WWI Digest 1114 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 by "Paul Bourke" 2) Warning: Long Post Re: Some technical questions by "Paul Bourke" 3) Re: w.29 help by Jeff Wilson 4) Re: w.29 help by Bill Bacon 5) Welcoe by Bill Bacon 6) Re: Off Topic: An Overwhelming Welcome... by "Paul Bourke" 7) Re: w.29 help by Mike Dicianna 8) Re: Off Topic: An Overwhelming Welcome... by Mike Dicianna 9) RE: Another kit review: Copper States Fokker DV by "John C Glaser" 10) Re: Warning: Long Post Re: Some technical questions by clynch@denver.net (Cameron Lynch) 11) Re: Some technical questions by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 12) Re: w.29 help by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 13) Small World Theory (Off Topic) and Tourist Info etc. by David & Carol Fletcher 14) RE: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! by Nigel Rayner 15) Re: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! by KarrArt@aol.com 16) Re: w.29 help by hans.juergen.glueck@gis-online.de 17) RE: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! by Bob Pearson 18) RE: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! by Bob Pearson 19) Rare Expensive Book Found (at cheaper than usual price) by Graham Nash 20) Re: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 by smperry@mindspring.com 21) Re: Rare Expensive Book Found (at cheaper than usual price) by Bob Pearson 22) Re: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 by Bob Pearson 23) Re: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 by smperry@mindspring.com 24) Re: Some technical questions by clynch@denver.net (Cameron Lynch) 25) Re: Rigging by "Paul Schwartzkopf" 26) JN4 Cannuck Questions by "Paul Schwartzkopf" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:47:49 +1000 From: "Paul Bourke" To: Subject: Re: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 Message-ID: <199807170251.MAA13981@magna.com.au> Sandy sent me these sources in the UK for Windsock titles. Brian Cocks Books - brianc@bookhouse.nildram.co.uk Bookshelf in Norwich (6GBP each) no e-mail but fax is (0)1692-598178. MCP are where I buy most of mine - they have new and OOP. They do postage at 15% worldwide. They keep a running total of your purchases and give a discount off new orders. Accept credit cards - good outfit. E-mail is midlandbooks@compuserve.com. HTH Paul ---------- > From: Charles Hart > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: RE: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 > Date: Friday, 17 July 1998 3:42 > > >> Suggest Windsocks - or Kookaburra Albatros book > >> Sandy > > > >I've heard of Windsocks, but don't know a source. Never heard of the other > >book, but from the publisher I'm guessing it's down at the "other North > >Pole." Thanks. > > > >Reid Sweatman > >Programmer/Audio Engineer > > Check the FAQ on the web page for this list, the address for Albatros > Publications (publishers of Windsock and Datafiles) is listed there. > Several folks (including myself) will suggest to buy direct from the > publisher, since domestic sources of these books charge premium prices. > > Charles > > hartc@spot.colorado.edu > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:22:32 +1000 From: "Paul Bourke" To: Subject: Warning: Long Post Re: Some technical questions Message-ID: <199807170321.NAA26386@magna.com.au> Welcome aboard Cameron! Here's something on the F.2B: "The aircraft was armed with a single synchronised .303 Vickers machine gun with 963 rounds of ammunition in the nose for the pilot and a .303 Lewis machine gun for the observer with seven 97 round ammunition drums. Some aircraft were upgunned in the field with an additional Lewis gun mounted over the wing to augment the forward firepower and twin Lewis guns in the rear cockpit mounted on a Scarff ring." "F.2B's used by home defence as nightfighters were modified in a number of ways. Some were fitted with navigation lights on the lower wing tips and rudders, Holt flare brackets beneath each lower wing tip and illuminated gun sights. Other nightfighters were fitted with additional forward firing machine guns. One aircraft of No.39 Home Defence Squadron had two Lewis guns fitted over the wing in addition to it's normal single Vickers gun and twin Lewis guns for the observer." After the war, F2.B's were modified to MKII's for desert use in Iraq, the northwest frontier of India and Baluchisstan .... "As with the F.2A, the MKII had the capability of carrying up to twelve 20 pound Cooper fragmentation bombs on racks installed under the lower wings." This is all