WWI Digest 56 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Ragwings news by "Matt Bittner" 2) Re: SUBSCRIBE by DavidL1217@aol.com 3) Re: Eduard Albatros DV by cv3@conted.swann.gatech.edu (Carlos Valdes) 4) Re: Merlin Fokker D.I & D.II by John Roll (John P. Roll) 5) Re: Server problems? by amadon@pcix.com (Gerald P. MCOSKER) 6) Re: SUBSCRIBE by Erik Pilawskii 7) Re: New kits by Erik Pilawskii 8) Squadron's latest... by "Joseph R. Boeke" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 13:36:31 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: WW1 Modelers Subject: Ragwings news Message-ID: <199603061337.NAA00836@cso.com> Shoulda read the entire issue before posting... Anyway, a small classified ad by Ragwings mentions that they are selling their decals for "other manufacturer's kits". Pfalz E.I, Fokker D.VI and Bristol Scout D: all *three* sheets for $5.00 post-paid. Each aircraft comes with two markings, so there's a total of six aircraft there. Hey, not a bad price! Oh yea, if you have to ask, it's Steve's scale, 1/72nd...;-) Address is MGS Enterprises, 24 Bishopgate Dr., Rochester, NY, 14624. Matt ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 22:32:13 -0500 From: DavidL1217@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: SUBSCRIBE Message-ID: <960306223209_440066616@mail04.mail.aol.com> Actually, there were a couple of Merlin kits that were quite good, based on Czech Master resins. These include the DH5, HB W-28, Breguet 14, Junkers J4, Fokker EV, Halberstadt DII. Natually, you need to thin out the wings, but otherwise they are great starting points. Most of the rest are just plane (sic) bad. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 96 20:44:07 EST From: cv3@conted.swann.gatech.edu (Carlos Valdes) To: wwi Subject: Re: Eduard Albatros DV Message-ID: <199603070144.VAA22183@conted.swann.gatech.edu> Greetings all, Earlier this week, someone posted that he had picked up this kit, and someone dutifully requested a review. Did I miss it, or is the lucky Albatros owner too busy building to review it? Carlos ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 96 20:18:31 -0600 From: John Roll (John P. Roll) To: wwi Subject: Re: Merlin Fokker D.I & D.II Message-ID: SNIP > Does anyone out there in cyberland know what happened to Windsock > Volume 12/No.1? This is about four weeks overdue now. Has anyone seen > the equally overdue Datafile on the H.B. W.29? > > Anyone also heard of the status of MMP magazine too? SNIP I got mine yesterday (Tuesday, the 5th) and I've already read it from cover-to-cover. No mention of why it is so late. John Roll j-roll@maroon.tc.umn.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:43:26 -0500 From: amadon@pcix.com (Gerald P. MCOSKER) To: wwi Subject: Re: Server problems? Message-ID: Allan- Last night, I tried to mail tow letters out and my local service said that teh WWI server wasn't accepting. Any problems??? Regards- Gerry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 12:11:08 -0800 (PST) From: Erik Pilawskii To: wwi Subject: Re: SUBSCRIBE Message-ID: On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Matt Bittner wrote: > On 6 Mar 96 at 13:53, Erik Pilawskii typed diligantly: > > > Melvin E. Fedwick of Perth, Australia. Was out hunting grouse on that > > fateful morning with his Michaloni 10-gauge. Was startled by a 'Kraut kite > > drifting above the high grass, let 'em have both barrels. Later, controversy > > ensued when found he was technically AWOL, and had failed to obtain dinner > > for Commanding Officer. Claim dropped thereupon. > > Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!! ROTFL!!!! Gads, that's funny. Eric, you > might just be the *only* one not on the bottom! Assuming you found a > Merlin worthy of out-of-the-box status... > Ha! Ha! My Dear Fellow, they had to invent a special underground totem pole to get my position squarely fixed! And, the *only* Merlin I've ever built (or ever will!) is the AEG G.IV! Bwah-ha-ha-ha! Cheers, Erik :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "I find it most remarkable, indeed-- and a scathing indictment of our Civilization-- that the Lads in France did not mutiny and over-throw the military leadership. The mere idea of corpulent, doltish, white-powder- faced Generals directing the mass murder of innocents from the luxury of their remote chateaux is quite enough to cause one to call into question the need for the continuing existence of the Human Race...." A.T.Magnuson, M.P. .............................................................................. