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maureenf@flying-models.com Closing up shop
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The time has come to close up shop. The drawings that I have been doing all these past years originally started in 1975 with a single drawing. The work increased from then by adding additional magazines, a few model companies, some individuals, and a few guys who wanted to do a startup kit business from their garage. Yes, after 38 years and 1467 sets of drawings, it’s over. It all started with a call from the venera- ble Bill Winter in the Spring of 1975. I had just submitted a small drawing with an arti- cle that I had written. Bill needed an ink drawing done for an article by another de- signer for American Aircraft Modeler. That first drawing was completed on the dining room table. American Aircraft Modeler was followed by FLYINGMODELS, Model Airplane News, RCM, Model Aviation, etc., etc. I hon- estly cannot remember them all. Sadly, many are no longer in publication or in busi- ness. The remainder, for the large part, have changed their business model.
Most model aircraft today are RTF or ARF. Building one from scratch may very well be a dying art. As for my part, doing only a few drawings a year is not cutting it anymore. The pens dry out and the tools are not being used.
I greatly appreciate your enthusiasm for my work over the years, and thank you and your publisher for your confidence in me. I hope that somewhere in the world of model aircraft, drawings “by JOE DEMARCO” will be considered a meaningful contribution to the hobby.
JOE DEMARCO Oceanport, NJ
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There are a lot of editors past and present who owe Joe DeMarco more than a simple debt of gratitude for his wonderful drafting skills. For all those years he mentions in his letter above he was a stalwart backstop in any of those publications' relentless dead- lines. Can't tell you how many times I would call and ask when can you have this plan for me.
Almost always I wanted it yesterday, and I was only one of several editors who hounded Joe for the same thing. Yet he al- ways delivered, sometimes only in the nick of time, but far more often with a little time to spare.
There has always been a debate of late about which is better, CAD drawn plans or hand drawn. I won't side with one or the other but will say that hand drawn always have a "character" that CAD drawn usually lack. It's a personality that's hard to repro- duce in CAD, though CAD has many advan- tages in accuracy and ease.
Joe understands that "character" and de- veloped his unique style which wasn't lost on many of our readers over the years. It was more than often that letters would come in praising Joe for what is a form of artistry. He isn't just a draftsman. He is a modeler as well and for many years indulged in con- trol line flying. So his perspective was pretty well informed and often he spotted ques- tionable items in a penciled plan and would personally talk to the designer to get it straight. And then there were the almost un- intelligible plans over which he would wave his magic pens and voilà.... a beautifully drawn plan.
The times are a changin' and what he says is true. There is less and less of a de- mand for his skills simply because there are more and more CAD drawn plans, and some authors have traditionally provided their own hand drawn, inked plans. As he says, his pens have dried up more and more, a statement I can back up since my own set of pens have hardly been used in years. Joe is an unsung hero, barely visible be- hind the scene. Yet more than anyone really realizes he was greatly instrumental in helping modelers realize enjoyment more than frustration because his plans helped them achieve their goal, models that built well and flew well because of his artistry. Hopefully there is a plaque waiting for
him in the AMA Hall of Fame because of all that he did for modelers and we editors, so grateful to him.
FRANK FANELLI
www.bphobbies.com JULY 2013
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