WWI Digest 906 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Thin Blue Line by KarrArt@aol.com 2) Re: Thin Blue Line by mbittner@juno.com 3) FSM's new kit list by mbittner@juno.com 4) Veeday double kit info by Michelle and Rory Goodwin 5) Re: FSM's new kit list by Carlos Valdes 6) Re: Veeday double kit info by Charles Hart 7) Re: Figures in 1/48? by Carlos Valdes 8) Re: Figures in 1/48? by "Leonard Endy" 9) St. Chamond Tank 1917 by "British Northwest Land-Rover Co." 10) Re: Thin Blue Line by huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) 11) Belgian Decals by perrysm@juno.com 12) Lozenge fabric question by perrysm@juno.com 13) RE: Lozenge fabric question by Shane Weier 14) Re: Veeday double kit info by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 15) Re: Figures in 1/48? by Mick Fauchon 16) RE: Lozenge fabric question by "Dr. Phillip Anz-Meador" 17) Re: Lozenge fabric question by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 18) Re: Veeday double kit info by Michelle and Rory Goodwin 19) Re: Figures in 1/48? by Joey Valenciano 20) Re: New kits by lothar@televar.com (mark) 21) trip to limbo by Joey Valenciano 22) Re: Figures in 1/48? by huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) 23) Re: Finding hard-to-find kits by Graham Nash 24) Re: Figures in 1/48? by "Sandy Adam" 25) Re: Figures in 1/48? by michel.lefort@ping.be (Michel LEFORT) 26) Re: Veeday double kit info by mbittner@juno.com 27) Thanks for the lozenge fabric answers by perrysm@juno.com 28) Re: trip to limbo by Don Rinker 29) Re: trip to limbo by perrysm@juno.com (Steven M Perry) 30) Re: Thanks for the lozenge fabric answers by kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley Barrett) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 19:08:46 EST From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Thin Blue Line Message-ID: In a message dated 98-02-23 18:05:38 EST, you write: << Mr. BEAN ?????? I bet his models look a lot like mine ;-). Anyway, the list should make him a honorary member. I can already = picture him wearing our beautiful button at the UK nationals... just = don't let him get to close to the displaying tables...;-) Um abraco Pedro >> Black Adder DID serve time in the trenches! Maybe he's already a list member and operating under another name...... Robert ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:37:28 -0600 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Thin Blue Line Message-ID: <19980223.175509.13894.1.mbittner@juno.com> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:08:20 -0500 Pedro Nuno Soares writes: >Mr. BEAN ?????? I bet his models look a lot like mine ;-). >Anyway, the list should make him a honorary member. I can already = >picture him wearing our beautiful button at the UK nationals... just = >don't let him get to close to the displaying tables...;-) ROTFL!!! (Did you see that one, Shane? :-)) Matt Bittner _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:55:09 -0600 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: FSM's new kit list Message-ID: <19980223.175509.13894.3.mbittner@juno.com> Well, we definitely can tell Charles? Carlos? is an aircraft head. He left out all the new WW1 military vehicles coming out. One French company is doing nothing but French resin, 1/72nd WW1 armored cars. Unfortunately, be prepared to pay. There were a couple more, but I can't seem to find them. I believe one of them was a British? field gun. Does anybody know if Emhar still plans on putting their other WW1 tanks into the correct scale, 1/72nd? I really need to build a WW1 military vehicle! :-) Matt Bittner _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:00:01 -0800 From: Michelle and Rory Goodwin To: wwi Subject: Veeday double kit info Message-ID: <34F21B91.6755@ricochet.net> Just picked up Veeday double Pfalz D.XII & Sop. Dolphin. How old is this one/line and what was the origianl price range? Not bad kits; a little thick, no cockpit widgets, but fair to good detail (almost Meikraft level) and pretty close to available drawings and with nearly adequate decals. I'm warming up to the brittle white plastic. The Toko kit is almost certainly better, but I was buying an interesting set which admittedly probably not worth more than the $20 I paid. I must have become inured to whitttling, as I'm having another crack at the Meikraft Pfalz D.III... Cracking decal sheets, Grommit! Cheers, Riordan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 04:01:46 -0500 From: Carlos Valdes To: wwi Subject: Re: FSM's new kit list Message-ID: <34F13AFA.1E64@conted.gatech.edu> > I really need to build a WW1 military vehicle! :-) Hey Matt, If you haven't already done so, take a look