from squadron/signal's "Bristol Fighter in Action". There are a few pictures of the machines guns, some with the fabric removed around the cockpit showing the location of the ammunition drums, and some with the bomb racks. Let me know if you'd like these scanned and e-mailed. Can't help with the other aircraft ..... and I'm sure the list members can provide more details on the F2.B. Anyway, let me know if you want the pictures. HTH, Paul ---------- > From: Cameron Lynch > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Some technical questions > Date: Friday, 17 July 1998 7:34 > > Ok, here goes some of my first questions. I'm trying to uncover some > standard ammunition loads for the following WWI aircraft. > > Albatros D.V/D.Va > Fokker Dr.I > Halberstadt CL.II > Sopwith Camel > SPAD VIIC.1 > Bristol F2B > > If anyone could help me out with this information I would sincerely > appreciate it. > > Cameron Lynch > "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be > taken seriously." - Hubert Humphrey 1911-1978 > __________________________________________________________________________ > Copyright (C) 1998. Cameron Lynch. All rights reserved. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:33:55 +1100 From: Jeff Wilson To: wwi Subject: Re: w.29 help Message-ID: Len, My reference library is a bit thin and unfortunately in storage right now, but I found some useful photographs for the Whippet in "Tanks and Trenches" edited by David Fletcher. I ended up using one of the kit options on mine, "Golikell" A378. If it helps at all, you can see the finished model at: http://biology.anu.edu.au/central-services/Photo/ACTSMS/Whippet.html The decals that came with the kit are pretty nasty, but I managed to use them in the end. Best regards, Jeff Jeffrey Spencer Wilson Photography Unit RSBS Australian National University Acton Canberra ACT 0200 Australia Phone (02) 6249 3635 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:38:29 -0500 From: Bill Bacon To: wwi Subject: Re: w.29 help Message-ID: <35AEC734.C162A37C@netjava.net> Jeff, Beautiful work. Congratulationa Cheers, Bill B. Jeff Wilson wrote: > Len, > > My reference library is a bit thin and unfortunately in storage right now, > but I found some useful photographs for the Whippet in "Tanks and Trenches" > edited by David Fletcher. I ended up using one of the kit options on mine, > "Golikell" A378. If it helps at all, you can see the finished model at: > > http://biology.anu.edu.au/central-services/Photo/ACTSMS/Whippet.html > > The decals that came with the kit are pretty nasty, but I managed to use > them in the end. > > Best regards, > > Jeff > > Jeffrey Spencer Wilson > Photography Unit > RSBS Australian National University > Acton Canberra > ACT 0200 Australia > Phone (02) 6249 3635 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:44:07 -0500 From: Bill Bacon To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Welcoe Message-ID: <35AEC887.84216765@netjava.net> Cameron, Glad yo have you aboard. Cheers, Bill B. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:47:26 +1000 From: "Paul Bourke" To: Subject: Re: Off Topic: An Overwhelming Welcome... Message-ID: <199807170346.NAA05109@magna.com.au> Jeff, I'll be spending a day in Canberra on Sunday 26/7 on my way to a week of snow boarding at Thredbo. Snow cover looks GOOD this year!!!! Can you recommend any hobby shops worth a visit while I'm in the area? Thanks, Paul. ---------- > > Many thanks to all of you for welcoming me aboard. > > Jeff (totally gobsmacked in Canberra) > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:49:54 +0000 From: Mike Dicianna To: wwi Subject: Re: w.29 help Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19980716204954.006638dc@proaxis.com> I second that remark....any info out there on the Tauro 1/35 A7 German WWI tank? I just picked one up on Ebay for $18.00US and it is on the way....cant wait. always looked at the kit in hobbyshops but was not "in" to WWI stuff at the time. My, how fickle I was! MikeDC >Jeff, > >Beautiful work. Congratulationa > >Cheers, > >Bill B. > >Jeff Wilson wrote: > >> Len, >> >> My reference library is a bit thin and unfortunately in storage right now, >> but I found some useful photographs for the Whippet in "Tanks and Trenches" >> edited by David Fletcher. I ended up using one of the kit options on mine, >> "Golikell" A378. If it helps at all, you can see the finished model at: >> >> http://biology.anu.edu.au/central-services/Photo/ACTSMS/Whippet.html >> >> The decals that came with the kit are pretty nasty, but I managed to use >> them in the end. