WWI Digest 989

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: Sanding
	by Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
  2) Re: Sanding
	by Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
  3) Re: Sanding
	by Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
  4) Re: Sanding
	by Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
  5) Re: Sanding
	by Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
  6) Re: Sanding
	by Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
  7) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
  8) Re: Sanding
	by Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
  9) Re: Sanding (& filling)
	by KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
 10) Re: Sanding
	by KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
 11) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
 12) Re: Sanding
	by Bob Pearson <bpearson@kaien.com>
 13) RE: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by Shane Weier <SDW@qld.mim.com.au>
 14) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
 15) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by "Lee Mensinger" <lemen@wireweb.net>
 16) Re: Sanding
	by Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
 17) Re: Salmson Stuff
	by Michelle and Rory Goodwin <mgoodwin@ricochet.net>
 18) Re: Sanding (& filling)
	by Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
 19) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by "Fernando E. Lamas, M.D." <lamas@olympus.net>
 20) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by Suvoroff <Suvoroff@aol.com>
 21) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton <Aidrian.BS@connectorsystems.co.nz>
 22) Re: Salmson Stuff
	by "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
 23) Re: Australian slang - as if!
	by "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
 24) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
 25) Fw: De-Lurking
	by "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
 26) Re: Sanding (& filling)
	by John & Allison Cyganowski <Janah@worldnet.att.net>
 27) Blue Max Pfalz D.XII decals?
	by Jim Wallace <jmw3@atl.mindspring.com>
 28) TV 2NITE
	by Paul Schwartzkopf <PSchwartzkopf@transcrypt.com>
 29) RE: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by Paul Schwartzkopf <PSchwartzkopf@transcrypt.com>
 30) Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
	by MCCLURE@skynet.dcs.eis.lmco.com
 31) Sopwith Dove
	by perrysm@juno.com

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:06:13 +1000 (EST)
From: Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
To: wwi
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <wwi>
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9804201431.B3316-0100000@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>




	Ernest,


> Toothpaste also works great for polishing cymbals. Not to mention teeth.

	Teeth are great for polishing cymbals?

> Heretic

	Confiteor! But I won't recant unless you can prove me wrong
by scripture. To do so would be to go against my conscience, which
would be neither wise nor safe. [where have I heard that before? 80)]

							Cheers,

							Mick.




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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

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:09:37 +1000 (EST)
From: Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
To: wwi
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <wwi>
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9804201503.C3316-0100000@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>



> Ernest (the Heretic),
> 
> Have we invited you into the list band yet? 

	If not, why not? I could only  admire a man who can play the cymbals
with his teeth 80)

> 
> Bob (the Forgiving)

	Mick (the Inquisitive).........not to be confused with the Inquisitor!





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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

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:09:05 -0500
From: Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <353AD871.126@bellsouth.net>

Bob Pearson wrote:
> 
> Ernest (the Heretic),
> 
> Have we invited you into the list band yet?
> 
> Bob (the Forgiving)
> 
My people had lunch with your people but no blood hit the page yet.;-)
But the basses are newly intoned and in tune with a new pot in one and a
new jack in the other. Let's rock!

Heretic
nl; New York Dolls; Too Much, Too Soon

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:15:14 -0500
From: Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <353AD9E2.42A4@bellsouth.net>

Mick Fauchon wrote:
> 
>         Ernest,
> 
> > Toothpaste also works great for polishing cymbals. Not to mention teeth.
> 
>         Teeth are great for polishing cymbals?
> 
LAUGHING OUT LOUD!!! Wife getting either annoyed or jealous I think.

H.

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:18:11 -0500
From: Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <353ADA93.2838@bellsouth.net>

Mick Fauchon wrote:
> 
> > Ernest (the Heretic),
> >
> > Have we invited you into the list band yet?
> 
>         If not, why not? I could only  admire a man who can play the cymbals
> with his teeth 80)
> 
And I'm a bass player to boot.

