WWI Digest 934 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... by TPT PUMPER 2) Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... by perrysm@juno.com (Steven M Perry) 3) Re: Steven: Jasta 5 article: by perrysm@juno.com (Steven M Perry) 4) Re: Hannants listing for forthcoming Eduard kits: by Patrick Padovan 5) Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... by Charles Hart 6) Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... by "Paul Schwartzkopf" 7) Sopwith Camels by REwing 8) Re: Research Question by Suvoroff 9) Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... by "Sandy Adam" 10) Re: Research Question by "Sandy Adam" 11) RE: Munsell Color Program by infosilver@czechia.com 12) For Shane Weier by "D. Anderson" 13) Pfalz D.VIII by mbittner@juno.com 14) Air Enthusiast articles by Michelle and Rory Goodwin 15) Re: Air Enthusiast articles by "Lee Mensinger" 16) A little help... by Dave Sterner 17) Re: Research Question by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 18) Re: A little help... by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 19) Re: More rib tape questions by huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) 20) DH4 news, wasRE: MvR-Off topic, AWM Misery by lothar@televar.com (mark) 21) Re: Research Question by mbittner@juno.com 22) RE: pink rib tapes by kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley Barrett) 23) Re: Research Question by Suvoroff 24) Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... by bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) 25) Re: Josef Mai - Albatros this time by bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) 26) Re: Research Question by Redwilde@bdsbbs.com (Redwilde) 27) Re: DH4 news, wasRE: MvR-Off topic, AWM Misery by "Eli Geher" 28) Re: Albatros CX by DavidL1217 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:14:42 EST From: TPT PUMPER To: wwi Subject: Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-13 13:12:24 EST, you write: > WoW! Another painting idea- a cross-dressing MvR! > Robnert K. > You are most welcome! IRA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:31:05 -0500 From: perrysm@juno.com (Steven M Perry) To: wwi Subject: Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... Message-ID: <19980313.143106.11750.1.perrysm@juno.com> On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:14:42 -0500 KarrArt writes: >In a message dated 98-03-13 12:57:11 EST, you write: > ><< Little Red > Prussian Hood, or whatever it is you call him. >> > >WoW! Another painting idea- a cross-dressing MvR! >Robnert K. > "Oh my Grandma, what big Spandaus you have" _____________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:30:29 -0500 From: perrysm@juno.com (Steven M Perry) To: wwi Subject: Re: Steven: Jasta 5 article: Message-ID: <19980313.143106.11750.0.perrysm@juno.com> Steven Perry perrysm@juno.com No war is "Great" but we all know which one had the Great Airplanes! On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:04:25 -0500 Patrick Padovan writes: >Dear Steven: I'm copying the article about J.5 today. I don't seem to >have >your mailing address, so if you'd send it to me, I'll get your copy >into >the mail as soon as I can. > Ciao! Patrick > Patrick: Computer has been O/S and I've had to check mail as I can. I would very much appreciate a copy of the Jasta 5 article. My address is : Steven M. Perry 2234 37 th Ave N St. Petersburg, FL 33713 2065/17 is all painted & decalled. The Americal dragon came out beautifully. Still have to do the guns, exhaust manifold, radiator plumbing, tail skid & LG before I put on the top wing and rig it. Steven Perry perrysm@juno.com No war is "Great" but we all know which one had the Great Airplanes! >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Patrick Padovan >Interlibrary Loan Associate > >Timberland Regional Library Voice: 360-943-5001 >415 Airdustrial Way SW FAX: 360-586-6838 >Olympia, WA 98501-5799 e-mail: ppadovan@timberland.lib.wa.us >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _____________________________________________________________________ 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: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:47:53 -0800 (PST) From: Patrick Padovan To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Hannants listing for forthcoming Eduard kits: Message-ID: Dear Gents: Anybody else notice that when you click on the Eduard Albatros D.III, the box art shows a Roland Walfisch? So, is the picture wrong, and the kit will be an Alb. D.III, or. . . ? Ciao! Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Padovan Interlibrary Loan Associate Timberland Regional Library Voice: 360-943-5001 415 Airdustrial Way SW FAX: 360-586-6838 Olympia, WA 98501-5799 e-mail: ppadovan@timberland.lib.wa.us ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:52:44 -0700 From: Charles Hart To: wwi Subject: Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... Message-ID: Paul A. Schwartzkopf wondered: >I was looking over some profiles on the Albatros D.V the other night, >and a couple of questions came to mind concerning them. > >1) Profiles showing natural wood fuselages have the "wood grain" >running the full length, in spite of multiple panels. Would the >normal practice be to lay out the seperate panels (in linear order) >on a single sheet of plywood and cut them out, or to cut panels from >any plywood pieces big enough (and have mis-matching grain)? This sounds like artistic licence on the part of the profile illustrator. There are a number of plywood panels on the Albatros fuselage. Given that these machines had a very short service lifetime, I would doubt greatly that the builders would care whether or not the grain in the ply sheets made a single continuout pattern. Check out the Smithsonian book on the Albatros D-Va and see how they discovered the method of fuselage construction during their restoration. >2) Was the lozenge wing fabric applied in the same method (chordwise, >spanwise, angular) depending on who built it? In other words, is there a >"predominant" method of fabic application in general, or is it >airframe specific? Most Albatros D-types had the lozenge fabric applied in chordwise application on both wings. Spanwise application on Albatros fighters may have been done also, there is just less photographic evidence to support this. The diagonal method of application is found on a number of Halberstadt C and CL types. This was retained in the restoration of the Halb. Cl-II that is in the USAFM. Charles hartc@spot.colorado.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:21:47 +0000 From: "Paul Schwartzkopf" To: wwi Subject: Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... Message-ID: <199803132023.OAA00435@tscrypt1.transcrypt.com> Thanks Ira and Charles for the info. > This sounds like artistic licence on the part of the profile illustrator. This is what I suspected--it would seem too coincidental if the wood grain pattern matched from nose to tail, but you never know.....sometimes fact is stranger than fiction :-) Paul A. Schwartzkopf ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 15:27:10 EST From: REwing To: wwi Subject: Sopwith Camels Message-ID: I am actually getting something done and it isn't even German or Austro-Hungarian! I'm working on the Blue Max Camel and will use the Blue Rider decals. IIRC, someone had problems with their B-R decals, and I was wondering if I should coat these things with something before applying. Has anyone else used the Colorful Camels Pt. 1 & 2, yet? Any recommendations? Secondly, when the guns were removed from training aircraft, was the gap left open or was it closed up with something? Seems it could have gotten kind of drafty with it open. TIA -Rick- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 17:25:25 EST From: Suvoroff To: wwi Subject: Re: Research Question Message-ID: <4261ed31.3509b257@aol.com> "The question is, could you recommend any references that list the operational orders for aircraft during big pushes, which squadrons have how many planes up during what time periods and their assigned missions and patrol altitudes, etc. to give a comprehensive view of aircraft as used during different battles? Has anyone covered this type of material?" There is a four-volume set called _The U.S. Air Service in World War I_ which has this kind of information in great detail, though only for the U.S. of course. Volume III, the Battle of St. Mihiel, is the one you want. This came out right after the end of the Great War, but was reprinted in 1979 by the US Government Printing Office, so it should not be hard to get by interlibrary loan. Yours, James D. Gray ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:31:07 -0000 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... Message-ID: <199803132227.WAA02733@beryl.sol.co.uk> > Dear Sandy: I think this is one area where you'll have to agree that 1/72 > is preferable to 1/48! (and 1/144 even better!) > Regards, Patrick Brilliant Patrick What a joy this list is! Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:38:29 -0000 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: Research Question Message-ID: <199803132230.WAA02806@beryl.sol.co.uk> >From memory, some of the Grub Street books cover this sort of thing. I think "Bloody April, Black September" has quite a lot of info on units, deployment tactics etc. I'll check once I log off here. Sandy > > Hi there, > I'm starting development on a new combined arms WWI game. Players > would represent Corps level commanders, tanks and aircraft would be > integral side assets to their forces. Balloons and spotting aircraft > add bonuses to artillery attacks, close contact patrols add command > points, fighters of course deny these assets to the enemy and help > protect your own. > The question is, could you recommend any references that list the > operational orders for aircraft during big pushes, which squadrons have > how many planes up during what time periods and their assigned missions > and patrol altitudes, etc. to give a comprehensive view of aircraft as > used during different battles? Has anyone covered this type of > material? > > Thanks, > Brian Reddington-Wilde > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 98 23:37:54 -01 From: infosilver@czechia.com To: wwi Subject: RE: Munsell Color Program Message-ID: On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 13:32:00 -0500 Dr. Phillip Anz-Meador wrote: >ivan: did you ever have a chance to revise your german 4/5 color lozenge >using the RGB and CMYK values i sent you? if so, i'd love to see the >result (realizing in advance caveats regarding monitor color reproduction, >etc.). > >phillip > > >Phillip, > >Im a little confused now. Did you put my (Bob Pearson's >respectively) CMYK >values into the software to get Munsell HSV values or did >you create an CMYK >and RGB values list from available (and existing) Munsell >codes? > >Attached is a lozenge colour shades fromm WWI website, >would it be possible >to run this Munsell values through the program? > >Thanks >Ivan Subrt > > Phillip, sorry, but I haven't got your Munsell HSV->CMYK conversion list yet. The former CMYK values originating from B. Pearson were already used. Ivan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 18:09:45 -0700 From: "D. Anderson" To: wwi Subject: For Shane Weier Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980313180945.006f9d1c@cadvision.com> Hi Shane; in one of your recent messages to me you asked me a direct question and I forgot to answer it. So, answering your question about the local availability of Dragon Fokker D.VIIs, well, let's just say while they're not easy to find, they're no more so than they have ever been around here, and they seem to be much the same price as always. Each model shop will usually have an example of each of the Dragon kits in stock at any one time, but let's face it: WW I ain't popular with the unwashed masses. Are you afraid that Dragon is going to stop making them? That would be a catastrophe; maybe I'd better stock up this weekend. I can see, just off the top of my head, at least a half dozen D.VIIs I'd like to do. Hope this anwered your question adequately enough. Dane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:39:45 -0600 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Pfalz D.VIII Message-ID: <19980313.193945.16118.0.mbittner@juno.com> So, has anybody on the list purchased the latest Merlin offerings? They are the Pfalz D.VIII and a "Morane Saulnier". That's all I have seen it listed as. Anybody able to provide a review? Are they typical Merlin, or some of their better efforts - like the W.20? 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: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 17:39:37 -0800 From: Michelle and Rory Goodwin To: wwi Subject: Air Enthusiast articles Message-ID: <3509DFD9.647A@ricochet.net> I've tried to find the latest issue of this magazine w/ the Russian DH9A and Ottoman fighters articles, but to no avail. Unfortunately, the otherwise enlightened Bay Area is rather bourgeous as far as aviation history is concerned. Could I persuade someone to pick up an extra issue for me or copy the articles? Please do whatever is most convenient & 'bill' me for costs. Thanks, Riordan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:30:41 -0600 From: "Lee Mensinger" To: wwi Subject: Re: Air Enthusiast articles Message-ID: <3509F9E1.225664AD@wireweb.net> Michelle and Rory Goodwin wrote: > I've tried to find the latest issue of this magazine w/ the Russian > DH9A > and Ottoman fighters articles, but to no avail. Unfortunately, the > otherwise enlightened Bay Area is rather bourgeous as far as aviation > history is concerned. Could I persuade someone to pick up an extra > issue > for me or copy the articles? Please do whatever is most convenient & > 'bill' me for costs. > > Thanks, > > Riordan I haven't been able to locate the #74 issue in SanAntonio, TX. I called the Hobby Shop. Dibbles in S.A. and they had not received the newest issue as of the 7th Mar.Hang in there appears to be a delay all across the country. One of the modelers in Oregon also reports not available. Lee ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:00:41 -0800 From: Dave Sterner To: wwi Subject: A little help... Message-ID: <2.2.32.19980314050041.00693f24@earthlink.net> Hello everyone, I'm building a Glenco Albatross DIII sort of as a "refresher" kit before I start my DML triplane and my question is, do you paint the pieces on the parts "tree" or off it? I've painted pieces on the "tree" and then had a problem touching up where I cut it off. Handling and drying is the problem when I cut them off and then paint them. What do you guys do? Thanks for your help, Dave Sterner P.S. Can we e-mail jpegs to the list? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:23:22 -0800 (PST) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: Research Question Message-ID: <199803140523.VAA22632@ednet1.orednet.org> Brian writes: >Hi there, > I'm starting development on a new combined arms WWI game. Players >would represent Corps level commanders, tanks and aircraft would be >integral side assets to their forces. Balloons and spotting aircraft >add bonuses to artillery attacks, close contact patrols add command >points, fighters of course deny these assets to the enemy and help >protect your own. > The question is, could you recommend any references that list the >operational orders for aircraft during big pushes, which squadrons have >how many planes up during what time periods and their assigned missions >and patrol altitudes, etc. to give a comprehensive view of aircraft as >used during different battles? Has anyone covered this type of >material? As someone else mentioned, "Bloody April ... Black September" by Norman Franks, et al, has quite a bit of information along these lines. It obviously is