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jeff >> >> Jeffrey Spencer Wilson >> Photography Unit >> RSBS Australian National University >> Acton Canberra >> ACT 0200 Australia >> Phone (02) 6249 3635 > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:53:03 +0000 From: Mike Dicianna To: wwi Subject: Re: Off Topic: An Overwhelming Welcome... Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19980716205303.0066a2dc@proaxis.com> At 11:49 PM 7/16/98 -0400, you wrote: >Jeff, > >I'll be spending a day in Canberra on Sunday 26/7 on my way to a week of >snow boarding at Thredbo. Snow cover looks GOOD this year!!!! Can you >recommend any hobby shops worth a visit while I'm in the area? > >Thanks, > >Paul. > >-Ah, snow......It is 100 degrees here in Oregon USA today.... Mikedc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:12:14 -0500 From: "John C Glaser" To: Subject: RE: Another kit review: Copper States Fokker DV Message-ID: <000001bdb139$1405ab50$f011820a@johng-home> Yes.... I have a set of 1/48 spandaus. Good stuff. Resin & a bunch of fiddly PE stuff. - Mr. G. > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > infosilver@czechia.com > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 2:42 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Another kit review: Copper States Fokker DV > > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:07:11 -0400 S.M.Sundberg wrote: > >Since Mr. Digmayer has done props and drawings for at least two Copper > >States kits, you might try their Email address: > > ERIC HIGHT > > > >Steve S. > > > > Thanks for a hint, Steve. Anybody seen Copper State machine guns before? > > Cheers! > > Ivan Subrt > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:40:05 -0600 (MDT) From: clynch@denver.net (Cameron Lynch) To: wwi Subject: Re: Warning: Long Post Re: Some technical questions Message-ID: <199807170440.WAA05485@milehigh.denver.net> >Welcome aboard Cameron! > >Here's something on the F.2B: > >"The aircraft was armed with a single synchronised .303 Vickers machine gun >with 963 rounds of ammunition in the nose for the pilot and a .303 Lewis >machine gun for the observer with seven 97 round ammunition drums. Some >aircraft were upgunned in the field with an additional Lewis gun mounted >over the wing to augment the forward firepower and twin Lewis guns in the >rear cockpit mounted on a Scarff ring." Thanks. Yes I saw that 963 number from the Windsock Special Part 1. That is a HUGE amount of ammo and I'm a little dubious. I mean I could see 963 rounds INCLUDING the obeserver's drums...but 963 just for the fixed Vickers! If anyone could shed further light on this I would appreciate it. Anyone else have comments on the 963 rounds? TIA. Cameron Lynch "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." - Hubert Humphrey 1911-1978 __________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (C) 1998. Cameron Lynch. All rights reserved. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:01:50 -0700 (PDT) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: Some technical questions Message-ID: <199807170501.WAA02366@ednet1.orednet.org> Cameron writes: > >Ok, here goes some of my first questions. I'm trying to uncover some >standard ammunition loads for the following WWI aircraft. > >Albatros D.V/D.Va >Fokker Dr.I >Halberstadt CL.II >Sopwith Camel >SPAD VIIC.1 >Bristol F2B The specs on the Dr.I say 500 rpg. Source: "Fokker V5/Dr.I" by Schuster and Engels. The ammo capacity for the Albatros was identical - 500 rpg. ("Great Fighter Aircraft", Green and Swanborough) Green and Swanborough give 250 rpg as the capacity on the Camel I can't find a reference on the SPAD VII but the capacity on the SPAD XIII is given as 400 rpg. These are maximum capacities of course. Actual ammo load in service could have been less - especially for folks who wished to shave a few pounds off their gross weight and improve their rate of climb and/or possibly flight endurance. I can't seem to scare up any specs on the Bristol or the Halberstadt - sorry. Cheers and all, -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:15:06 -0700 (PDT) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: w.29 help Message-ID: <199807170515.WAA07037@ednet1.orednet.org> Len writes: > >Well, I've finally gotten around to finishing this one off and I was >curious about how the elevator controls were mounted. The rudder and >aileron were easy enough to figure out but the Pegasus instructions >don't mention and/or detail the elevator controls. Were they internal, >or is that wishful thinking ? The only refs I have are the few photos >floating around on Al's homepage. Anyone have the datafile that might >be able to scan/xerox a three view for me ? The elevator control wires appear to be fully internal. I don't have the Datafile on this one but I do have the Summer '89 issue of Windsock which has a 1/72 three-view. You're welcome to that one if you think it would help - although if you're all done except the (non-existent) elevator control wires, a three view would seem of marginal utility at this stage of the process. :-) Cheers and all, -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 22:20:03 -0700 From: David & Carol Fletcher To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Small World Theory (Off Topic) and Tourist Info etc. Message-ID: <35AEDF03.50C1@mars.ark.com> Jeff Wilson wrote "I found some useful photographs for the Whippet in "Tanks and Trenches" edited by David Fletcher" I keep crashing into this name... This David C. Fletcher and that David C. Fletcher were even born in the same year - when it came to getting an ISBN number and the library cataloguing information for my book, I had to put my middle name in - the other David C. Fletcher got there first! At a model meet in Mons, Belgium, a chap from Luxembourg rushed up to announce that he had all my books - he was disappointed that I had only written one - and it was about aeroplanes, not "tractors with guns". I will resist the temptation to put in a commercial plug - I would probably be "flamed" since the subject of my book was a cantilever monoplane with retractable undercarriage and a round engine that didn't spin with the propeller... (and first flew 17 years too late for this site). Just so people realize that there are two of us out there descended from prehistoric armament technicians (arrow-makers). And a gentle reminder to our Commonwealth brethren in the Western European Archipelago (a.k.a. British Isles), Nova Scotia is in Canada. The museum in the Halifax Citadel has an eclectic collection from early settlement to a V1, but not much that much aviation-related. The first flight in the British Empire took place at Baddeck, in Cape Breton, and the wrong direction if you are heading for the U.S.A. There is the Alexander Graham Bell Museum there, since he bankrolled J.A.D. McCurdy's flight in the Silver Dart. If you head towards the Digby Ferry to go to the U.S., instead of driving the long way around through Moncton, New Brunswick, then you will pass the Greenwood Aviation Museum. Exit the highway at Kingston (Nova Scotia still, not the one in Ontario) and follow the signs to CFB Greenwood (not far). The museum is on the left side of the road just before the guardhouse; it is small but friendly. There are also three aircraft as "gate guardians" inside the base - a Canadair Argus, Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune and an Avro Lancaster 10AR. I was the project officer for the Neptune painting, so it is done to IPMS standards, but in 1:1 scale! Regarding bookstores, Halifax is fairly well served, although there tends to be a distinctly nautical flavour to the coverage. There is (was?) a good book shop on Granville Street and also in the "Heritage Properties" - also, the watefront has the Maritime Museum (a lot of coverage of the Halifax Explosion - two ammunition ships collided in 1917) and some good pubs. Now back to WWI... Dave Fletcher mdf@mars.ark.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:45:43 -0700 From: Nigel Rayner To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: RE: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980716234543.006924b8@pop.mindspring.com> >> > To the List Band, >> > An 18 year fantasy came true tonight. >> > I shook hands with John Entwistle. >> > >> > E. Lucky guy! What's the story behind the encounter (Who reunion at your local? Entwistle joining the local IPMS chapter?) >Ah, yes. 