What do you call a guy who hangs out with 3 musicians?
The Drummer.

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:41:05 +1000 (EST)
From: Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
To: wwi
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <wwi>
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9804201531.D3316-0100000@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>



	Ernest,

> >         Teeth are great for polishing cymbals?
> > 
> LAUGHING OUT LOUD!!! Wife getting either annoyed or jealous I think.

	Aaaaaah......eeerrrrr.....should I ask?



								Mick.




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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

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     M                                                                   M
     M	Yosemite Sam   : "Cut out that Army talk!..Yer in the Navy now!" M
     M                                                                   M
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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:36:31 EDT
From: KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <1f33cc7.353adee9@aol.com>

In a message dated 98-04-20 00:51:04 EDT, you write:

<< 
 	Robert,
 
 > Not a confession- a proclamation!
 
 	You don't have 95 of these, do you? 80)>>

On the money!
 
 << (the last of the protesting protestants?):
 
 	My revered forebears were among the first.......hopefully none of
 us will be be among the last.>>

not while I breathe!
SOMEWHAT on topic, I'd like to see someone do the entire Sopwith line from the
prewar racers all the way to the Harrier. Now THAT would be a lineage!
Robert (the mediator) K.
 	

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:44:46 +1000 (EST)
From: Mick Fauchon <ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>
To: wwi
Cc: Multiple recipients of list <wwi>
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9804201553.E3316-0100000@dewey.newcastle.edu.au>



	Ernest,

> And I'm a bass player to boot.

	Ah! Real talent! A man who plays the bass boot! 80)

> 
> What do you call a guy who hangs out with 3 musicians?

	I'm almost afraid to ask!?.......What?


							Mick.



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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

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     M                                                                   M
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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:36:31 EDT
From: KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding (& filling)
Message-ID: <45f5e9c7.353adeeb@aol.com>

In a message dated 98-04-20 00:52:49 EDT, you write:

<< Also, have you are anyone else tried Flexi-files yet? >>
Isn't that the TV show about Gov't agents searching for alien abrasives?
Robert K.

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:36:32 EDT
From: KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <1c8cbf47.353adef1@aol.com>

In a message dated 98-04-20 01:19:16 EDT, you write:

<< LAUGHING OUT LOUD!!! Wife getting either annoyed or jealous I think.
 
 H.
  >>
Wife was standing right here.Had to investigate deep rippling rumbles coming
from computer room.She now rolling on floor, laughing maniacally, screaming
"Brain Farts Brain Farts!"
Robert (Hrodbeorht the proclaiming,protesting, mediator)K.

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:36:30 EDT
From: KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <42d35ec7.353adee2@aol.com>

In a message dated 98-04-20 00:48:47 EDT, you write:

<< KarrArt wrote:
 
 > up next? Maybe Hengist and Horsa ( the guys who whupped ass on that twerp
 > Arthur, 
 
 I'm in the 3rd book of Bernard Cornwell's 'Warlord Chronicles'. Have you
 read it? If not, it's a great Dark Ages Welsh Arthur story with lots of
 names without vowels and accurate details like leather breast blates,
 left over Roman armour, spears and sheild walls. Highly recomended for
 any Arthur fan. Which you don't seem to be.
 
 Heretic >>
Haven't read that book, but if it's set in the immediate post-Roman era
without the knight-in-shining-armor crap, it sounds good! (since we're all in
a confessing mood, I WILL confess to tossing in the line about "that twerp
Arthur" just to be provocative in hopes I could ignite some dandy Keltoid
tirades! I love it when I can sit back and watch the fireworks from a safe
distance)
Robert (Hrodbeorht) K.the Instigator

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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 22:46:37 -0700
From: Bob Pearson <bpearson@kaien.com>
To: WW1 Mailing list <wwi>
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <05463798202783@KAIEN.COM>


Okay, how do you make a guitar player stop playing?

Put sheet music in front of him.

