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We are continue to work on the catalog! Here, Vyacheslav Morozov (aka probkin) begins to add variations having small differences.

A new entry has been added to the republic's list: "Generics".

One of the main goals I intend to reach with this project: making it the collective work of number of people interested in the subject. One of the most famous Russian proverbs says: “One head is good, two are better.” Four are even better!

Continuing the discussion of the quality of pictures in the catalog, I would like to share my experience with you.

Collectors, you have probably noticed the growth of the catalog. There are many new variations of individual caps and complete sets (calendars) in it. However, some of the illustrations are of inferior quality.

I improved the coding mechanism of hierarchal variations.

There are color images of caps in our catalog, at last! This is an outstanding event for me, because there were no such images in the previous version of the catalog.

Soviet caps must be handled differently than other (“normal”) caps. I will focus here on crown caps made from aluminum, which is of course softer than steel. That is why a thick plate was used to made a crown cap, to achieve more strength. I learned that it is not too difficult to bring such a cap back to excellent condition, but let’s not hurry...

Here I should comment on the mobile version of the catalog. It is the first of my projects to have a portable version.

A significant part of the catalog consists of embossed crowncaps. At first glance, they all look like identical twins. It's good if the text is different, but sometimes it's the same. How to bring order to all this?