'Minds me of the time about five years ago when our lead singer >got us back-stage passes at an ELP concert. Chatted with Carl Palmer for >about an hour (real nice guy, and absolutely *tiny*, which you wouldn't at >all suspect seeing him drum!). Talked a bit with Greg Lake, but he was lots >more busy with the babes (yup, a true bass player ). The highlight of >the evening, though, was when Emerson put in a brief appearance (he'd done >the entire two-hour show with a bad case of the flu, although you couldn't >tell until you saw him up close). When I told him seeing the Brain Salad >Surgery tour in '73 had made me declare a music major the next day, he just >lit up in a grin and shook my hand. Very cool. There's a heavy 70's motif here. I once did backstage work at a King Crimson gig in the mid seventies (my job mainly consisted of getting ice for the band's drinks from the bar!) and chatted with John Wetton, but sadly didn't get to meet god himself (Fripp). There's a link to an earlier thread here, I think Wetton ended up in Uriah Heep (help Patrick...). Regards, Nigel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:54:38 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! Message-ID: <9e4481e2.35aef52f@aol.com> In a message dated 98-07-17 02:52:22 EDT, you write: << Lucky guy! What's the story behind the encounter (Who reunion at your local? Entwistle joining the local IPMS chapter?) >> Yeah- what's the story? ( and did he have any 1/1scale spiders about?) Robert K. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:12:23 +0200 From: hans.juergen.glueck@gis-online.de To: wwi Subject: Re: w.29 help Message-ID: To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: RE: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! Message-ID: <07553170920637@KAIEN.COM> ---------- > From: Nigel Rayner > Very cool. There's a heavy 70's motif here. I once did backstage work at a > King Crimson gig in the mid seventies (my job mainly consisted of getting > ice for the band's drinks from the bar!) and chatted with John Wetton, but > sadly didn't get to meet god himself (Fripp). There's a link to an earlier > thread here, I think Wetton ended up in Uriah Heep (help Patrick...). > > Regards, > > Nigel And then in the early 80's, Wetton joined Steve Howe and Steve Hackett in 'Gtr' Bob Pearson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:58:35 -0700 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: RE: Off topic boast to all the musicians on the list! Message-ID: <07583564420641@KAIEN.COM> Whoops, meant to say Wetton joined Asia with Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes. Bashfully yours, Bob Pearson > > Very cool. There's a heavy 70's motif here. I once did backstage work at a > > King Crimson gig in the mid seventies (my job mainly consisted of getting > > ice for the band's drinks from the bar!) and chatted with John Wetton, but > > sadly didn't get to meet god himself (Fripp). There's a link to an earlier > > thread here, I think Wetton ended up in Uriah Heep (help Patrick...). > > > > Regards, > > > > Nigel > > And then in the early 80's, Wetton joined Steve Howe and Steve Hackett in > 'Gtr' > > Bob Pearson ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 10:55:26 +0100 From: Graham Nash To: World War 1 Modelling List Subject: Rare Expensive Book Found (at cheaper than usual price) Message-ID: <199807170955.FAA27657@egate2.citicorp.com> Author Bruce, J.M Title British Aeroplanes 1914-18 Price US$75.00 London Putnam 1957. very lt soil eps, sp very lt sunned, else VG+/ slipcase worn, G. photos, charts, & diagrams; index. 1st edition. Wolf's Head Books , 48 San Marco Ave PO Box 3705 , St. Augustine , FL , U.S.A. , 32085-3705 Phone 904-824-9357 / Fax 904-824-2212 , Email wolfhead@aug.com ... A member of ABAA, FABA, ILAB http://www.abebooks.com/home/WOLFHEAD/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:11:07 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 Message-ID: <000801bdb1cf$cca5b380$423256d1@helpcust> -----Original Message----- From: KarrArt@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 9:11 PM Subject: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 >In a message dated 98-07-16 06:28:29 EDT, you write: > ><< > >a little pudgy behind the cockpit, and maybe a little fat in the rear part > of > >the fudelage side view. > >Robert K. > > New nickname for my wife...D.VII. > sp >> > > >I salute you, sir, for your amazing bravery. >Robert K. Not brave, merely secure in the knowledge that old D.VII doesn't understand how to read e-mail. :) sp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 03:48:00 -0700 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: Re: Rare Expensive Book Found (at cheaper than usual price) Message-ID: <10480036020835@KAIEN.COM> This is true, it is usually seen for around $100-125 USD. Bob ---------- > From: Graham Nash > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Rare Expensive Book Found (at cheaper than usual price) > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 05:57:56 -0400 > > Author > Bruce, J.M > > Title > British Aeroplanes 1914-18 > > Price > US$75.00 > > London Putnam 1957. very lt soil eps, sp > very lt sunned, else VG+/ slipcase worn, G. > photos, charts, & diagrams; index. 