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> From: Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu>
> Subject: Re: Sanding
> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:23:14 -0400
> 
> Mick Fauchon wrote:
> > 
> > > Ernest (the Heretic),
> > >
> > > Have we invited you into the list band yet?
> > 
> >         If not, why not? I could only  admire a man who can play the
cymbals
> > with his teeth 80)
> > 
> And I'm a bass player to boot.
> 
> What do you call a guy who hangs out with 3 musicians?
> The Drummer.


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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:51:16 +1000
From: Shane Weier <SDW@qld.mim.com.au>
To: wwi
Subject: RE: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <199804200603.QAA15121@mimmon.mim.com.au>

Robert proclaims

>SOMEWHAT on topic, I'd like to see someone do the entire Sopwith line
from the
>prewar racers all the way to the Harrier. Now THAT would be a lineage!
>Robert (the mediator) K.

And also incomplete. The Hawk, although not completed before Hawkers
inclusion in the nationalisation, was started in theior design offices.

Shane
(Who is working on just that series, looking forward particularly to the
off topic Hart series, and also to living to age 272, the minimum
necessary at my build rate.  Promise I'll only talk about Sopwiths on
list though !)
>  	
> 

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:59:14 EDT
From: KarrArt <KarrArt@aol.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <4c769503.353ae433@aol.com>

In a message dated 98-04-20 01:51:59 EDT, you write:

<< And also incomplete. The Hawk, although not completed before Hawkers
 inclusion in the nationalisation, was started in theior design offices.
 
 Shane
 (Who is working on just that series, looking forward particularly to the
 off topic Hart series, >>
Quite right about the Hawk- and- drool drool- yes the Hart series!
Robert K.

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:02:18 -0500
From: "Lee Mensinger" <lemen@wireweb.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <353AE4EA.299D0B49@wireweb.net>

KarrArt wrote:

> In a message dated 98-04-19 18:39:23 EDT, you write:
>
> << So spill your guts folks - tell us if you really build *only* WW1,
> and
>  if not, what other subjects you enjoy (as a minor entertainment, of
>  course). Then we may be able to identify fellow sufferers for off
> list
>  comradeship in our efforts to repent  ! >>
>
> Not a confession- a proclamation! (the last of the protesting
> protestants?):
> WW I is my first love, but I enjoy all kinds of things- I'm probably
> the only
> kid on my block with a 12" tall model of Beowulf presenting the head
> of
> Grendel to Hrothgar.Other interests include the Finnish airforce
> 1918-45,
> Swedish air force 1918- present day, American Civil War ships, WW II
> North
> African airforces, BoB, B25 strafers in the Pacific, odd 'tween wars
> British
> stuff (yes, those Hawkers are neat).As for models actually built, I
> guess the
> last thirteen  list looks something like this, in no particular order:
>
> 1.Eduard Pfalz D III 1/48   ( commission gig)
> 2.Gotha G IV   1/32
> 3. BE 2     1/32
> 4.Boeing 314 Clipper 1/48 ( commission gig)
> 5.Eduard Fokker EV    1/48  ( "              "))
> 6.H-P 0/400      1/48
> 7.Bleriot  1/48 (commission gig)
> 8.Sop 1 1/2 Stutter 1/48 ( "  ")
> 9.Sop Tabliod 1/48 (  "  ")
> 10.B 25C  1/48      ( " ")
> 11. Howard Hughes  1/6 (" ")
> 12.Fokker D VII 1/28
> 13. Nieuport 28 94th Aero diorama
> up next? Maybe Hengist and Horsa ( the guys who whupped ass on that
> twerp
> Arthur, not the gliders),1/32 Blenheim,oh I don't know- could be
> anything!
> Robert K.