not as encyclopedic as the multi-volume official histories but its a lot easier (and cheaper) to come by and gives a pretty good day-by-day history for the two months covered by the book (April, '17 und September '18) Cheers and all, -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 21:30:12 -0800 (PST) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi Subject: Re: A little help... Message-ID: <199803140530.VAA24124@ednet1.orednet.org> Dave Sterner writes: > >Hello everyone, > I'm building a Glenco Albatross DIII sort of as a "refresher" kit >before I start my DML triplane and my question is, do you paint the pieces >on the parts "tree" or off it? I've painted pieces on the "tree" and then >had a problem touching up where I cut it off. Handling and drying is the >problem when I cut them off and then paint them. What do you guys do? > Thanks for your help, > Dave Sterner Small detail parts generally get painted on the sprue and then touched up as you describe - the large parts of the airframe itself generally get painted after assembly. But, these are just general rules - a little advance planning will often reveal that a deviation from the usual plan is easier. >P.S. Can we e-mail jpegs to the list? Please don't. Many of us have limited space in our mailboxes. A couple of moderate size jpegs or the like can fill it up really fast and then our mail starts bouncing. Cheers and all. -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 00:15:16 -0600 (CST) From: huggins@onramp.net (John Huggins) To: wwi Subject: Re: More rib tape questions Message-ID: >Dear Steve: I've been using SuperScale clear decal film for years, >painting it the desired color and etc. It is very thin, and even after >painting, will settle down nicely with a little setting solution added. >One note: when slicing, I find I have better luck after painting if I turn >the sheet over and slice it from the back, paper side up. (The paint >doesn't flake, whereas it sometimes does if I slice it paint side up.) >I've read somewhere that SuperScale has stopped producing clear decal >film, but there's bound to be lots of sheets around if you can find them >in hobby shops. > Regards, Patrick The SuperScale 5x8 sheets are out of production and are beginning to become hard to find. The 8.5 x 11 laser safe sheets they had are all gone and are very hard to find today. Walthers has some 8.5 x 11 sheets listed in their catalog. John ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 02:24:00 -0800 (PST) From: lothar@televar.com (mark) To: wwi Subject: DH4 news, wasRE: MvR-Off topic, AWM Misery Message-ID: <199803141024.CAA08783@concord.televar.com> > BTW, the Wright-Pat collection should be one of the Meccas for >WWI buffs in the States. I also visited the NASM last week and got a >good look at their DH-4 now hanging in an area apart from the WWI >exhibit.... Speaking of DH4's....I have it on good authority that a 1918, US built DH4B owned by Wright-Patterson AFB is going to be restored this spring by Century Aviation of Wenatchee, WA. My source is one of the owners of Century, Karen Barrow (she and her husband are drinking acquaintances of mine at the local microbrewery - I knew they restored old aircraft for a living, but since their previous work has been entirely with '20s thru '40s vintage civil aircraft, up until now we had few common interests other than beer!). The DH4B will be the oldest aircraft they have yet restored. It's supposed to be shipped in several crates from Wright-Patterson at the end of this month, and the work will be done at their facility near Pangborn Airport in East Wenatchee, WA - about 130 miles due E. of the Seattle metro area. Unfortunately for us Pacific Northwesterners, when it's finished the aircraft will be shipped straight back to Wright-Patterson....:-( ! Of course, I have offered to them whatever volunteer unskilled labor assistance I can provide (the restoration will be done a mere 40 miles from my home), and have been invited to come down, check it out, and hopefully take some photos. I will keep the list posted as to how things are going when the time comes. Plan is to have the restoration complete by 06/01/98 (?). Obviously, something like this is far from being open to the public, **but** if somebody really wants to come to Wenatchee and check it out, I **might** be able to arrange something. Let me know. More news as it develops.... Mark lothar@televar.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 06:47:59 -0600 From: mbittner@juno.com To: wwi Subject: Re: Research Question Message-ID: <19980314.065425.16126.0.mbittner@juno.com> On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 00:26:46 -0500 bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) writes: >As someone else mentioned, "Bloody April ... Black September" >by Norman Franks, et al, has quite a bit of information along >these lines. It obviously is not as encyclopedic as the >multi-volume official histories but its a lot easier (and >cheaper) to come by and gives a pretty good day-by-day history >for the two months covered by the book (April, '17 und >September '18) I can't remember the exact contents of the book, but on the German side there is a book called _German Air Power in World War I_. I believe it has a lot of "numbers" in there, but besides that, I can't recall. Anyone else on the list have this book and read it? I started it years ago only not to finish it. 