WWI Digest 1734 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Where are you? - 1st Ammended list by fedders 2) RE: Americal Listing by Shane Weier 3) Re: Over The Front Vol.13 No.4 by Matthew E Bittner 4) Re: I'm Back by Matthew E Bittner 5) Re: 4 colour lozenge decals by Matthew E Bittner 6) RE: Where are you? Was RE: Judging by John Huggins 7) Re: Over The Front Vol.13 No.4 by "Bob Pearson" 8) Re: Nieuport 17 help by Mick Fauchon 9) Got Something Extra in the Mail Today... by Brent & Tina Theobald 10) Re: Nats update by Ernest Thomas 11) Re: Nats update by Ernest Thomas 12) Re: I'm BACK!!!! by Ernest Thomas 13) Re: I'm Back by Ernest Thomas 14) Re: I'm BACK!!!! by DavidL1217@aol.com 15) Re: I'm BACK!!!! by DavidL1217@aol.com 16) Re: I'm BACK!!!! by Albatrosdv@aol.com 17) RE: Where are you? 2nd Ammended list by "John Glaser" 18) RE: Where are you? Was RE: Judging by "John Glaser" 19) Re: Nats update by "Eli Geher" 20) Re: Where are you? Was RE: Judging by Zulis@aol.com 21) Where are you? by Edward Swaim 22) Re: Nieuport 17 help by Matthew E Bittner 23) RE: Where are you? Was RE: Judging by "John Glaser" 24) Re: Where are you? Was RE: Judging by Zulis@aol.com 25) Re: I'm BACK!!!! by GRBroman@aol.com 26) Re: I'm BACK!!!! by mkendix 27) Re: Nats update by Ernest Thomas 28) Catalina Article by Brent & Tina Theobald 29) Re: Over The Front Vol.13 No.4 by Sharon Henderson 30) Re: D-VIII by bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) 31) ot Cobra help by mgoodwin@ricochet.net 32) Where are you? THE MAPS! by "Chris Banyai-Riepl" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:44:56 -0500 (CDT) From: fedders To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Where are you? - 1st Ammended list Message-ID: MY NAME HAS BEEN MISSPELLED. IT IS FEDDERS (NOT FEDDARS) PAF On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Maciej Szymanski wrote: > > Currently I am also from St. Louis > > Maciej > > DavidL1217@aol.com wrote: > > > > Pete Feddars and Charlie Duckworth are also from St. Louis. > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:46:16 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Americal Listing Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CD4758F7@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Matt, > > Besides, where else are you going to find these subjects? > > ALPS? Not around here, where the famous printer is not for sale. But whilst on the subject, has anyone produced an ALPS lozenge sheet with something approaching "correct" colours and pattern, and with good solid colours. I've seen a couple of sheets suffering from (for want of better knowledge) "banding" of the density of the colours. If this isn't a general problem, and the sheets are done with scaleable graphics, it looks like one way of getting hold of some 1/32, 1/28 loz 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: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:41:58 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Over The Front Vol.13 No.4 Message-ID: <19990726.174614.-6387.4.mbittner@juno.com> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:48:42 -0400 (EDT) "Bob Pearson" writes: > Must be a popular issue .. I wonder why ? :-) Me too. All it has is British crap in it. (an even bigger ) :-) Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:42:47 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm Back Message-ID: <19990726.174614.-6387.5.mbittner@juno.com> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:59:36 -0400 (EDT) bucky@ptdprolog.net writes: > Congrats to E. and Jim Wallace. Wish I could be there to just look at > all the cool models. Oh well, maybe Chicago..... If people do go to Chicago, we definitely have to have a list's night out. Heck, there are enough of us on this list in the general area as it is! :-) Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:43:45 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: 4 colour lozenge decals Message-ID: <19990726.174614.-6387.6.mbittner@juno.com> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:51:36 -0400 (EDT) mkendix writes: > Can anyone comment on the quality and accuracy of Aeromaster's > four-colour lozenge decals for the purpose of a Fokker D.VII kit? I would have to agree I like the Pegasus and Americal better. Heck, I like the Almark better than the Aeromaster! Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:11:05 -0500 From: John Huggins To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: RE: Where are you? Was RE: Judging Message-ID: I have added my name to the list in the H's. John >--- Zulis@aol.com wrote: >> Chris enquires: >> >> << Where is everyone from? I know that this has >> been brought up a >> while ago, but I'm sure that there have been some >> new additions to the list >> since then. >> >> >> Well, I still have a copy of the previous "roll >> call" - so perhaps I should >> just post it and let people made additions and >> corrections..... >> >> Adam, Sandy Crieff, Scotland >> Allred, Bob Charlotte, North Carolina >> Anz-Meador, Dr.Phillip Houston, Texas >> Bacon, Bill Canyon, Texas >> Banyai-Riepl, Chris Naselle, Washington >> Barrett, Kevin Toronto, Canada >> Beran, Michal Strakonice, Czech republic >> Berlien, John Plano, Texas >> Bittner, Matthew E. Omaha, Nebraska >> Broman, Glen Port Byron, Illinois >> Cato, Chris Hartford, Connecticutt >> Crofoot, Tim Cloquet, Minnesota > Crow, Peter Santa Monica, Calif. >> de C.Triffoni, Alex Campinas, Brazil >> Dicianna, Mike Lebanon,Oregon >> Endy, Leonard Prince George, Virginia >> Fauchon, Mick Stockton, Australia >> Fernetti, Diego Argentina >> Fisher, Eric El Dorado Hills, California >> Fletcher, David Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada >> Forsch, Carl Harrisburg, Pennsylvania >> Franklin, Mike Bellingham, Washington >> Geher, Eli Huntsville, Alabama >> Glaser, John Houston, Texas >> Glueck, Hans-Juergen Offenbach, Germany >> Goodwin, Riordan San Francisco, California >> Gossen, Brad Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (905) >> 721-0792 >> Gray, James D. Bremerton, Washington >> Gronczewski, Tomasz Bedzin, Poland >> Hagen, Knut-Erik Oslo, Norway > > Henderson, Sharon Fairfax, Virginia Huggins, john & Pat The Colony, TX (Dallas Area) > > Humphreys, Jay St.Augustine, Florida >> Jenkins,Shane & Lorna Gorokan, Australia >> Karr, Robert Westminster California >> Kelly, David Bloomington, Indiana >> Kinnear, David San Jose, California >> Lawder, Martin Munich, Germany >> Lefort, Michel Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium >> Lyzun, Jim Thunder Bay, Canada >> Magnus, Al Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada >> McClellan, Robert Memphis ,Tennessee >> McOsker, Gerald P. Newport, Rhode Island >> Mensinger, Lee J. New Braunfels, Texas >> Milas, Rick Champaign, Illinois >> Muth, Mike East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania >> Niles, Russ Sacramento, California >> Ozaki, Hirohisa Aichi, Japan >> Pearson, Bob Prince Rupert British Columbia, Canada >> Perry, Steven M. St.Petersburg, Florida >> Pliml, Jim Abilene, Texas >> Poloni, Franco Lodi, Italy >> Rada, Alberto Caracas, Venezuela >> Rile, Cameron Butler, New Jersey (ex pat Australian >> from Windsor , >> Sydney) >> Shanks, Mark Portland, Oregon >> Smith, Geoff Darwen, England >> Soares, Pedro Lisbon, Portugal >> Spriesterbach,Philippe Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium >> Sterner, David Los Angeles, California >> Subrt, Ivan Pilsen, West Bohemia, Czech Republic >> Sundberg, Steve Webster City, Iowa >> Superczynski, Al Little Rock, Arkansas >> Szymanski, Maciej Poznan, Poland >> Thomas, Ernest New Orleans Louisiana >> Valdes, Carlos Atlanta, Georgia >> Valenciano, Joey Manila, Philippines >> Vilmazer, Bulent Ankara, Turkey >> Vosburgh, David Egremont, Massachusetts >> Watt, Dave Indianapolis, Indiana >> Weier, Shane Brisbane, Australia >> Woodbury, Robert Perth, Australia >> Zivich, Matthew Saginaw, Michigan. >> Zulis, David Toronto, Canada >> > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:09:26 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Over The Front Vol.13 No.4 Message-ID: <199907262317.QAA19747@mail.rapidnet.net> Matt pokes fun at my hard work with . . . . .. >> Must be a popular issue .. I wonder why ? :-) > > Me too. All it has is British crap in it. (an even bigger ) :-) Matt, The archtypical American Cowboy, Frank Luke, is British? Bob ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:25:10 +1000 (EST) From: Mick Fauchon To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Nieuport 17 help Message-ID: Matt, > Believe it or not, I need some help from the 1/48th builders. Well, there ya go! Needless to say, we're always ready to oblige . > > What I need are scans and/or photocopies of the Eduard instructions, for > both the "regular" and "ProfiPack" editions. I'm trying to figure some > things out, and I think these may help. TIA! No problem. I have both, if you still need them. Just let me know what you need. Cheers, Mick. -- -- Mick Fauchon | Internet: ulmjf@dewey.newcastle.edu.au Client Services,IESD, Auchmuty Library| Ph. (intl+61+49) 218622 University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA | Fax (intl+61+49) 215833 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM M M M Tasmanian Devil: "#@%!&^*%%...!#@!