WWI Digest 598

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: Plastic rod
	by Geoff Smith <GeoffSmith@compuserve.com>
  2) Re: reissues/Airfix Hannovers
	by spbldr <spbldr@concentric.net>
  3) Re: Books
	by "Gerald P.  McOsker" <amadon@wsii.com>
  4) The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
	by "Gerald P.  McOsker" <amadon@wsii.com>
  5) Re: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
	by Charles Hart <hartc@spot.Colorado.EDU>
  6) RE: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
	by Shane Weier <sdw@qld.mim.com.au>
  7) unsubscribing
	by BStett3770@aol.com
  8) RE: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
	by "Rob <rojo1@concentric.net>" <rojo1@concentric.net>
  9) RE: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
	by "huggins@onramp.net" <John.Huggins@OnRamp.NET>
 10) This year's Nationals.
	by "Bittner, Matthew (KTR) ~U" <BITTNERM@stratcom.af.mil>
 11) This year's Nationals.
	by Brian Nicklas <NASAD003@SIVM.SI.EDU>

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 16:44:32 -0400
From: Geoff Smith <GeoffSmith@compuserve.com>
To: "INTERNET:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" <wwi>
Subject: Re: Plastic rod
Message-ID: <199707021644_MC2-19B1-984E@compuserve.com>

Matt wrote,

>A while ago, I asked for places carrying thin plastic rod; thinner than
>Evergreen's .025.  Unfortunately, I lost those replies.  So, my request:=


>What shops carry plastic rod that is thinner than .025?  Do you have
>brand names/stock numbers?  TIA!

Slater's (Plastikard) in UK do 0.010 inch and 0.020 inch rod in 12 x 12
inch packets (but to you, 12 x 72 ft). Sorry, I don't know stock numbers.=

How much do you need? What's it for, 1/288 scale struts? Sorry, guys,
shouldn't encourage him, should I?

Slater's (Plastikard) Ltd.
Temple Rd,
Matlock Bath,
Matlock,
Derbyshire
DE4 3PG

Regards,

Geoff.

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Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:45:23 -0400
From: spbldr <spbldr@concentric.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: reissues/Airfix Hannovers
Message-ID: <33BABDE3.5166@concentric.net>

Brad Gossen wrote:
> 
>      I have found that a shop near me has a near unlimited supply of new
> issue Airfix Hannovers. If anyone is interested they can be mailed anywhere
> in North America for $8.50 US including postage.
> 
> Brad
> BigglesRFC@globalserve.net
> 
> ----------
> > From: Michelle and Rory Goodwin <mgoodwin@ricochet.net>
> > To: Multiple recipients of list <wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu>
> > Subject: Re: reissues/Airfix Hannovers
> > Date: Wednesday, June 18, 1997 7:49 PM
> >
> > Shane Weier wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all
> > >
> > > >> I can think of several suppliers near me who have stacks of these
> things -
> > > >> if you want any of them, you will be able to get them pretty
> painlessly.
> > > >> Sandy
> > > >
> > > With the exception of the Hannoveraner...
> > >
> > > Have searched my store and see that there are three Airfix Hannovers
> > > therein. Also am holding a catalogue for an auction this weekend which
> > > has another three in it. I anticipate they'll go for under A$10 each,
> > > about US$7.50.  If anyone wants one I'll gladly bid for you if you give
> > > me a limit since I doubt I'll ever build all three of mine
> > >
> > > Shane
> >
> > I'm afraid you've caught me at a lean time, so I'll have to pass for
> > now...I may eventually just blow the $30 on the Eduard kit.
> >
> > Riordan
> > --
> > Michelle and Riordan Goodwin
> > Visit our websites:
> >
> > Michelle's Home/Resume Page:
> > http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/9171
> > Riordan's Wings of Revolution: http://www.serve.com/rgoodwin
I am interested in a Hanover , can you tell how I can go about getting
one Thanks Roger B-- 
ROGER BELANGER <spbldr@concentric.net>

A job worth doing is a job worth doing well

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 19:54:19 -0400
From: "Gerald P.  McOsker" <amadon@wsii.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Books
Message-ID: <l03010d00afe09a7b5a60@[205.181.168.132]>

Sitting here with a copy from my library-
Methuen Handbook of Colour-

I know what a pain!
Gerry

Gerry McOsker- Newport Rhode Island.

      "The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the
level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois" Gistave Flaubert
or is it to lower the bourgeoise to the level of stupidity enjoyed by the
underclass? ...machs nicht!



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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 20:02:26 -0400
From: "Gerald P.  McOsker" <amadon@wsii.com>
To: wwi
Subject: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
Message-ID: <l03010d02afe09b969ccd@[205.181.168.141]>

Ok laddies- whose got this one on their workbench. APC came out with it in
their old kits list. Someone beat me to it.
Which, given my glacial production rate, is a boon for the hobby.
The rate should improve a bit as I broke my big toe playing cricket last
Sunday and will perforce [lovely word] have me at the workbench finishing
up my Oeffags.