If  I could find a Beowulf, complete with sword and shield, flying an
Etrich Taube, I'd do it.  Don't know about Hengist and Horsa they were
second stringers.  Lee


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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:08:31 -0500
From: Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding
Message-ID: <353AE65F.55FE@bellsouth.net>

Mick Fauchon wrote:
> 
>         Ernest,
> 
> > >         Teeth are great for polishing cymbals?
> > >
> > LAUGHING OUT LOUD!!! Wife getting either annoyed or jealous I think.
> 
>         Aaaaaah......eeerrrrr.....should I ask?
> 
>                                                                 Mick.
> 
>Ask away. For the past few days, I've been laughing at the list discourse more than usual and my wife just feels left out I guess.
She'll ask whats so funny and when I tell her, she either doesn't get it
or gets it but doesn't think it's funny enough to have sat through the
explanation.

H.

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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 23:12:20 -0700
From: Michelle and Rory Goodwin <mgoodwin@ricochet.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Salmson Stuff
Message-ID: <353AE744.32A7@ricochet.net>

Jim Elkins wrote:

> I hold in my grubby hands Superscale sheet 72-72 (Squadron Insignia and appropriate wing stripes) of Aero Squadrons 1 thru
> 91.  Send your snail mail and it is yours.

Thanks! Anything you need from the library? A Profile perhaps? 
 
3865 Burton Common
Fremont CA 94536

Cheers,

Riordan

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 01:28:00 -0500
From: Ernest Thomas <ethomas6@bellsouth.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding (& filling)
Message-ID: <353AEAF0.5B17@bellsouth.net>

KarrArt wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 98-04-20 00:52:49 EDT, you write:
> 
> << Also, have you are anyone else tried Flexi-files yet? >>
> Isn't that the TV show about Gov't agents searching for alien abrasives?
> Robert K.

I'm telling you man, Flexi-files were one the the first technologies
gleaned from the Roswell wreckage. Not only that, but the compounds in
flexi-files also were used to make the 'Magic Bullet' used in Dallas.
3M is involved in the cover-up. My source was found with his mouth
permanantly sealed with an adhesive proven to be of otherworldly origin
just hours after he leaked this information to me. I think they're on to
me now. If anything should happen to me, it's imperative that some
courageous list subscriber go to the media with this information.

The Lone Heretical Gunman

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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 23:32:15 -0700
From: "Fernando E. Lamas, M.D." <lamas@olympus.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <E0yRA7i-0006ek-00@olympus.net>

At 06:41 PM 4/19/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I thought it might be entertaining to ask
>the list members if they are *truly* faithful to the one true way,
>generally faithful, or just plain old adulterers.
>
>So spill your guts folks - tell us if you really build *only* WW1

  Back in the 60's, when I built WWI aircraft after WWI aircraft, my father
talked me into getting a sailing ship model as he thought it would be "good
for me".  Don't know why he felt that way.  I ended up with a model of the
"Sea Adler" (sp), a WWI German commerce raider.

   Two Christmases ago, my wife bought me a Curtiss Sparrowhawk. She thought
it was a WWI model "like the ones you built as a boy".  It reawakened my
modeling past and eventually got me here.  However, it is still unbuilt in
the closet.

   After 30 years, I needed to practice on *something* so I built a P-40 so
I wouldn't butcher a WWI.  It was O.K. but it did not compare to the
satisfaction I got when I recently finished my "practice" Pfalz D.III, my
first WWI model in 30 years.  The two wings, the struts, the rigging, the
wood grained propellor, the Jasta colors and personal markings, those old
eisernerkreuz.  Sigh...

   I have now stocked up on kits and, except for the Sparrowhawk, my closet
contains nothing but WWI.

   So, although I confess, I am invoking the Bill Clinton defense:

   "Yeah, I had a one-night-stand with that P-40 bimbo.  But I didn't come."

    Fernando Lamas


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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 03:52:49 EDT
From: Suvoroff <Suvoroff@aol.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <b070c59b.353afed3@aol.com>

It seems I am not the only one unable to control my buying/building habits.

