WWI Digest 1705 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) by "Mark Shanks" 2) RE: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by "Mark Shanks" 3) inverse from the southern hemiphere WAS: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by "Diego Fernetti" 4) Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by Zulis@aol.com 5) Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by "DAVID BURKE" 6) Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) by "DAVID BURKE" 7) Re: When is a fighter a Comic? by "DAVID BURKE" 8) Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) by CTJDavies@aol.com 9) Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) by "Lee J Mensinger" 10) Scale computers by "DAVID BURKE" 11) Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) by Matthew E Bittner 12) Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by Tom Solinski 13) Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) by Tom Solinski 14) Les Cigogenes by Tom Solinski 15) FW: Updates to the "Naval War" by "Bob Pearson" 16) Re: Scale computers by Ashley9862@aol.com 17) Re: Another workbench photo... by lfendy@firstsaga.com (Leonard Endy) 18) R.S Dallas Letters Home Article by "cameron rile" 19) Was Scale Computers now: Another Blue Max Screw-Up by Albatrosdv@aol.com 20) Blue Max Pfalz - cont. by Albatrosdv@aol.com 21) RE: Shane's desktop by Shane Weier 22) RE: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by Shane Weier 23) Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by David & Carol Fletcher 24) Humbrol Coversion Web Page by Zulis@aol.com 25) Pilots, was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? by Ernest Thomas 26) Re: Humbrol Coversion Web Page by Ernest Thomas 27) Re: Blue Max Pfalz - cont. by Ernest Thomas 28) Re: Les Cigogenes by "David Vosburgh" 29) Re: Hobby Shops (long) by Brent & Tina Theobald 30) RE: Ford T Ambulance by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 31) Calling the List Librarian... by Ernest Thomas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:37:08 -0700 From: "Mark Shanks" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) Message-ID: <199907131646.JAA00927@elvis.fltdyn.com> Tom writes: > Boy, if we have the best hobby shops in the country here in the Lower Left > Corner, the rest of you are in deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep do-do!! To which I can only respond: 'tis sad but true. There were giants in the 60s - shops like Warbirds and the (original) Squadron Shop were havens for plastic builders. They carried import kits, paints, books, decals, and some small catering to the "war game" crowd. But go into what ALL too often passes as a "hobby shop" THESE days, and you get Beanie Babies, doll houses, kites, marbles, and all sorts of gimcracks. HobbyTown USA is an example of what I mean - what a dump. The old dimestrore mentioned in an earlier post scarcely had the variety of crap that I have to elbow my through to find a paint rack at one of THOSE places. To those who would say that the "specialist" hobby shop is an impractical ideal, I'd point to the "specialty shops" in every mall that sell nothing but knives, or coffee, or candles, trick bras, cell phones, or "nature" stuff (like plastic frogs that croak when you walk past them). Maybe southern California isn't exactly chock-a-block with great stores, but San Antonio Hobbies (OK, some would say that isn't SOUTHERN California, but it is from here in Portland!) or Brookhurst just do not have much competition in MOST areas. I've lived in Michigan, Colorado, Maine, Mississippi, California, Missouri, Arizona, and Oregon, and I'll say that the best shops *I've* been in (since Warbirds expired) have ALL been in California. Those readers who have a great hobby shop in your area - tell us about them, and what YOU think makes them great! Mark mshanks@fltdyn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:39:22 -0700 From: "Mark Shanks" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: RE: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <199907131648.JAA00970@elvis.fltdyn.com> Diego Fernetti writes: > Ahhhh lucky bastards!!!! down here is 3o C and rainy, ceiling at 300 ft., > wind 12 km/h from the south (here this is the cold one). Indoors activities > for me too :-( My sympathies, but it IS the dead of winter, isn't it? Write back in six months and I'll let you know how the weather is HERE! ;-) Mark mshanks@fltdyn.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:07:17 -0300 From: "Diego Fernetti" To: Subject: inverse from the southern hemiphere WAS: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <001a01becc88$ff5483e0$4640a8c0@prens-001.ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> You're right. Even so, I'd rather be in the California winter than at job here in summer ;-) I don't complain for the cold weather ( in fact I kind of like it) but the rain and low ceiling is dreadful, specially when it's been three weeks since the last sunny day! As a matter of fact, in my city a shop that used to sell everything, slowly went into specialty on plastic models. The inverse seems to aplly to your shops. Maybe that is for the opposite hemispheres too. I wonder if Australia goes the same. D. -----Mensaje original----- De: Mark Shanks Para: Multiple recipients of list Fecha: Martes, 13 de Julio de 1999 02:08 p.m. Asunto: RE: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? >Diego Fernetti writes: > >> Ahhhh lucky bastards!!!! down here is 3o C and rainy, ceiling at 300 ft., >> wind 12 km/h from the south (here this is the cold one). Indoors activities >> for me too :-( > >My sympathies, but it IS the dead of winter, isn't it? Write back in >six months and I'll let you know how the weather is HERE! ;-) > >Mark >mshanks@fltdyn.com > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:11:56 EDT From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <503a650e.24bccd5c@aol.com> Diego complained bitterly: << Ahhhh lucky bastards!!!! down here is 3º C and rainy, ceiling at 300 ft., wind 12 km/h from the south (here this is the cold one). Indoors activities for me too :-( >> 3 degrees C? Hell, up here in Canada, we dont close the bathroom window until it gets well below zero! :-) Mark wrote: << Those readers who have a great hobby shop in your area - tell us about them, and what YOU think makes them great! >> The list has probably heard Toronto-area modellers speak of Aviation World in our neighborhood. They have a good range of datafiles (but not cheap), many books (even worse) and lots of models (more reasonable). The things which make them worthwhile are well-stocked shelves, you can order items which they dont have in stock, and they seem to have a knack for getting kits quite early after they are released. They even tried an internet mailing list, advising us when new items have come in, but that has been a bit spotty. They do mail order, too. Now, if only they could do something about the pricing of their printed material, they would approach greatness... Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:21:37 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <007601becd55$c10cac20$55f510d1@dora9sprynet.com> Aww Crap! I'm an old fart at 32! Where's my Social Security check - I wanna get some more plastic! DB -----Original Message----- From: Bill Neill To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:33 PM Subject: Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? >This is really a hobby for seniors, they have the time, patience, and lack >of distractions necessary. They frequently also have established craft >skills. > >Bill Neill > > >> >> > This then raises the question that I almost dont want to >> > ask - where are the future modellers going to come from?>> > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:47:22 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) Message-ID: <00ce01becd58$b6381f20$55f510d1@dora9sprynet.com> >Those readers who have a great hobby shop in your area - tell us >about them, and what YOU think makes them great! > >Mark >mshanks@fltdyn.com OK, you asked for it! Homewood Toy and Hobby is the Birmingham, AL area's best hobby shop, even though it is a Hobby/Toy Store. The left/rear corner has plenty of good plastic at reasonable rates. Paint stocks as well as the plastic stock racks are kept up-to-date, and it is a good place to catch other modellers. It's an 'Advance Scout' location so the new stuff gets there first. And yes, they make a full effort to stock all of the Eduard WWI kits (and Toko for the other crowd). Of course, I cannot live on HT&H alone, so I'm frequently heading over to Atlanta. Two places come to mind: AAA Hobby being the best. The War Room, a gamer's haven, has an excellent selection, and a really good book rack. Their aftermarket section is astounding, although the prices are a little high. Their WWI selection was a bit scant. AAA (Triple A) is the kind of hobby shop that you used to know. Everybody on a first-name basis and it's owned by Bud, who also employs his two sons, Rob and John. The nicest folks you could ever hope to meet, and an excellent selection of hard-to-find kits and books at very reasonable prices. From WWI to airliners to armor, AAA has it. Every Saturday is an impromptu club meeting and I cannot remember the last time that I left that store without spending at least $200 and 2 or 3 hours just hanging out. A real 'guy's clubhouse'. And I grew up in New Orleans so I gotta mention Hobbies West in Westwego, owned by one of the greatest guys that I ever met, and somebody that most of us U.S. modelers have met or given money to at one time or another: Jerry Chatelain. But I'll let ETh take over on that one - what do I look like: I have time reviewing hobby shops all day? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:49:28 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: When is a fighter a Comic? Message-ID: <00cf01becd58$b72abc80$55f510d1@dora9sprynet.com> Ahhh. Thanks for the info. DB -----Original Message----- From: Shane Weier To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 6:28 PM Subject: RE: When is a fighter a Comic? >David, > > >> So what was 'not quite right' about it? >> > >It looked "odd" or "comic" because of the way aft position of the cockpit >(compared to a normal Camel) > >Shane ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:39:22 EDT From: CTJDavies@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) Message-ID: <3d636048.24bcefea@aol.com> this from Deutschland: about 45 minutes from here, due east in Essen we have Detlef Schorsch of Modellbau Studio Rhein Ruhr (the owner and producer of Classic Plane). He has an 150sq ft store crammed up to the ceiling with vacs, czech resins, Hobby Craft, Hasegawa - the lot (Windsock International, too). I can only afford to go over there about every three months 'cause I nearly always spend 150 - 200$ each time. I've been to England and lived in SE USA a while, but have never seen a WW1 haven like this. If he hasn't got it, no-one's done it. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:24:10 -0500 From: "Lee J Mensinger" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) Message-ID: <378BA06A.33B1A0A0@wireweb.net> I drove from Port Huron, Mich to Warbirds many times. They maintained, for the times , some really good stock and they would gt what they didn't have for the customers. They had all of he Aurora WW I most of the time and more than one copy each. Have made each of them many times. With and without rigging. Last full set was last seen hanging on the walls of the Weather Station in Misawa. Japan in 1959 and I made them in Ashiya, Japan, during 57 and 58. Lee Mark Shanks wrote: > Tom writes: > > > Boy, if we have the best hobby shops in the country here in the Lower Left > > Corner, the rest of you are in deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep do-do!! > > To which I can only respond: 'tis sad but true. There were giants in > the 60s - shops like Warbirds and the (original) Squadron Shop were > havens for plastic builders. They carried import kits, paints, books, > decals, and some small catering to the "war game" crowd. But go into > what ALL too often passes as a "hobby shop" THESE days, and you get > Beanie Babies, doll houses, kites, marbles, and all sorts of > gimcracks. HobbyTown USA is an example of what I mean - what a dump. <> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:43:42 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Scale computers Message-ID: <000601becd70$6751d500$2532c0d1@dora9sprynet.com> Hey Gang, I have been looking and wracking my brains. Who sells scale computers/calculators? I have seen them advertised recently and can't find whatever it was that I saw them in. Basically a calculator that is set up to convert scale measurements into actual ones both in Metric and Standard. A guy I used to work with had one. I really need to get one. Any help is much appreciated. DaveB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:51:52 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) Message-ID: <19990713.165557.-128909.2.mbittner@juno.com> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:50:19 -0400 (EDT) "Mark Shanks" writes: > Those readers who have a great hobby shop in your area - tell us > about them, and what YOU think makes them great! Unfortunately, we're in the same boat as the rest of the country. Maybe even worse. All we have is a "wannabe" hobby shop, and a Hobbycl-uh, town. However, travel two hours east, and you have two excellent hobby shops in Des Moines - Great Hobby Adventures, and more importantly, Hobby Haven. HH usually buys old collections, so I've come away with more Nie.17's :-), Meikraft and Pegasus kits. However, I understand from Paul that they've been picked over, so who knows... Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:01:21 -0500 From: Tom Solinski To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <378BB731.703F3630@ionet.net> --------------2A6774B9215ED20CDD0543F8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Ahhhh lucky bastards!!!! down here is 3º C and rainy, ceiling at 300 ft., > wind 12 km/h from the south (here this is the cold one). Indoors activities > for me too :-( Diego, I see you are in the western hemisphere, the metrification hasn't fully set in "3º C , ceiling at 300 ft., wind 12 km/h" Long live pounds, feet, and the stone! Tom Solinski :-) --------------2A6774B9215ED20CDD0543F8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Ahhhh lucky bastards!!!! down here is 3º C and rainy, ceiling at 300 ft.,
wind 12 km/h from the south (here this is the cold one). Indoors activities
for me too :-(
Diego, I see you are in the western hemisphere,  the metrification hasn't fully set in  "3º C , ceiling at 300 ft.,
wind 12 km/h"
Long live pounds, feet, and the stone!
