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Dear Friends and Modellers,

The news from the front, as you know, is

ever changing. The same holds true for

us here. The moment I wrote in the last

issue of our monthly newsletter the dates for E-day, damned if it didn’t change.

The new date of the show is October

1st and 2nd, 2021. Write it down…maybe if enough of us do, it won’t change

again. The original date had a monkey

wrench thrown in, in the form of another traditionally fall event, an agricultural one, that coincided with E-day.

Somehoworother, it got mixed into the

dates of our show, so the change was

necessary. The management of the venue decided to allow the other show

to keep the dates, and I take that as a

business decision that is possibly fed

by a level of sentiment towards a traditional agricultural show as opposed to

a modelling event. I guess, honestly, that I can understand it. There have

been problems with that show right

from the beginning when we changed

the venue to Lyse. It always has something to do with horses. The year before

last, the show I mentioned above was a

week before ours, and there was another horse show, something to do with

show jumping, I believe, the week after.

The venue people were trying to get us

to change E-day to after the second

horse show, because they didn’t want to

go through the process of cleaning out

the sand that is used to give the horses

a natural ground to move in while inside the hall, only to bring it all back in

a week later. Fortunately, we were able

to convince them to do just that. Perhaps some of you that attended the show

will recall the mysterious piles of sand

in the parking lot next to the hall. I have

the sneaking suspicion that it will be

the same again this year. After June’s

newsletter, we received a lot of questions, and so for that reason, I am repeating all of the information and adding

some new bits, too.

One Day or Two Day Format?

Really, this years’ E-day will be a day-and-a-half affair. Just as we did in

2019, it will begin on the Friday afternoon. Our table will be open for business, as I am sure will many others.

The concession stands will also be

open. We are planning two, and perha4

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ps even three, lectures for the evening.

In hindsight, the first lecture in 2019

was a little weak, and the question remains whether or not this was due to

the subject matter, or if it as too early

in the schedule. The lecture lineup has

not yet been finalized, but the certain

thing about them is that the last, late

evening one, will be hosted by Jiri

Silhanek. I highly recommend attending! You’ll experience what you have

not yet experienced, and you’ll learn

things you wouldn’t have thought possible. The rest of these lectures should

centre around new kits that will have

their premiere at E-day. This will include the Trener in 1:48th scale, a Limited

Edition kit dedicated to different versions of the Z-126 and Z-226 , and a 1:48th

scale Mi-24D Hind, also a limited Edition release based around the Zvezda kit.

This will include conversion bits of our

own production for the D version. Then,

there will be a 1:72nd scale Limited Edition kit dubbed ‘Hurristory’, dedicated

to the Hurricane Mk.I, this time based

around the Arma Hobby plastic. There should be no shortage of speakers

to provide insight into these themes.

A Hurricane was recently flown to the

Czech Republic, the pilots of which we

know personally, and there should be

nice flying displays put on by the Mi-24

and Trener aircraft….

to be a multi-national event. But to what

extent this will hold true this year is as

yet uncertain, because the times are uncertain, leading to questions regarding

what measures and restrictions will be

in place in the fall regarding such shows

and of travel. We will do all that we can

to make sure that the show is a success

to the greatest extent possible. I think

that if we can ensure the success of the

show, word of mouth will take it from

there. On the Czech Republic Nationals,

I have already written much, and I will

just take this opportunity to remind all

that this MR SMCzR will take place on

September 11th at the Hotel Olympic in

Prague, and as of this year, we’ll travel

down our own road.

Point System, Comparative System or

Like/Not Like?

Good question that I’ve been asked

countless times over the past month.

How will the entries in the Czech Model masters be judged? The answer is

that the judging system will follow in

the tracks of the system used for the

last E-day in 2019. This didn’t employ

the classic point system in the Czech

sense, where each aspect of a model is

graded in a complex judging procedure. This won’t even be possible with the

amount of time available and the anticipated number of entries. Our system

is a collection of judging criteria which

should assess the quality of the work

One Contest or Two?

on a given model, eliminating certain

For the first time in a long time, there models with specific faults in terms of

will be one contest this year. Our wor- the build, assess its compliance to the

king name for it is the Czech Model Ma- accepted standard and compare relasters. The English format of the name ted models in terms of these aspects,

suggests that it will be a multi-national execution, and level of detail. The coaffair. And that’s how it is. It is intended llection of judges will be, of course,

One Hall or Two Halls?

Two. This year’s E-day will be held in two

halls. Traditionally, we occupied Hall D,

which we all know and love so well, and

to that we add Hall A. We were prepared to go into two halls last year, which

could not go forward, and so we pick

it up this year. This will spread us out

a bit, and it won’t seem quite so crowded around any of the displays. We will

use the scheme of club displays in Hall

A, with the main displays and vendors

in Hall D. It’s possible, even very likely, that the Kettle Q and A, and awards

announcements, will be held in Hall A.

INFO Eduard - July 2021