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: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:45:44 -0500 From: kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley Barrett) To: wwi Subject: RE: pink rib tapes Message-ID: Phillip asks, > >by the way, when someone talks about "pink rib tapes", i'm assuming a nice >salmon pink. IT THIS ASSUMPTION CORRECT? > Phillip, I've used Pegasus decals, and yes, they are a salmon pink. However, I remember someone on the list recently saying that the Americal tapes are more purple. Kevin Barrett. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:06:09 EST From: Suvoroff To: wwi Subject: Re: Research Question Message-ID: "I can't remember the exact contents of the book, but on the German side there is a book called _German Air Power in World War I_. I believe it has a lot of 'numbers' in there, but besides that, I can't recall. Anyone else on the list have this book and read it?" I have, and have read, _German Air Power in World War I_, by John H. Morrow. While this is an excellent book, there is very little in the way of operational detail, the book is almost entirely devoted to an overview of the mobilization of German industry for aircraft production. There is also some discussion of the aircraft industry of the Dual Monarchy. Yours, James D. Gray ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 10:35:04 -0500 From: bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Speaking of Albatroses..... Message-ID: <199803141535.KAA23278@pease1.sr.unh.edu> At 09:47 AM 3/13/98 -0500, Paul Schwartzkopf wrote: >I was looking over some profiles on the Albatros D.V the other night, >and a couple of questions came to mind concerning them. > >1) Profiles showing natural wood fuselages have the "wood grain" >running the full length, in spite of multiple panels. Would the >normal practice be to lay out the seperate panels (in linear order) >on a single sheet of plywood and cut them out, or to cut panels from >any plywood pieces big enough (and have mis-matching grain)? I've always done mine length wise. However, I've seen some teriffic looking models where they vary it according to panel...really looks sharp. Mike Muth ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 10:37:46 -0500 From: bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael) To: wwi, Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Josef Mai - Albatros this time Message-ID: <199803141537.KAA23323@pease1.sr.unh.edu> At 12:33 AM 3/13/98 -0500, Shane Weier wrote: >>The machine in question has varnished wood fuselage, >loz covered wings and typical Jasta 5 green/red tail unit >and red spinner. The upper surfaces of the fuselage >are painted and mottled with another colour > >It also has a white outlined black crescent and star >symbol on each side. Shane If I remember correctly, there was an recent article in OTF dealing with Mai and his aircraft. I remember either a profile of the plane in question or a photo. If you don't have access, let me know and I'll copy it for you. Mike Muth ------------------------------ Date: 14 Mar 1998 12:40:34 EDT From: Redwilde@bdsbbs.com (Redwilde) To: wwi Subject: Re: Research Question Message-ID: <88989730037011@bdsbbs.com> It looks like the official histories will be the best bet for me. I do have Bloody APril...Black September, but that doesn't really include what I need. It doesn't list time or altitude of patrols or number of aircraft sent up, just who is shooting who and time of the combat. Brian RW ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:36:50 -0600 From: "Eli Geher" To: Subject: Re: DH4 news, wasRE: MvR-Off topic, AWM Misery Message-ID: <199803141741.LAA06550@sh1.ro.com> > From: mark > Subject: DH4 news, wasRE: MvR-Off topic, AWM Misery > Speaking of DH4's....I have it on good authority that a 1918, US built DH4B > owned by Wright-Patterson AFB is going to be restored this spring by Century > Aviation of Wenatchee, WA. The last time I looked, all that the Air Force Museum owned was an incomplete fuselage framework for a DH-4. Their intention as of 5-6 years ago was to preserve it intact as a relic rather then try to build a replica around it (or so I was told). Did they find a more complete example to work with? A DH-4 would certainly be a worthy addition to the collection, but there simply wasn't enough material for a restoration. Eli Geher ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 13:20:00 EST From: DavidL1217 To: wwi Subject: Re: Albatros CX Message-ID: As per my previous post, I am working on a 1/72 Sky Birds Albatros CX. I hope to take it with me to the OTF model contest. I have the Windsock photos of the Link Hoffman CX which has a challenging wing camoflage of mauve sploshs on green and appears to have sploshs on the fuselage as well. Can anyone provide the Albatros green/mauve pattern for the wings? I think I would prefer the challenge of wood grain and easy wings. I have not been able to find reference on this. I vaguely recall, there may be a picture of one in the Harleyford Bomber/recon book. Unfortunately, don't have that one. Much thanks in advance. ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 934 *********************