WWI Digest 1547 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Warneford's Morane Parasol 3253 by Bob Pearson 2) Re: ANZAC Day by Albatrosdv@aol.com 3) Re: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron by "Brad Gossen" 4) Off Topic Request for help by "Steven M. Perry" 5) K&B Kits by "Chris Banyai-Riepl" 6) Re: K&B Kits by "Steven M. Perry" 7) Re: K&B Kits by Ashley9862@aol.com 8) url that might be of interest by Mike Fletcher 9) Re: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron by Bob Pearson 10) Re: K&B Kits by Tom Solinski 11) Re: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron by "Brad Gossen" 12) RE: K&B Kits by "John C Glaser" 13) Re: Zeppelins by KarrArt@aol.com 14) Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian by KarrArt@aol.com 15) Re: Zeppelins by KarrArt@aol.com 16) Re: Zeppelins by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 17) Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian by Ernest Thomas 18) Re: Zeppelins by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 19) Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian by KarrArt@aol.com 20) Re: Zeppelins by "Sandy Adam" 21) Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian by "Sandy Adam" 22) (fwd) Rumpler Taube, Pfalz DIII by lfendy@firstsaga.com (Leonard Endy) 23) Re: (fwd) Rumpler Taube, Pfalz DIII by "K. Hagerup" 24) Trenches, was Re: Caligula to Snipe by Ernest Thomas 25) Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian by Ernest Thomas 26) What's on your work bench? by "Charles and Linda Duckworth" 27) Re: (fwd) Rumpler Taube, Pfalz DIII by Matthew E Bittner 28) Re: What's on your work bench? by Matthew E Bittner 29) Re: What's on your work bench? by kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley) 30) Re: What's on your work bench? by Ernest Thomas 31) Re: What's on your work bench? by bucky@ptdprolog.net 32) Re: What's on your work bench? by "Steven M. Perry" 33) Re: What's on your work bench? by "Bill Neill" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 13:03:27 -0700 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: Re: Warneford's Morane Parasol 3253 Message-ID: <199904242003.NAA06680@mail.rapidnet.net> Dave, I profiled this aircraft for the FMP Victoria Cross book and it is in CDL overall and trimmed as you say in black (?); white cowl and wheel covers; the panel behind the cowl is varnished wood. The national markings are interesting in that they are a mixture of styles. The fuselage has a blue/white/red British roundel, while the wings are red/white/blue French (or modified RNAS) roundels. The rudder is in standard WW1 British/French order of blue foremost. As 3253 was a former French aircraft it still has the French serial info on the rudder. The photos of 3253 in the VC book don't show the blue inner ring of the wing roundels, however other photos do show them. the original marking of the RNAS was a red/white roundel. . later when it was decided to adopt the RFC marking of a b/w/r roundel, those aircraft already carrying the r/w roundel were modified to have a blue center spot .. in effect making French roundels on British aircraft. Regards, Bob Pearson Visit my WW1 aviation page at http://members.xoom.com/Sopwith_5F1 Managing Editor / Internet Modeler http://www.avsim.com/mike/awn/index.html ---------- > From: Dave Wadman > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Warneford's Morane Parasol 3253 > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:23:50 -0400 (EDT) > > Hi everyone, > Could anyone shed some light on the colours worn by Warnefords' Morane > No.3253 in which he downed Zeppelin LZ37? > > I have two photos of this aircraft which show it in what appears to be > an overall darkish doped linen with the edges of the fuselage sides > trimmed in a dark (black?) colour. The wing and fuselage roundels > appear to be in the standard RFC style with the outer ring blue, but the > stripes on the rudder appear to have the blue first rather than the > red? The cowling appears to be natural metal or white and the fabric > covering of the wheel centres is also a very light colour which suggests > white to me. > > I'd be most appreciative of any info that anyone could pass along. > > Many thanks > > Dave W. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:01:31 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: ANZAC Day Message-ID: <66cd3d39.24537d1b@aol.com> And then you guys spread that godawful stuff on those things, don't you??? Tom ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:27:56 -0400 From: "Brad Gossen" To: Subject: Re: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron Message-ID: <199904242024.QAA26454@smtp2.globalserve.net> Also note that Flightpath on the Discovery Channel will be running a one hour documentary on Barker VC, Tuesday 26th, 10PM Eastern, 7PM Pacific. Brad BigglesRFC@globalserve.net ---------- > From: Bob Pearson > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron > Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 1:34 PM > > > Greetings all, > > The History Channel in Canada will be airing 'Great Mysteries and Myths - > Who really killed the Red Baron" at 4:00pm Pacific time (and probably 7pm > Eastern) today > > > Regards, > Bob Pearson > > Visit my WW1 aviation page at > http://members.xoom.com/Sopwith_5F1 > > Managing Editor / Internet Modeler > http://www.avsim.com/mike/awn/index.html > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:56:03 -0400 From: "Steven M. Perry" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Off Topic Request for help Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990424165603.0077acf8@pop.mindspring.com> Anyone have a Revell 1:570 scale Titanic model? If you do, I'd like to get a copy of the instructions. I'm building one for my daughter and I lost the instructions, landing myself in deeper water than the real ship. :-) TIA sp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 14:56:50 -0700 From: "Chris Banyai-Riepl" To: "WWI List" Subject: K&B Kits Message-ID: <000f01be8e9d$5b4aa1e0$5f5933d1@ntworkstation> I've got a question for all you big-scale modelers. I just got a bunch of models in from a friend who wants me to sell them on e-Bay for him. The vast majority of them are K&B WWI kits. I have no idea what they're worth, though, so I don't know what I should be expecting to get for them. Here's a listing: DH.10A Gotha V Breguet 14 P-26 Pfalz D.III Albatros C.III Halberstadt CL.II Nieuport 28C.1 Sopwith Triplane Fokker E.V Fokker E.III So what are these things worth these days? Any information would be great. I've also got a bunch of off-topic early Frog stuff that I'm wondering about too, so if any of you guys are knowledgeable in collectible kits, give me a holler. Thanks! Chris Banyai-Riepl Publisher Internet Modeler http://www.avsim.com/mike/awn/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:56:47 -0400 From: "Steven M. Perry" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: K&B Kits Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990424185647.0077e81c@pop.mindspring.com> Chris: I recently gave $25 for the K&B Albatros C.III. Don't know if that was good or bad. sp >I've got a question for all you big-scale modelers. I just got a bunch of >models in from a friend who wants me to sell them on e-Bay for him. The >vast majority of them are K&B WWI kits. I have no idea what they're worth, >though, so I don't know what I should be expecting to get for them. Here's >a listing: > >DH.10A >Gotha V >Breguet 14 >P-26 >Pfalz D.III >Albatros C.III >Halberstadt CL.II >Nieuport 28C.1 >Sopwith Triplane >Fokker E.V >Fokker E.III > >So what are these things worth these days? Any information would be great. >I've also got a bunch of off-topic early Frog stuff that I'm wondering about >too, so if any of you guys are knowledgeable in collectible kits, give me a >holler. > >Thanks! > >Chris Banyai-Riepl >Publisher >Internet Modeler >http://www.avsim.com/mike/awn/index.html > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 19:00:24 EDT From: Ashley9862@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: K&B Kits Message-ID: I paid $50 for the Gotha!...THey are getting kind of scarce Candice ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 17:03:45 -0700 From: Mike Fletcher To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: url that might be of interest Message-ID: <37225BE1.51EED664@mars.ark.com> found this intersting site - lots of on topic stuff (Avro 504, Hansa Brandenburg CC, DH9a, etc) http://aviart.tcel.com/cover-pg.htm -- Mike Fletcher ___ ., mdf@mars.ark.com |-\|^----! ; mikef@sparc.nic.bc.ca |--n--""*" icq=19554083 @ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 17:36:23 -0700 From: Bob Pearson To: WW1 Mailing list Subject: Re: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron Message-ID: <199904250036.RAA11039@mail.rapidnet.net> > Also note that Flightpath on the Discovery Channel will be running a one > hour documentary on Barker VC, Tuesday 26th, 10PM Eastern, 7PM Pacific. > > Brad > BigglesRFC@globalserve.net YAY !!!!!!!!! About time. . Wayne Ralph told me they were working on it, but hadn't said it was done. I missed the MvR thing, so anyone else care to comment on it? Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 19:28:06 -0500 From: Tom Solinski To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: K&B Kits Message-ID: <37226196.E6F86F4D@ionet.net> Chris I have seen several of these a collectable shops the Breget and the halberstadt are OOP so they're going for $85.00 retail the DH10 and Gotha in the 50s and the rest 18-30. I'd call Land Sea and air in Arlington VA on King street and see what they'd offer first. I have seen some of this stuff not make much money on eBay. Tom Solinski Chris Banyai-Riepl wrote: > I've got a question for all you big-scale modelers. I just got a bunch of > models in from a friend who wants me to sell them on e-Bay for him. The > vast majority of them are K&B WWI kits. I have no idea what they're worth, > though, so I don't know what I should be expecting to get for them. Here's > a listing: > > DH.10A > Gotha V > Breguet 14 > P-26 > Pfalz D.III > Albatros C.III > Halberstadt CL.II > Nieuport 28C.1 > Sopwith Triplane > Fokker E.V > Fokker E.III > > So what are these things worth these days? Any information would be great. > I've also got a bunch of off-topic early Frog stuff that I'm wondering about > too, so if any of you guys are knowledgeable in collectible kits, give me a > holler. > > Thanks! > > Chris Banyai-Riepl > Publisher > Internet Modeler > http://www.avsim.com/mike/awn/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:50:39 -0400 From: "Brad Gossen" To: Subject: Re: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron Message-ID: <199904250052.UAA18446@mail5.globalserve.net> Bob Didn't miss much. Half hour long. Usual footage and stills. Everything here appears in either Aces or Four Years of Thunder. Conclusion - MvR was shot down by Aussie ground fire unless he was killed by Brown. I'm sure I've seen this show before under another title. Brad BigglesRFC@globalserve.net nw: National Geographic - The Battle of Midway. Now this is a documentary! John Ford's fabulous, live action, contemporary colour footage. Veterans travel with Robert Ballard as he discovers the remains of USS Yorktown 3 miles down. Off topic but very exciting. No Canadian content. But at least there are no Me 10-thingies. ---------- > From: Bob Pearson > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: VCR Alert: Who killed the red Baron > Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 8:21 PM > > > > > Also note that Flightpath on the Discovery Channel will be running a one > > hour documentary on Barker VC, Tuesday 26th, 10PM Eastern, 7PM Pacific. > > > > Brad > > BigglesRFC@globalserve.net > > > YAY !!!!!!!!! About time. . Wayne Ralph told me they were working on it, but > hadn't said it was done. > > I missed the MvR thing, so anyone else care to comment on it? > > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:25:40 -0500 From: "John C Glaser" To: Subject: RE: K&B Kits Message-ID: Chris: My 1999 copy of "The Collectors Value Guide for Scale Model Plastic Kits" says: DH.10A $20-30 Gotha V $20-30 Breguet 14 $40-60 P-26 $20-30 Pfalz D.III $30-50 Albatros C.III $40-60 Halberstadt CL.II $40-60 Nieuport 28C.1 $20-30 Sopwith Triplane $20-30 Fokker E.V $20-30 Fokker E.III $20-30 Prices on Ebay seem to run on the high side of these or substantially exceed them. However, these might help in setting reserve prices. HTH - John -----Original Message----- From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of Chris Banyai-Riepl Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 4:57 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: K&B Kits I've got a question for all you big-scale modelers. I just got a bunch of models in from a friend who wants me to sell them on e-Bay for him. The vast majority of them are K&B WWI kits. I have no idea what they're worth, though, so I don't know what I should be expecting to get for them. Here's a listing: DH.10A Gotha V Breguet 14 P-26 Pfalz D.III Albatros C.III Halberstadt CL.II Nieuport 28C.1 Sopwith Triplane Fokker E.V Fokker E.III So what are these things worth these days? Any information would be great. I've also got a bunch of off-topic early Frog stuff that I'm wondering about too, so if any of you guys are knowledgeable in collectible kits, give me a holler. Thanks! Chris Banyai-Riepl Publisher Internet Modeler http://www.avsim.com/mike/awn/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:08:05 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Zeppelins Message-ID: In a message dated 4/24/99 12:05:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, billneill@csi.com writes: << Anyhow, came to mind a 72 (I think) Zeppelin I saw featured in FSM (I think!) some years ago. Anyone remember it, or maybe have been the bold builder? Bill Neill >> I remember it and it gives me an aching urge to try building one. The wife does not share the same aching urge. Robert K. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:08:09 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian Message-ID: In a message dated 4/24/99 1:42:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, cbbs@almac.co.uk writes: << O'Toole is such a debauched character, I wasn't surprised to see him at all - however seeing Sir John Gielgud ("Johnny" to all luvvies) was astonishing and Helen Mirren too - great Shakespearian actors both. Sir JG (who is I think 95 this month) said that he had had no idea what Guccione was going to add in afterwards. (BTW I don't know which version you've seen but there is a hard-core version and an ultra-hard-core version) Mercy! Back to the Camels (er... you know what I mean!) Sandy >> Before the Camels are gotten back to, I'll say that I saw the hard core version! I'd heard that Sir John was not terribly thrilled with Guccione. The odd thing is that I don't know if the movie made Caligula as truly gruesome as he probably was! Well, the Camel beckons (ur...well...really back to the Snipe- an old painting of mine that I'm re-doing) Robert K. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 00:08:04 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Zeppelins Message-ID: <7006c340.2453ef24@aol.com> In a message dated 4/24/99 12:29:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dave@vga-graphics.com writes: << to be smart I sent in something about BE2 vs. Zeppelin in 1:72. Robert K. gently pointed out that it'd been done already... in a museum diorama somewhere out his way. >> Yep.....1/48th! at the San Diego Aerospace Museum! Robert K. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:10:44 -0700 (PDT) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Zeppelins Message-ID: <199904250410.VAA01818@compass.OregonVOS.net> Bill Neill wrote: > >I was reading Arch Whitehouses book 'Zeppelin Fighters' in the hope of >finding info on Brit anti Zepp a/c. Some of that, buts lots more good stuff >on German WW1 airships, for those into that kind of thing. >Anyhow, came to mind a 72 (I think) Zeppelin I saw featured in FSM (I >think!) some years ago. Anyone remember it, or maybe have been the bold >builder? Dunno about Fine Scale Modeler but Matt Hargreaves' 1/72 L-32 Zeppelin model was featured in Vol. 4, No. 1 (Spring, 1988) of Windsock. And an impressive effort it was. Durn thing was some nine feet long and had to be painted in an actual 1:1 scale automobile spray painting booth. Appropriately, it was painted with actual automotive paints and required a special trailer to haul it. Cheers and all, -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org "You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows." -Bob Dylan- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:28:01 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian Message-ID: <372299D1.4C6D@bellsouth.net> KarrArt@aol.com wrote: > Before the Camels are gotten back to, I'll say that I saw the hard core > version! I'd heard that Sir John was not terribly thrilled with Guccione. The > odd thing is that I don't know if the movie made Caligula as truly gruesome > as he probably was! I once had an opportunity to buy an EXTREMELY rare Roman coin minted during his reign with his image on the heads side. The opportunity was there, but the 4000.00+ U.S. bucks(iirc) weren't. Now to try and get this back on topic. Caligula > 'I Claudius' > Robert Graves > 'Good-bye to all That'. And here we are back in the trenches. :) E. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:00:26 -0700 (PDT) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Zeppelins Message-ID: <199904250500.WAA18040@compass.OregonVOS.net> >In a message dated 4/24/99 12:05:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >billneill@csi.com writes: ><< Anyhow, came to mind a 72 (I think) Zeppelin I saw featured in FSM (I > think!) some years ago. Anyone remember it, or maybe have been the bold > builder? > Bill Neill >> > I remember it and it gives me an aching urge to try building one. The wife >does not share the same aching urge. Do NOT, repeat, do NOT attempt this project until after you are either widowed or divorced. Otherwise, yer wife will certainly soon become either widowed or divorced - depending on whether she leaves you or shoots you. Cheers and all, -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org "You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows." -Bob Dylan- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 01:05:13 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian Message-ID: <9209fdcd.2453fc89@aol.com> In a message dated 4/24/99 9:30:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: << Caligula > 'I Claudius' > Robert Graves > 'Good-bye to all That'. And here we are back in the trenches. :) E. >> genius, my good man! Robert K. (with the roar of a good but terribly off topic airshow still throbbing in his head....what? say again? WHAT?) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:12:03 +0100 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: Zeppelins Message-ID: <199904251012.LAA26566@beryl.sol.co.uk> > Do you have the Arms & Armour "Air War Over Great Britan 1914-18"? Some > great Home Defence a/c pictures in that. The Air Defence of Britain 1914-1918 - Putnam is good. The 1930's title The German Air Raids on Gt Britain 1914-1918 by Capt Joseph Morris is the nearest thing to an official account and is full of tables, maps and lists of every aircraft/ship raid. Republished by Naval & Military Press and, I think, Battery Books too. Good coverage in "The War in the Air" of course, but no pics. HTH Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:03:28 +0100 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian Message-ID: <199904251011.LAA26563@beryl.sol.co.uk> > << Caligula > 'I Claudius' > Robert Graves > 'Good-bye to all That'. > And here we are back in the trenches. :) Just don't blow that bloody whistle! Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:12:45 GMT From: lfendy@firstsaga.com (Leonard Endy) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: (fwd) Rumpler Taube, Pfalz DIII Message-ID: <3723f83b.11765401@legend.firstsaga.com> I received this msg and figured the list coul help this guy: Pleae e-mail direct to him. I don't think Pegasus makes a Paflz D.III...how about Meikraft ? On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:57:06 -0400, "U.P. Reference Desk #1" wrote: Hello, I am interested in finding a 1/72 Rumpler Taube kit, complete. I would also like to find the kit for a Pfalz DIII. Please forward this my poor request to any interested parties or appropriate list (along with my email account), or I would welcome information about who sells these kits anymore. Your efforts are appreciated. Thank You. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 06:25:52 -0500 From: "K. Hagerup" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: (fwd) Rumpler Taube, Pfalz DIII Message-ID: <3722FBC0.11DE@prodigy.net> Leonard Endy wrote: > > I received this msg and figured the list coul help this guy: > Pleae e-mail direct to him. I don't think Pegasus makes a Paflz > D.III...how about Meikraft ? > > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:57:06 -0400, "U.P. Reference Desk #1" > wrote: > > Hello, I am interested in finding a 1/72 Rumpler Taube kit, complete. > I > would also like to find the kit for a Pfalz DIII. Please forward this > my > poor request to any interested parties or appropriate list (along with > my email account), or I would welcome information about who sells > these > kits anymore. Pegagus had a Pfalz, and plans to release a Taube this year. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:32:23 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Trenches, was Re: Caligula to Snipe Message-ID: <37230B57.3EFD@bellsouth.net> Sandy Adam wrote: > Just don't blow that bloody whistle! Sissy! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:35:34 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Caligula to Snipe wasRe: I'm back dammit wasRe: Bavarian Message-ID: <37230C16.3909@bellsouth.net> KarrArt@aol.com wrote: > genius, my good man! Thankuvermuch. > (with the roar of a good but terribly off topic airshow still throbbing in > his head....what? say again? WHAT?) I said THANKUVERMUCH! E. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:30:01 -0500 From: "Charles and Linda Duckworth" To: "ww1list" Subject: What's on your work bench? Message-ID: <000501be8f28$1d0233e0$a05cdfd1@q1p5x0> Was interested in what everyone is building and what stages your in with the kit? I'm still on the Eduard Sopwith Baby (1/48th), airbrushed the wood parts yesterday (floats, top cockpit decking and prop) and plan to wood grain same next using the nylon pad method someone on the list mentioned in the past (enamel base with acrylic coat - then go over with the pad to obtain a wood graining effect). Have that main parts of the kit finished to the point where I can paint the CDL finish. I plan to do something easier next such as the DML Fokker Dr1. The early Eduard kits look great when finished but sometimes one needs to get into a model that takes less that 50 hours to build once in a while. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:27:36 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: (fwd) Rumpler Taube, Pfalz DIII Message-ID: <19990425.103440.-805917.1.mbittner@juno.com> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:12:34 -0400 (EDT) lfendy@firstsaga.com (Leonard Endy) writes: > I received this msg and figured the list coul help this guy: > Pleae e-mail direct to him. I don't think Pegasus makes a Paflz > D.III...how about Meikraft ? As Ken said, Pegasus did the Pfalz D.IIIa. The advantage with the Meikraft is it provided parts to do both the D.III and D.IIIa, and the decal sheet is worth the price of the kit alone. One of Meikraft's better efforts. I believe there were a couple of vacs as well, but am not sure whose they were. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:26:01 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: What's on your work bench? Message-ID: <19990425.103440.-805917.0.mbittner@juno.com> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 10:28:57 -0400 (EDT) "Charles and Linda Duckworth" writes: > Was interested in what everyone is building and what stages your in > with the > kit? Flashback Strutter, all rigged and ready to be "overcoated". Once that is accomplished, then the Scarff/Lewis goes on, as well as the prop, then it sits on the shelf. Woo hoo!! After three or four off-topics, then it's back to the "grind" with the Roseplane SPAD 11. Plus there are two voices in my head wanting me to finish the Roland D.II and the oh-it's-taking-way-too-long Nie.16. However, I've been ignoring those voices for awhile, so maybe they'll receed to the back again because of the din up front... Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:02:11 -0500 From: kevinkim@interlog.com (Kevin & Kimberley) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: What's on your work bench? Message-ID: Thanks for asking, Charles: After a six week hiatus, this weekend I started back into my Flashback Strutter. Finished smoothing over the lower wing/fuselage join, decaled the upper wing and primed my remaining fiddly-bits (from the kit!). While things were drying here and there on the Strutter, I decided to slam-dunk the Toko Nie.11 that has been sitting around here for ever. I was going to do the Russian "death's head" decals, but I picked up a Blue Rider Belgian sheet two weeks ago and just couldn't resist the black/yellow/red. So it's going to be a CDL shooting star, like the one on the cover of Volume 1 of the Datafile Special. Tail stripes are on and the CDL is almost finished. All major construction is done and if I can't finish it tonight, it will be Tuesday. :-) Famous last words... Kevin Barrett. nl: Lorenna's live from San Francisco CD. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:01:47 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: What's on your work bench? Message-ID: <37233C6B.30DE@bellsouth.net> Charles and Linda Duckworth wrote: > > Was interested in what everyone is building and what stages your in with the > kit? Pretty much the same as last time this thread came up. :( EtLH (Lazy Heretic) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:43:17 -0400 From: bucky@ptdprolog.net To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: What's on your work bench? Message-ID: <37234625.CFEA17FD@ptdprolog.net> Charles and Linda Duckworth wrote: > Was interested in what everyone is building and what stages your in with the > kit? In the middle of the Dutch 1 1/2 Strutter. This is a captured French Machine with the observer's cockpit faired over. There was a Lewis gun affixed to the top wing. Having some trouble getting the top wing on correctly. VERY slow process, gluing 1 strut at a time and waiting ages for it to dry.(ca too fast for me to position it correctly.) Just started the Hanriot. A small problem. The datafile and article in OTF both state that the under surface is aluminum. However, "Above Flanders' Fields" says "light blue" undersides. Any ideas? I sorta go with the aluminum, but am open to ideas. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:59:39 -0400 From: "Steven M. Perry" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: What's on your work bench? Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19990425125939.0077e5b0@pop.mindspring.com> At 12:44 PM 4/25/99 -0400, you wrote: > > >Charles and Linda Duckworth wrote: > >> Was interested in what everyone is building and what stages your in with the >> kit? Phoenix 1:72 vac kit of BE2a. All done except for rigging. NU: Finish Hangar Queen Spad A.4 sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:08:22 -0700 From: "Bill Neill" To: Subject: Re: What's on your work bench? Message-ID: <005501be8f47$7edfd1c0$a23bc0d8@bill> Well, there's the Aeroclub Brisfit in early painting, it's going to be an Irish example. (Somebody out there was thinking of doing the same, if true, would they like to share notes?) There is the Aeroclub FE2b in serious thinking about, probably in the mostly black home defence scheme on the back of the Datafile (that's why I was reading up on anti Zeppelin stuff, trying to sort out some puzzles, like I'm sure some photos show a darker ring outside the underwing white ring when the Datafile says it was a plain white ring). For relief from things with rigging, there is also a ****off topic warning**** 48 scale Westland Wyvern in the 'Suez' scheme ***end warning*** Bill Neill ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 1547 **********************