expand the horizon, no?

As promised, in January we raised

the level of activity with respect to

releases for the BFC. In February,

this continues with the BFC MERSU

which will include the well known

postwar sharkmouthed G-6, and

two publications (‚The Boys are

Back‘ and ‚Aussie Eight‘, both in their

second edition). There are some

forthcoming decal sheets and a list

of HGW Wet Transfers, this time for

the Spitfire HF Mk.VIII. We decided

to release a T-shirt to go along with

the MERSU in co-operation with the

firm Rezava Vrtule (The Rusty Propeller). And while on the topic of

T-shirts, there is also one being readied for the RIDERS IN THE SKY.

It’s a good policy to never give the

guests too much access to the kitchen and this applies to within the

home as well. In our family, this evokes the memory of a certain cousin

Vaclav, who as a child loved spinach

up to the moment he found his way

to the kitchen when, as it happe-

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ned, spinach was being prepared my

aunt. His curiosity led to questions

and those led to answers, and those

answers led to his decision that he

would not stoop to eating grass, and

since that time he avoided spinach

completely. This is a story that often

comes to my mind whenever a Facebook comment appears regarding

a new boxart stating that although

the artwork is good, it suffers from a

distinct ‚computer graphic‘ look. This,

I admit, has been on my mind. I have

no desire to criticize anyone’s personal aesthetic standards, but I do get

the feeling that the argument is based in the notion that these works

of art are somehow inferior because

they are more of a result of a computer program or a computer game

screenshot than of an artist. If it

were that easy, we would be inundated with people who produce such

art. There are relatively few who are

really good at it and their numbers

probably correspond to the same

numbers of those who previously

were really good at handling pencils and brushes. Perhaps, it’s really

not that easy? Maybe it was never

that easy. Previously, it was a matter of overpainting a photographic

template, and how difficult could

that possibly be? Maybe I will invite Vaclav over for some spinach and

ask him if he now realizes that grass

in not grass is not grass. And if not,

I will advise him not to go into the

kitchen, because otherwise he will

be missing a lot. My aunt’s spinach

is actually amazing!

My friends, as always I hope you

enjoy reading this month’s newsletter and I hope to see you at our stall

in Nuremberg. I know that inspiration here will not be in short supply,

going by the mood and pleasant atmosphere.

Vladimir Sulc

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