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Sunil

Introduction

In October 2013 I came across the SUNIL Seabee on a search for French kits (picture1, right). Being one of those aircraft I collect just for the type it was clear to aquire it. Looking for more SUNIL kits I found they had  a somehow compelling boxart like the Me-109F and the Cutlass
( pictures 2 and 3). I learned that the the moulds came from Lindberg and originated from from Hobbytime and Trim-Pak. [ 1 ] The more I got involved, the more I got interested and I opened this page.

History and Range of Kits

The following table of SUNIL kits is based on data from John Burns in PAK-10 [ 2 ]. John Burns tells us, that SUNIL offered these aircraft kits as premiums during the 1960's. Some were bagged and others were boxed. The kits are indicated as ex-Lindberg, ex-Hobbytime and ex-Trim.

Additionally I found two rockets, which I ad to the list.

Kit Mould Origin Scale  
       
B-29 Superfortress     Hobbytime 1/242  
B-24 Liberator                Hobbytime 1/181  
B-26 Invader                Hobbytime 1/126  
Hellcat                         Trim Pak 1/96 via Lindberg
Shooting Star              Trim Pak 1/86 via Lindberg
Shooting Star    Lindberg 1/48  
Messerschmitt 109F    Hobbytime1/64 via Lindberg
Mustang                        Hobbytime 1/74 via Lindberg
B-25 Mitchell   Hobbytime1/133  
Seabee    Lindberg1/48 Review
Thunderbolt Hobbytime1/81 via Lindberg
Spitfire IX   Hobbytime 1/75 via Lindberg
Cutlass Trim Pak 1/86 via Lindberg
Corsair   Trim Pak1/97 via Lindberg
Fusee Lunaire
(Moon Rocket)
Lindberg    
Fusee Spatiale
(Space Rocket)
Lindberg    

Acording to [ 3 ] the SUNIL kits were first offered as premiums in 1960.

Earliest advertisment I found so far was in a 1960 issue of the French magazine PILOTE [ 4 ]























Sunil



Picture 1 Sunil Seabee  © C.D.
Gratuittement pour l' achat de 4 paquets familiaux SUNIL. Free for the purchase of 4 family packets of SUNIL



Picture 2 SUNIL Messerschmitt 109F   © C.D.



Picture 3 SUINIL Cutlass   © C.D.
Graduit avec 2 paquets normaux SUNIL.  Free for 2 standard packets of SUNIL.



Picture 5 SUNIL Corsair. Graduit avec 2 paquets normaux SUNIL. Free for 3 standard packets of SUNIL.   © C.D.



Picture 6 SUNIL Corsair. No reference to SUNIL ."Graduit avec 2 paquets normaux SUNIL" is missing on this variant. (green arrow). © cjk

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Started: 23.10.2013 Revised last: 28.10.2013 Author: cjk  © cjk  .