[WWI] A/G Decals, what now?

[wed317]

Listers,
        Dec. 31st of '06 has come and gone, marking the demise of A/G.  We
speculated quite a bit on what would happen to Dr. Merrill's research, and
whatever stock he and his partners had left on hand.  If memory serves:

- We would see a lot of decal sets on ebay.  Didn't happen.  As a matter of
fact, of the few sets I have seen, 90% of them, or better, were being sold
by (former?) List member Barry Stettler (sp?) along with what looked like
every WWI book he ever owned, etc.

- Someone would come along and by the artwork, decals, etc. and keep it
going.  Didn't happen, and most likely because it was not a money-making
enterprise as such.  Dr. Merrill did what he did, not to pay the mortgage,
(as I recall, he was a paleo-biologist by trade) but out of a passion for
the subject.

     So, aside from the four and five color lozenge marketed by Eagle
Strike, and a few others, what are we to do when it comes to lozenge for
Gothas, Zeppelin Staakens, A.E.G. types, etc.?  I remember, and still have
an old FSM article on making a pattern to form a "mask" of sorts to paint
lozenge, maybe some manufacturer will come along with computer/laser cut
masks?  There is a company in Eastern Europe that is doing this for a/c
markings in multiple scales.  Maybe Eduard could get on the bandwagon and
expand their line of canopy and wheel masks with these.  You could get them
in a limited edition along with a yellow thong. ;)
    What say you listers?

Warren
About to go paint a garden shed

nd: coffee
nl: "Blue Max" soundtrack