Avia S-199 with ERLA-Canopy - HYBRiD

HYBRiD edition kit of Czechoslovak single engine fighter Avia S-199 with ERLA canopy in 1/48 scale.

Today, we would like to introduce the new EDUARD BRASSIN HYBRID plastic model kit
series.
These are composite kits manufactured using two technologies: classic molding from injected plastic sheets into metal molds, and 3D printing. Large and medium-sized parts are made of plastic, primarily the aircraft fuselage, wings, tail surfaces, wing mechanisms, propellers, as well as cockpit canopies and all other transparent parts. Complete cockpit and landing gear assemblies, as well as some small parts such as exhausts, antennas, and mainly onboard weapons, will be produced using 3D printing too. The wheels and landing gear legs are also produced using 3D printing.
The landing gear legs are made of a special material commonly used in the manufacture of dentures and implants. This material is characterized by high durability, flexibility, and dimensional stability. It is therefore suitable for the production of parts that require load resistance and long-term dimensional stability.
Hybrid series kits take advantage of the good properties of both types of material. Plastic parts are precise with high-quality surface details and perfect fitting of parts. The printed parts are also highly accurate and perfect, but compared to small plastic parts, they have sharper and finer details. At the same time, they allow details to be combined into a single part, eliminating the need to divide, for example, the landing gear bay or side panels in the cockpit into several parts due to technological limitations of classic plastic molding. The result is a reduction in the number of small parts that the modeler has to glue together in a classic kit. The landing gear bay in the first kit of the Hybrid series, the S-199 in 1/48 scale, consists of a single part that is simply glued into the wing. Of course, it fits perfectly. The same applies to the cockpit, where the floor with pedals and seat, including the rear wall of the cockpit, is printed as a single part. Other cockpit parts include side panels, again each printed from a single part, the rear wall of the cockpit, the control lever, the dashboard, and the trim control wheels.
This concept allows for a reduction in the number of parts in the kit while maintaining the quality of detail. For comparison, in the S-199 1/48, the number of plastic parts was reduced from 126 in the classic kit to 56 in the Hybrid series kit compared to the originally planned classic kit. In addition to plastic and 3D-printed parts, Hybrid series kits will come standard with a mask for painting the cockpit, a decal sheet for six color versions, and instructions.
Photo-etched parts are not included in these kits.