at http://www.halcyon.com/shamrock/sg/armored_.html Carlos (not Charles :-)) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:22:06 -0700 From: Charles Hart To: wwi Subject: Re: Veeday double kit info Message-ID: >Just picked up Veeday double Pfalz D.XII & Sop. Dolphin. >How old is this one/line and what was the origianl price range? > >Not bad kits; a little thick, no cockpit widgets, but fair to good >detail (almost Meikraft level) and pretty close to available drawings >and with nearly adequate decals. I'm warming up to the brittle white >plastic. The Toko kit is almost certainly better, but I was buying an >interesting set which admittedly probably not worth more than the $20 I >paid. >I must have become inured to whitttling, as I'm having another crack at >the Meikraft Pfalz D.III... >Cracking decal sheets, Grommit! > >Cheers, > >Riordan This pair dates from about 1982 and I certainly wouldn't pay more than the US$20.00 it sounds like you forked out. Both of these subjects were later done by Pegasus, the Dolphin was one of their earlier kits. Still, VeeDay kits are pretty scarce, so you have an unusual relic. Now if you had found the double with the Albatros D-XI, that would be more of a find in my view. Enjoy knocking this one out. Charles hartc@spot.colorado.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 04:04:19 -0500 From: Carlos Valdes To: wwi Subject: Re: Figures in 1/48? Message-ID: <34F13B93.4EF8@conted.gatech.edu> > Does anyone make 1/48 figures of WWI subjects? Yes: CMK, Jaguar, and newcomer Van's, as featured in the latest Windsock and a very recent FSM. Carlos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 01:22:32 GMT From: "Leonard Endy" To: wwi Subject: Re: Figures in 1/48? Message-ID: <34f21f4d.1968911@legend.firstsaga.com> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:43:38 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone make 1/48 figures of WWI subjects? Whether being seated = pilots >in flight gear or standing pilots in dress uniforms "posing"? > Hi Steve, Elan did have a few sets. Each set had three figures and they were about $10 to $12 a set. I have two of them. One is the British pilots and the other is the German pilots. They are all standing figures. They are resin but the detail is good. Elan has gone bust, and/or they were bought by someone else. I'm sure that a couple of the shops may still have some. I haven't painted any yet, I started on one of the German pilots but while trimming some flash I managed to break off a leg (No not mine, somebody would have asked...). Barry over at Rosemont Hobbies or John at Roll Models may have some. They both have on-line catalogs. I plan on keeping mine. All those unbuilt models need unpainted figures to stand guard. Len Endy lfendy@firstsaga.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:52:18 -0800 From: "British Northwest Land-Rover Co." Subject: St. Chamond Tank 1917 Message-ID: <34F1EF92.6A7A@land-roverco.com> New Kit:---- St. Chamond French Tank of 1917. At last Reviresco releases the St. Chamond Kit in 1/72nd scale which is compatable with 25mm figures. At $20.00 each for either the St. Chamond Mark I or Mark II, this kit is a real bargain when compared to the French resin kit which is usually priced at over $45 US. Each Reviresco kit is constructed from over 25 carefully cast white metal pieces. Either kit can be constructed with door and hatches open or closed. Both kits are characterised by fidelity to scale and detail which is comparable to plastic kits. See the new St. Chamond Kits at http://www.halcyon.com/shamrock Thanks John McEwan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:34:54 -0600 (CST) From: huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) To: wwi Subject: Re: Thin Blue Line Message-ID: >Cool! I just happened to catch the last of a The Thin Blue Line = >episode, >and Rowan Atkinson was working on a Revell 1/28th Sopwith Camel! > > >Matt Bittner > > >Mr. BEAN ?????? I bet his models look a lot like mine ;-). >Anyway, the list should make him a honorary member. I can already = >picture him wearing our beautiful button at the UK nationals... just = >don't let him get to close to the displaying tables...;-) If someone will get me an address, I will send him a button. John ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:25:48 -0500 From: perrysm@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Belgian Decals Message-ID: <19980223.212548.21502.1.perrysm@juno.com> Mike: Thanks for the offer on the decals. I tried to respond off list but got an error message. Drop me a line at perrysm@juno.com Steve Perry No war is "Great", but we all know which one had the Great