Dear Sirs,

Kartonowy Arsenal 1/2021 containing model of Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/Trop is now available. It is a brand new project with more accurately modeled shape and dimensions, asymmetric control surfaces, option to build slots and richly detailed interior. Model can be built in one of two marking variants - WNr 10137 "yellow 14" H.J. Marseille or WNr 10271 "<II+-" from Stab II/JG 27.

Accessories available:

• laser cut frames
• new plastic canopy
• resin wheels
• metal barrels MG 17 Pitot tube

Available for purchase from our website as well as some hobby stores.

Best regards,
Andrzej Halinski

On December 3, 2021 passed away Jadwiga Halinska, my wife and best friend, mother of Martyna, Milosz and Krzysztof.

She was the kind spirit of our business since its inception. Every time when I reached exhaustion and wanted to give up correcting a project before handing it to printers, her soft and kind voice would give me new strength and motivation to work until completion. At one point, in secret and without help, she has learned to use rapidographs, improvised a print preparation table using three panes of glass propped up on cabinets and illuminated from underneath with a night light. She then began learning print preparation, a difficult process of defining sequence of application of color onto print surface. Her talent quickly became apparent and she took over that entire process from me. The fruit of her labor can be admired on models F4J Phantom (KA 5-6/95), Mi-24D (1-2/96), Richeliu, Hood and others. Besides print preparation she was also correcting text and preparing models for shipping. We always went to the printers together because Jadwiga would often find printer's mistakes that I would completely miss. She also had a wonderful eye for colors. She was wholeheartedly dedicated to her work. When the digital design replaced rapidographs she continued to correct text, verify print samples etc. I cannot stress enough how much influence she had on the evolution and progress of paper models.

She was a person with a big heart and strong personality. She was kind to everyone, well wishing, eager to help people in need, even those she did not know and encountered for the first time. She was the soul and heart of our family and the business we built together over decades. For our children and myself she was a teacher and a guide through the windy roads of life.

It is a loss I will never get over but I thank God that I was blessed to go through life with such a unique and wonderful woman.

Andrzej Halinski

Dear Sirs,

Kartonowy Arsenal 1-2/2020 containing model of Japanese cruiser Takao (1944) is now available. Accessories include:

• laser cut frames
• metal barrels

Issue contains 16 pages in A3 format with color parts on card stock, 8 pages in A3 format with formers and 2 pages in A3 of templates. The instructions supplemeted by illustrations are contained on 24 pages in A3 format.

Best regards,
Andrzej Halinski

Dear Sirs,

Kartonowy Arsenal 1-2/2019 is now available. It contains a model of Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4/R8. Even though it is based on Bf 110G-2 (Military Model 5-6/2004 Marcin Grygiel, Marcin Dworzecki), it contains many modifications like detailed wheel wells and detailed cockpit. Inside you will find 8 color card stock sheets in B4 format, 4 paper sheets containing formers and templates, and 15 pages of instructions.

Available accessories include:

• laser cut frames
• plastic, vacuuformed canopy
• resin wheels
• metal set FuG 220 radar antenna and Pitot tube

Best regards,
Andrzej Halinski

The upcoming issues of Kartonowy Arsenal will include F6F-3 Hellcat, F-14A and F-16C. In the Military Model series we will offer Bismarck, Takao, Prinz Eugen i San Francisco. We will inform of the availability of new products on our page.