1st > edition. > > Wolf's Head Books , 48 San Marco Ave PO Box 3705 , St. Augustine , FL , > U.S.A. , 32085-3705 > Phone 904-824-9357 / Fax 904-824-2212 , Email wolfhead@aug.com ... A > member of ABAA, FABA, ILAB > http://www.abebooks.com/home/WOLFHEAD/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 03:48:24 -0700 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: Re: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 Message-ID: <10482460520836@KAIEN.COM> > From: smperry@mindspring.com > > ><< > > >a little pudgy behind the cockpit, and maybe a little fat in the rear > part > > of > > >the fudelage side view. > > >Robert K. > > > > New nickname for my wife...D.VII. > > sp >> > > > > > >I salute you, sir, for your amazing bravery. > >Robert K. > > Not brave, merely secure in the knowledge that old D.VII doesn't understand > how to read e-mail. :) > sp Steve, I have your snail mail address, so if you don't want D.VII to learn of your loving description I want the Blue Max Camel :-) Regards, Bob ---------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:59:08 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 Message-ID: <007201bdb1d6$81d3c8e0$423256d1@helpcust> -----Original Message----- From: Bob Pearson To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 6:46 AM Subject: Re: brave man wasRe: Scale plans of Alb. D.III and DH.2 > > >> From: smperry@mindspring.com >> >> ><< >> > >a little pudgy behind the cockpit, and maybe a little fat in the rear >> part >> > of >> > >the fudelage side view. >> > >Robert K. >> > >> > New nickname for my wife...D.VII. >> > sp >> >> > >> > >> >I salute you, sir, for your amazing bravery. >> >Robert K. >> >> Not brave, merely secure in the knowledge that old D.VII doesn't >understand >> how to read e-mail. :) >> sp > >Steve, I have your snail mail address, so if you don't want D.VII to learn >of your loving description I want the Blue Max Camel :-) > >Regards, > Bob You got me there Bob :) Too bad you didn't know I have the METROP Caudron G.3 sitting on the shelf :) :) sp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 06:51:37 -0600 (MDT) From: clynch@denver.net (Cameron Lynch) To: wwi Subject: Re: Some technical questions Message-ID: <199807171251.GAA12872@milehigh.denver.net> > >The specs on the Dr.I say 500 rpg. Source: "Fokker V5/Dr.I" >by Schuster and Engels. The ammo capacity for the Albatros was >identical - 500 rpg. ("Great Fighter Aircraft", Green and Swanborough) > >Green and Swanborough give 250 rpg as the capacity on the Camel >I can't find a reference on the SPAD VII but the capacity on >the SPAD XIII is given as 400 rpg. > >These are maximum capacities of course. Actual ammo load >in service could have been less - especially for folks who >wished to shave a few pounds off their gross weight and >improve their rate of climb and/or possibly flight endurance. Muchas Gracias. Thanks for the help. Cameron Lynch "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." - Hubert Humphrey 1911-1978 __________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (C) 1998. Cameron Lynch. All rights reserved. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:54:47 -0500 From: "Paul Schwartzkopf" To: wwi Subject: Re: Rigging Message-ID: Welcome to Cameron and Jeff. Nice to see some work done in 1/48. Shows = that size IS important afterall :-) Pedro wrote: >I'm sure some of you will find this old news but those who haven't =3D >tried, please think about it next time you rig a model. It's perfect. Sounds great--will give it a try next time. >BTW Paul where do we get to file the patent? ;-) http://patents.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ifetch4?INDEX+PATBIB-97-98+0+7468+4+1+7330= 0+OF+2+18+1+Schwartzkopf Paul A. Schwartzkopf ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 08:00:43 -0500 From: "Paul Schwartzkopf" To: wwi Subject: JN4 Cannuck Questions Message-ID: I was comparing the new Blue Rider 1/48 Canadian decal sheet with the = Lindberg Jenny kit the other night. It appears that the rudder (based on = the decals) was more "rounded" and larger than the type in the kit. Since = I have no photos or drawings showing this rudder type, is the decal sheet = accurate in using the different rudder in the Cannuck version? Any other = differences to be aware of? Also, there were no wing roundels provided in the decal sheet. I assume = that they were actually applied in the normal positions for the Jenny--is = this a correct assumption? Paul A. Schwartzkopf ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 1114 **********************