Mine are;

1/144th WWI
1/72nd WWI
1/48th WWI
1/72nd Soviet WWII Aircraft
1/35th Soviet WWII Armour
1/1200th Predreadnoughts
And a whole bunch of other stuff not currently being worked, just bought in
anticipation of the future day when I can start modelling 33 hours a day, and
maybe just so I can sniff the fumes when I open the box and shufti the
contents.

N.B.
1/144th DH-2
1/144th Caudron R.11
1/72nd Breguet XIV
1/48th Albatros D.Va
N.R.  
Rubber

Yours,
James D. Gray

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:00:33 -0700
From: Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton <Aidrian.BS@connectorsystems.co.nz>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <353C0BD1.401F@connectorsystems.co.nz>

Oh dear - I'm a dreadful sinner  -more mistresses than you can shake a
stick at

Trains

British railways of the period 1900 to 1923 - I have  a model of the
LNWR War memorial locomotive "Patriot", number 1914, so it's sort of
on-topic. I was quite serious in my earlier post about the possibility
of modelling the Highland Railway during the Great War - it has a lot of
possibilities due to the enormous burden thrown on the line in order to
keep the Fleet manned and provisioned. Unfortunately there are very few
photos of the period -the whole line was seen as being vital to the war
and cameras were usually regarded as being unwelcome if not actually
proof that the photographer was a dastardly hun spy.

Ships 

- You know, I have this perverse idea about fitting a R/C model K-boat
with a real steam plant, but given the problems the originals had this
might not be such a good idea - a submarine is generaly considered
unsuccessful if it fails to surface after a dive.  Very little of this
stuff is WWI  - only HMS Mohawk, Iron Duke and Warspite out of a dozen
and a bit models fall into that category, and Mohawk is in her original
state with the semi turtle deck forecastle.

A/C 

- Anything RN goes, with slight excursions into other types from the
'tween wars period and the 1-0-thingy's noted opponent, the Spitfire.

This latter vice was due to indoctrination by elderly maiden aunts who
live in Kent during the summer of 1940, and would not countenance me
buying two bob models of the 1-0-(you know). Crashed 1-0-harumphs are OK
though.

I'm ever so slowly doing a potted 1/48th history of Naval Eight and it's
successor 208 Squadron -I have a Lysander, Hurricane, Hunter and
Buccaneer from the later period, and the makings of a Pup and a Tripe in
the ready use plastic locker. I have been temporarily converted to the
dark side by the Airfix Lightning, and am unrepetant. Growing up in
Licolnshire in the sixties means a weakness for things like Vulcans as
well.

Aside from the Naval Eight thing, WWI content revolves around flying
boats and seaplanes. 

Armour

- Once I can get my hands on the necessary info to produce RNAS armoured
cars I promise to be faithful to the period - making those wire or
wooden wheels will leave little time for anything else.

Having seen the confessions of others I feel less unclean than I did
before, but there are so many cool models to build - Edwardian railway
engines in polished brass and gleaming paint, Victorian screw corvettes,
'tween wars Imperial Airways transports like the Argosy, and the RAF
boats like the Perth and Southampton and then those Vulcans - four of
them taking off together left an indelible impression on a small boy. 

Who can resist temptation like that? 

Aidrian

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:27:14 +0100
From: "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
To: <wwi>
Subject: Re: Salmson Stuff
Message-ID: <199804201032.LAA19873@beryl.sol.co.uk>

> > I got the catalogue in my Salmson kit (for 29.95) from AvUsk
> 
> How long ago did you get this price?
> Dario

Faxed order 7th April - received kit (Scotland) 14th April.
Sandy

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:46:53 +0100
From: "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
To: <wwi>
Subject: Re: Australian slang - as if!
Message-ID: <199804201032.LAA19878@beryl.sol.co.uk>

My English is *Australian* English, a living language.....

Cobblers! - wait a minute - I've just realised where the semi-illiterate
"cobbers" comes from!

