WWI Digest 76 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Replicating silver dope by "Matt Bittner" 2) Re: Replicating silver dope by Erik Pilawskii 3) Re: Replicating silver dope by "Matt Bittner" 4) Seattle Spring Show Saturday by modlctzn@pacificrim.net (Mike Franklin) 5) 1/1 Albatros logo by Brian Nicklas 6) Re: 1/1 Albatros logo by hartc@spot.Colorado.EDU (Charles Hart) 7) subscription by huggins@Onramp.NET (John Huggins) 8) Out of Scale SaLE- VEEDAY/SIERRA by amadon@pcix.com (Gerald P. McOsker) 9) Q: Glenco PfalzD.III by Hirohisa Ozaki 10) re: 1/144 scale aircraft by "Jim Wallace" 11) Re[2]: Replicating Pfalz Silver by "STEVE HUSTAD" 12) Re: Re[2]: Replicating Pfalz Silver by "Matt Bittner" 13) Re: Q: Glenco PfalzD.III by robj@speechsys.com 14) Request by "Matt Bittner" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:09:44 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: wwi Subject: Re: Replicating silver dope Message-ID: <199603251310.NAA05247@cso.com> On 22 Mar 96 at 8:13, MCCLURE@skynet.litc.lockheed. typed diligantly: > I am planning to build the Meikraft kit of the Pfalz D. III and > was wondering what is the best way to replicate the silver dope in > 1/72nd scale. Please post your favorite method and paint. I may > be able to use this for some of my other silver doped aircraft. > Thanks. Hmm...I want to *publicly* ask Steve Hustad just what color/paint he used on his Pfalz D.VIII. Which, BTW, is a beautiful model. He had it on display (good thing for me!) at Saturday's KC-Con, and - well, to put it mildly - "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!!" I bow in his prescense...;-) Matt -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Matthew Bittner O- WW1 Modeler, ecto subscriber meba@cso.com PowerBuilder developer; Omaha, Nebraska Loreena McKennitt; Jewel; suddenly, tammy!; jehova waitresses Disclaimer: opinions expressed by me are mine, mine, mine! "Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers." - Anonymous -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 12:03:08 -0800 (PST) From: Erik Pilawskii To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Replicating silver dope Message-ID: > Hmm...I want to *publicly* ask Steve Hustad just what color/paint he > used on his Pfalz D.VIII. > > Which, BTW, is a beautiful model. He had it on display (good thing > for me!) at Saturday's KC-Con, and - well, to put it mildly - "I'm > not worthy, I'm not worthy!!" I bow in his prescense...;-) Dang! Matt, can you describe this thing a little more?!? It sounds amazing, even by Steve's standards!.... Oh, and Steve (ol' buddy, ol' chum, ol' gent'): any chance of a scanned 'picie' or two on that model? Thanks, Erik :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "The comments previous of our Right Honourable colleague The Chancellor of the Exchequer are not to be brushed aside lightly-- they are to be thrown down with great force!...." A.T.Magnuson, M.P. .............................................................................. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 14:14:47 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: wwi Subject: Re: Replicating silver dope Message-ID: <199603251415.OAA06371@cso.com> On 25 Mar 96 at 15:01, Erik Pilawskii typed diligantly: > Dang! Matt, can you describe this thing a little more?!? It sounds > amazing, even by Steve's standards!.... Well, I'll admit, it is the best Steve Hustad I've seen - if that is possible. Immaculate doesn't seem to do it justice. Flawless is a bit flat. How about "I pity the person competing against Steve at the next contest"...;-) FWIW, he only uses Americal/Gryphon lozenge. Oh, yea, you should see the cockpit! Gads, I felt like I could climb in and take off! However, I probably would have smushed it, so it wouldn't have went anywhere... ;-) Oh, and his trench diorama? HA! The figures were actually *moving*, they looked so alive. And ask him about the rat... His Hlaberstadt Cl.IV that he just finished was nice too...Bwahahahahaha... Matt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:25:18 -0800 From: modlctzn@pacificrim.net (Mike Franklin) To: wwi Subject: Seattle Spring Show Saturday Message-ID: <199603252125.NAA13814@olympic.pacificrim.net> Hello All, The Seattle IPMS Spring Show and contest will be this Saturday next, March 30, at the Washington Guard Armory. I hope to see and talk with any of the list members who can attend this fine event. To those who have not yet met me, I will be the big guy with salt and pepper hair, goatee and mustache, and a walking cane. Please make a point to say hello. Anyone in the Pacific Northwet area who would like directions or more detailed information, feel free to e-mail me direct. There will be the usual classes of competition plus special 'out of the box' awards. There is always an excellent vendors area with a wide array of kits and accessories for sale and trade. The Seattle IPMS crew consistantly puts on a quality affair and it will be fun and models for all. Be there, or be square! Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | _________________________|__________________________ | | | \ | / | | | "BEWARE THE PUN | ______\_O_O_/______ | | | IN THE SUN!" | / \ | | | annon. | (((((((+))))))) | | | ______|____________\_____/_____________|______ | | / \ | | []/_______\[] | | [] [] | | Mike Franklin is modlctzn@pacificrim.net | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 17:18:44 EST From: Brian Nicklas To: Subject: 1/1 Albatros logo Message-ID: <199603252217.RAA24993@pease1.sr.unh.edu> I know Americal/Gryphon sold a 1/1 scale Albatros logo a while back. I understand it is no longer available. Would anyone on the list (or off list if you can vouch for them...) be interested in a new printing of the logo? I'm just bouncing this thought around, so no promise. But if you could EMail me back and let me know if you want some and how many. I figure they would be good on 1/1 scale airplanes, car windows, bases for scale models, covers of note/rule books for judges... whatever. If they work out, maybe some 1/1 scale Pfalz or Roland or Sopwith logos. Brian Nicklas NASAD003@SIVM.SI.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 17:12:05 -0700 From: hartc@spot.Colorado.EDU (Charles Hart) To: wwi Subject: Re: 1/1 Albatros logo Message-ID: Brian wrote: >I know Americal/Gryphon sold a 1/1 scale Albatros logo >a while back. I understand it is no longer available. >Would anyone on the list (or off list if you can vouch >for them...) be interested in a new printing of the logo? >I'm just bouncing this thought around, so no promise. >But if you could EMail me back and let me know if you want >some and how many. I figure they would be good on 1/1 scale >airplanes, car windows, bases for scale models, covers of >note/rule books for judges... whatever. >If they work out, maybe some 1/1 scale Pfalz or Roland >or Sopwith logos. Actually as it turns out the Albatros logos printed by Americal/Gryphon were a bit OVER scale, larger than 1:1. At about the same time I tried selling t-shirts with both the Albatros logo and the Garuda propellor logs (also found in the Smithsonian Albatros book), sorry no shirts remain as this was over 10 years ago. A couple of years ago I managed to get some art work for the logo of the WOLFF propellor company, it was from an original prop from a Fokker D-VII. In all cases the sales were amazingly UNDERWHELMING. None of these ventures made money in spite of promoting them in useful places like World War One Aeroplanes, in many cases I couldn't even recoup my expenses. My $0.02 would say that if you want these decals for yourself the be prepared to foot the bill for the entire thing (it may not be cheap) and consider any additional sales as gravy. The Smithsonian was very good in producing the Albatros logo separations. I am grateful to them for these. Charles hartc@spot.colorado.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 20:50:18 -0600 (CST) From: huggins@Onramp.NET (John Huggins) To: wwi Subject: subscription Message-ID: subscribe Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:17:53 -0500 From: amadon@pcix.com (Gerald P. McOsker) To: wwi Subject: Out of Scale SaLE- VEEDAY/SIERRA Message-ID: GREETINGS ALL- yes my wife does say that I shout- Continuing in my effort to reduce the horrific numbers of kits that I will never build. [BTW- after these posts I am going to post to rec.models.scale, then KCC Collectors and then Scale Modeler.] The discussion on Merlin and interchange of info makes me think that Veday was originally started by Vaghn Espesn [ sp ???] of Merlin fame. The molds, some say, were bought by Gannon of Pegasus when he was starting out. I remeber though that Gannon published a note a few years ago in the British Scale Modeler mag [I know- not it's real name] saying that he had no NO connection with Veeday. In any event, these kits are very much like the early pegasus kits- no metal- better mouldings than Merlin- anyway- here it is- also the Sierra which need no introduction. Veeday Models No metal parts- decals No. Kits - Double Kit Albatross DX1 Pfalz DIII 1 - 19.50 Hansa Brandenburg W-29 1 - 22.50 Fokker DVIII 2 - 9.50 Double Kit Sopwith Dolphin Pfalz DXII 1 - 19.50 BE 2c 1 - 13.00 Sierra Scale type price AEG GIV - 16.00 Albatross C.VII - 9.75 DFW CV - 9.75 LVG CV - 9.75 LVG C.VI - 9.75 Caudron R.11 - 16.50 Rumpler C-1 - 11.00 Phoenix C.I - 18.00 Phoenix D2 - 9.75 Ufag C.1 - 9.75 Gotha GL.VII - 16.75 Friedrichshafen GIII - 16.75 Lloyd CV - 9.75 De nouveau-Postage? In addition, I am using the Rosemont postage rules: to 10.00 3.00. 10-20. 