WWI Digest 724 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Aluminum Dope by "Rob" 2) Re: Enjoying the hobby - reprise by huggins@OnRamp.NET (John Huggins) 3) Until next week by Peter Mitchell 4) Re: Macchi M.5 inscription by Bob Pearson 5) Re: Enjoying the hobby - reprise by Hirohisa Ozaki 6) Dornier D.I by mbittner@juno.com 7) Re: going to Houston by knut.erik.hagen@login.eunet.no (Knut Erik Hagen) 8) Re: charms of Albatros D.II? by bucky@mail.prolog.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) 9) Re: Macchi M.5 inscription by Franco Poloni 10) Re: Macchi M.5 inscription by bucky@mail.prolog.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) 11) Re: Macchi M.5 inscription by Joey Valenciano 12) RE: Enjoying the hobby - reprise by "Paul Schwartzkopf" 13) Re: going to Houston by Andrew and Rebecca Hall 14) Re: going to Houston by djones@iex.com (Doug Jones) 15) Re: Macchi M.5 inscription by B-A-L 16) Re: Latest FSM by TPTPUMPER@aol.com 17) Review: Tom's Pfalz D.VIII by Joey Valenciano 18) Re: Dornier D.I by Sandy Adam 19) Re: charms of Albatros D.II? by Sandy Adam 20) Vancouver by Suvoroff@aol.com 21) Enjoying the hobby - reprise by Pedro Nuno Soares 22) Re: Enjoying the hobby (was Re: the SMER Albatros) by TPTPUMPER@aol.com 23) Re: Shane's Hurricane by Carlos Valdes 24) Pegasus Salmson 2A2 by Hirohisa Ozaki 25) Re: Things on Floats - GOTHA W 7 by B-A-L 26) RE: MPM Brandenburg W.29 by Hirohisa Ozaki 27) Re: MPM Brandenburg W.29 (part 2) by knut.erik.hagen@login.eunet.no (Knut Erik Hagen) 28) Re: going to Houston by John & Allison Cyganowski 29) Aurora Gotha Status by John & Allison Cyganowski 30) News from Prague MODEL HOBBY 97 by ModelerAl 31) No new mail by huggins@OnRamp.NET (John Huggins) 32) Re: going to Houston by "Scott M. Head" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:36:00 +0000 From: "Rob" To: wwi Subject: Re: Aluminum Dope Message-ID: <199710230444.AAA12235@marconi.concentric.net> PLEASE no! These lists are a waste of disk quota. > PS. The favorites list stream has been interesting to read. Has anyone > ever posted a listing of kits in their collections? Might lead to some > further discussions of sources/kit reviews/etc. > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 01:41:43 -0500 From: huggins@OnRamp.NET (John Huggins) To: wwi Subject: Re: Enjoying the hobby - reprise Message-ID: >To All > >I saw Shane's scratch Hurribag at the Expo - The photo doesn't do it >justice at all - It is quite outstanding - Snip I just looked at the pic. WOW!!! John Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 17:32:00 +1000 From: Peter Mitchell To: wwi Subject: Until next week Message-ID: I'm signing off the list for a week. Until then.... Pete. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:51:07 -0700 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: Re: Macchi M.5 inscription Message-ID: <07510787110521@KAIEN.COM> I have done a 1/48 profile of this aircraft using Bill Devins b/w profile as a basis if anyone wishes to see it in colour. Regards, Bob Pearson ---------- > Joey writes: > > > >Hi all, > > > >There is a Macchi M5 in a past issue of Chandelle showing some striking > >markings, the whole bow was painted as a cat. The said machine had an > >inscription on the rear fuselage but the inscription on the drawing had a > >few blanks. I asked Franco Poloni If he could fill in the blanks. He said > >that it was a dialect from the north and the inscription actually said: > > > >" I CASI SONO DUE" > >that means: "there are 2 possibilities" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 17:22:50 +0900 From: Hirohisa Ozaki To: wwi Subject: Re: Enjoying the hobby - reprise Message-ID: <199710230823.RAA03246@zoo.miln.mei.co.jp> What a wonderful and beautiful work! Shane, you aren't modeler only, artist too. Cheers! Hiro. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 04:58:56 -0500 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Dornier D.I Message-ID: <19971023.045857.15614.2.mbittner@juno.com> Something to contemplate. I was looking over the review of the Copper State Models Dornier D.I in the latest FSM (yes, I did misspell it in my previous post). I think that the overall color - sans the fabric portion of the wings - were left in "natural" duralumin, and not overpainted grey (gray). If you look at the photo's in the C&CI article, it appears that you can still see some of the sanding marks in the fuselage; plus, it looks too "shiny" for it to be in a type of grey (gray). Would do others think? Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:28:38 +0200 (MET DST) From: knut.erik.hagen@login.eunet.no (Knut Erik Hagen) To: wwi Subject: Re: going to Houston Message-ID: <199710231128.NAA24773@login.eunet.no> Gentlemen, With all the helpful information on places to visit in London that appeared, may I ask you for where an WW1 avaition enthusiast should go in Houston/Galveston? I will be over there for a number of weeks to get some seismic vessels working, so I may have a couple of days available in Galveston harbour. Is there a modelshop in Galveston? Two years ago I was unable to find one. I have been to the Lone Star Museum in Galveston, and hope to spend a day there now, this time with a proper camera and flash. Even if it is mainly WW2, I think it is one of the very best aircraft museums. Should have a day or two in Houston as well, hope to visit USS Texas, but are there some modelshops you could recommend? (and describe so that the Nigerian Cab-drivers can find it) Eders Knut Erik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 07:47:03 -0400 From: bucky@mail.prolog.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: charms of Albatros D.II? Message-ID: <199710231147.HAA21480@pease1.sr.unh.edu> At 08:40 PM 10/21/97 -0400, Hirohisa Ozaki wrote: >Hello All, > >I don't like Albatros D.II well. My favorite Albatros fighter is only D.V/Va. >Does anyone talk about charms of your Albatros D.II? Hiro. I like it because it combines the powerful look of the squared off wings (similar to the SPAD) with the graceful beauty of the wood fuselage. I agree that the camo schemes are pretty basic, but since I've only made 1 (Meikraft kit) that's ok with me. Mike Muth ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:30:06 GMT From: Franco Poloni To: wwi Subject: Re: Macchi M.5 inscription Message-ID: <199710202330.XAA20679@lo.itline.it> At 03.46 23/10/97 -0400, you wrote: > >I have done a 1/48 profile of this aircraft using Bill Devins b/w profile as >a basis if anyone wishes to see it in colour. > >Regards, > Bob Pearson > I do Thanks Franco ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 08:08:33 -0400 From: bucky@mail.prolog.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Macchi M.5 inscription Message-ID: <199710231208.IAA21582@pease1.sr.unh.edu> At 10:26 PM 10/22/97 -0400, Joey Valenciano wrote: > >BTW, the dragondile constrictor decals are coming along. Still some way to >go but what I have seems to look good. Thank God for computer drawing, makes >someone with all thumbs like me do better. Oooh. oooooh! I can hardly wait! Mike Muth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:38:12 +0800 From: Joey Valenciano To: wwi Subject: Re: Macchi M.5 inscription Message-ID: <199710231238.UAA22902@fiesta.philonline.com.ph> At 03:46 AM 10/23/97 -0400, you wrote: > >I have done a 1/48 profile of this aircraft using Bill Devins b/w profile as >a basis if anyone wishes to see it in colour. > >Regards, > Bob Pearson Hi Bob, I do of course. ********************************************************************* Joey Valenciano WW1 modeller, teacher, jazz musician, joeyval@pusit.admu.edu.ph sitarist tel. (632) 921-26-75 Metro-Manila, Philippines "The more you know, the more you don't know." ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 07:58:22 +0000 From: "Paul Schwartzkopf" To: wwi Subject: RE: Enjoying the hobby - reprise Message-ID: <199710231258.HAA08938@tscrypt1.transcrypt.com> Shane, Looks great. After all, the Hurricane WAS a transistion from the cloth covered aircraft to metal, so it still fits in with its ancestors. FWIW, I did the same type project several years ago, using a P-5something (some type of American horse, I believe). To this day, I am still not allowed to use pointed objects like #11 X-Acto blades! :-) Paul A. Schwartzkopf =================================================================== Development Engineer--Software Transcrypt International, Inc. Telephone: (402) 474-4800 E-Mail: pauls@transcrypt.com =================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 06:17:11 -0700 From: Andrew and Rebecca Hall To: wwi Subject: Re: going to Houston Message-ID: <344F4E57.6F5E@phoenix.net> Knut Erik Hagen wrote: > With all the helpful information on places to visit in London that appeared, > may