Dead easy to learn to speak "current" Australian - all you need is Cockney
Rhyming Slang and then read all the old Spike Milligan wartime autobiogs
and include no slang newer than 1943! By the Year 2000, Oz will have
"invented" One-eyed trouser snakes and the brown-bowler-hatted brigade.

BTW, Spike (now an Australian) was 80 years young this week - BBC devoted a
superb evening to the Milligan which surreally came to a grand finale with
the massed band of the Royal Artillery (SM's old regiment), complete with
solo tenor etc, playing The Yingtong Song to him.
Sandy



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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:02:47 +0100
From: "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
To: <wwi>
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <199804201032.LAA19884@beryl.sol.co.uk>

Good thread Shane

I was about to beatifically claim total fidelity to 1/48 WW1 - when
somebody said card models and my halo slipped. I'm a  sucker for the most
involved complicated card models you can find. - ie Wilhelmshaven ship
models - if you've never seen one you wouldn't believe the level of detail
you can get on, for example, the little Arado floatplane to sit on the
catapault on the 1/250 scale Scharnhorst. Each individual turret is a
masterpiece.
Also Schreiber models of things like Neuschwanstein Castle (half a metre
high!)

We had a thread about Zeppelins recently and I didn't contribute - but
maybe now is the time to mention three card airship models I know of.
Schreiber do the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in 1/200 scale (118 cm long - 25GBP)
and PMI do the Hindenburg in 1/500 (19") and USS Macon in 1/350 (27"). They
also do a Camel, an Eindecker and a Dr.1, while various others do an Alb
D.III, Taube etc.

If anybody is interested in these I can give prices and a UK source which
does Int'l MO by credit card etc.
Sandy



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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:42:29 +0100
From: "Sandy Adam" <cbbs@almac.co.uk>
To: "AAA - WW1 Group" <wwi>
Subject: Fw: De-Lurking
Message-ID: <199804201035.LAA19970@beryl.sol.co.uk>

 
> Bob, once more, if you don't mind I shall open this out to the list as
> there is quite a bit of typing and some of it may be of interest to
others:
> 
> To Bob Pearson:
> The best source of original photos I know is the PRO in London - have you
> had any dealings with them?
> Unfortunately they do not have the resources to carry out searches
although
> they are quite happy for visitors to do so. (I understand there are
> researchers who do this for a fee.)
> 
> I have a book entitled "RAF Records in the PRO" which identifies how the
> sections are laid out and each doc or pic has a specific reference - AR
> Brown's combat report on 21/4/18 for example is AIR1/1228/204/5/2634,f23
-
> which contains all the combat reports for 209 Sqdn. The Sqdn record book
is
> AIR1/1858/204/214.
> 
> All WW1 RFC/RNAS/RAF is collected in AIR1, although there does not appear
> to be a sub-class for just RNAS. The book suggests referring to
"Documents
> relating to the Naval Air Service, vol 1:1908-1919 by Capt SW Roskill
> (Naval Records Society 1969).
> 
> There is however a free information sheet "Personnel Records (pre-1918)
> (RAF Info Sheet No.1,1991)" which they will send you which they recommend
> to find where to start looking.
> 
> PRO main address is:
> Public Record Office
> Chancery Lane
> London
> WC2A 1LR
> Tel 0181-876-3444
> but I don't have a fax number
> 
> Other areas of interest are sections like AIR1/1 1036-1038 - German
> captured aircraft, AIR1/1975/204/273/27 - Lists of known German airmen
> serving in 1918, and AIR1/2114-2115 French Air Service records.
> Unfortunately MvR's pals paid several visits to London in the 40's and
> about 40% of the records were lost in the Blitz so there are annoying
gaps
> - where a ref exists but the doc or pic has gone up in flames!
> 
> The book I have is PRO Reader's Guide Number 8 but this tells you where
to
> start when you get there so I can't give any specifics for pictures of
> Little etc. The thing is, if they exist, this is where they may be.
> 
> I must try and get there next time I'm down South, but I think you need
to
> know what you are after before you get there. Part of the archive is also
> held at Ruskin Avenue, Kew which is out at Richmond - so again
pre-planning
> would be recommended.
> HTH
> Sandy

