WWI Digest 961 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) off-topic begging,pleading and whining by KarrArt 2) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by "Rob." 3) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by Patrick Padovan 4) RE: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by Shane Weier 5) Re: at your local B&N by Charles Hart 6) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by KarrArt 7) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by KarrArt 8) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by Patrick Padovan 9) Re: off-topic begging,pleading and whining by "David R.L. Laws" 10) RE: New member / test by Pedro e Francisca Soares 11) RE: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please .......plus some talk on Future by Pedro e Francisca Soares 12) I finished another one by Pedro e Francisca Soares 13) Re: New member by REwing 14) Re: New member / test by REwing 15) Re: New Member by The Shannons 16) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please .......plus some talk on Futur by REwing 17) RE: New member / test by Alberto Rada 18) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by Alberto Rada 19) RE: New member / test by Shane Weier 20) new member returns by Eric Fisher 21) Italian colors by Carlos Valdes 22) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by Ernest Thomas 23) Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please by Kenneth Hagerup 24) Looking for Jack Elder, WWI book/print dealer by "Charles Duckworth" 25) Czech Master Resins Quality by John & Allison Cyganowski 26) Re: Czech Master Resins Quality by "Chris Banyai-Riepl" 27) Re: Czech Master Resins Quality by Bob Pearson 28) April Squadron Sale by "Leonard Endy" 29) new member returns by Eric Fisher 30) Re: Armoured cars - RNAS especially -and steam lorries by Alberto Rada 31) Re: new member returns by KarrArt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:01:47 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: off-topic begging,pleading and whining Message-ID: Oh pretty please topped with a chocolate taco- does anybody out there have any Bristol Blenheim scale drawings with CROSS SECTIONS???? Except for this key bit of info, I've probably got enough stuff to build a full size one in my back yard! Thank you Thank you Robert K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:05:30 +0000 From: "Rob." To: wwi Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: <199803312109.QAA19431@newman.concentric.net> I use a discount autoparts-store 5-gal air tank (ca. $30) with a Sears regulator (ca $40). At first I filled it at the corner gas station. Now I use a Black and Decker air station, an inexpensive, piston-type compressor. Pressurized to 100 psi, the tank lasts through three or four colors on an average-sized, 1/48-scale project, spraying at about 20 psi. You could add an inline moisture trap (a gas-line filter is reputed to work), but I haven't felt the need living here in the Great American Desert. Any oil contamination in the compressor output (a reported problem with piston compressors) must settle out in the tank, because I don't see it. a tank is a good idea with any compressor, by the way, because it smoothes out surges. Rob To e-mail me, replace the l with the numeral 1. Visit Chandelle, the Web Journal of Aviation History ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 13:19:48 -0800 (PST) From: Patrick Padovan To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: Dear Fernando: Put me down with Bob as a satisfied user of a Paasche VL. It's great, reliable, consistant, and the very fine needle alows me to do camo in 1/72 with very little masking, while the medium needle allows covering of vast expanses of 1/48 wing surfaces with equal ease. I use a compressor of no determinable origin or brand name, which makes a bit of noise, but does the job even as it vibrates and creeps across the floor. (It usually eventually comes to a stop against a table leg, however, and all is well.) Don't forget to use a moisture trap on your hose (I tried, but I couldn't find another way to phrase this! I have a feeling this phrase may come back to haunt me!) if you are using a compressor. It really will save you a lot of irritation and heartache in the long run! And remember that with an airbrush, Less is More! (i.e., light, thin coats) Good Luck! 