I ask you for where an WW1 avaition enthusiast should go in > Houston/Galveston? Knut: I am sorry to report that there are still no respectable hobby shops in Galveston. There are a couple of small shops closer to Houston, but their WWI selection is very modest, and only includes mass-produced stuff by Revell and occasionally Glencoe. When you ask about specialty fittings the staff stares back with sort of a vacant look -- they have no idea what you're talking about, or why you'd want it. List member Scott Head will be better prepared to describe what's available in Houston proper. I'm glad you are familiar with the Lone Star Flight Museum and think highly of it. It's a flying museum -- few exhibits -- and its aircraft selection is limited, but the machines they do have are quite remarkably maintained. They have several machines that have won "best of type" awards, and their star attraction, the B-17G "Thunderbird" is complete down to the ammo belts for the waist guns and the Norden bombsight in the nose. When is your visit? ---------------> Andy Hall ---------------> Galveston, Texas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:47:20 -0500 (CDT) From: djones@iex.com (Doug Jones) To: wwi Subject: Re: going to Houston Message-ID: <9710231447.AA22577@deimos.tx.iex.com> > With all the helpful information on places to visit in London that appeared, > may I ask you for where an WW1 avaition enthusiast should go in > Houston/Galveston? I am afraid there is very little that I know of that is WWI related in that area. > Is there a modelshop in Galveston? Two years ago I was unable to find one. > I have been to the Lone Star Museum in Galveston, and hope to spend a day > there now, > this time with a proper camera and flash. > Even if it is mainly WW2, I think it is one of the very best aircraft museums. Lone Star Flight Museum is really nice. Even though it is all WWII. Still a must see. > Should have a day or two in Houston as well, hope to visit USS Texas, > but are there some modelshops you could recommend? > (and describe so that the Nigerian Cab-drivers can find it) Being in the DFW area I cannot help you much with model shops. There are a couple of list members from the Houston-Austin area. They can probably help you with shops. If you can possibly figue out a way to get to the DFW area you have the Cavanaugh Fligh Museum at Addison airport that has a Camel and a D-VII. Love Field (home of Southwest Airlines) has a Sopwith Pup hanging at the SW Airlines terminal. This airport is also the home of the Frontiers of Flight Museum. From Houston on Southwest airlines round trip shouldn't cost you more than $80 is you book ahead. Renting a car and driving is about 5 hours. Easy on a weekend. Hope this helps. Doug -- ------------------------------------------------- 'I am a traveler of | Douglas R. Jones both Time and Space' | IEX Corporation Led Zeppelin | (972)301-1307 | djones@iex.com ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 01:00:51 +0000 From: B-A-L To: wwi Subject: Re: Macchi M.5 inscription Message-ID: <344FF343.4D18@eis.net.au> Bob Why not, its got floats hasn't it ! Thanks again David ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:22:15 -0400 (EDT) From: TPTPUMPER@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Latest FSM Message-ID: <971023111912_241590834@emout08.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 97-10-23 03:28:10 EDT, you write: > I also > want to know where he got that machine which shrunk those people down to > that size. > Kevin And how does he feed them? Have Fun!! IRA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 00:15:08 +0800 From: Joey Valenciano To: wwi Subject: Review: Tom's Pfalz D.VIII Message-ID: <199710231615.AAA24723@fiesta.philonline.com.ph> Hi all, As promised here is the review promised. Tom's Modelworks Pfalz D.VII, 1/48 scale resin kit. Price: $25 Here's what you get: Resin: 2 fuselage halves, horizontal tail, rudder, top wing, & bottom wing halves White Metal: Engine, prop/spinner (moulded in 1 piece), cowl, 2 wheels, 2 cabane struts, 2 Spandaus, pilot seat, landing gear struts, & spreader bar Styrene: 4 pcs of 6 inch strut stock, nice 'n rigid, but not brittle. Photoetch: Spandau jackets & sights, fuselage access panels, seat belt buckles, control quadrants, control stick handle, rudder bar, control horns, control levers (for ailerons), frame for spring loaded entry