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 07:16:26 -0400
From: John & Allison Cyganowski <Janah@worldnet.att.net>
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sanding (& filling)
Message-ID: <353B2E8A.17C1@worldnet.att.net>

Jewelers' rouge is useful for this as well - just be sure ya'
wash the model well when you're done polishing (although, I'd
assume this would hold true for toothpaste too!)

Absolutely!  Not to be funny, but I go over the recessed areas with an
old toothbrush! 

John Cyg.

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 08:00:27 -0400
From: Jim Wallace <jmw3@atl.mindspring.com>
To: wwi
Subject: Blue Max Pfalz D.XII decals?
Message-ID: <3.0.4.32.19980420080027.00938d20@pop.atl.mindspring.com>

I'm having trouble identifying where some of the decals from this kit go.
I assume the small rectangle is the foot step.  What are the two small
circles?  And there appear to be two very small white decals, but I can't
tell what they are or where they should go.

I'd appreciate any help on this.

TIA,
jw

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 06:38:54 -0600
From: Paul Schwartzkopf <PSchwartzkopf@transcrypt.com>
To: wwi
Subject: TV 2NITE
Message-ID: <s53afbbf.072@transcrypt.com>

FWIW:  Tonight at 7:00 PM CST on TCM (Turner Classic Movies): The Dawn Patrol.




Paul A. Schwartzkopf
 

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 06:56:45 -0600
From: Paul Schwartzkopf <PSchwartzkopf@transcrypt.com>
To: wwi
Subject: RE: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <s53affd7.088@transcrypt.com>

>So spill your guts folks - tell us if you really build *only* WW1, and
>if not, what other subjects you enjoy (as a minor entertainment, of
>course). Then we may be able to identify fellow sufferers for off list
>comradeship in our efforts to repent  !

Okay.  My current project is one of those Hasegawa 109 thingies (so sue me :-p).
Other interests besides WWI aircraft (which I do both 1/48 and 1/72 in):

1930's 1/48 Aircraft (Navy "Gold Wings", Spanish Civil War)
WW2 1/48 Aircraft
1950's 1/48 Jets
Ships-all eras and scales
WW2 1/35 Armor
1/25 Cars-mostly '60s racing and '20s-'30s era

Just picked up a plank-on-frame ship model of the 1790 Enterprise.  Brass cannon, cloth sails, etc.  Really looking forward to building this one, although it looks like a 2-3 year project.  But I figure a modeler *has* to do one of these in his lifetime.



Paul A. Schwartzkopf
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 07:08:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: MCCLURE@skynet.dcs.eis.lmco.com
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Sins of the (mostly) faithful
Message-ID: <980420070832.2021de44@skynet.dcs.eis.lmco.com>

I guess I should jump on this bandwagen too.  My off topic modeling
interests are:
1/43 racing cars - all types
1/72 ugly aircraft, all periods - includes most French and Italian between
war aircraft and a lot of the early blow torch era jets
1/72, 1/76 armor and artillery
Sci Fi
1/700 ships

I also have a HO scale train layout with more locos than I care to talk about
and I am an avid wargamer, so I'm painting lots of 15mm armies and also
spaceships and 1/1200 naval vessels.
        Kent McClure

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Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:51:52 -0400
From: perrysm@juno.com
To: wwi
Subject: Sopwith Dove
Message-ID: <19980420.095152.20310.1.perrysm@juno.com>

I recently aquired a picture of a Sopwith Dove in civillian markings and
would like to convert an Airfix Pup kit that I have. Does anyone have
drawings for the Dove and if so, can I get a copy.

Steven Perry
perrysm@juno.com

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