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: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:42:24 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: wwi Subject: RE: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: <199803312153.HAA00648@mimmon.mim.com.au> Alberto asks; >Any one out there for the Badger ? Well, I have a Badger 350 and a Paasch VL, but use the Badger virtually always. This is mostly out of respect for the Paasche which was bought to retouch photos, and which (knowing my propensity to avoid the labour of cleaning the gun properly after every session) may have suffered damage from modelling use. The Badger does me well though, being pretty well bombproof. I've replaced a tip (after dropping it point down onto concrete) and a couple of seals in 12 years constant use. An aside. However good the gun, it won't make me a better modeller - fate has dealt that hand already :-( Shane ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:56:13 -0700 From: Charles Hart To: wwi Subject: Re: at your local B&N Message-ID: > Hi Charles ! > > Could you give us its ISBN? > Hindenburg ISBN 0-7607-0674-3 A second visit to the B&N store revealed that what they are selling at US$9.95 is their own edition of this big book, with the note that it was "originally published at $60.00" Charles hartc@spot.colorado.edu > > Best regards, > > Alexandre - atcampos@nutecnet.com.br > >---------- >> De: Charles Hart >> Para: Multiple recipients of list >> Assunto: at your local B&N >> Data: S=E1bado, 28 de Mar=E7o de 1998 17:07 >>=20 >> Greetings All, >>=20 >> While I am no real fan of bookselling chains (that is a waaay off >> topic thread), I did make a visit to the local Barnes and Noble >Bookseller >> here in Boulder earlier this week. While purusing their sale book >shelves >> I found a stack of the large format, coffee table sized book on the >> Hindenburg, price US$9.95. For those who haven't seen this, it is a >> lavishly produced book with very nice illustrations and photos of many >> aspects of rigid airships, not just the Hindenburg. There is even a bi= >t >of >> WW I related content. Given that this book originally sold for US$60.0= >0 >(I >> truly feel sorry for anyone who paid this much for this book), this is = >a >> great deal. >>=20 >> Charles >>=20 >> hartc@spot.colorado.edu >>=20 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:59:18 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-31 16:10:42 EST, you write: << a tank is a good idea with any compressor, by the way, because it smoothes out surges. Rob >> Yep! My first compressor was a Thomas piston model with the cute little flapper valve- it made the dandiest mini-puffs of color synchronized with thrum of the motor.It did the job.......but.... after I got the set-up with a tank, the difference was like rolling around in pudding as opposed to rolling around in gravels. Robert K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:59:21 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: <1c5d4f8c.3521673b@aol.com> In a message dated 98-03-31 16:13:59 EST, you write: " Don't forget to use a moisture trap on your hose (I tried, but I couldn't find another way to phrase this! I have a feeling this phrase may come back to haunt me!) " Before obtaining said trap, determine if you dress right......... Robert K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:18:27 -0800 (PST) From: Patrick Padovan To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: Thanks, Robert. . . feeling haunted all ready! Patrick (Dressing left) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, KarrArt wrote: > In a message dated 98-03-31 16:13:59 EST, you write: > > " Don't forget to use a moisture trap on your hose (I tried, > but I couldn't find another way to phrase this! I have a feeling this > phrase may come back to haunt me!) " > Before obtaining said trap, determine if you dress right......... > Robert K. > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 09:38:42 +0000 From: "David R.L. Laws" To: wwi Subject: Re: off-topic begging,pleading and whining Message-ID: <35220B21.7971@webtime.com.au> Robert, Might be able to help YOU this time !!! I'm pretty sure I have some sections and I've got some internals as well Will take a few days to exhume REGARDS DAVID R.L. LAWS ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:35:11 +0200 From: Pedro e Francisca Soares To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: New member / test Message-ID: <01BD5D06.578BAB40@fei1-p15.telepac.pt> -----Original Message----- From: Eric Fisher [SMTP:efisher@cwo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 4:24 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: New member Hi Everyone, I have just signed up with the list. I know you are all a great = bunch--as=20 I have been following activities via the archives (with my internet=20 connection at work) for a long time. Now I am set-up at home, so can=20 finally de-lurk. Eric Fisher (Sacramento, Calif.). Hi Eric Welcome, or as we say: bem-vindo.=20 Pedro P.S. Please would any of you out there let me know if my message came = through ok, without 20 or more lines of meaningless characters (this is = something that has to do with using MS exchange Rich text format)? I'm = hoping to have solved that problem...Matt?