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Sometime in 1995, I advertised my IAF magazine kits in F.S.M. (Fine Scale Modeler - Plastic kits) and after a while I received a letter from Emil Zarkov of Bulgaria. He presented his work and offered his design services. For about 19 years, since 1976, the F-15C was on my wish list. The IAF magazine issued during 1976 a 1/50 kit of the F-15C. But, that kit was a designer's joke. That's the best thing I can say about it. On that year, the Israeli air force received its F-15s, and two of them, visited my air base. Since then, I got hooked on this aircraft (a huge thing, was standing 6'/1.80m tall under its wing pylon), and when Emil contacted me, I asked him to design this kit, as detailed as possible. And he did it, (well, almost, since we had to stop detailing it, at one point). It took more than a year and 60-70 faxes, sending letters and pictures. That was before we got on the internet, and in 1997, the kit was printed.
Since than, he designed several other kits for me, and now, all his card models collection can be found here.
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