WWI Digest 794 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Formaplane (was Re: Sierra poll.) by huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) 2) Re: Possible D.VII modeling reference by djones@iex.com (Doug Jones) 3) Re: kit for sale by Carlos Valdes 4) Re: Web Page by aew (Allan Wright) 5) Re: Formaplane by Graham Nash 6) Re: kit for sale by "Sandy Adam" 7) Re: Formaplane by Charles Hart 8) Re: RFC and Martinsyde Info wanted by "Chris Banyai-Riepl" 9) by fedders 10) Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) by Redwilde@bdsbbs.com (Redwilde) 11) No Subject by Brian Nicklas 12) Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) by Bob Pearson 13) Re: WWI digest 793 by Eric Hotz 14) Re: Web Page by mbittner@juno.com 15) Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 16) Re: Web Page by Carlos Valdes 17) Re: Possible D.VII modeling reference by KarrArt 18) Re: firsts-Glencoe by KarrArt 19) Re: by Alberto Rada 20) Re: Possible D.VII modeling reference by KarrArt 21) Re: kit for sale by KarrArt 22) Re: Snoopy by "Bill Ciciora" 23) Re: Christmas in the Trenches by "Charles/Linda Duckworth " 24) Re: Snoopy and linkage to KC Triplane by "Charles/Linda Duckworth " 25) (fwd) WW I Turkish Aircraft by "Leonard Endy" 26) What's the Secret to Stretching Sprue? by kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley Barrett) 27) Re: WW1 Turkish Aircraft by "Scott M. Head" 28) Re: by mbittner@juno.com 29) RE: What's the Secret to Stretching Sprue? by Michael Cornforth 30) Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) by bucky@mail.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) 31) Re: First models by bucky@mail.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:07:51 -0600 From: huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) To: wwi Subject: Re: Formaplane (was Re: Sierra poll.) Message-ID: snip >BTW does anyone have a list of other Formaplane kits? Are they still around? Formaplane has not been aaround for better than 5 years now. I think most of the airliner molds were sold, but do not know th estatus of the fighter/non airliner kits. John Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, tact, or fact are transmission errors. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:39:00 -0600 (CST) From: djones@iex.com (Doug Jones) To: wwi Subject: Re: Possible D.VII modeling reference Message-ID: <9712051639.AA03763@deimos.tx.iex.com> > I got a decent look at the white D.VII at Rhinebeck this year. Apparently that one is > using a Mercedes engine. The radiator was hand fabricated in New Hampshire - home of > our list! It also has a tailskid. Beautiful. Yes it is an ORIGINAL 160 hp Mercedes engine. Turns the prop about 2700 (if memory serves). Plane flies beautifully! Although, the prop is a bit too long so 3 point take-offs and landings are mandated. 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, 05 Dec 1997 11:42:07 -0500 From: Carlos Valdes To: wwi Subject: Re: kit for sale Message-ID: <2.2.32.19971205164207.006b3164@conted.swann.gatech.edu> >Carlos, whilst we shall doubtless continue to disagree about the merits or >otherwise of the Imperial German Air Service, can I just express a note of >appreciation for the number of times recently you have drawn our attention >to an interesting web page, message or item. >Much appreciated - many thanks >Sandy > >(God, it must be getting near to Christmas - I'll be playing football with >you out in no-man's land soon!) You're welcome, Sandy, but which kind of football did you have in mind, American or that soccer stuff? :-) Carlos ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:48:47 -0500 (EST) From: aew (Allan Wright) To: wwi Subject: Re: Web Page Message-ID: <199712051648.LAA08363@pease1.sr.unh.edu> > Pardon a little self indulgence, but I've been taking a course in HTML > and built a small web page with at least a few WWI models on it. > > www.GeoCities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4992 Nice work Kenneth! I've added links to your WWI armor and WWI aircraft pages on my links page. -Allan =============================================================================== Allan Wright Jr. | You fell victim to one of the 'classic' blunders! University of New Hampshire+--------------------------------------------------- Research Computing Center | WWI Modeling mailing list: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Internet: aew@unh.edu | WWI Modeling WWW Page: http://pease1.sr.unh.edu =============================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 17:00:49 -0800 From: Graham Nash To: wwi Subject: Re: Formaplane Message-ID: <199712051653.AA08821@egate2.citicorp.com> mbittner@juno.com wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:52:56 -0500 Graham Nash > writes: > > Two I have Graham doesn't have on his list: > > F.B.A. Leveque > Hansa Brandenburg KDW > > Matt Bittner Thanks for the update on the H-B KDW-database now amended. However, the database seems to show that the F.B.A Type 'A' was known as the FBA Leveque, but I certainly don't claim omnipotence in this area, and my FMP French Book is at home. Any one know better? Have a good weekend. :^) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:18:10 -0000 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: kit for sale Message-ID: <199712051720.RAA01500@beryl.sol.co.uk> > > > >(God, it must be getting near to Christmas - I'll be playing football with > >you out in no-man's land soon!) > > You're welcome, Sandy, but which kind of football did you have in > mind, American or that soccer stuff? :-) > Carlos What? Oh yes, I forgot you Americans have funny shaped balls... Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:29:14 -0700 From: Charles Hart To: wwi Subject: Re: Formaplane Message-ID: >mbittner@juno.com wrote: >> >> On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 09:52:56 -0500 Graham Nash >> writes: >> >> Two I have Graham doesn't have on his list: >> >> F.B.A. Leveque >> Hansa Brandenburg KDW >> >> Matt Bittner > >Thanks for the update on the H-B KDW-database now amended. > FWIW, I have one of these KDW kits, its not terribly impressive, corners on the fuselage are a little (OK a lot) on the soft side. It is an interesting subject and in need of a better kit. Charles hartc@spot.colorado.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:29:10 -0800 From: "Chris Banyai-Riepl" To: Subject: Re: RFC and Martinsyde Info wanted Message-ID: <01bd01b4$0ff69040$984ffbce@chrisban> Hi Sandy, Yes, it is that very book that has started me on this journey (obsession). I sometimes wish I never read it and only looked at the pictures. Then I would never have known anything about those faces in time. Chris Banyai-Riepl .. "One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well." A. Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), U.S. educator, social reformer. Table Talk, bk. 1, "Quotation" (1877). .. Alga Computer Systems http://willapabay.org/~herper/ .. Aviation What-Not http://www.willapabay.org/~herper/aviation -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Adam To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 2:59 AM Subject: Re: RFC and Martinsyde Info wanted >Hi Chris >Can I assume that you have "Under the Guns of the Red Baron" by Norman >Franks etc (Grub Street) which lists all vR's victims in detail? >There is a double page on Bellerby with a photograph etc. >HTH >Sandy > >---------- >> From: Chris Banyai-Riepl >> To: Multiple recipients of list >> Subject: RFC and Martinsyde Info wanted >> Date: 01 December 1997 19:46 >> >> Hello, >> I have a little research topic that I've been working on, and have come >up >> against some pretty big walls. Maybe someone here can help. I want to >know >> everything about the Martinsyde G.100. Where it was built, who the >factory >> workers were, how it was painted, how and when did they go to France, the >> history of this plane in No. 27 Squadron in France, and anything else >> relating to Aircraft No.7481. Also, I want to know anything and >everything >> about a Sgt.. Herbert Bellersby, who flew a G.100 for No. 27 Squadron. I >> know that he volunteered for the RFC in 1915 and was educated at >Bancrofts >> School, Woodford Green. I'm looking for information on RFC training in >> 1915; where it was carried out, what it consisted of, who was >instructing, >> any information about Bellerby's class, etc. Bellerby's big distinction >is >> that he was the second victory of Richthofen on Sept. 23, 1916. If you >can >> be of any help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks! >> >> Chris Banyai-Riepl >> . >> "One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well." >> A. Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), U.S. educator, social reformer. Table >Talk, >> bk. 1, "Quotation" (1877). >> . >> Alga Computer Systems >> http://willapabay.org/~herper/ >> . >> Aviation What-Not >> http://www.willapabay.org/~herper/aviation >> >> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:45:24 -0600 (CST) From: fedders To: models Message-ID: Help - someone out there. What is the phone numbe of Precision Enterprises - the outfit that sells ceramic wire? thanks peter fedders ------------------------------ Date: 5 Dec 1997 14:53:00 EDT From: Redwilde@bdsbbs.com (Redwilde) To: wwi Subject: Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) Message-ID: <881351617710594@bdsbbs.com> Mike Muth wrote: >I forget who started this, but it did raise a question I've had for awhile. In all the interviews of Charles Schulz I read or seen on TV, he never mentions where HIS interest in WWI aviation comes from...or for that matter, if he has an interest.(He's got a great marketing sense and maybe Snoopy and the RB was just a stroke of business brilliance) Anyone know? I started this, and talk about a brain packed with odd information.... I remember reading an interview back in the late 60s where Charles Schulz described the inspiration. He was actually quite uninspired one day and had drawn Snoopy on his doghouse and then was just sitting there staring blankly at the page with no idea what to do next. His son finally entered the room with a recently built model of a Sopwith Camel and held it up to the drawing to show Snoopy flying the plane. The rest is history :) Brian RW ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 97 14:53:49 EST From: Brian Nicklas To: Subject: No Subject Message-ID: <199712051957.OAA09080@pease1.sr.unh.edu> Precision Enterprises, Springfield, Vermont 802-885-3094 after 5PM M-F 10AM - 5PM Sat ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:16:33 -0800 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) Message-ID: <20163350356726@KAIEN.COM> I don't have Snoopy, but my C/L Cox .O49 Fokker Dr.I does have Wile E. Coyote in the cockpit, one day I *will* carve Snoopy for the .049 Camel. Bob ---------- > From: Redwilde@bdsbbs.com (Redwilde) > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:57:53 -0500 > > > Mike Muth wrote: > >I forget who started this, but it did raise a question I've had for > awhile. In all the interviews of Charles Schulz I read or seen on TV, he > never mentions where HIS interest in WWI aviation comes from...or for > that > matter, if he has an interest.(He's got a great marketing sense and > maybe > Snoopy and the RB was just a stroke of business brilliance) Anyone know? > > I started this, and talk about a brain packed with odd information.... I > remember reading an interview back in the late 60s where Charles Schulz > described the inspiration. He was actually quite uninspired one day and > had drawn Snoopy on his doghouse and then was just sitting there staring > blankly at the page with no idea what to do next. His son finally > entered the room with a recently built model of a Sopwith Camel and held > it up to the drawing to show Snoopy flying the plane. The rest is > history :) > > Brian RW > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:13:04 -0700 From: Eric Hotz To: wwi Subject: Re: WWI digest 793 Message-ID: >I forget who started this, but it did raise a question I've had for >awhile. In all the interviews of Charles Schulz I read or seen on TV, he >never mentions where HIS interest in WWI aviation comes from...or for that >matter, if he has an interest.(He's got a great marketing sense and maybe >Snoopy and the RB was just a stroke of business brilliance) Anyone know? >Mike Muth. On a Charles Schulz TV interview I saw back in 1969 or 1970?, the interviewer asked the same question. Mr Schulz said he got the idea from the neighbor's kids who brought over their WWI models airplanes to show him (one was a Sopwith Camel and another was a Fokker Dr1). The rest is history. Eric Hotz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 16:29:52 -0600 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Web Page Message-ID: <19971205.163059.4342.1.mbittner@juno.com> On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:49:44 -0500 aew@pease1.sr.unh.edu (Allan Wright) writes: >Nice work Kenneth! I've added links to your WWI armor and WWI aircraft >pages on my links page. Well, if I may be so bold (who, me?) you also need to check out http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/3894/ (I hope that's it) And go into the Model Gallery, WW1 section. It's still growing, but there are three list members who have models there. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:01:16 -0800 From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: Snoopy (was Firsts) Message-ID: <199712052301.AA18875@ednet1.orednet.org> Brian wrote: -snips- >I started this, and talk about a brain packed with odd information.... I >remember reading an interview back in the late 60s where Charles Schulz >described the inspiration. He was actually quite uninspired one day and >had drawn Snoopy on his doghouse and then was just sitting there staring >blankly at the page with no idea what to do next. His son finally >entered the room with a recently built model of a Sopwith Camel and held >it up to the drawing to show Snoopy flying the plane. The rest is >history :) A I recall, Brian has the story exactly right. The only factoid I can add is that it was not just any Sopwith Camel model but the 1/27 Revell Sopwith Camel. Ya' don't think any one could get insprired by a teeny-tiny 1/72 scale Camel, do ya'? :-) Cheers and all, -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org "All generalizations are dangerous, even this one." Alexandre Dumas ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 13:52:41 -0500 From: Carlos Valdes To: wwi Subject: Re: Web Page Message-ID: <3486FBF9.19AD@conted.gatech.edu> Here's another page (to which I have no connection) with some nice WWI models: http://members.aol.com/albatrosdv/firstwar.html Carlos ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:18:08 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: Re: Possible D.VII modeling reference Message-ID: <24e92b29.34888bb2@aol.com> In a message dated 97-12-05 13:49:45 EST, djones@iex.com writes: << I got a decent look at the white D.VII at Rhinebeck this year. Apparently that one is > using a Mercedes engine. The radiator was hand fabricated in New Hampshire - home of > our list! It also has a tailskid. Beautiful. Yes it is an ORIGINAL 160 hp Mercedes engine. Turns the prop about 2700 (if memory serves). Plane flies beautifully! Although, the prop is a bit too long so 3 point take-offs and landings are mandated. Doug >> 4 Years of Thunder had scenes of this airplane, filmed before the 7 Swabians were(was?) removed. Robert ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:18:12 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: Re: firsts-Glencoe Message-ID: <61c0df29.34888bb6@aol.com> In a message dated 97-12-05 00:03:59 EST, bshatzer@orednet.org writes: << >Wright Flyer and Spirit of St Louis (ITC?), they've just been re-released by >Glencoe in a double kit aimed at kids.Get your carbon tet ready.Very small >(105th and 110th I think) they're simple with few parts. The reason I bring >this up, dammit, is because I did the boxtop painting for the >Wright!(Amendola did the Spirit) So who did the F-86D box art? At least Glencoe has not been tempted to reissue the ITC Spad XIII which, again if memory serves, was worse than awful. Raised insignia molded into the plastic? Nah, the ITC Spad went that one better and molded the _camouflage pattern_ into the plastic. A truly dreadful little thing. Still, I'd be interested in the story as to how you came to do the box art - and, if it is not to personal, jest exactly what did someone get paid for that sort of thing back in the "good old days". >> Yeah the kits are a little crude- but kids could build 'em.The Spad sounds positively scary. I don't know who did the F-86D box.Also, I didn't do the painting back in "the good old days"- I painted it last August! These re-issues have new art and in the case of the Spirit, new Scale-Master decals.I got the gig the old fashioned way- I shot photos of my work, sent them to Glencoe and said " I do this- please use me".They called, we talked, I said yes and there you go! I won't divulge the payment, but I ain't gonna get rich! This tiny little project was my first for them and I suppose you could say it's my "test".Hell, I beat the deadline by 6 weeks! Everyone seemed pleased. By the way, and I'm not shilling for Glencoe here, but I'm anxiously awaiting their DH-4. Last week I got out my old Aurora and did some measuring and fiddlin' around and by golly that's one fine kit- much better than the Pfalz with it's INCORRECT NUMBER OF RIBS on the bottem wing(sorry, I must calm down) Robert ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 19:00:20 -0400 From: Alberto Rada To: wwi Subject: Re: Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19971205190020.00d1b958@pop.true.net> I think Sopwith Hobbies sells it SALUDOS ALBERTO At 02:49 