airplanaes! _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:16:50 -0500 From: perrysm@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Lozenge fabric question Message-ID: <19980223.212548.21502.0.perrysm@juno.com> When a fabric covered wing is brought up through clear, silver and color coats, there is very little if any fabric texture showing. With the printed lozenge fabric many coats of dope are eliminated. It sounds reasonable to me that a hint of fabric texture on lozenge covered surfaces might not be unrealistic. My question to the list is this. Has anyone seen any photos or read any eye witness accounts that can directly support or refute the above supposition? Steve Perry _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:28:37 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: wwi Subject: RE: Lozenge fabric question Message-ID: <199802240539.PAA06187@mimmon.mim.com.au> Steve, I've looked at genuine WW1 fabric from about 1 inch. No fabric texture. None. I've looked at repro fabric with just clear dope on it. No texture. None. You *can* see the weave in so far as individual threads can be seen through the dope (unlike where a coloured finish obscures them) but this is not the same as having a textured finish, being akin to the difference between embossing a sheet of paper and drawing pencilled lines on it Shane > ---------- > From: perrysm@juno.com[SMTP:perrysm@juno.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 1998 16:21 > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Lozenge fabric question > > When a fabric covered wing is brought up through clear, silver and > color > coats, there is very little if any fabric texture showing. > > With the printed lozenge fabric many coats of dope are eliminated. It > sounds reasonable to me that a hint of fabric texture on lozenge > covered > surfaces might not be unrealistic. > > My question to the list is this. Has anyone seen any photos or read > any > eye witness accounts that can directly support or refute the above > supposition? > > Steve Perry > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:39:30 -0800 From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: Veeday double kit info Message-ID: <199802240539.AA05078@ednet1.orednet.org> Riordan writes: > >Just picked up Veeday double Pfalz D.XII & Sop. Dolphin. >How old is this one/line and what was the origianl price range? > >Not bad kits; a little thick, no cockpit widgets, but fair to good >detail (almost Meikraft level) and pretty close to available drawings >and with nearly adequate decals. I'm warming up to the brittle white >plastic. The Toko kit is almost certainly better, but I was buying an >interesting set which admittedly probably not worth more than the $20 I >paid. The Veeday kits were produced between 1978 and 1982. The Pfalz/ Dophin double kit (nos. 015/016) was the second to the last Veeday kit produced before production ended. (There was a nasty rumor that Veeday's owner began using his expertise in plastic production to turn out excellent 1:1 scale reproductions of credit cards as well as 1:72 scale reproductions of aircraft which attracted the attention of the British gendarmery.) Chris Gannon, of Pegasus, got his start working for Veeday as a model designer and mold maker and went on to start Pegasus after Veeday folded. All Veeday kits are exceedingly rare with less than 1,000 kits of each model being produced. The 1994 Collectors' Value Guide suggested value for the Pfalz/Dophin double kit is $30-$50 so you got yerself a bargain as a collectors' kit even though it may have been fully priced (or worse) as a builder. The Veeday kits were eagerly sought-after in their time during the "great WW1 aircraft drought" as they were just about the only WW1 kits coming onto the market although there was a bit of Meikraft about Veeday - you'd send yer money and wait - and wait - and wait - and sometimes eventually a kit would show up much, much later. Other Veeday WW1 kits included the Fokker D.VIII, BE.2C, Pfalz D.III/Albatros D.XI double kit, HB W-29, and JN-4 "Jenny". All were fairly crude but buildable, I suppose, although I managed to butcher the two I had sufficiently that they never got completed and were eventually dumped somewheres along the line. Sorry I don't remember the original prices on these kits. Cheers and all, Bill -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org "If you can see the tracers, the little piss-ants have missed you." Chief Warrant Officer Emet "Stoney" Parker ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:46:25 +1100 (EST) From: Mick Fauchon To: wwi Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Figures in 1/48? Message-ID: > Oooooohhhhhhh....you've