[WWI] A/G Decals, what now?

[Rick Geisler]

Warren:
>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?

Go to the Misterkit USA paint website. A wide variety of decals being 
marketed almost daily by Spada. Nieuports, Albatri, etc., etc. I believe 
that Lozenge is in the works. ALL sheets are available in any scale upon 
request!
Rick G.

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