I played Red Baron I in DOS the other night [I use a MAC for real things
but keep a PC for games]- I still havn't shot down a Zepplin with my Pup.

Cheese
Gerry

Gerry McOsker- Newport Rhode Island.

      "The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the
level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois" Gistave Flaubert
or is it to lower the bourgeoise to the level of stupidity enjoyed by the
underclass? ...machs nicht!



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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:04:08 -0700
From: Charles Hart <hartc@spot.Colorado.EDU>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
Message-ID: <l03102806afe0aa296f1d@[128.138.153.98]>

>Ok laddies- whose got this one on their workbench. APC came out with it in
>their old kits list. Someone beat me to it.
>Which, given my glacial production rate, is a boon for the hobby.
>The rate should improve a bit as I broke my big toe playing cricket last
>Sunday and will perforce [lovely word] have me at the workbench finishing
>up my Oeffags.
>
>I played Red Baron I in DOS the other night [I use a MAC for real things
>but keep a PC for games]- I still havn't shot down a Zepplin with my Pup.
>
>Cheese
>Gerry

     It wasn't I that beat you to it Gerry.  I am curious how much APC
wanted for this one.  I found one of these kits at a shop in Denver (part
of a sizeable estate sale) earlier this year that went for around $35.00.
Given the problems with this kit, oversized, over-accentuated ribs for
starters, 35 bucks will buy a LOT of sheet styrene and rod.  I think you
are better off without the kit, scratching it can't be that much harder.

Charles

hartc@spot.colorado.edu



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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 10:04:44 +1000
From: Shane Weier <sdw@qld.mim.com.au>
To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" <wwi>
Subject: RE: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
Message-ID: <c=AU%a=_%p=MIMH%l=MIMHLAN/MIMHEXCH/0001E1D4@mimh3.mim.com.au>

Gerry,
>
>>The rate should improve a bit as I broke my big toe playing cricket last
>Sunday 

Not Jeff Thomsons famous 120mph yorker, the infamous "sandshoe crusher"?

Shane

ob.modelling: I had a set of plans for a Staaken blown up to 1:48 in
anticipation of a super-scratchbuild project. My wife told me that if a
model plane with 35" wingspan was in my future, she wasn't.


>
>
>

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 21:45:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: BStett3770@aol.com
To: wwi
Subject: unsubscribing
Message-ID: <970702214521_1445894256@emout09.mail.aol.com>

Hi Gang

Off on Holiday for a week or so.

Be back around the 14th.

Keep Modeling
Barry
Rosemont Hobby

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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 22:36:04 +0000
From: "Rob <rojo1@concentric.net>" <rojo1@concentric.net>
To: wwi
Subject: RE: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
Message-ID: <199707030442.AAA07779@marconi.concentric.net>

 Shane wrote:

> I had a set of plans for a Staaken blown up to 1:48 in
> anticipation of a super-scratchbuild project. My wife told me that if a
> model plane with 35" wingspan was in my future, she wasn't.

Well, love has to come first.  Pity about your wife, though.  Just 
think of the styrene sheet you could by with the divorce attorney's 
fees.

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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 00:01:11 -0600
From: "huggins@onramp.net" <John.Huggins@OnRamp.NET>
To: wwi
Subject: RE: The Contrail Zepplin Staaken RVI
Message-ID: <v03110600afe0f08ce621@[206.50.201.12]>

> Shane wrote:
>
>> I had a set of plans for a Staaken blown up to 1:48 in
>> anticipation of a super-scratchbuild project. My wife told me that if a
>> model plane with 35" wingspan was in my future, she wasn't.
>
>Well, love has to come first.  Pity about your wife, though.  Just
>think of the styrene sheet you could by with the divorce attorney's
>fees.

Does she know how much you will miss her?

Disclaimer:  Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors.



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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 07:42:50 -0500
From: "Bittner, Matthew (KTR) ~U" <BITTNERM@stratcom.af.mil>
To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" <wwi>
Subject: This year's Nationals.
Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=USSTRATCOM%l=J2-J5HUB-U-970703124250Z-7727@emshub-u.stratcom.af.mil>

I have a suggestion:  for all those going to the Nats, how about meeting
at John Huggins' table (the Squadron one) about noon on Saturday.  That
way we can all eat lunch together, and get to know each other
personally.

What do you think?

No, I have no problem with meeting others at other times, this way we
can be at the same place at the same time, and see if we missed anybody
earlier.

Just an idea.


Matt Bittner
bittnerm@stratcom.af.mil


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Date:         Thu, 3 Jul 97  09:30:09 EDT
From: Brian Nicklas <NASAD003@SIVM.SI.EDU>
To: <wwi>
Subject: This year's Nationals.
Message-ID: <199707031333.JAA16433@pease1.sr.unh.edu>

Meeting up in Columbus at noon sounds good.
John, I am hoping that you will bring buttons, I figured
you would so I thought I'd get one there.
I'll be unsubscribed after today as I will be taking a long road
trip to the show, getting in some photography along the way.
Brian Nicklas
IPMS-USA #6852


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