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 11:51:20 -0800 (PST) From: Erik Pilawskii To: wwi Subject: Re: New kits Message-ID: > Don't know if anybody has read the new kit list in FSM yet or not, > but something of interest. > > A "new" company (at least one I haven't heard of), called HITKIT out > of Poland is releasing - in *1/72nd* - Albatross Oeffag D.III 52/153, > 153 late, and 253 series models. Anybody know anything of this > company? FSM has a release date of February, with a price of $8.50 > each. Great price! I just wonder how accurate these are... > The skinny from Jeff is that HITKIT is gonna be good. The thinking is that these are the same guys that do Vista. I built Vista's Fairey Fulmar (what is that?????); it was 'not bad'. There is a Polish decal maker (whose name, naturally, escapes me...) who is currenly cutting some pretty good stuff, and I believe they are gonna make the kit-supplied sheet. I should hope that the kit out-lines will be correct-- the recent land-slide of aviation books out of Poland, plus the availability of an *actual* Oef.253 in Krakov, should give them plenty of opportunity to get it right! If it matches the recent drawings in _Prezniy Lotnitce_ it will be super! Drooling, myself, Erik :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "I find it most remarkable, indeed-- and a scathing indictment of our Civilization-- that the Lads in France did not mutiny and over-throw the military leadership. The mere idea of corpulent, doltish, white-powder- faced Generals directing the mass murder of innocents from the luxury of their remote chateaux is quite enough to cause one to call into question the need for the continuing existence of the Human Race...." A.T.Magnuson, M.P. .............................................................................. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 14:23:12 -0500 From: "Joseph R. Boeke" To: " List, WWI Modelers" Subject: Squadron's latest... Message-ID: <9603071920.AA23719@coral.bucknell.edu> I just got my Squadron Flyer for this month, they have the following "specials" listed (nothing mind blowing mind you). Everything is 1/72 (unless I've indicated otherwise) for the non-seeing impared :) Tom's Model Works Nieuport 9/10 $32.95 (1/48) Halberstadt CL.IV $29.99 " Eduard Models Fokker D.VIII $15.99 Sopwith Baby $15.99 Hannover CL.IIIa $27.99 (all of these were listed as 1/72, but I beleive the Baby and CL.IIIa are really 1/48s - anyone know for sure?) Glencoe Nieuport 28C-1 $ 8.99 (1/48) Pfalz DIII $ 8.99 " SPAD XIIIC.1 $ 8.99 " Blue Max Nieuport 28 $39.99 (again, listed as 1/72, but I beleive it is really a 1/48 - anyone know for sure?) Airfix Sopwith Camel 2F.1 $ 3.99 Roland C.II $ 3.99 Bristol F2B $ 2.99 Revell Fokker D.VII $ 4.99 Fokker D.VII $22.99 (1/28) Fokker Dr.1 $22.99 (1/28) Pegasus Pfalz D.XII $14.99 Rumpler C.IV $25.98 L.V.G. C.VI $16.99 Maquette Ltd. Ilya Muromets V $19.95 Smer Ansaldo S.V.A. 5 $ 3.99 (1/50) SPAD VII $ 3.99 (1/40) I'll look through the books and armour (and ships) later. C'ya, Joe +==================================+===================================+ | Joseph R. Boeke | | | Manager, Prospect Information | Towering genius disdains a beaten | | Bucknell University | path, it seeks regions hitherto | | (717) 524-3200 | unknown. | | (717) 524-3610 (fax) | -- Abraham Lincoln | | boeke@bucknell.edu | | +======================================================================+ ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 56 ********************