SHOT DOWN ROLF?
Rolf Peter Pingel was born in Kiel October 1913 and when old enough, joined the Luftwaffe. On completion of his training, he was posted to I./JG 134 at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim in March 1937. During the Spanish Civil War, Rolf flew with 2./J 88 shooting down six aircraft for which he was awarded the Spanien-Kreuz in Gold (Spanish Cross in Gold) with Swords. At the end of 1937, he was given command of 2./JG 334 which was eventually re-designated 2./JG 53.
Strana 24
Strana 25
Strana 26
Strana 27
Strana 28
Strana 29
Strana 30
Strana 31
Strana 32
Strana 33
USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21 – Part 3
After suffering heavy losses in the convoy battles of May 1943, the U-Boat Command withdrew German submarines from the North Atlantic and concentrated on attacking convoys in the Central Atlantic. These convoys, marked UG (United States to Gibraltar), UGS (United States to Gibraltar Slow Convoys), and UGF (United States to Gibraltar Fast Convoys), traveled between the United States and the Mediterranean. The first convoys departed from New York and Hampton Roads, Virginia, in November 1942 as invasion convoys to support the landings in North Africa (Operation Torch), ending in Casablanca. After the successful North African landings, subsequent convoys extended to Oran in Algeria, and with further successful landings, the number of destination ports grew.
Strana 35
Strana 36
Strana 37
Strana 38
Strana 39
Strana 40
Strana 41
Strana 42
Strana 43
Strana 44
Strana 45
Strana 46
Strana 47
The Leyte Gulf Zero
The Battle of Leyte Gulf took place from October 23 to 26, 1944, and was the largest naval battle of the Second World War. Some authors even consider it to be the largest naval battle in history. It occurred in connection with the American landing on the Philippine island of Leyte, following the U.S. decision on which invasion route would be prioritized, Taiwan or the Philippines. During this clash, one naval aviator flying a Zero wrote a new chapter in the history of warfare.
Strana 49
Strana 50
Strana 51
Strana 52
Strana 53
Strana 54
Strana 55
Strana 56
Strana 57
Strana 58
Strana 59
Strana 60
Strana 61
Strana 62
Strana 63
Warning shots June 2025
The Shizuoka Hobby Show is the Mecca of scale modeling, and describing this event would be like carrying coals to Newcastle. After all, many of the new releases we’ll talk about today debuted at this year’s 63rd edition. However, not everyone knows that Shizuoka Prefecture is also the center of Japanese tea production, and a local advertising agency, Oozin Aahs Records, decided to prepare a unique souvenir for the show visitors — green tea packaged like a plastic model kit, decorated with an illustration by Eiji Shimamura, the in-house box art illustrator for Tamiya, under the name Green Tea-Team.
Strana 65
Strana 66
Strana 67
Strana 68
Strana 69
Strana 70
Strana 71
Hot Summer in Karelia
The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, also known as the Karelian Offensive, was a strategic operation carried out by the Soviet Leningrad and Karelian Fronts against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus and in Eastern Karelia during the Continuation War on the Eastern Front of the Second World War. It began in June 1944, with Soviet forces occupying Eastern Karelia and the city of Vyborg (Viipuri). However, the fighting eventually reached a stalemate.
Strana 73
Strana 74
Strana 75
Strana 76
Strana 77
Editorial
Current Affairs
World Naval Forces
WHO SHOT DOWN ROLF?
USS BLOCK ISLAND CVE-21 – Part 3
Model and Story
Warning shots
Historical Reflection
Debriefing

The Eduard Modeller's Den