step, control cable lead ins, cabane strut mounting points (note: excluding the jackets, Tom packs 2 sets of PE frets!) Decals: 1 pair of Aeromaster lozenge, top & bottom, more than enough for the kit. Tom packed 2 sets of decal markings (by Microscale), each set contains crosses, serial number (Pfal.DVIII 124/18), strut markings (DVIII O), pair of Pfalz logos, & weights table. Instructions: Line drawings of front, top, bottom, port, starboard sides, & scrap top view of MG/cabane strut area, which all show decal & PE placement. Scrap front view of plane as converted to a D.VII. Text is very general instructions on working with resin, no sequential instructions or exploded diagrams, no drawings or text on interior detailing. Also included are instructions on applying the lozenge decals. Comments: Resin: All the parts seem to be spot when compared to SJ Simkin's drawings. The horizontal control surfaces need to be recontoured in the inner part of their trailing edge (big deal). the surface of the parts is good except for one side of the horizontal tail which is a bit rough, and a moulding flaw on one side of the rudder, both,easily cleaned up with sandpaper. All parts are flash free except for the upper wing. It seems that the pour hole for this part is the entire leading edge, where the resin flash is about 1.5mm thick. I don't know if the mould is designed to put that much flash on the casting but when I do sand away the excess resin on the leading edge and find out that the wing is too thick, I sand away at the underside of the wing to get it to the right thickness, never mind about the rib detail, the rib tapes over the lozenge will be enough to suggest its presence. Note that the lower wing comes in left and right halves, It would be ideal to strengthen the wing to fuselage join with some steel rod. White Metal: The landing gear struts might be a problem due to the softness of the metal, probably better replaced with more rigid material. Styrene: I like the strut stock, it's just that the chord of this material is too wide (almost double the dimension) when compared to the struts in the drawing. Those of us endowed with AMS will want to replace it with thinner stuff. Suggestions? bamboo from chopsticks, Strutz will do nicely as well. Photoetch: Very thin brass is used, as is the case in all Tom's PE, The control bar handle is best replaced with something more 3D. Decals: Aeromaster & Microscale, decal quality should be good. As to the colours in the lozenge decals, well... I'm not an authority. Instructions: The drawings should be enough to make up the kit. Photoetch and decal placement instructions are most helpful. You'll have to look for a reference for the interior (or use your imagination, ie. where does the hot tub go?). ******** Now for a related kuwento (story): I got this kit straight from Tom, together with a resin Halb Cl.II (want a review?) and a vac Albatros D.II. I was excited when the package arrived but there were packing errors: Halb Cl.II - came with 2 lower right wings (no lower left wing) Pfalz D.VIII - no packet of white metal, no decals Alb D.II - it was not a D.II he packed but a D.III! Well I emailed Tom about it and he immediately replied, saying that the missing parts and an Alb D.II are in the mail. Thank God for email! (and I get to keep the D.III) I receive the package of missing parts. Everything is in order except that the Pfalz D.VIII engine is still missing!? I email Tom again and he says that it's on its way. I don't know if this sort of problem is usual with Tom. I do hope he solves it. I give the kit a great big thumbs up and recommend it to all. Great value for money, more so when you realize that even his 2 seater resin stuff is also $25. I hope he releases more resin kits. ********************************************************************* Joey Valenciano WW1 modeller, teacher, jazz musician, joeyval@pusit.admu.edu.ph sitarist tel. (632) 921-26-75 Metro-Manila, Philippines "The more you know, the more you don't know." ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 17:50:08 +0100 (BST) From: Sandy Adam To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Dornier D.I Message-ID: > I think that the overall color - sans the fabric portion of the wings - > were left in "natural" duralumin, and not overpainted grey (gray). If > you look at the photo's in the C&CI article, it appears that you can > still see some of the sanding marks in the fuselage; plus, it looks too > "shiny" for it to be in a type of grey (gray). > Would do others think? > Matt Bittner I favour a silver duralumin wing finish which will incidently look pretty damn good with the naval lozenge. I shall almost certainly do mine like this when I eventually get round to it - superb kit BTW - especially generous to get guns, engine etc doubled up in resin and metal! I do have reservations however about the fuselage as the C&CI photos all show a distinct demarcation line along the bottom edge of the fuselage form nose to tail which looks awfully like a paint line to me! It looks rather like bare metal underneath fuselage, with slightly darker (grey?) paint above. Bare metal side panels and (as Copper State suggest) rub marks on fuselage sides where paint has been worn away to expose bare metal streaks below. But your guess is as good as mine! Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:01:43 +0100 (BST) From: Sandy Adam To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: charms of Albatros D.II? Message-ID: > At 08:40 PM 10/21/97 -0400, Hirohisa Ozaki wrote: > >Hello All, > > > >I don't like Albatros D.II well. My favorite Albatros fighter is only D.V/Va. > >Does anyone talk about charms of your Albatros D.II? I'm afraid the Aurora Albatros put me off the D3/DV for life way back in the sixties- such a great fat whale of a plane with ridiculous chinese dragon scallops instead of a proper straight trailing edge to the wing. Now the D.II is quite a nice looking plane - but instead of even this or the ubiquitious bloody Pfalz D bloody three - if you want a really beautiful streamlined shark of a German Scout - what about the Roland DVI? This has got to be one of the most curvaceously gorgeous machines of all time. And a fantastic clinker fuselage as well? Away with Albatri - Roll out the Rolands! Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 16:57:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Suvoroff@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Vancouver Message-ID: <971023165727_1234934063@mrin46.mail.aol.com> This November I am going to Vancouver, BC over the US Thanksgiving holiday on vacation. Any WWI stuff to see up in Vancouver or great hobby shops anybody here know about? Also, is the subscription to WWI Aero still $30.00? Yours, James D. Gray ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:07:18 +0100 From: Pedro Nuno Soares To: "'ww1 modeling list'" Subject: Enjoying the hobby - reprise Message-ID: <01BCDFF7.AEF8FA40@fei1-p4.telepac.pt> Hi Shane. Excellent work. What I don't see is why you had to much work forming a = jig for the outer skin and then decided to leave the kit parts in the = box. Ok, so maybe you lost them, but I'm pretty sure someone on the list = will be willing to send you the missing panels to help you finish the = model. I, for one, will be taking a look in my spares box. That's what happens when you get AMS, you really can't seem to finish a = model ;-> ;-> Seriously now, Excellent work, apleasure to look at. Congratulations Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:18:19 -0400 (EDT) From: TPTPUMPER@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Enjoying the hobby (was Re: the SMER Albatros) Message-ID: <971023181633_-1642598144@emout03.mail.aol.com> Hi Guys! I have been following the adventures of our fellow list members who are doing plastic surgery on the SMER Albatros. First, I appreciate the work they're doing, make no mistake. But I had (still have) a similar situation. I have a SMER kit and a number of Aurora Albatros kits. The Aurora kits sat around until a friend stopped by one day. His suggestion was just to build them "as is" and paint them up as from my favorite Jasta (5) and enjoy them for what they are. I have done two so far, out of the box plus rigging, and I was quite pleased with the results. They do not look accurate, but they look good. I met a man in my local hobby shop last week who had been admiring them for months. Like me, he has a pile of Eduard Albatros kits, but he just liked the looks of my Auroras. Sometimes you just have to go with what you've got. (For good measure, I've done a SMER Dr.I as von Hipple's Jasta 5 tripe.) Okay, guys, back to the surgery. I look forward to the reports. Have Fun!! IRA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 19:47:55 -0400 From: Carlos Valdes To: wwi Subject: Re: Shane's Hurricane Message-ID: <344FE22B.D18@conted.gatech.edu> I was dropped by the list two days ago and just resubscribed and so missed the intial postings regarding Shane's model: is there a photo of it somewhere online? I'd love to see it. Carlos ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:43:50 +0900 From: Hirohisa Ozaki To: wwi Subject: Pegasus Salmson 2A2 Message-ID: <199710240044.JAA00786@zoo.miln.mei.co.jp> I bought Pegasus Salmson 2A2 for reference Merlin 1/48:-) But I cann't identified a part which molded othe side of pilot seat on sprue, a rectugular shape. Does anyone know it? Hiro. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:03:48 +0000 From: B-A-L To: wwi Subject: Re: Things on Floats - GOTHA W 7 Message-ID: <34508094.FA7@eis.net.au> Another cri d'couer ! CALLING ALL GOTHA GURUS !!! Would any kind soul be able to make available pics of the cockpit, Gunner/ observer position, engine nacelles, radiator arrangement and the Merc 200 hp motor available - Can anyone advise/ suggest/ confirm whether the forward fuselage section from a line drawn from the about the rear of the cockpit combing to the trailing edge of the lower wing up to the nose IS ( as it appears to be ) a run of ply panelling. Any photos I do have available - (Total 4 ) seem to depict a "typical" Gotha plywood nose area at the Observer/ gunner position. There is no doubt at all that the rear part of the fuselage is the usual doped linen over wired frame - The question is does the ply run all the way back from the nose to the cockpit ending in line sloping forward from the rear of the cockpit to the lower wing trailing edge. Any thoughts or contributions very gratefully recieved THANKS IN ANTICIPATION DAVID L ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 10:26:26 +0900 From: Hirohisa Ozaki To: wwi Subject: RE: MPM Brandenburg W.29 Message-ID: <199710240126.KAA01224@zoo.miln.mei.co.jp> Joey, This technique is interesting and greatful, I think. But this way heat the whole of part, contain a section which no need for correct. I need "spot" heating for corrected MPM Brandenburg wing. So I can heat and correct front edge, aileron "Wash Out" and dihedral separate each. Cheers, Hiro. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:03:12 +0200 (MET DST) From: knut.erik.hagen@login.eunet.no (Knut Erik Hagen) To: wwi Subject: Re: MPM Brandenburg W.29 (part 2) Message-ID: <199710240003.CAA04305@login.eunet.no> Gentlemen, Just some comments based on some W.33 factory drawings, I have a few German general drawings and a quite good set for the forward fuselage used while they were built under license in Norway > Since I'm a pedant, and don't believe the saets sat on grey >plastic cylinders, I removed the cylinders from the floor and replaced >the forward one with a scratchbuilt fuel tank. There is a handle on the Port side for keeping the fuelpressure if necessary >The rear seat hinges >upwards at the rear of the observers cockpit. I made a new one and >"hinged" it from a new structural crossmember. (The seats aren't bad, >and I'll use the front one, but the picture of a licence built Finnish >machine shows a canvas bucket which I enjoyed copying) A simple seat that is hinged on the aft bulkhead just behind the mg ring. > There is also a tank (fuel? water? The drawings show the filler, >but the model doesn't have one) behind the top of the pilots seat. >Again, a quick scratch job adds to the busy look. It is a small gasoline/bensin tank closer to the aft cockpit than the pilots opening. > Two questions for those with the Datafile. > In the interior photos there's what Rimmel calls a "sprung foot >step flap" near the *pilots* left elbow. This does not appear on the >outside on Stairs drawings, nor as far as my doggy eyes can tell, on any >of the photos. Maybe it's a Finnish modification. Does anyone have any >evidence the German machines had this step. BTW I don't mean the step >beside the Observers cockpit, which IS shown. The step on the pilots Port side is not present in the drawings I have, the one on the Observers Port side is clearly visible in both. Eders Knut Erik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 23:52:05 -0400 From: John & Allison Cyganowski To: wwi Subject: Re: going to Houston Message-ID: <34501B65.71B3@worldnet.att.net> Knut Erik Hagen wrote: > > Gentlemen, > > With all the helpful information on places to visit in London that appeared, > may I ask you for where an WW1 avaition enthusiast should go in > Houston/Galveston? > > Should have a day or two in Houston as well, hope to visit USS Texas, > > > Eders > Knut Erik I don,t know about WWI sites in the area, but a tour of the Johnson Space Center in Pasadena is definitely worth the trip. Also if you are going to see the USS Texas, you must visit the San Jacinto Batttlefield Monument. It is a needle that you can go up inside and look out, just like the Washington Monument, except that it has a star on top and it is 6 feet taller. "Thats cuz everthin' bigger in Texas, son!" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 00:06:12 -0400 From: John & Allison Cyganowski To: wwi Subject: Aurora Gotha Status Message-ID: <34501EB4.1898@worldnet.att.net> I met a fellow at the IPMS nationals from Revell-Monogram. I believe he is either the head of Marketing or the General Manager for the company. I spoke to him at the manufactuers forum about a number of topics and the old Aurora kits was one of those topics. He did not have all of the answers to my questions and invited me to call or write to him. I wrote to him and asked the following question: "I would like to know if Revell-Monogram still has the old Aurora 1/48 scale Gotha bomber molds, and if Revell-Monogram has any plans to re-release this model in the future (perhaps under the SSP program)?" He replied: "John- Sorry but we don't have any kits and the molds are not available. We won't be able to do the Gotha - too bad - great model." Not quite the definitive answer I was looking for, but it seems that we will not see this kit from Revell-Monogram. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 00:31:10 EDT From: ModelerAl To: wwi Subject: News from Prague MODEL HOBBY 97 Message-ID: <6edb76fe.34502465@aol.com> Picked these out of an online newsletter I subscribe to (SPRL, BELGIUM). Heavily snipped to delete non-WWI items: <> Al ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:05:04 -0500 From: huggins@OnRamp.NET (John Huggins) To: wwi Subject: No new mail Message-ID: Here it is Fri. Morning. Did I get bumped off the list, or has it been very very quite the past 48 hours. That long with out any WWI mail is unusual. John Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:57:40 -0600 From: "Scott M. Head" To: wwi Subject: Re: going to Houston Message-ID: <9710240300.aa11275@mail.iapc.net> >Gentlemen, > >With all the helpful information on places to visit in London that appeared, >may I ask you for where an WW1 avaition enthusiast should go in >Houston/Galveston? As for WWI, it's quite dry around here. I&I Hobby Center in Bellaire (West Houston) is tops for model shops though. Look on the map for the intersection of Bellaire Blvd. and Chimney Rock, just west of Loop 610 and south of highway 59. As for the other shops, hit or miss. Closer to Galveston is Hobby Center- exit El Dorado off of I-45 on your way into Houston as you pass Clear Lake and NASA. Texas Model Trends is a last resirt, a few exits closer to town on the west side of I-45. Too bad Anercal/Gryphon have no shop- he doesn't accept visitors either. > >I will be over there for a number of weeks to get some seismic vessels working, >so I may have a couple of days available in Galveston harbour. >Is there a modelshop in Galveston? Two years ago I was unable to find one. >I have been to the Lone Star Museum in Galveston, and hope to spend a day >there now, >this time with a proper camera and flash. >Even if it is mainly WW2, I think it is one of the very best aircraft museums. The Lone Start is incredible! They have a flying Dauntless now, actually an A-24. Lots of good things going on there. Every once in a long while a 3/4 scale SE-5 is on display (privately owned). > >Should have a day or two in Houston as well, hope to visit USS Texas, USS Texas is definitely WWI subject material. Here refit and rennovation a few years ago was a big deal. It was magnificent to see the only remaining Dreadnaught era battle wagon floating down the Houston ship channel in her 1944 glory! >(and describe so that the Nigerian Cab-drivers can find it) I hope I've helped. If you need any more info, just drop me a line! Cheers! Scott M. Head IPMS/Houston IPMS/USA 32841 smh@iapc.net IPMS/Houston Scale Model Forum: http://web-hou.iapc.net/~smh ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 724 *********************