=00=00 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:02:49 +0200 From: Pedro e Francisca Soares To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please .......plus some talk on Future Message-ID: <01BD5D06.914447C0@fei1-p15.telepac.pt> -----Original Message----- From: Fernando E. Lamas, M.D. [SMTP:lamas@olympus.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 7:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please @$^*&*$%$#^%#!!! O.K., I admit defeat. I have lost the battle = with brushmarks. After getting a smooth, hand-painted coat on the red and Prussian blue areas of my Buttlar's Pfalz D. III using Poly Scale paints (from Rosemont Hobbies), I got pretty obvious brushmarks putting Future (from Safeway) on the top wing.=20 Ola Fernando, were you sure that the paint was really dry. Never had = that sort of trouble with future, always settled nice on her own, with = no brush marks. Only had to take care not to let it accumulate on = depressions on the kit. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WORKS, but if you feel you can try it, why not = smooth out the top wing with 1200 grit wet and dry (I've heard that = scotch brite pad also works) and repaint or recoat with future? One more thing on the subject of future: While working on my DVIII (which I'll finish Tonight :-) I discovered = that future and alcohol don't mix (No I didn't try to drink it ...). I = had the top wing decaled and as I posted before I usually set my decals = with future. Since the wing was a bit dirty from my handling, I decided = to clean it up with diluted alcohol. The minute I passed a cotton swab = on the future covered areas everything turned solid white. I went = absolutely crazy, but then I decided to let the thing dry and applied = another coat of future on top of it and OH Magic!!!!, the white went = away as it never had been there. How come it worked just fine on the fuselage and the top of the lower wing? And this was the stuff that was supposed = to be idiot proof. Could I please have some recommendations on which airbrush brand = and model to buy. And what about the air-source? Bottles? Compressors? = If compressors, which one? Do most of you have painting booths or would a large cardboard box in a well ventillated room be acceptable. Fernando Lamas =20 I use a Badger 200 single action internal mix. I still don't master it = (probably never will) but sometimes I get acceptable results. I = Specially have trouble with fine lines and mottle finishes. These can be = infuriating because sometimes I can't get the airbrush to spray lines = fine enough, other times, with the same paint/thinners combination it'll = work ok...=20 Before this I had a Humbrol double action airbrush, which was worse than = the badger (I have trouble enough handling the trigger up and down so = I'm not really ready for complicated pieces of spraying machinery) which = I quit because the tip broke and I couldn't find a replacement around = here.(They're only obtainable through Humbrol or hannants and in the = first case they don't accept visa and in the second I'd have to buy a = lot of crap to make up for the minimum order, so I went for the badger). As for the compressor, be a man, like Robert, and buy yourself one of = them noisy pumpers. I bought mine at an hardware store with a 25l tank = and a regulator for the same I'd pay for one of those bumpy membrane = hobby compressors.=20 I spray in my garage, by 2 open windows and I always use a respirator = with a filter for fumes and particles. HTH Um abraco Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 00:31:09 +0200 From: Pedro e Francisca Soares To: "'ww1 modeling list'" Subject: I finished another one Message-ID: <01BD5D07.72A1C300@fei1-p15.telepac.pt> Hi Gang Oh the sweet smell of victory: I've just put another one in the shelf. The 1/72 Eduard Fokker EV/DVIII is done and how nice it looks in that = most perfect of scales :-) seriously now, I did the kit almost out of the box. Only thing I = substituted were all the struts , since the PE struts were too thin - = cut new ones from Contrail stock (now they look a bit over thick and I = feel I could have done better here)- and as such had also to substitute = the PE under fuselage inspection panel for another one cut from sheet = plastic. For lozenge decals I used Propagteam's stuff that I got from = Ivan and that was about it. Um abraco Pedro nb - Revell plane with no engine (almost done too) nu - Toko SSW DIII nw - nice movie on the TV with Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:09:14 EST From: REwing To: wwi Subject: Re: New member Message-ID: <1b73f916.352185ac@aol.com> << Hi Everyone, I have just signed up with the list. Eric, >> Forgot to invite you to the Silverwings meeting next week if you are interested. Actually, I need some company since I am primerily WWI (1/48th German & A-H ) and the other guys won't let me sit with them. It would be nice to have some company!! E-mail me if you are interested. -Rick- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:11:07 EST From: REwing To: wwi Subject: Re: New member / test Message-ID: <56471f27.3521861e@aol.com> In a message dated 98-03-31 18:46:04 EST, you write: << Hi Eric Welcome, or as we say: bem-vindo.