WWI Digest 126 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: SE5a Madness by bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) 2) RE: NEW MAILING LIST MEMBER by SDW@qld.mim.com.au 3) Re: 109 Biplane Lunacy *#! (was Rookie) by MShan15048@aol.com 4) Re: 109 Biplane Lunacy *#! (was Rookie) by GRBroman@aol.com 5) by bciciora@pitneysoft.com (Bill Ciciora) 6) RE: 109 Biplane Lunacy!!! by stonto@seaccc.sccd.ctc.edu 7) RE: 109 Biplane Lunacy!!! by "Matt Bittner" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 18:44:21 -0400 (EDT) From: bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: SE5a Madness Message-ID: <199605122244.SAA24924@ns1.ptd.net> At 10:29 AM 5/12/96 -0400, SCLexicat@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 10/05/96 22:55:40, you write: > >>What the world needs is an accurate 1/48 SE5a. Perhaps the folks at DML are >>listening. Plenty of opportunity for markings and pilot busts.... >> >> > >There's plenty of opportunity for decals *right now*. I know, how about if >we start a rumour that someone s doing a new 1/48 SE5a, then maybe we'll get >some aftermarket sheets. (But then again, maybe we'd better not, as if the >rumour were *too* successful it might deter some warm-hearted kit >manufacturer who *really* had such plans.) > >Seriously, as far as I can see, in 1/48 the WWI RFC modeller is at quite a >disadvantage for aftermarket decals considering the amount of material >available for German and French. Or is this just me taking an >over-subjective view? > >Wouldn't it be nice if Blue Rider were to bring out that wonderful "Colourful >Pup" sheet it 1/48 to go with the Eduard kit? Some of us, as Stephen Tontoni >has pointed out, find the Propagteam sheets that come with their kits too >fragile to use. > >Simon Craven >England Right On!!!! to use a phrase from my mis-spent youth. There are some great example of 56 Squadron in High in the Empty Blue that would be perfect. Also, I'd love to be able to make Gwillim(sp?) Lewis' SE5a with the "artful dodger" phrase on the engine. Anybody who's making decals listening out there???? Mike Muth Love ya, Mary-Ann ------------------------------ Date: 13 May 96 08:48:00 EDT From: SDW@qld.mim.com.au To: wwi%pease1.sr.unh.edu@teksup.mim.com.au Subject: RE: NEW MAILING LIST MEMBER Message-ID: <199605122312.JAA15834@mimmon.mim.com.au> Someone said: >It's a monofiliment used in composite structures like the F-16 (okay, a >non-WW 1 reference, I'm sorry!). It is extremely consistent in diameter and >essentially rigid...you can hold a two-foot length by one end and it won't >droop. I add my recommendations that listmembers take a look at it to that of whoever posted the above(my bloody mail system is too smart by half and tells me that the post came from a listserver and went to "multiple recipients" of the server) I was introduced to this stuff by the sainted Mike Franklin of the BIG SALE, and after a bit of trauma getting used to cutting it the way the instructions told me to - it works fine, particularly for those really awkward spots. Shane sdw@qld.mim.com.au ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 23:48:16 -0400 From: MShan15048@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: 109 Biplane Lunacy *#! (was Rookie) Message-ID: <960512234815_112290849@emout10.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 96-05-12 00:28:32 EDT, you write: >Part II: This wacky project has got me going- Since there are so many Bf109 >fanatics in my IPMS chapter who cringe at the thought of any other aircraft >taking the limelight, I have a 109G that is destined for US Vietnam style >camouflage, complete with stars and bars and orders to stay out of Hanoi! >I'll display these two together with the title "Two good uses for a 109 >kit" > >Have I truly lost my mind? >Scott Head > > > Yes Mark Shannon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 07:29:41 -0400 From: GRBroman@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: 109 Biplane Lunacy *#! (was Rookie) Message-ID: <960513072940_397716605@emout16.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 96-05-12 00:28:32 EDT, you write: > >Part II: This wacky project has got me going- Since there are so many Bf109 >fanatics in my IPMS chapter who cringe at the thought of any other aircraft >taking the limelight, I have a 109G that is destined for US Vietnam style >camouflage, complete with stars and bars and orders to stay out of Hanoi! >I'll display these two together with the title "Two good uses for a 109 >kit" > >Have I truly lost my mind? >Scott Head > > It is my firm belief that modelling should be fun. I need to take a break from AMS sometimes and these little projects really add some fun. I have an F-16 in WW II Battle of Britain colors, the infamous B-49 project, and the Messawings (Fokkerschmitt?) CIX is starting to take shape in my mind. Back on the AMS side, our local hobby shop got a collection of kits going back to the sixties and sold them for realy excellent prices. Most of the collection was WWI and between the wars bipes. Everything from 1/72 to 1/28 scale. Life is good. Now back to the bench! Glen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 May 96 09:33:31 EDT From: bciciora@pitneysoft.com (Bill Ciciora) To: wwi Message-ID: On Thu, 9 May 1996 23:54:32 lothar@ncw.net (mark) wrote: > Only drawback is that, if you use pilot figures, the one supplied is a > midget - i.e., a 1/52 pilot in a 1/48 aircraft. No problem -- I'll do the plane in Beauchamp Proctor's scheme and then he'll be the right size. Didn't he have to sit on the Armentieres telephone book to see over the coaming? ;-) Bill C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 May 96 08:12:15 PST From: stonto@seaccc.sccd.ctc.edu To: wwi Subject: RE: 109 Biplane Lunacy!!! Message-ID: <9604138320.AA832000383@SCCCGATE.seaccc.sccd.ctc.edu> First, I want to go on record as saying that with this project we really should keep as much of the Me109 flavor as possible while bashing it into a biplane. If it becomes an unrecognizable thing, part of the statement is lost. I was also thinking about adding an observer's seat for the 109, but the fuselage is too skinny to make it practical. So I won't do that. I did grind out the wing bulges (felt like sacrilege to do that to a fine Hasegawa kit!) and will fill the radiators and wheel wells before grinding them down to. I think that my 109 will have wheels and a skid a la Avro 504K. I'm not sure about what to do with the canopy arrangement; either I will fill and carve the headrest so that its perpendicular instead of slanted, or may leave that as it is and carve the windscreen so that its a partial thing like an MC 200. Got my lozenge decals etc. Also picked up a True Details cockpit; I'll need to remove a whole bunch of instruments from there. More sacrilege. I will go straight to hell without passing GO. --Stephen Tontoni ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 10:18:24 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: wwi Subject: RE: 109 Biplane Lunacy!!! Message-ID: <199605131022.KAA19614@cso.com> On 13 May 96 at 11:11, stonto@seaccc.sccd.ctc.edu typed diligantly: > Got my lozenge decals etc. Also picked up a True Details > cockpit; I'll need to remove a whole bunch of instruments > from there. More sacrilege. I will go straight to hell > without passing GO. Actually, if there is a god, this will look favorable to him. Just think how many models of the 109 is out, versus the Albatros D.III! See, it's the devil's handiwork! ;-) Matt meba@cso.com ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 126 *********************