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Eduard Modeller‘s Den No. 6 - JUNE 2025
EDITORIAL
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Dear Readers and Friends
Here we are with the sixth issue of our
magazine, which with the coming summer
could change part of its concept from
a modeler‘s chaise longue to a sun lounge
under a huge parasol, a drink in one
hand with or without an umbrella... Alan
Karlsson always prefers it without, in the
shade of a local aero club hangar, or on the
doorstep of a summer coage. We have
been evolving this magazine for you for
half a year, trying to earn your aenon
in a posive way with a variety of arcles
and interesng topics.
The contents of this issue will take us
to the sunny south coast of Great Britain
in the late summer of 1940, to the cold
waves of the Atlanc and to the sweltering
airelds in the depths of Russia. And not
only that. So let‘s take a closer look at
today‘s content.
The last menoned theme of Russian
airelds are the topic of an arcle by Miro
Baric. By now, you have certainly heard
a lot about Operaon Spiderweb. Here
you can see a summary of the events along
with a sobering assessment of the results
of this extraordinary military acon. The
author of this arcle also approached
the aempt to present things from an
unusual perspecve when he placed the
menoned operaon in a historically
longer-term context.
In the rst of the history-focused arcles,
we have an interesng musing by Chris
Goss about what happened with a crash
during the unfolding war over the Channel,
leading to the queson of who actually
shot down the German ace Rolf Pingel?
The second historical arcle will conclude
the story of the American escort carrier
USS Block Island, which parcipated in the
protecon of convoys in the Atlanc from
May, 1943 to May of the following year,
and eventually became the only US Navy
aircra carrier sunk in the Atlanc Ocean.
Don‘t be fooled by the fact that it is the
Atlanc. The story of the aforemenoned
ship consists mainly of the air operaons
of the units for which the USS Block Island
provided support. For those of you who
were interested in this series of arcles
by Vladimir Sulc, I can please you with the
behind-the-scenes informaon that the
author wants to add an interesng post
script to the given topic.
Jan Bobek‘s historical column takes us
just one month ahead from the sinking
of Block Island, to June 1944, when the
Soviet Union launched its second oensive
against Finland during World War II.
Once, at the beginning, it did so as an ally
of Nazi Germany (we discussed this in
EMD No. 1) and the second me, as an
enemy of Germany, in 1944.
In a series of arcles about the world‘s
current naval forces, Petr Uzsák will focus
this me on Sweden.
For those who nd the history too much,
they can move on to the present, or rather
the near future, in the Warning Shots
secon - the usual batch of model news
for this month, June 2025.
But since we are a historical-model
magazine, the two worlds will be brought
together again in the Model & Story
secon. Its theme is the end of October
1944 in Leyte Gulf in the Philippines. One
of the Japanese Zeros, deployed in aacks
against American vessels, became the
model of our Italian friend Paolo Portuesi.
Finally, I would like to add that we would
be happy to welcome your feedback,
opinions on the arcles and the concept
of the magazine as a whole. We would
be happy if you would contact us at
emd@eduard.cz or directly at my personal
jan.zdiarsky@eduard.cz.
In the rst paragraph of today‘s editorial,
I wrote about deckchairs under an
umbrella, or a shady corner of a hangar.
Wherever you read your EMD, I wish you
a good read and plenty of inspiraon. And
don‘t forget to treat yourself to some quiet
me for modeling. And one more thing
- I can‘t help but keep repeang myself -
don‘t forget that buying this magazine can
also make your purchases at the Eduard
e-shop signicantly cheaper. EMD is worth
it in every way!
Jan Zdiarský