=20 Pedro P.S. Please would any of you out there let me know if my message came = through ok, without 20 or more lines of meaningless characters (this is = something that has to do with using MS exchange Rich text format)? I'm = hoping to have solved that problem...Matt?=00=00 >> This is what I got from you. -Rick- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:12:48 -0600 From: The Shannons To: wwi Subject: Re: New Member Message-ID: <3521867F.B82E97FC@ix.netcom.com> Welcome and how-do from Austin. Don't be a stranger in the e-mails. Dave Watts wrote: > Eric, we're glad to have you with us........did the guys tell you about > the initiation?, ..........passage of rites? > It involves blindfolding, super glue, and a lozenge tattoo, (or in your > case a cockade). I'll let one of the other senior members, explain further. > Good Luck, > Dave W. > > PS;We're worth it! -- This has been Mark and/or Mary Shannon at Shingend@ix.netcom.com History manages to get away with cliches no novelist could. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:15:46 EST From: REwing To: wwi Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please .......plus some talk on Futur Message-ID: <8c1da161.35218734@aol.com> << And this was the stuff that was supposed = to be idiot proof. >> "The better we idiot-proof things, the better idiots we get." I don't know who said this, but it certainly seems I have fallen into this catagory a few times! -Rick- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:49:25 -0400 From: Alberto Rada To: wwi Subject: RE: New member / test Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980331204925.00808100@argonaut.net> Saludos Pedro your message arived 20/20 this does not means that it was OK , but that it was full of 20 now, why did you give Matt a OO, I am sure he deserves more than that Saludos Alberto At 06:48 PM 31-03-98 -0500, you wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Eric Fisher [SMTP:efisher@cwo.com] >Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 4:24 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: New member > >Hi Everyone, > >I have just signed up with the list. I know you are all a great = >bunch--as=20 >I have been following activities via the archives (with my internet=20 >connection at work) for a long time. Now I am set-up at home, so can=20 >finally de-lurk. > >Eric Fisher (Sacramento, Calif.). > > >Hi Eric > >Welcome, or as we say: bem-vindo.=20 > >Pedro > > >P.S. Please would any of you out there let me know if my message came = >through ok, without 20 or more lines of meaningless characters (this is = >something that has to do with using MS exchange Rich text format)? I'm = >hoping to have solved that problem...Matt?=00=00 > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:55:12 -0400 From: Alberto Rada To: wwi Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980331205512.00813370@argonaut.net> You see, Sigmund Freud was right , every thing leads to it Saludos Alberto >On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, KarrArt wrote: > >> In a message dated 98-03-31 16:13:59 EST, you write: >> >> " Don't forget to use a moisture trap on your hose (I tried, >> but I couldn't find another way to phrase this! I have a feeling this >> phrase may come back to haunt me!) " >> Before obtaining said trap, determine if you dress right......... >> Robert K. >> > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:59:05 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: wwi Subject: RE: New member / test Message-ID: <199804010111.LAA00469@mimmon.mim.com.au> Alberto >now, why did you give Matt a OO, I am sure he deserves more The judges decision is final. He scores it how he sees it. (and other old sayings ;-) Shane ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:22:08 -0800 From: Eric Fisher To: Subject: new member returns Message-ID: <199804010122.RAA23219@mail.cwo.com> Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone. Unfortunately (?) I was banished to the archives again--got disconnected for 1/2 day. Now it seems to be OK. Some 'Mea culpa' now: Bill--I don't know much of anything re. WWI aviation--just have had a very long interest. (But, with some success in finding books, etc--thanks ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 04:17:39 -0500 From: Carlos Valdes To: wwi Subject: Italian colors Message-ID: <351F6333.5848@conted.gatech.edu> I just came across a list of WWI Italian a/c colors at the following site: http://wwwlo.itline.it/cli/ipmsmi/colww1.html The color chart was produced by the Italian IPMS and is