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TEXT:

MARTIN ČERNÝ

Photographs: KPM Kaznejov

On October 2nd Eduard company organized an modelers‘ event

in Pilsen-Line where several of

our club members helped with

running it. During our club meeting guys gave me a box with

incomplete Trener model kits

acompanied by a lovely dedication from Vladimir Sulc. Fondle

them and enjoy, it said. We started to inspect them and brain-storm: „ this could be great for

our group building session coming up in two weeks“ one of

the guys said. „I love it“, added

another one. „I want this camouflage“, countered yet another club member.

So I started to prepare myself for a phone call with Vladimir. After his usual greating „Howdy Mart“ I carefully

asked him if there was a possibility to obtain missing

sprues E, at least in their pre-production form, so as we

could complete the models of Trener. The following response caught me by surprise: „Why not and how about

an additional complete kit“? What now? A quick phone

conference with club members and I made an arrangement. It’s decided: we’ll try to build four Treners at our

group build meeting!

All the fun commenced on Friday October 16 at 5pm with

a clear objective to have four completely built and painted Treners by Sunday midday. We were driven by the

enthusiasm which was in several minutes replaced by

a little stress caused by the kit instructions, parts combination, coloration varied by the versions so the head

started to spin. The situation is probably best described

by Mila Bilek exclamation: „Man, these instructions are

pain in the neck!“ This is our very first piece of advice

: grab a colored pencil or a marker, circle the letter of

the camouflaged you have chosen in all further building

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INFO Eduard - December 2021