PRAISE TO THE ENTHUSIASTS

Preparation of our kits is interesting, but

also quite demanding work, sometimes

even a little bit stressful. It's a kind of

a game which might be compared to the

permanent penalty play, as in this case

an individual stands against a mass of

thousands of modelers worldwide and

never knows who has some photo sewn

at home, which would be useful to prepare a particular marking to perfection.

Strangely enough, such a photo or information often appears at the moment when

everything is finished, printed, or even

packaged and the model goes on the market. Well, thanks to the internet, within

a few days it's a “long known information”

and we can just make a note the next time

we will use it...

On the other hand, the internet also helps us a lot. To explain, it is needed to explain our modus operandi a little. Within

our model preparation department each

project has its own “tutor”. This person

gathers a broader selection of markings

to start with, from which the whole department and the company management

then selects by voting, with the understanding that if we have a dispute, we

discuss the topic appropriately, and

if even then we don't agree, it is understood that “the chief is right”. The final selection is then worked on, and the real fun

begins, because we have about three to

four weeks to work through all four, six,

or even twelve markings. Not to mention

it is no exception each of us must handle

two projects. I'm not writing this to make

you feel sorry for us, it's our job and you

are right to expect us to do it to perfecti-

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on. I'm just trying to reveal a little bit of

our background and show that, as mentioned at the beginning, it is interesting, but

also quite demanding work. That's why

we foster a certain specialism regarding

the types of aircraft, although we don't

avoid a certain degree of substitution. For

example, I have recently assigned the topics of Avia S-199, MiG-15, the Trenér line

virtually from A to Z, or any topic related

to Great War. That is quite a wide range,

isn´t it? An that´s not all, as every now and

then some Limited edition appears, which

can be basically anything from Fokker

E.III to F-35. Well, please, understand it is

just an example, we are not preparing nor

the E.III nor the F-35, so any questioning

Vladimir Sulc about these would be quite

useless!