Tom Solinski :-) --------------2A6774B9215ED20CDD0543F8-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:11:09 -0500 From: Tom Solinski To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Hobby Shops (was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why?) Message-ID: <378BB97C.AF92536D@ionet.net> Oklahoma, home of the greatest aviator of all time Wiley Post has about 15 hobby shops in the entire state. All but three are "all topics" Plastics to flying to cars to boats and trains. The only specialty shops are either R/C airplanes (3) trains (2) or r/c cars (1). We do have an economical entry source called "Hobby Lobby" but plastic is two isles out of 75. And it appears that they buy their plastic from Phoenix wholesalers down in Florida. The one IPMS backed shop in Oklahoma City sells at retail or higher. I buy mail order almost exclusively Tom Solinski ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:17:46 -0500 From: Tom Solinski To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Les Cigogenes Message-ID: <378BBB0A.C19F5D5A@ionet.net> I have wondered why the stork would be the crest of a group of military aviators. While walking at lunch today I noticed a the shadow of a formation flight coming at me across the grass. I looked up and it was a flight of two storks tucked in real tight, flapping in perfect formation. Nature outdid anything I have ever seen men do with machines. May not be the real reason but it sure was beautiful!!! TomSki ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:41:22 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: ww1 mailing list Subject: FW: Updates to the "Naval War" Message-ID: <199907132252.PAA00429@mail.rapidnet.net> Greetings all, For those bemoaning the fact that the naval side of things are under-represented on this list, I offer the following from the WW1-L. Bob ---------- From: William Schleihauf To: MARHIST List , WW1 List Subject: Updates to the "Naval War" Date: Tue, Jul 13, 1999, 2:58 PM I've just uploaded another bunch of stuff (darn near 7 meg!) to "The War at Sea": http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/naval/n0000000.htm Of special note is the excellent triplet of items courtesy of the well-known Dave Perkins dealing with H-class submarines, including what is basically a visual tour through the boat. Other bits and pieces include: - two contributions from Max Mulholland on Metacentric Height and the potential of German battlecruiser raids - a piece by Keith Allen detailing the evolution of pre-dreadnought medium-calibre batteries - "German Naval Operations, 1914" by Geoffrey Miller - notes on Warship Colour schemes - "Grand Fleet Recognition Marks and Signalling Procedure, 1916" - and an extract from the "Navy List" of RCN officers Bill Schleihauf Pierrefonds, Quebec CANADA william@cae.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:02:07 EDT From: Ashley9862@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Scale computers Message-ID: <2dfad747.24bd1f6f@aol.com> Try any of the TI line of calculators...I have a TI 36X Solar ... a cheap fifteen dollar model that does distance, liquid volume, weight, and temperature conversions. I know I've seen the more expensive TI models in the $60 dollar range provide more....also take a look at the HP scientific line.....great calculators. Candice ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:15:42 GMT From: lfendy@firstsaga.com (Leonard Endy) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Another workbench photo... Message-ID: <378cc85b.1216014@legend.firstsaga.com> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:50:04 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >What's the URL I don't see it linked anywhere from Al's page. > It's at www2.firstsaga.com/lfendy/fof_site.htm and then click on the Workbench link. Len ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:15:03 -0300 From: "cameron rile" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: R.S Dallas Letters Home Article Message-ID: <199907131616522@cameron.prontomail.com> Andrew Smith just sent me this URL from crusader books. It has an article that has numerous excerpts from Dallas's letters home. http://www.crusaderbooks.com.au/article004.htm Makes for interesting reading. cam ______________________________________________________________ Get Your Free E-mail and Homepage at http://www.prontomail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:54:32 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Was Scale Computers now: Another Blue Max Screw-Up Message-ID: Well, Mr. Gannon has done it again: I have been working