&**%^@@#$#-+*+*&##@...!!" M M M M Yosemite Sam : "Cut out that Army talk!..Yer in the Navy now!" M M M MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:27:22 -0700 From: Brent & Tina Theobald To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Got Something Extra in the Mail Today... Message-ID: <379D0AFA.E5E25A97@airmail.net> Anybody looking for the Contrail Widebeast and/or Blackburn Baffin? I got them with some other vacs I bought and I have no interest in them. The Wildebeast has been started. Contact me off list if interested. Brent -- ************************************* They’ve got us surrounded, the poor bastards! ************************************* ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:41:46 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Nats update Message-ID: <379CF23A.26BD@bellsouth.net> Jim, Jim Wallace wrote: > I took my E.III that many of you have seen and was in our club's OTF issue > last year. I didn't know that was yours. Sorry I missed you. But my E.III diorama took first > place. You can see photos of it and the E.III from my page: > Very sorry I missed that. And HOW did I miss that? :( E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:58:45 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Nats update Message-ID: <379D0445.7F80@bellsouth.net> Matthew E Bittner wrote: > Congratulations! It definitely deserved it. The judging sounds like it > was its typical self - hit and miss. Too bad, as I thought your E.III > was well worth it. Sagging D.III wires indeed! Yes, I forgot congrats to Jim on his E-III Dio. And yes, I also think his 1/48 E-III deserved an award. I had a good long look at it and saw all sorts of stuff in the cockpit that I wish I had put in my E-III. And I saw nothing that should have knocked it out of the running. There were definitly more than 3 models on that table that deserved an award. Frankly, I was surprised to get third. I had already halfway resigned myself to comming home empty handed. :( But I'm NOT sending it back! :) As for the sagging rigging, I think I said "loose", not sagging. It didn't sag. But it wasn't tight either. Jim, what was your opinion of the judging? And I promise I won't get mad if you give me a list of flaws that should have kept my N.17 from placing. Again, I was surprised to get it. I saw a few instances where I would have judged very differently. Not as many as I agreed with, but a few. And can you tell me how the scratch-built a/c judging went? i WOULD HAVE HATED TO JUDGE THAT CATAGORY. Sorry, finger slipped. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:06:06 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm BACK!!!! Message-ID: <379D05FE.9AE@bellsouth.net> Len Smith wrote: > > E Well done!!!! Right sort of model, pity about the scale:-))). Many > sincere congrats. In this case, I have to say, a win from the 1/72 scale catagory would have meant even more. Much much more competition. And thanks. E. Who has decided that if I can take 3rd with a model built by a one eyed man, what can I do after I get em both back? Go for first in Dallas! ;) E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:11:20 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm Back Message-ID: <379D0738.6029@bellsouth.net> bucky@ptdprolog.net wrote: > > Congrats to E. and Jim Wallace. Wish I could be there to just look at > all the cool models. Oh well, maybe Chicago..... It was overwelming. Especially when you ponder the number of man-hours represented by 1900 first class entries . DO! go to Chi-town. But bring plenty of bucks for the vendors. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:34:21 EDT From: DavidL1217@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm BACK!!!! Message-ID: They only had the 1/48 scale test shots. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:32:58 EDT From: DavidL1217@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm BACK!!!! Message-ID: Congrats. I was very impressed with just about everything out there (all categories) and the very few items I was underwhelmed by, well I wont mention it. I wonder how much the IPMS judges know about WWI aircraft, the interpretation of WWI photos etal? Would it be a worthwhile effort to 1. start an IPMS WWI Special Interest Group and 2. have that group write a primer on WWI aircraft for the benefit of judges who are into Bf 109 thingies? I think it would be a worthwhile effort though something tells me that the judging type really would not appreciate anyone instructing them. Naturally, I am assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that there are no WWI buffs doing the judging. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:44:06 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm BACK!!!! Message-ID: <3639961a.24ce68e6@aol.com> In a message dated 99-07-26 21:38:16 EDT, you write: << I wonder how much the IPMS judges know about WWI aircraft, the interpretation of WWI photos etal? Would it be a worthwhile effort to 1. start an IPMS WWI Special Interest Group and 2. have that group write a primer on WWI aircraft for the benefit of judges who are into Bf 109 thingies? >> This is an EXCELLENT idea. My friend John Lester, a leading s-f modeler, has gotten so sick and tired of the usual IPMS bigotry that he let me know they are forming an official IPMS Sci-Fi SIG. A WW1 SIG is really necessary to educate the doofi (that's more than one doofus standing together in a group). I believe (but would not wish to be held to it even if the only other two whose votes count are also members of this list) I can speak for IM that we would support such an idea. Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:53:49 -0500 From: "John Glaser" To: Subject: RE: Where are you? 2nd Ammended list Message-ID: TEXAS 13 California 11 Looks like we're takin' over! Yipee Ki-ea! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:56:10 -0500 From: "John Glaser" To: Subject: RE: Where are you? Was RE: Judging Message-ID: Now its Texas 14! Good thing the state's so big. All those dots! -----Original Message----- From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of John Huggins Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 6:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: RE: Where are you? Was RE: Judging I have added my name to the list in the H's. John ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:04:03 -0500 From: "Eli Geher" To: Subject: Re: Nats update Message-ID: <05c801bed7d4$648db640$526086d0@eligeher> I just got back from the Orlando Nationals last night. I had nothing in the Biplanes category, and fell a bit short in the civil aircraft category I was entered in, but got a special award from Minicraft. I hoped to meet Ernest and other list members who made the trip, but it wasn't to be. Loved the Nieuport, though! Silver airplanes are much more attractive than those ugly mud colored or camouflaged things. IMHO:-} We started judging at 7:00 PM Friday evening and finished up around 1:30 in the morning. There were about 140 people judging somewhere north of 1500 model in far too many classes. Almost every model there was something that anyone on this list would have not have been embarrassed to have brought. It was a very difficult process but, as always, it was done conscientiously and with integrity. If the results were not satisfactory to all participants, then at least they were justifiable. It was interesting to come back and review the recent thread on judging. I had forgotten how ignorant of modelling and history that I must be. Should I shoot myself or just jump off the roof? Its only a 2 story house. Eli Geher ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:00:32 EDT From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Where are you? Was RE: Judging Message-ID: <38bedba5.24ce6cc0@aol.com> John writes: << Now its Texas 14! Good thing the state's so big. All those dots! >> Yeah, John.... they made the state so large so we'd have room for all the pinheads... :-D Actually, I am quite surprised at how many Aussies we have. Like I was saying to Bulent in Turkey - the sun never sets on this list. Regards, Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:13:45 -0500 From: Edward Swaim To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Where are you? Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19990727021345.0068c874@aristotle.net> Edward Swaim, Little Rock, Arkansas ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:55:43 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Nieuport 17 help Message-ID: <19990726.210747.-84411.0.mbittner@juno.com> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:15:14 -0400 (EDT) Mick Fauchon writes: > No problem. I have both, if you still need them. Just let me > know > what you need. Thanks to all, but I have it all covered. Thanks, everybody! Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:30:02 -0500 From: "John Glaser" To: Subject: RE: Where are you? Was RE: Judging Message-ID: Careful now Dave. I think Texas still has the ability and means to declare war. And we probably have more firepower than anywhere else on the list! :-) :-) - JCG -----Original Message----- From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of Zulis@aol.com Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 9:07 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Where are you? Was RE: Judging John writes: << Now its Texas 14! Good thing the state's so big. All those dots! >> Yeah, John.... they made the state so large so we'd have room for all the pinheads... :-D Actually, I am quite surprised at how many Aussies we have. Like I was saying to Bulent in Turkey - the sun never sets on this list. Regards, Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:42:41 EDT