Editorial

Good day, Dear Friends, Welcome to September's Newsletter. Having Jakub write about what we did in the States in August in the Tail End Charlie portion of this issue and me about how America is standing the world on its ear with all those wonderful customs, duties and tariffs, frees me up to point out some good, solid reasons why you should consider attending this year’s E-day event.

Good day, Dear Friends,

Welcome to September's Newsletter. Having

Jakub write about what we did in the States in

August in the Tail End Charlie portion of this

issue and me about how America is standing

the world on its ear with all those wonderful

customs, duties and tariffs, frees me up to point

out some good, solid reasons why you should

consider attending this year’s E-day event.

This year's E-day is being held in Litomerice

for the first time. Litomerice has a lot to offer

a visitor on its own merit. It is a beautiful city,

one of the oldest in Bohemia, perhaps the oldest

Czech city. The seat of the archbishop is located

there, along with many monuments, palaces,

churches, a beautiful square, pubs, taverns,

bars and cafes. And cafes are important if you

want to have a good chat with friends, priceless

in fact, especially if they also make good coffee

and something good to eat. There are at least

two of them in Litomerice. If that seems like

a lot to you, believe me, it is not. Many cities

can be happy to have one good cafe, and some

don't even have that. This means that you can

spend your free time well in this town, which is,

by the way, a good reason to extend E-day into

Sunday again and maybe bring back the two day

format for the event. This year it will not be like

that, this year we end on Saturday evening, but

I personally will probably lobby hard for a two-

day E-day. You can join me and make yourself be

heard if you like what we do in Litomerice.

Even though E-day ends on Saturday, there

is still a reason to extend the trip into Sunday

and explore the surroundings, which are

as breathtaking as the city itself. There are

castles and palaces all around, the region is

dominated by the two towers of Hazmburk,

which has a beautiful view from nearby Kostalov,

and the hidden remains of Kostomlaty Castle

under Milesovka Mountain are breathtaking.

Milesovka is also worth the hike, as is Lovos,

even though there are no castles there.

One castle is hidden in the Oparenske Valley,

which is worth a walk, and not far from Litomerice,

rises the mighty Kalich hill with the remains of

the unique castle of perhaps the most famous

Czech military leader, Jan Zizka of Trocnov, who,

after settling in Kalich to the displeasure of the

townspeople of Litomerice, referred to himself

as Jan Zizka of Kalich. But we also have other

famous military leaders in Bohemia, one of

them, General Laudon, who fought in the vicinity

of Litomerice during the Seven Years' War and

lived at the castle in Budyne nad Ohri and

defeated the Prussians a short distance from

today’s Highway D8 exit to Most. At that time,

a certain Baron Trenck also fought with him

there, and his mummified remains were laid

to rest in a crypt of the Capuchin Monastery in

Brno and they named a beer after him. There

are more battlefields from Czech history

around Litomerice, but the castles, which are

absolutely stunning structures, are not to be

forgotten. There is the aforementioned castle in

Budyne nad Ohri, Libochovice, and Ploskovice

is another breathtaking site, where there is

also a good café and lots of peacocks on the

castle grounds, but you have to watch out for

these little pricks, as they like to steal and peck

at passing cars. A little further away is the town

of Ustek, where there is also good food and good

coffee, and on the other side towards Prague is

Terezin, an infamous Jewish ghetto during World

War II and a prison camp run by the Prague

Gestapo in the Small Fortress, but it is also

a gem of Baroque architecture and in my opinion,

a walk along the walls, or even in the walls, is

something that a modeler who respects his

honor should definitely not miss. Is that enough

for you? It certainly is not the complete list of

things to see and do in the area. You can take

it to the bank that Litomerice has much to offer,

and once you visit, you will want to come back

again and again, and we’ll have good reason to

keep E-day here.

So let's get to the show’s program. We'll

start on Friday in the early evening with

a presentation of news outlining our plans and

a discussion. I don't know yet who this discussion

will be with, there are more candidates and

I can choose only one of them. On Saturday, we'll

continue more or less traditionally, starting with

a discussion with MiG-21F pilots, moderated by

Honza Zika. Then there will be the traditional

‘Pot’ Q & A, one with Fredy Riedel from Special

Hobby, moderated by Zbynek Skopan and Petr

Svihovec, and the other will be moderated

by Jindra Sterbacek together with Katerina

Borecka. Jindra is returning as moderator of

the Pot after a break of several years, and he

has come up with a new format, which should

give this event a new, more modern feel, and

he will share the mike with me, and if I should

bore you, Jindra will also add bring along his

colleague Mr. Muzikant, a former archenemy.

He probably expects that this will give the debate

more traction and I wish him success. The last

discussion will be led by Jarda Hajecek with

Katerina Borecka. Jarda will be the moderator,

Katerina will be the guest. She is a rising star in

our field and our company, and I have a strong

suspicion that this discussion will be completely

packed. These discussions will take place in the

Hall G next to Hall D, where the Eduard stand will

be located. If these discussions are not enough

for you, or if you find them too ‘formal’, or if you

simply feel like a beer or coffee, stop by the Café

by the Lake, which is a wooden hut with a pond

with fish in it, and there I, Katka Borecka, and

Petr Svihovec will take turns and we will have

short, informal conversations with interesting

people from our company and elsewhere.

For example, we will talk with Mr. Bures about

his diorama of the Battle of Chlumec. It took

place in 1813, the Russians, Austrians and

Prussians fought against the French, who they

defeated there, captured General Vandamme

there and it was a somewhat neglected battle

today, given its pan-European implications.

It was actually the largest victorious battle

fought by our army on Czech territory. At that

time, our army was the Austrian army, but you

will learn all this and much more at the Café by

the Lake when you come there.

If all this wasn't enough of a reason for you

to visit E-day and Litomerice, then I'll try to give

you another material benefit. In addition to the

September and October new releases, which,

as you probably suspect, will already be well-

known by October 4th, we will also present at

least two November new releases at E-day.

The first one will be the MiG-21F-13 Profipack

1:48th. We have all the molds ready, we are

producing the plastic, the box, instructions

and decals are at the printers and we are also

producing other components. The same is true

with the F-13 Limited Edition release. We will

start packing these kits from the pre-order

event next week, we will probably ship them to

retailers together with October’s new releases

in the second half of September, and to those

who pre-ordered during the third week of

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