Revell Germany’s re-release of their BAe 146-200 kit has (finally) arrived. This release comes with a decal for Air UK, drawn by Daco Skyline, and printed in Italy. Kit number RV3791 in our estore.
26 Decals has releaed new sets for the recently re-released BAe146-200 kit, and for the A.330-200, and DC-10-30.
Information reaching us today is that effective August 29th 2025, I will no longer be able to import product under the “de minimis” tax and duty exemption. This exemption applied to packages under $800, and under the new rule effective August 29th, this drops to $Zero.
Worse, packages under $800 are apparently to be hit with a flat $80 tariff, which is to be collected by the shipper – meaning the post office (or UPS, FedEx, DHL) of the sending country. As most of my imports are around the $400 mark, this means I am to pay a tariff that is effectively 20% or more.
For more information, see this article from The Washington Post published yesterday:
“The extra charges on a package will depend on the methodology used to calculate it, according to the executive order. The duty rate will either match the level of tariff the U.S. has imposed on the country of origin, or a specific duty based on the following:
For countries with a tariff rate of 15 percent or less, such as Britain, each package will incur an additional charge of $80.
Parcels originating from countries with U.S. tariffs of between 16 and 25 percent will incur an additional $160.
Countries with a tariff rate of more than 25 percent will face an extra $200.
The new rules could also put the onus on senders to pay import duties before the shipment leaves for the U.S., according to Belgium’s bpost. It said in a statement the changes mean “import duties for all shipments with goods must be prepaid, regardless of value.”
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Note that the article says the $80, $160 or $200 charge will apply to ANY package under $800.
I can guarantee you that non of my suppliers are going to pay these tariff charges. They will be added to my invoice, and I will have to pay them, or I will not receive my order.
As my margins are already micro thin (my accountant says i earned less than $800 taxable profit last year), I cannot absorb them. Worse, if I am to replace sold product (which I generally do 1 for 1) without further investment, I have to apply the tariff to existing stock. Consequently, with great regret, and effective immediately, I am adding a 20% tariff surcharge on all imported product lines.
The latest AHS/JH decal is in stock! This is a screen printed decal (by Cartograf), and includes a set of silver/black Rolls Royce logos (that’s the tiny decal to the right of the main decal). It’s designed to fir the Zvezda kit. Yes, two sets of ‘America West Airlines’ titles are provided…. one set ‘all inclusive’ (our recommendation), and a set that you get to piece together (door frame with “W”, that is applied over a set of titles.
A4-320 America West Airlines (1986 – 1996 cs) Boeing 757-200
26Decal has released new sets for the recently re-released Bae 146-200 kit, and more British Airways ‘World Tails’ for the Zvezda Boeing 757-200 kit.
Academy Models continues to introduce airliner kits. Some are ex Minicraft, using the moulds acquired with the April 2023 buyout of Minicraft’s assets in bankruptcy. The recent Boeing 737-400 release with Columbian Air Force markings, is but one example. Then there are entirely new moulds, the recent release of a Boeing P-8A Poseidon. Yes, a sheep in wolf’s clothing, but if you want to build ‘one each’ of the 737 variants, it is rather important.
ACY-12635-DW Boeing P8A Poseidon, US Navy, RAAF, with choice of DRAW P-8A Decal
ACY-12639 Boeing 737-400 Columbian Air Force, Indonesian Air Force
Now, it appears that Academy has entered into an agreement to package some Zvezda airliner kits in their own packaging. Kit 12646 is the Boeing 737-MAX8, released by Academy with Boeing prototype markins (coincidentally the same markings as Zvezda). The kit has not yet arrived in the USA, so availability and pricing remains unknown.
Stay tuned for updates!
8ADecs released one more decal on June 18th, a few hours after our last post was published.
8A144-895 AeroMexico (2024 cs) Boeing 737-MAX8 / -800
26Decal has released a set for the Pan Am Boeing 757-200. No, it’s not a ‘Flight of Fancy’ set, the owners of the Pan Am brand have organised a ’round the world’ charter, and arranged to wet lease a fully painted Boeing 757-200 from Icelandair for the trip.
ACY-12635-DW Boeing P8A Poseidon, US Navy, RAAF, with choice of DRAW P-8A Decal
The second kit is the Boeing 737-400. This kit is the Minicraft kit, re-released from the moulds that Academy acquired when they bought the Minicraft assets.
ACY-12639 Boeing 737-400 Columbian Air Force, Indonesian Air Force
DRAW Decal has stepped up the release of new decals, so a few new ones to announce.
My latest collaboration decal with JH has arrived, and it looks great ! As before, designed to fit the 1/144 scale Zvezda kits, and screen printed in Italy by Cartograf.
The current United scheme is quite complex. United has provided an illustration and two interesting articles introducing and explaining the new livery.
JH designed the sheet to allow either a series 200 or 300 to be built (sorry, not both from one sheet). Both fleets are ex Continental, so RB211-535E powered, and sufficient numbers are included to allow any airframe to be modeled.
JH wasn’t sure how the tail logo would come out as a screen printed set , so he printed a second set by “offset”. To my eye, they are very similar, though the blue inks used for offset aren’t quite as bright as the screen print inks. Both will be included, you can decide which to use. My suggestion is the screen printed tail for a newly painted aircraft, and the offset tails for one that has been in service for a while – the light blue being a tad lighter on this set.
As we couldn’t include the white below the curved fuselage stripes as decal (matching your shade of shade of white paint being the problem), I have commissioned a set of vinyl paint masks from Vintage Flyer to assist with masking for the grey belly. These will be an optional extra, you’ll be able to select -200, -300 or both.
DRAW has also released a set for the TWA Boeing 757-200. As previously announced, AHS commissioned a similar screen printed sheet (by Cartograf) last year. The AHS set comes with bonus artwork (not shown here).
Two recent Revell Germany kits have finally arrived in the US.
The A.340-300 kit is the same kit we’ve seen for years, now released with Lufhansa’s current livery. Decal is designed by Daco Skyline, printed in Italy.
Also released is a nice ‘retro’ decal, this time it’s for the Transavia Holland Airbus A.321NEO that recently appeared. The decal is designed to fit the Revell kit.
TS44-1324 Transavia Holland (retro cs) Airbus A.321NEO
8ADecs has added a set for the QANTAS Airbus A.321XLR in 1/144 and 1/200 scales.
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