3.50 - above that add 10% Overseas: to 20.00- 6.00, over 20. add 30%. Personal checks will have to clear. If anyone is disatisfied within 14 days return it and I will return funds less postage. Gerry McOsker- Newport Rhode Island. "When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." Mark Twain ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Mar 96 22:06:02 JST From: Hirohisa Ozaki To: wwi Subject: Q: Glenco PfalzD.III Message-ID: <9603261306.AA28175@sun01.miln.mei.co.jp> Hello everyone. I have not seen this list for a long time. I have read many articles about Glenco Pfalz D.III. These are most helpful. Thanks for everyone. But I have basic question yet. Glenco kit has no side fearing of engine and original Aurora box arts which I had seen in the book is same style, no side fearings. Q : Did Pfalz D.III has a version which no side fearings of engine? The kit which I got is molded in silver grey. It is very beautiful. How many kits will I buy this Pfalz. La,la,la...;-) Chears! --Hiro. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Mar 96 08:20:21 EST From: "Jim Wallace" To: wwi Subject: re: 1/144 scale aircraft Message-ID: <9602268278.AA827858701@smtphost.dca.com> >I recently got this list of 1/144 scale aircraft from the web. It's >from . I asked my local hobby shop if they can >order any of the the three brands below. Not possible. Do you know >where these kits can be had? Nice change of pace to build them I'd >imagine, though lozenge fabric would be a problem. I know that ModelExpo has been advertising the Mamoli on sale for about $6-7. I don't know their number off hand, but they usually advertise in FSM. I bought a couple that I haven't build yet. As Scott said, they're pretty rough. Maybe with his tips I'll try one. Jim W. ------------------------------ Date: 26 Mar 1996 09:08:09 GMT From: "STEVE HUSTAD" To: wwi Subject: Re[2]: Replicating Pfalz Silver Message-ID: My gosh! You'll give me a bigger head than I've already got! (right John R.?). Matt's too modest. I don't recall all of his winnings at KC-Con '96, but they included 1st and 2nd place in 1/72 scale biplanes catagory. Also a third in 'Out of the Box' for a neat little Gremlin (the plane, not the movie creature!). Matt won for another too, but I don't recall what it was for now(?), Matt... Anyway, thanks for the kind words. My Pfalz D.VIII in 1/72 that I just finished and had on display at KC-Con '96 had the typical Pfalz 'Silbergrau' fuselage. I painted this thus; 2 parts Testors Flat Aluminum (#1181 from the 1/4 oz. jar). 1 part Testors Model Master Medium Gray, FS35237 (#1721 in the 1/2 oz. jar). I won't claim that this is 100% accurate, but it looks good to my eye. I finished it off with Testors Dullcote lacquer. Dulls the silver, but gives a good/better scale effect. Steve H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dang! Matt, can you describe this thing a little more?!? It sounds > amazing, even by Steve's standards!.... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:24:59 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: wwi Subject: Re: Re[2]: Replicating Pfalz Silver Message-ID: <199603260926.JAA17161@cso.com> On 26 Mar 96 at 10:07, STEVE HUSTAD typed diligantly: > My gosh! > You'll give me a bigger head than I've already got! (right John R.?). Not possible... > Matt's too modest. I don't recall all of his winnings at KC-Con '96, > but they included 1st and 2nd place in 1/72 scale biplanes catagory. > Also a third in 'Out of the Box' for a neat little Gremlin (the plane, > not the movie creature!). Matt won for another too, but I don't recall > what it was for now(?), Matt... Aw, shucks. 1st: Pegasus F9C-2 Sparrowhawk 2nd: Phoenix Otto C.I Doppeldecker (fully rigged! :-o) 3rd: MPM XF-85 *Goblin* 3rd: KP Avia BH.3 Note, all in that scale not to be messed with, 1/72nd!! ;-) Matt -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Matthew Bittner O- WW1 Modeler, ecto subscriber meba@cso.com PowerBuilder developer; Omaha, Nebraska Loreena McKennitt; Jewel; suddenly, tammy!; jehova waitresses Disclaimer: opinions expressed by me are mine, mine, mine! "Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers." - Anonymous -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 08:59:56 +0000 From: robj@speechsys.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Q: Glenco PfalzD.III Message-ID: <9603260849.ab00701@scosysv.speechsys.com> Fully faired engines tended to overheat, so, in the field, panels were frequenbtly removed. This is probably why the Glencoe Pfalz lacks the side panels of the cowling. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:57:11 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: WW1 Modelers Subject: Request Message-ID: <199603260958.JAA17724@cso.com> Could someone forward me Steve's message about the Pfalz Silbergrau? My server just hiccupped, and spit out his message. Thanks. Matt meba@cso.com ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 76 ********************