on the Pfalz D.XII, which seemed damn nice - thin wings, nice overall look, etc. - and then....and then... I get to working on the landing gear and discover that one gear leg is 1/8" shorter at both ends, than the other (we are not talking a "scale inch" here, either). And then... I carefully set up the N-struts, get them at the proper angle, etc., and discover that if they fit from mounting hole on lower wing to mounting hole on upper wing, the upper wing then sits EXACTLY ON TOP OF THE FUSELAGE because the @#$%!! struts are 3/8" *too short*!!!!!!! On a kit like this, this kind of haphazard "f - - k you, buying public" attitude on the part of Mr. Gannon is not acceptable! I will get the strut material, and I will make the things, right, and I am going to be damn mad every moment it takes me to do that. Come on, Eduard, blow him out of the water!! Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:34:16 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Blue Max Pfalz - cont. Message-ID: <4e589a30.24bd3508@aol.com> Well, well, the bad struts can be dealt with: I attached the cabane struts, then attached and positioned the wing. The struts were around 1/8" too short on either end, which could be fixed by "extending them" with CA glue, hit with zip kicker. It still gets me that kits this expensive can be produced this shoddily. Who does he think he is? Collectaire???? Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:18:00 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Shane's desktop Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CD0411D2@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Matt, > Is that a box to the Temeks MoS Type I I see on the shelf? Good job! > There's hope for you yet. ;-) What you can't see is the 8 Toko kits to its right, BUT over 40 Eduards, several Copper State, 6 Blue Maxes and assorted Aurora repops all in the REAL scale reside in my ready use collection to *their* right and beneath. ;-) > Great workbench, Shane. It's nice having a steady, non moving space to work on again - at last *I* too can leave a great mess instead of packing up after every session Shane ************************************************************** The information contained in this E-Mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this E-Mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this E_Mail is not permitted. You are requested to forward unwanted E-Mail and address any problems to the MIM Holdings Limited Help Desk. E-Mail: helpdesk@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:21:09 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CD0411D3@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Tom, > I do know that > when it's 90 degrees and 92 percent humidity at 0900 (as it > is right now) one > plans to stay inside with the a-c going, so thank god I paint > with acrylics!! *Winter* weather. Shane ************************************************************** The information contained in this E-Mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this E-Mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this E_Mail is not permitted. You are requested to forward unwanted E-Mail and address any problems to the MIM Holdings Limited Help Desk. E-Mail: helpdesk@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:33:20 -0700 From: David & Carol Fletcher To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <378BDAD0.2E3E@mars.ark.com> Tom Solinski wrote: "Ahhhh lucky bastards!!!! down here is 3º C and rainy, ceiling at 300 ft., wind 12 km/h from the south (here this is the cold one). Indoors activities for me too :-("..."Diego, I see you are in the western hemisphere, the metrification hasn't fully set in "3º C , ceiling at 300 ft., wind 12 km/h" Long live pounds, feet, and the stone!" Whoa Tom - metric HAS set in down there, but "ceiling" is an aviation term and Diego is a licenced pilot - feet is the international (ICAO) standard for altitudes and centigrade/celsius is used for aviation weather. Wind speed can be in knots or km/hr since it is at the surface and John Q. Public has to understand as well as the aeronaut. Dave Fletcher ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:15:53 EDT From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Humbrol Coversion Web Page Message-ID: Greetings! I have spent the past two evenings reading posts from last month, when I was too busy to read them "live". I noticed a number of enquiries about equivalents between various paint manufacturers and FS numbers. This is probably not news to many of the internet-cruising modellers on this list, but I have found