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Editorial



Good day, Dear Friends

 After a year, I am writing today's editorial once again from Nuremberg. This year's Spielenwarenmesse started on Tuesday, and today, we are exactly at the halfway point, as the fair ends on Saturday. With German tenacity, the organizers are sticking with the five-day duration of the event, which gets on the nerves of most participants. It's better than the six days they tried on us before, but it's still at least a day more than we want and need to be here. From the point of view of the participation of companies, the fair is certainly better this year than last, but when it comes to visitors, traders and journalists, the situation is more or less still on the weak side. There is peace here. Calm is usually nice, but at a trade fair, calm is probably the last thing an exhibitor wants to experience. Maybe it will change tomorrow or the day after and the fair will come to life, but we have no indication of that as yet. So we have begun thinking about a backup plan. I will tell you how it turned out in the next editorial.

 As far as February new releases are concerned, I have to tell you first and foremost about the Sparviero and the Eduard Heavy Retro edition line. I feel that this is necessary, because the reactions to this kit show a certain misunderstanding on the part of modelers of what this edition and the kits released in it actually are and will be. The Sparviero is a reminder of the old days, when we still had a long way to go to today's quality of our kits. It is also an answer to the wishes of modelers who would like to see some kits from that time back in the range. I'll admit I resisted it long and hard, but last fall I capitulated and decided to give it a go with these old pieces. I think that either it will be a successful move and those who long for the old kits will be satisfied, or it will be a flop and everyone will be convinced that it is all nonsense. Since I don't think it's really possible to release these old pieces in our current lines, we've created a new line to release them, called ‘Eduard Heavy Retro’. There won't be any super modern perfectly fitting kits in this line, but rather those older items that lent themselves well to discussions and criticisms pertaining to the execution of details and even on how to go about it. Or you may need to putty a hole with a diameter of 0.1 mm and drill another one with the same diameter 1.2 mm to the left….or right.  Such horrors will be the price you pay with the kits in the EHR line. Part of their charm will be that there will be no shortage of topics to discuss. You’ll need to get out the putty, and some of you may have not seen a tube of the stuff in a long time indeed. You will have neither the time nor the mood to drill any holes. You can then with confidence say that Eduard released this to increase sales of GSI brand surface treatment products. There won't be much detail on the moldings. This deficiency will be compensated for by the details on the PE frets and resin, which are really a lot in this kit. Of course, there are also masks,  and I also guarantee you nice, high-quality decals, a great selection of markings and a beautiful boxart. We'll also add some good reading for you here within the pages of our newsletter. Today's article on the Sparviero was written by the renowned expert on Italian aircraft, Mauricio di Terlici, and in my opinion, in addition to his admirable historical knowledge, he projects the Italians' view of this symbol of the Italian Regia Aeronautica into it.


 To sum it up, these are kits for the tough guys, for modelers who can do something with the canvas they are given. But just because we've dusted off and offered up old plastic doesn't mean we'll slack off on the rest. What is being created with these kits today is what we do today….the highest standard possible with them. And for those with the skill and interest level in the subject matter, you will be considered among the elite.

 So, by reading this far, you know what it's all about. If you are thinking of buying, consider your abilities first. If you embark on this adventure, don't moan and whine. Show that you've got what it takes or just stay away from these kits. They are designed with a specific segment of the modeling community in mind. As they say, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. On the other hand, if you have the urge to get into something like this, or at least add it to your collection, don't hesitate too long. For reasons I don't understand, the Sparviero is the best selling February release, and since we only made 2000, we don't have many left. As of today, there are just over 400 available. With this sales so dynamic, an item like this usually doesn't make it past the end of the first month of sales. The good old slogan of ‘take it or leave it’  still applies. This is no joke, heavy retro is heavy retro.

 Another February new release, the L-39C Albatros in 1:72, is a bit of a lighter retro. The molds for this kit are actually almost as old as the Sparviero molds. The Albatros L-39 was made by us, the Sparviero comes from Special Hobby. The Sparviero is a more difficult test, but even the Albatros will benefit from modeling skills nicely. In this issue, you will see the creation of a near perfect model (assuming there is no perfection) , despite the age of the kit in our article by Karel Pádár about his build of the 72nd L-39 in Hungarian markings.


 If you don't have the stomach for these old pieces, we also have current standard quality items for you. This is in the shape of the Fokker D.VIIF and Spitfire Mk.Vb in the Weekend range, in addition to re-releases the Bf 109 G-10 (WNF) and I-16 Type 10, both of these items being Profipack releases and all four kits mentioned are in 1:48th. For all of them, in today's newsletter issue we have the popular corresponding Boxart Story, with the exception of I-16 type 10, which is written by Jan Bobek in his Tail End Charlie contribution. This article is also worth reading. You will learn a lot about the background of the creation of our boxarts, their historical development and the meaning of our striving for realistic and historically accurate boxarts.

 I won't go into any great detail about the additions to our range coming from the February lineup of new releases. You can find everything important about them throughout this issue of our newsletter. I will mention just one item which is the 1:48th scale P-38J Lightning engine for use in the Tamiya P-38J kit. We have been working our way through many difficulties for a long time in releasing this Brassin set, or rather kit, to be more precise. It is probably the most complicated and complex project undertaken in the Brassin series so far. You can see what the result looks like not only on the product page of this item, but also in Jan Baranc's article about building his model of this engine.

 We keep coming across various criticisms regarding our decals. The latter, in our opinion, is associated with the fear of a new thing, shrouded in the fog of new ideas and associated prejudices and rumors that  digital decals and their properties specifically precipitate. This situation reminds me a bit of the distrust and skepticism that once existed about digital photography. Today, Jakub Nademlejnský will try to dispel your fears and mistrust with his article about working with digital decals from our production. By the way, the aforementioned L-39C model by Karel Pádár also uses these decals, as well as all the other models that we have presented both in this issue and in previous ones of the newsletter for at least the last four years.

 In the historical articles, in addition to the already mentioned Sparviero bit by Mauricio di Terlici, we have another installment of the Air War over Ukraine series by Mira Barič and the second part of Gustav VI., that is, the developmental history of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 and its variants. I thought this would be the last part, but it looks like I have a few facts left that didn't fit into the two previous, so there will be a Part Three. It follows that I am an undisciplined author, not adhering to the set scope of my work. In order not to make this situation worse, I am quitting for today and going to attend to my duties as an exhibitor at the fair. I wish you a pleasant evening and a good read!

 

Happy Modelling!

Vladimir Sulc

02/2024
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