matched to F.S.595B, Methuen, Humbrol, ModelMaster, Tamiya, Gunze, Xtracolor, and Lifecolor Acrilic. Carlos ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:36:02 -0600 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: <35219A01.193@bellsouth.net> Patrick Padovan wrote: > Don't forget to use a moisture trap on your hose (I tried, > but I couldn't find another way to phrase this! I have a feeling this > phrase may come back to haunt me!) If it wasn't before, it will now! E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:33:57 -0600 From: Kenneth Hagerup To: wwi Subject: Re: Airbrush/Air-source Recommendations, Please Message-ID: <35219985.E48@prodigy.net> I have to add my vote for Badger. I've had airbrushes for 25 years - first a Paasche single action, then a Badger 350 single action, then after 15 years, another Badger 350, and finally, this month, a double acton Badger 150 (it was on sale). I still have each one. I haven't had too much experience with the 150 yet, but I did prefer the feel of the Badger 350 over that of the Paasche. Both do a commendable job, however. Having spent my first 15 years airbrushing with a H.R Brown compressor, I finally received a Sears 3 hp compressor with 20 gallon air tank. It takes a few minutes to charge up the tank, and I can airbrush for about an hour before the compressor starts up again. The ability to regulate the output pressure is a big advantage over the diaphram type pulsating compressor (as is the freedom from the little spurts of air). Besides, you can always use the heavy duty compressor for driving air tools like impact wrenches and nail drivers (suitable for all the 1/48 scalers out there). Ken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:53:06 -0600 From: "Charles Duckworth" To: Subject: Looking for Jack Elder, WWI book/print dealer Message-ID: <199804010251.UAA24461@mail.primary.net> I am trying to locate a Jack Elder, his business used to be JRE Aerographics out of Indianapolis, IN. He sold (sells) WWI aviation books at militaria shows here in the U.S., I had lost his address and would like to contact him - any help is appreciated. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:46:56 -0500 From: John & Allison Cyganowski To: wwi Subject: Czech Master Resins Quality Message-ID: <3521AAA0.4814@worldnet.att.net> What is the quality of those Czech Master kits I see advertised through Aviation Usk? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:02:28 -0800 From: "Chris Banyai-Riepl" To: Subject: Re: Czech Master Resins Quality Message-ID: <002301bd5d1a$9c877da0$9b4ffbce@chrisban> Hi, I just got four from the guy for helping him with some projects, and the quality is incredible. I didn't get any WWI stuff, though, so I don't know how comparable these are. The ones I got were the Vampire Mk.1, Grumman Goose, Seafire 46, and the Curtiss A-12 Shrike. All of them featured fine, recessed panel lines, crisp molding (the trailing edges of the wings are razor thin!), and a halfway decent interior. There are the normal pitfalls (no pun intended) of air bubbles, but once these are filled and a primer put on, I have a hard time telling the difference from these moldings and something from Hasegawa or Monogram. And with their kit selection, you really can't go wrong. One little trick that I've discovered is that since you have to use cyanoacrylate to glue these kits, if you glue a strip of styrene along the fuselage seams, then use regular styrene glue to glue the fuselage together, you can have more control over lining things up. Of course, you will have to use very thin styrene, and thin the fuselage sides accordingly, but it made a huge difference on the A-12 I'm building. Chris .. ------------------------------------------ "Study men, not historians." Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), U.S. democratic politician, president. Quoted in: Robert H. Ferrell, Off the Record (1980). ------------------------------------------ Alga Computer Systems http://willapabay.org/~herper/ ------------------------------------------ Aviation What-Not http://www.willapabay.org/~herper/aviation -----Original Message----- From: John & Allison Cyganowski To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 7:13 PM Subject: Czech Master Resins Quality >What is the quality of those Czech Master kits I see advertised through >Aviation Usk? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:12:52 -0800 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: Re: Czech Master Resins Quality Message-ID: <03125215001846@KAIEN.COM> John, Chris is correct, these are beautiful. I have their 1/72 W.12 and it has VERY thin fuselage walls and exceptionly fine trailing edges. Regards, Bob Pearson ---------- > From: "Chris Banyai-Riepl" > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Czech Master Resins Quality > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:05:45 -0500 > > Hi, > I just got four from the guy for helping him with some projects, and the > quality is incredible. I didn't get any WWI stuff, though, so I don't know > how comparable these are. The ones I got were the Vampire Mk.1, Grumman > Goose, Seafire 46, and the Curtiss A-12 Shrike. All of them featured fine, > recessed panel lines, crisp molding (the trailing edges of the wings are > razor thin!), and a halfway decent interior. There are the normal pitfalls > (no pun intended) of air bubbles, but once these are filled and a primer put > on, I have a hard time telling the difference from these moldings and > something from Hasegawa or Monogram. And with their kit selection, you > really can't go wrong. > One little trick that I've discovered is that since you have to use > cyanoacrylate to glue these kits, if you glue a strip of styrene along the > fuselage seams, then use regular styrene glue to glue the fuselage together, > you can have more control over lining things up. Of course, you will have > to use very thin styrene, and thin the fuselage sides accordingly, but it > made a huge difference on the A-12 I'm building. > > Chris ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 03:20:59 GMT From: "Leonard Endy" To: wwi Subject: April Squadron Sale Message-ID: <3521af8b.4522823@legend.firstsaga.com> =46ound a few items in Squadron's April sales flyer that may be of interest to the group. PD Models Decals (They are out of production I believe.) 1/48 Spad XIII Part 1 $11.98 1/72 Spad XIII Part 1 $8.98 Spad XIII Part 2 $8.98 =46okker D.VII (Includes "Seven Swabians") $9.98 Super Scale Int'l (All $1.99 each) 1/48 WWI Lozenge, 5 color, night. =46okker Dr.I Aces #2 =46okker D.VII #1 =46okker D.VII #2 They are also advertising the Shanghai/DML Fokker Dr.I and Spad XIII at $16.96 each. Later... Len ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:22:07 -0800 From: Eric Fisher To: Subject: new member returns Message-ID: <199804010322.TAA31262@mail.cwo.com> Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome. I'm afraid that I have been having a bit of e-mail trouble--first getting disconnected (& reading most of the last day's mail thru the archives); then, after re-connecting, possibly sending an unfinished/nonsense message out to everyone. (I really hope not--but possibly it happened. It's was my wife's fault, or maybe my kid's; yeah--that's it, my kid was responsible!) Anyway, Mea Culpa time: (1) Bill--I'm afraid I have no real knowledge of WWI aviation--just a long interest. Also I have some new books & stuff, which I've been lucky to find--thanks to Doug Jones/Mary Caspari (U.T.-Dallas); Kris Penttinen (whose late father was a charter member of many societies); Brian Cocks ("Specialist Dealer in Aviation Books and Magazines", 18 Woodgate, Helpston, Peterborough PE6 7ED, England--whom I highly recommend) and others. (2) I haven't built a model since kid-hood, so am presently really intimidated by the incredible skill I see so many listers have (not only great modelers but diorama builders, artists, writers, historians, etc.). This is certainly the place to learn but lots & lots of practice & skill is in order, I'm sure! (3) John--I just got my really neat buttons; thanks very much! Thanks to you all again, Eric. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:27:59 -0400 From: Alberto Rada To: wwi Subject: Re: Armoured cars - RNAS especially -and steam lorries Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980331232759.00818bd0@argonaut.net> Hi Allan I contacted the bookseller and he has no more left, the book was $ 35.00 , one of the copies arrived today so one is missing, I already told the bookseller that if shows up I'll send it direct to you and you can pay him Mean while if you want anything copied from this one , please let me know SALUDOS Alberto At 11:28 AM 30-03-98 -0500, you wrote: >> I have asked the bookseller, you have two faint chances, >> first he sent me a copy that got lost in the mail ( can you believe this ) >> so he sent me another copy, not arrived yet ( can you also believe he had >> an extra copy ) so now I asked for one for you , let's see what happens > >Let me know the price and I'll send you a check. (I'm assuming it's under >$100) > >-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: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:29:38 EST From: KarrArt To: wwi Subject: Re: new member returns Message-ID: In a message dated 98-03-31 22:23:14 EST, you write: << 2) I haven't built a model since kid-hood, so am presently really intimidated by the incredible skill I see so many listers have >> As currently lurking list member IRA (the Trumpet Pumper)says "Have fun". Oh yeah- intimidation not allowed! Skills can be learned- my only asset is patience! Robert K. ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 961 *********************