a web site that claims to have colour equivalents between Humbrol and almost everything else. If it is accurate - this guy has done a heck of a lot of work. http://www.swan.ac.uk/mateng/gavins/refs.htm Regards, Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:01:15 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Pilots, was Re: Unpopularity of WWI Subjects... Why? Message-ID: <378BFD7B.700D@bellsouth.net> David & Carol Fletcher wrote: > Whoa Tom - metric HAS set in down there, but "ceiling" is an aviation > term and Diego is a licenced pilot - feet is the international (ICAO) > standard for altitudes and centigrade/celsius is used for aviation > weather. Wind speed can be in knots or km/hr since it is at the surface > and John Q. Public has to understand as well as the aeronaut. Right you are Mr. Fletcher! And since you brought up licensed pilots,(I'm one of them too) I picked up a used copy of 'Aerobatics' by Neil Williams today for a measly 8 U.S.. From previous postings, it sounds like you've had some time hanging from the harness. Care to give an opinion on this book? A quick thumb through looks like it's pretty good. Are you familiar? I guess you'd better reply off list. But maybe not. The bio on the back dust jacket says he's best known for his displays in ot, ot, and the famous machines of the Shuttleworth Collection. E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:02:21 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Humbrol Coversion Web Page Message-ID: <378BFDBD.6CE7@bellsouth.net> Zulis@aol.com wrote: > > Greetings! > > I have spent the past two evenings reading posts from last month, when I was > too busy to read them "live". I noticed a number of enquiries about > equivalents between various paint manufacturers and FS numbers. > > This is probably not news to many of the internet-cruising modellers on this > list, but I have found a web site that claims to have colour equivalents > between Humbrol and almost everything else. If it is accurate - this guy > has done a heck of a lot of work. Thanks. I'll check it out later. Into the file it goes. E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:03:30 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Blue Max Pfalz - cont. Message-ID: <378BFE02.1CAA@bellsouth.net> Albatrosdv@aol.com wrote: > > Well, well, the bad struts can be dealt with: I attached the cabane struts, > then attached and positioned the wing. The struts were around 1/8" too short > on either end, which could be fixed by "extending them" with CA glue, hit > with zip kicker. > > It still gets me that kits this expensive can be produced this shoddily. Who > does he think he is? Collectaire???? > > Tom Cleaver Thanks for the warning. And I was SO looking forward to building this bird. E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 23:08:34 -0400 From: "David Vosburgh" To: Subject: Re: Les Cigogenes Message-ID: <006101becda6$297a51e0$107433cf@Pvosburg> Tom The formation thing may well have had something to do with it, but also I believe that the stork is considered a symbol of good luck... I know in some N. European countries you're considered particularly lucky if a stork builds a nest on your roof --- so much so that sometimes special platforms were built on or near the chimneys to try to lure them up there. Or maybe it was just that people liked stork eggs; I forget which... Regards, DV -----Original Message----- From: Tom Solinski To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 7:13 PM Subject: Les Cigogenes >I have wondered why the stork would be the crest of a group of military >aviators. >While walking at lunch today I noticed a the shadow of a formation >flight coming at me across the grass. I looked up and it was a flight >of two storks tucked in real tight, flapping in perfect formation. >Nature outdid anything I have ever seen men do with machines. >May not be the real reason but it sure was beautiful!!! >TomSki > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:07:50 -0700 From: Brent & Tina Theobald To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Hobby Shops (long) Message-ID: <378C1B23.7B06DD01@airmail.net> Hey gang! I have done some traveling around the country and my favorite modeling area is the Twin Cities in Minnesota. There at least six different Hobby Shops in the area. Roll Models is also located in the area. The Scale Model Supply (Dungeon Hobbies) was the best and the worst. They are located in the basement of a strip shopping mall. A large selection of old kits is on hand. It appears they buy lots of collections. Unfortunately the prices are INSANE! The