From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Where are you? Was RE: Judging Message-ID: <6ea2e9bf.24ce76a1@aol.com> << Careful now Dave. I think Texas still has the ability and means to declare war. And we probably have more firepower than anywhere else on the list! :-) :-) - JCG >> Rapidly trying to avoid an international incident here .... and, of course, the "pinheads" being referred to were being stuck on the map.... My favorite Texan that I met on a vacation there a few years ago, when learning that I was from Canada, put his arm on my shoulder and said something like: " .... in (such and such) year, the United States joined Texas...." Kinda sums it all up for me.... Regards, Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:06:40 EDT From: GRBroman@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm BACK!!!! Message-ID: <12a3eb24.24ce7c40@aol.com> In a message dated 7/26/99 8:38:16 PM EST, DavidL1217@aol.com writes: > I wonder how much the IPMS judges know about W.W.I aircraft, the > interpretation of W.W.I photos etal? Would it be a worthwhile effort to 1. start an IPMS W.W.I Special Interest Group and 2. have that group write a primer on W.W.I aircraft for the benefit of judges who are into Bf 109 thingies? Actually, they are no different from anyone one this list. Those judges who do judge a category are generally and or specifically familiar with that category. There is an IPMS/UK WW I SIG already in existence. They are not on the Internet. I would be happy to start a W.W.I IPMS/USA SIG on ONELIST, but why? It would pale in comparison with the riches here! And there is a primer on judging W.W.I aircraft, and W.W.II aircraft, and cars, ships, Sci-fi, etc. It's called the IPMS/USA judges handbook. > I think it would be a worthwhile effort though something tells me that the > judging type really would not appreciate anyone instructing them. There are IPMS/USA national judges on this list, probably many from other national IPMS's as well. You are painting with an awfully broad brush with that statement :). Naturally, I am assuming (perhaps incorrectly) that there are no W.W.I buffs doing the judging. Bad assumption. I know several. But I wasn't there this year, so I don't know who judged what. Remember, IPMS/USA judges first on basics. Since most of of us weren't there on a judging team, we don't know the why's and wherefores. Based on my experience, I can tell you that there is the odd goof, but I can also tell you that there was very likely a good reason why each model finished were it did. If you are interested in doing the job, you could do your apprentice judging at Dallas next year and be a team judge for Chicago. I'm pretty sure that the Head Judge would be happy to have another hand on board. But it is hard work, and, just as the original message quoted here shows, you are always second guessed. :) Glen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:11:37 -0400 (EDT) From: mkendix To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: I'm BACK!!!! Message-ID: On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 GRBroman@aol.com wrote: > And there is a > primer on judging W.W.I aircraft, and W.W.II aircraft, and cars, ships, > Sci-fi, etc. It's called the IPMS/USA judges handbook. > Glen: How does one obtain a copy of this book? I think it would help novices such as myself as well as more experienced folk. Michael mkendix@worthen.ihcrp.georgetown.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:33:25 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Nats update Message-ID: <379D2885.619F@bellsouth.net> Eli Geher wrote: > > I just got back from the Orlando Nationals last night. I had > nothing in the Biplanes category, and fell a bit short in the > civil aircraft category I was entered in, You're not the one who built that little black & yellow Pitts, are you? I sure liked that one. but got a special award > from Minicraft. I hoped to meet Ernest and other list members > who made the trip, but it wasn't to be. Loved the Nieuport, > though! Had I known you were gonna be there, I would have made it a point to hunt you down. :) And I'm glad you liked the 17. Thanks. > We started judging at 7:00 PM Friday evening and finished up > around 1:30 in the morning. Yeah, I met a couple of your brethren in the pool around 2:00am. They looked tired. Sorry I missed you. Maybe in Dallas... E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:40:45 -0700 From: Brent & Tina Theobald To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Catalina Article Message-ID: <379D465C.D9E4463@airmail.net> Hey Tom,

I have been meaning to get back to you about the Catalina. The article will be delivered to you by August 10. I have interior pictures and everything. They are still in the camera. I hope they turn out good.