touched one of my sore spots. And mine! I can't remember who > makes 'em, but there are a few 1/48 sets out there, and they're expensive. It pays to keep an eye out for Preiser figures, especially in their "O" railway stuff. But beware: the sets themselves are expensive, and not all the figures are usable, even convertable. *Never buy the pre-painted sets!" Reliability of supply is a *huge* problem with Herr Preiser, as I found out to my cost when I was last over there. THey make a set of NATO-standard [really Luftwaffe (modern)] pilots and ground-crew, which are pretty ho-hum, but some have conversion potential. But they *are* cheap! Aditionally, they make a set of exceptional [much better than Dragon!] [Reichs]Luftwaffe figures, which represent great value, many have conversion potential, and they are a beautiful set of figures in themselves. Maybe other manufactures make figures for O-scale? I don't know, I've never seen any. > I'm just generally irritated at the world at large for it's lack of 1/48 > accessories of all kinds. > Robert Accessories are a real pain in the blot, especially over here. Nobody seems to make them, because nobody seems to take a great interest in O. Bummer! Mick. -- -- Mick Fauchon | Internet: ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au Reference Section, Auchmuty Library | Ph (intl+61+49) 215861 University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA | Fax (intl+61+49) 215833 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM M M M Tasmanian Devil: "#@%!&^*%%...!#@!&**%^@@#$#-+*+*&##@...!!" M M M M Yosemite Sam : "Cut out that Army talk!..Yer in the Navy now!" M M M MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:52:31 -0600 From: "Dr. Phillip Anz-Meador" To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Lozenge fabric question Message-ID: <01BD40B6.1B8EA280.panz-meador@vsti.com> if possible, check out the photos of the fokker d.vii replica (vintage aviation services, marion, tx) in the november 1997 issue of "aeroplane monthly". p. 27 in particular gives "close up" shots of the fuesalege around the cockpit, and note that the fabric is manufactured by silberstreif, the berlin company who manufactured the original fabric. (note also that the finish should probably be 4 color lozenge; however, VAS has to use what was available, which was 5 color lozenge--this is as per roger freeman earlier today) any semblance to a weave appears lost beyond an apparent range of a couple feet. this statement is based upon a port side view of the cockpit area (p. 27, middle page) rather than the photo of the just-covered fuesalage (p. 27, upper right) which is why you shouldn't see it on a model's surface. phillip -----Original Message----- From: perrysm@juno.com [SMTP:perrysm@juno.com] Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 11:21 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Lozenge fabric question When a fabric covered wing is brought up through clear, silver and color coats, there is very little if any fabric texture showing. With the printed lozenge fabric many coats of dope are eliminated. It sounds reasonable to me that a hint of fabric texture on lozenge covered surfaces might not be unrealistic. My question to the list is this. Has anyone seen any photos or read any eye witness accounts that can directly support or refute the above supposition? Steve Perry _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 22:02:15 -0800 From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: Lozenge fabric question Message-ID: <199802240602.AA16047@ednet1.orednet.org> Steve Perry writes: > >When a fabric covered wing is brought up through clear, silver and color >coats, there is very little if any fabric texture showing. > >With the printed lozenge fabric many coats of dope are eliminated. It >sounds reasonable to me that a hint of fabric texture on lozenge covered >surfaces might not be unrealistic. > >My question to the list is this. Has anyone seen any photos or read any >eye witness accounts that can directly support or refute the above >supposition? No direct references but I believe the lozenge fabric was treated with several coats of dope just like the other fabric coverings - only with clear dope rather than colored. It wouldn't seem that the fabric "texture" would be any more apparent on lozenge than on CDL. In any case, the covering fabric was fabric, not burlap. At 1/72 (or even 1/48 or 1/32) scale, the "texture" would not be apparent. Figure painters, even those working in 54mm (1/35) don't add fabric "texture" to uniforms (things like bearskin hats exempted) and uniforms were not covered with several coats of clear dope. So strictly speaking, I believe