sales staff ranges from disinterested to surly. I'd go in and buy paint or glue, but that was it. They lost my business because they were jerks. Nice place to go and dig in the shelves though. The other stores in the Twin Cities were run of the mill stores, but they all tried real hard to cater to us plastic modelers. Most stores had an employee in the club who would attend and bring the latest kits as raffle prizes on occasion. They all encouraged modelers to display their work in the shop's glass cases. All the stores had people working that made a trip out there worthwhile. Being near Roll Models was a treat. We had the benefit of special ordering kits at mail order prices and John would deliver them to the meeting. Not too bad since the shipping cost makes a lot of mail order prices equal to buying kits local. John Roll is a heck of a guy, and builds on topic stuff too! There is a dedicated car model shop which I did not visit. I've never been there, they tell me it's nice. I agree with Matt about Des Moines. I didn't spend much time there. After a weekend visiting it seems to have some good shops which were well stocked. Are there three modeling clubs in that town? While I was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa the folks at Box Car Hobbies kept me well supplied with plastic and conversation. I would often stop in at lunch time and shoot the breeze since the store was only a short walk from the office. The friendly people who worked there made up for what the store lacked on the shelves. I still meet with one of the guys who works there when I am in Des Moines. I lived in Springfield, Massachusetts for a while when I worked for Hamilton Standard in Connecticut. There was a store halfway home (in Enfield I think) named Craftek. It was great! Tons of conversions and vacs of oddball kits. It was the only shop in the area I was aware of, but there might have been more. If you go to the Hartford/Springfield area try and get by this store. I am still becoming aware of some of the shops here in Dallas although I have been here the longest. Phil's is great, but pricey. They will get you anything you need and they have the largest model display area of any hobby shop I have visited. There is a display case above the shelves running the length of each aisle. Good people there. Hobby Town USA hosts about ten modelers every Saturday morning for a build session. I enjoy attending that. Hobby Maker is also nearby. Tons of stuff, but is run by punks. Squadron Mail Order is based here too. Which isn't much of a help because I can't pick anything up. I get stuck with the shipping handling charges. At least I get my flyers earlier than everyone else! I will make one observation. I think the Northern states have more modelers because of the long winters. I often heard people discussing their upcoming winter projects in the fall. Plus everyone up North has a basement to model in. There aren't many basements down here in Texas. All modeling needs a special room or gets relegated to the garage. I don't do much modeling out there when it's 100 degrees and 80+ percent humidity. Well, that wound up being longer than expected. I hope I didn't bore ya'll too bad. I haven't even explored Fort Worth yet! Brent ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:31:28 -0700 (PDT) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: RE: Ford T Ambulance Message-ID: <199907140331.UAA25547@compass.OregonVOS.net> Diego writes: >Mick >Can you calculate the scale of the Renault 1912?. I bought an awful SMERD >kit once with the intention to transform it into a Marne taxi but the task >seems quite tedious (wrong tyres, wrong seats, brittle plastic, etc). Only >the passenger "box" could be useful. But if the scale of this Renault is >close to 1/32 my prayers would be answered. Check out the Revell 1907 Renault originally issued under the "Highway Pioneers" cachet back in the late '50's and reissued several times since. It is exactly 1/32 scale and makes a pretty fair Marne taxi. These are not in great demand by the kit collector folks and should be available for $10-$15 from the folks who deal in old kits. 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: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:38:26 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: multiple recipients of list Subject: Calling the List Librarian... Message-ID: <378C0632.5883@bellsouth.net> Riordanovich, I picked up a couple books(FtFC and Guns of August)for the List library today. Where do I send em? E. ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 1705 **********************