I am covering the use of the True Details, Eduard and Belcher Bits detail sets for the kit. I expect it will be interesting for your readers.

You asked me to do the Ilya Muromets earlier in the year. I declined originally. I have decided that I may attempt it. I boogered up the lower wings and I am redoing them. This allows me to photograph some of the stuff I am doing to it. I'll be in touch about it.

Brent

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  ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:54:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Sharon Henderson To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Over The Front Vol.13 No.4 Message-ID: Well, if all that "British crap" has you kerflummoxed, you might try Vol 13 #3. There's a really Great article about a dogfight, by some girl historian person. ;-) Sharon On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Matthew E Bittner wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:48:42 -0400 (EDT) "Bob Pearson" > writes: > > > Must be a popular issue .. I wonder why ? :-) > > Me too. All it has is British crap in it. (an even bigger ) :-) > > > Matt Bittner > http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook > http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:03:34 -0700 (PDT) From: bshatzer@orednet.org (Bill Shatzer) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: D-VIII Message-ID: <199907270403.VAA13180@compass.OregonVOS.net> Lee wrote: > >By a sheer twist of fate. The "E" decided to shed wings, after a concerted >effort to do things better, (To enhance the quality control and some >"niggling" little changes.) they ( The German high Command) decided >arbitrarily, to call it a "D". No explaination was offered. AFAIK. Never >heard a good reason so far. Lee The wing-shedding problem may have played a part but, as I recall, this was also a part of an overall rationalization of the German designation system. The Luftstrietkrafte determined that all fighter-type aircraft should bear the "D" designation - regardless of the number of wings. The Junkers D.I, also a monoplane, received the "D" designation about this same time period in accordance with this same scheme. So I think the "D" designation during the 1918 period wasn't an abreviation for anything at all but merely an arbitrary designation for single-seat fighters without regard to their number of wings. The original "D" and "E" designations may have, originally at least, not "stood" for anything and have been arbitrary as well - but that is another (very long) story. :-) Cheers and all, Bill >"Millen, Alan R." wrote: > >> Stupid queation, probably, but I thought that the German prefixes, i.e. E, >> D, and Dr, stood for Eindecker (monoplane), Doppledecker (biplane), and >> Dreidecker (triplane). How does the D-VIII (a monoplane) fit in? >> >> Alan R. Millen >> Phone 610.676.1194 >> Fax 610.676.3194 >> E-mail amllen@seic.com > > > -- Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@orednet.org "If Lincoln were alive today, he'd roll over in his grave." Gerald Ford ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 09:03:03 -0700 From: mgoodwin@ricochet.net To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: ot Cobra help Message-ID: <379DD837.1F16@ricochet.net> I need some help. If memory serves, Italeri used to put out an AH-1. I remember it with the rounded canopy as a G, but the only listing I have says its a W. If anyone has the kit (or an answer) I'd appreciate hearing from you. I'm also looking for G drawings, and I'm wondering how accurate the proportions of the profiles on the 1974 S/S Gunslingers in Action book are. I'm also scrounging 1/48 ordnance. If anyone has any spare 19 or 7 shot 2.75 FFAR rocket pods or miniguns, I have some on-topic stuff for swaps. I find it bizarre that Lindberg is the only company that currently has a Vietnam cobra kit on the shelves. Fujimi used to have at least a 1/72 J, but its a twin engine which barely saw service in SE Asia, and I'm not sure its still in production. Please answer off-list. Riordan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:43:55 -0700 From: "Chris Banyai-Riepl" To: Subject: Where are you? THE MAPS! Message-ID: <000901bed7ea$a25e22f0$4c5933d1@chris> OK, I've updated the maps to reflect the latest additions. The world is filling up quickly! We have no one from Africa, though. One of us will have to move there. Same goes for Antarctica..... http://www.willapabay.org/~herper/wwi-locations Chris Banyai-Riepl ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 1734 **********************