PM 05-12-97 -0500, you wrote: > >Help - someone out there. What is the phone numbe of Precision >Enterprises - the outfit that sells ceramic wire? > >thanks > >peter fedders > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:18:10 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: Re: Possible D.VII modeling reference Message-ID: <722b51a9.34888bb5@aol.com> In a message dated 97-12-05 05:07:44 EST, hartc@spot.Colorado.EDU writes: << Personally, I wonder why aircraft in museums aren't better covered by photographs. I'd love to see a color image of the Knoller C-II in the Prague Museum BEFORE it was vandalized ....err "restored" >> Yeah, I've pondered this also.The various museums with original aircraft could make a little extra cash by selling books showing just the cockpits alone. Robert ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:18:09 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: Re: kit for sale Message-ID: In a message dated 97-12-05 13:39:53 EST, cbbs@almac.co.uk writes: << What? Oh yes, I forgot you Americans have funny shaped balls... Sandy >> No, just big Robert ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:31:57 -0600 From: "Bill Ciciora" To: Subject: Re: Snoopy Message-ID: Mike asks: > In all the interviews of Charles Schulz I read or seen on TV, he > never mentions where HIS interest in WWI aviation comes from...or for that > matter, if he has an interest.(He's got a great marketing sense and maybe > Snoopy and the RB was just a stroke of business brilliance) Anyone know? I seem to remember reading that Schulz's son had purchased a model Sopwith Camel, and had become a WWI nut about the same time as many of us 40-somethings. I tried to confirm this but http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/d_history/index.html was not working this evening. Bill Ciciora ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:34:46 -0800 From: "Charles/Linda Duckworth " To: Subject: Re: Christmas in the Trenches Message-ID: <199712060143.TAA14061@mail.primary.net> I'll be playing football with you out in no-man's land soon! Sandy reminded me of the great book 'Christmas Truce The Western Front December 1914' by Malcolm Brown and Shirley Seaton ISBN 0-333-62078-X 1994 PaperMac Publisher). Fine reading for the season on our period of interest. I used to check out of the public library every year and then found a copy at Duxford in their gift shop. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:52:39 -0800 From: "Charles/Linda Duckworth " To: Subject: Re: Snoopy and linkage to KC Triplane Message-ID: <199712060152.TAA15723@mail.primary.net> Back when Snoopy and the Peanuts gang was used to advertise a national bread company someone got the idea of having a replica (red) Fokker Triplane circle the neighborhoods in Kansas City I was in high school (1968?) and I can still recall all the little kids running around shaking their fists in the air yelling 'curse you Red Baron'. This confirmed at the time I was modeling in the right era. Don't know who owned the triplane or how true to scale it was but I do recall it turning on a dime. Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 05:36:46 GMT From: "Leonard Endy" To: wwi Subject: (fwd) WW I Turkish Aircraft Message-ID: <3488e40c.1122002@legend.firstsaga.com> On Fri, 05 Dec 1997 14:48:18 -0800, Matthew Zivich=20 I received this e-mail earlier today and thought the list members would be able to provide some info to this chap. wrote: >I am seeking information concerning the finishes or camouflage of German= =20 > or other aircraft used by Turkey during the First World War. > >Matthew Thanks. Len Endy lfendy@firstsaga.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 22:49:13 -0500 From: kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley Barrett) To: wwi Subject: What's the Secret to Stretching Sprue? Message-ID: To the List, I've got a couple of (OK, more than a few) models near completion that I'd like to add a little rigging to. Nothing elaborate, just suggestive. However, since these models are so far along, I feel that the best way to rig them is with some heated stretched plastic sprue. However, for the life of me, I can't get the darn stuff thin enough. I'm sure there's a trick to stretching sprue for rigging purposes - what is it? Thanks, Kevin Barrett. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 20:28:31 -0600 From: "Scott M. Head" To: wwi Cc: Matthew Zivich Subject: Re: WW1 Turkish Aircraft Message-ID: <9712052028.aa10885@mail.iapc.net> >Do you have any information on the coloring, finishes or camouflage of >aircraft in the Turkish service during WWI? >Matt Zivich Matt: I'll pass this along to the WWI modeling mailing list, your sure to find an answer there. To fellow list members: Any help for this modeler? Please reply to his e-mail address so he'll be sure to get it, and why not post to the list as well? Cheers! Scott M. Head IPMS/Houston IPMS/USA 32841 smh@iapc.net IPMS/Houston Scale Model Forum: http://web-hou.iapc.net/~smh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:22:32 -0600 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Message-ID: <19971205.204425.14478.0.mbittner@juno.com> On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:46:01 -0500 Alberto Rada writes: >I think Sopwith Hobbies sells it I think Precision is the only one that sells that particular "brand". Sopwith sells the carbon steel variety (which is wonderful - but highly magnetic - stuff). Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 11:17:53 +0800 From: Michael Cornforth To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: What's the Secret to Stretching Sprue? Message-ID: <01BD0238.BF2D8EE0@Chewie-17.nw.com.au> ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD0238.BF2D8EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all I've rigged two 1/48 scale kits using stretched sprue and have managed = to get the sprue *really* thin. The trick is to have long arms and stretch it vertically not = horizontally. With long arms you can get it really thin(almost like = hair) and but stretching vertically it ensures straight sprue-no bends = in it. You might want to hold your breath while stretching as breathing = creates little uneven spots in the final product. Sounds stupid I know = but it seems to work. When I attach the sprue to the struts I use superglue(cynoacrelayte) and = run a hot match head over the sprue to make it taught. I managed to do the SSW DIII and broke only 1 wire with the match but = the Pfalz DIII I've broken more than actually completed. It takes a lot = of patience(but what doesn't in this hobby :-)). Hope this helps Cheers Mike Cornforth mikenori@nw.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Kevin & Kimberley Barrett [SMTP:kevinkim@interlog.com] Sent: Saturday, 6 December 1997 10:53 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: What's the Secret to Stretching Sprue? To the List, I've got a couple of (OK, more than a few) models near completion that = I'd like to add a little rigging to. Nothing elaborate, just suggestive. However, since these models are so far along, I feel that the best way = to rig them is with some heated stretched plastic sprue. However, for the life of me, I can't get the darn stuff thin enough. I'm sure there's a trick to stretching sprue for rigging purposes - what is = it? 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I >remember reading an interview back in the late 60s where Charles Schulz >described the inspiration. He was actually quite uninspired one day and >had drawn Snoopy on his doghouse and then was just sitting there staring >blankly at the page with no idea what to do next. His son finally >entered the room with a recently built model of a Sopwith Camel and held >it up to the drawing to show Snoopy flying the plane. The rest is >history :) Thanks Brian. Keep that brain fed and watered daily...it is serving you well! Mike ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 22:36:26 -0500 From: bucky@mail.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: First models Message-ID: <199712060336.WAA10618@pease1.sr.unh.edu> At 12:36 AM 12/3/97 -0500, William B. Bacon, Jr. wrote: >Mike, > >Yes it is the Hit Kit and, as I stumble along, I will keep the list >posted as to stupid moves, dumb luck and all else that goes on. Check >Chandelle, last issue. Has a great selection of Polish A/C done by our >own Bob Johnson. > >Snail address: > >William B. Bacon, Jr. >911 Sixth Avenue >Canyon, TX 79015-3633 > >I suspect that you have let "Riverdance" knock you into another world as >it did me. > >Thanks for the offer. Hope you and yours gorged yourselves on turkey >and all the goodies. Bill I'll try and get the tape to you before Christmas, but as you can well remember, I'm awful slow at doing these things. Any idea for what you'd like on the other side of the tape? Mike ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 794 *********************