fabric "texture" would never be appropriate on a WW1 aircraft model. Still, model building is, to a degree, the art of illusion and you're entitled to create the illusion which looks good to your eye. If a "hint" of "texture" looks good to you (because your mind _knows_ that it's fabric and your mind _expects_ a hint of "texture") - I'd say go for it! It is _your_ model, after all. Cheers and all, -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org "If you can see the tracers, the little piss-ants have missed you." Chief Warrant Officer Emet "Stoney" Parker ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 22:38:53 -0800 From: Michelle and Rory Goodwin To: wwi Subject: Re: Veeday double kit info Message-ID: <34F26AFD.1D2F@ricochet.net> Charles, Bill, Thanks for your replies. Interesting historical aspect re Chris Gannon & Pegasus. R. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:16:04 +0800 From: Joey Valenciano To: wwi Subject: Re: Figures in 1/48? Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980224151604.006dd2f4@philonline.com.ph> > It pays to keep an eye out for Preiser figures, especially in their >"O" railway stuff. These figures are well proportioned. >But beware: the sets themselves are expensive, and not >all the figures are usable, even convertable. *Never buy the pre-painted >sets!" Expensive!!!! And since you're going to convert anyway... >Reliability of supply is a *huge* problem with Herr Preiser Yes, I wonder why this is... ********************************************************************* 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: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 00:00:27 -0800 (PST) From: lothar@televar.com (mark) To: wwi Subject: Re: New kits Message-ID: <199802240800.AAA08501@concord.televar.com> Joey asks - >>Halberstadt D.II/III, July (finally, if from the wrong manufacturer) > >Anyone see the 1/48 Czechmaster kit? It's listed in the Aviation USK site. Ordered one about 20 months ago. Am convinced I will never actually see it. Av. Usk lists it in their catalog, but this does not necessarily mean that kits are available, or actually even exist. I think I'll hold out for Tom's...... Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:48:18 +0800 From: Joey Valenciano To: wwi Subject: trip to limbo Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980224164818.006e148c@philonline.com.ph> Hi all, Computer to be repaired in a few minutes. Entering into limo right now. See you later. ********************************************************************* 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: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 02:52:10 -0600 (CST) From: huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) To: wwi Subject: Re: Figures in 1/48? Message-ID: snip> > It pays to keep an eye out for Preiser figures, especially in their >"O" railway stuff. But beware: the sets themselves are expensive, and not >all the figures are usable, even convertable. *Never buy the pre-painted >sets!" Reliability of supply is a *huge* problem with Herr Preiser, as I >found out to my cost when I was last over there. snip Aditionally, they make a set of exceptional [much >better than Dragon!] [Reichs]Luftwaffe figures, which represent great value, >many have conversion potential, and they are a beautiful set of figures >in themselves. Squadron is stockiong these figure sets now. They are done in 1/72 and 1/48 scale. The larger sets provide about 20 figures with several hear and are options for each. Also incloded is tables, chairs, lounge chairs, maint. stands and tools and a radio. These sets could lend them selves to conversion to WWI figures quite well. The casting is crisp and they are hard plastic which means they can be painted with normal model paints unlike the soft plastic sets from ESCI and Revell. John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:00:53 -0800 From: Graham Nash To: wwi Subject: Re: Finding hard-to-find kits Message-ID: <199802240859.AA06387@egate2.citicorp.com> Randy J. Ray wrote: > > So, now I have a kit but no brass, and two brass sets without > kits. Anyone have suggestions on where I could find either the Eduard > D.V set *or* an Esci SE5a *or* a Revell Sopwith Tripe? > > (All of the above is 1/72, of course :-) If you're desparate and rich you might just try Kingkit: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KingKit/ Alternatively, Comet Minatures in the UK often has these in, but again they'll be at specialist prices. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:16:35 -0000 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: Figures in 1/48? Message-ID: <199802240912.JAA22281@beryl.sol.co.uk> > > Elan did have a few sets. Each set had three figures and they were > about $10 to $12 a set. I have two of them. One is the British pilots > and the other is the German pilots. They are all standing figures. > They are resin but the detail is good. Elan has gone bust, and/or > they were bought by someone else. ............................ > > Len Endy Now marketed by ReHeat. Aeroclub do them. Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:58:37 GMT From: michel.lefort@ping.be (Michel LEFORT) To: wwi Subject: Re: Figures in 1/48? Message-ID: <34f39983.2346084@relay.ping.be> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:43:38 -0500, "Steve Belanger" wrote: >Does anyone make 1/48 figures of WWI subjects? Whether being seated = pilots >in flight gear or standing pilots in dress uniforms "posing"? > I have some figures of WWI pilots. Here are the manufacturers: 1. Airwaves 2. Elan Miniatures 3. CMK (Czech Master's Kit) As I bought them ib Belgium, I cannot tell you who sell them in the states, sorry. The Airwaves figures are moulded in white metal, the others in resin. The resin ones seems much better to me, with much finer details and better proportions. HTH. Regards. -- Michel Lefort - Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium IPMS Belgium Treasurer & Foreign Liaison Officer (member F072) MAFVA member #6708 http://www.ping.be/ipms-belgium Plastic Modelling is holding History in your Hand ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 04:29:15 -0600 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Veeday double kit info Message-ID: <19980224.044742.3990.0.mbittner@juno.com> On Tue, 24 Feb 1998 01:42:58 -0500 Michelle and Rory Goodwin writes: >Thanks for your replies. Interesting historical aspect re Chris Gannon & >Pegasus. Wasn't the owner of Merlin also the prior owner of Veeday? I don't know where I heard this, but was wondering if it was true... Matt Bittner _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:03:00 -0500 From: perrysm@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Thanks for the lozenge fabric answers Message-ID: <19980224.060300.21502.2.perrysm@juno.com> I asked my question with an ulterior motive. I have a nice 1:72 Revell Fok D.VII. The kit was bought in 1963 or 4 and the details are very crisp. Wing TE taipers to translucence and there is no flash. There is however a very fine fabric trexture. I covered an aileron with Americal lozenge hoping to hide it. Toned it way down but the texture is still there Shane wrote: "I've looked at genuine WW1 fabric from about 1 inch. No fabric texture. None." I guess the only wiggle room that leaves me is wiggling sandpaper all over the surface. Looks like several evenings of that ahead. Thanks to all for their answers Steve Perry No war is "Great", but we all know which one had the Great airplanes! _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:43:50 -0500 From: Don Rinker To: wwi Subject: Re: trip to limbo Message-ID: <34F2B276.6C37@fast.net> Joey Valenciano wrote: > > Hi all, > > Computer to be repaired in a few minutes. > > Entering into limo right now. > > See you later. Bragging about your wealth, eh? Is that just a Rolls or did you go for the Bentley? Opps, there's Jeeves the Butler pulling the plug right now. Tell him to get busy..... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 07:45:08 -0500 From: perrysm@juno.com (Steven M Perry) To: wwi Subject: Re: trip to limbo Message-ID: <19980224.074509.14678.0.perrysm@juno.com> On Tue, 24 Feb 1998 06:47:45 -0500 Don Rinker writes: >Joey Valenciano wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Computer to be repaired in a few minutes. >> >> Entering into limo right now. >> >> See you later. > >Bragging about your wealth, eh? Is that just a Rolls or >did you go for the Bentley? Opps, there's Jeeves the Butler >pulling the plug right now. Tell him to get busy..... > Is Limbo somewhere in the Philippines you get to by limo? _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:02:06 -0500 From: kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley Barrett) To: wwi Subject: Re: Thanks for the lozenge fabric answers Message-ID: Steve Perry noted: > > I have a nice 1:72 Revell Fok D.VII. The kit was bought in 1963 or 4 and >the details are very crisp. Wing TE taipers to translucence and there is >no flash. There is however a very fine fabric trexture. I covered an >aileron with Americal lozenge hoping to hide it. Toned it way down but >the texture is still there > Sand the texture off the D.VII. I did it to mine, and the model turned out really nice. Kevin Barrett. ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 906 *********************