WWI Digest 1772 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Lonestar/TC Resin Felistowes by "Bob Pearson" 2) Find Waldo by "Bob Pearson" 3) Re: The Lincoln Imp by "Bob Pearson" 4) Re: New to the list by Suvoroff@aol.com 5) Re: The Lincoln Imp was WW1 Tanks... by "Len Smith" 6) Re: Past in passing vac tent by "Len Smith" 7) Re: CSM plea by "Sandy Adam" 8) Lincoln Imp by Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton 9) Re: CSM plea by Matthew E Bittner 10) Re: CSM plea by Matthew E Bittner 11) Re: CSM plea by smperry@mindspring.com 12) RE: Windhoff and other stuff by "dfernet0" 13) cabane structure RE: was Windsock 15-4 / Toko etc by "dfernet0" 14) Re: New to the list by Ernest Thomas 15) Re: Past in passing vac tent by Ernest Thomas 16) Re: CSM plea by Ernest Thomas 17) RE: Nieuport 27 parts manual and plans by "dfernet0" 18) RE: New to the list by "dfernet0" 19) RE: WWI Tents by "dfernet0" 20) Re: What do you like at model shows? by Michael Kendix 21) Variants lowering cost of injection molds/ was: Windsock 15-4 by Michael Kendix 22) Re: New to the list by "Mark L. Shannon" 23) Re: New to the list by "Mark L. Shannon" 24) RE: Nieuport 17 and Spad A.2 by "Knasinski, Joseph" 25) Re: New to the list by "Mike" 26) Re: Nieuport 27 parts manual and plans by "Lance Krieg" 27) Re: was Windsock 15-4 / Toko etc by Pedro e Francisca Soares 28) Re: RE: Nieuport 17 and Spad A.2 by "Lance Krieg" 29) Re: Lonestar/TC Resin Felistowes by Albatrosdv@aol.com 30) Re: was Windsock 15-4 / Toko etc by "Sandy Adam" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:18:58 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Lonestar/TC Resin Felistowes Message-ID: <199908130639.XAA00717@mail.rapidnet.net> Brent, I have the Lonestar Felixstowe as well as the TC one. Here is what I said about both at various times in the past two years. LONESTAR The kit includes vacform hull, wings, tail with your chioce of ether an open or closed cockpit. Mine had a badly warped port lower wing and very soft hull edges. Metal parts are provided for the engines, Lewis guns w/separate drums, control horns, props PE is for two scarff mounts, pressure pump props and seat buckles. A resin beaching dolly, radiators and wing tip floats are also included. At first glance it seems nice, but loses some points once you begin work on it. When I had sanded my hull halves down they were 1/8 too narrow (part of this could be from over vigorous sanding, but 1/8" - I think not), so will require a spacer of some sort to get it back to the correct width. The hull is molded flat on top and you are given your choice of two turtledecks - either the original closed cockpit, or modified open cockpit. A nice idea, except the profile of the open one (my choice to build) doesn't appear to be correct at the front. Instead of continuing under the front scarff mount, it terminates behind it. No detail is molded on the hull, instead small strips of styrene are provided for you to apply the strakes yourself. The wings don't have the correct ailerons, and at 24" will require some form of internal support. I think that once the wings are done, the biggest challenge is WHERE DO YOU PUT IT? TC RESINS Well it arrived today .. the TC Resins 1/48 Felixstowe kit . . . I am both happy and sad to say I am supposed to build this monster for a future Internet Modeler (sometime next century). As many of you are aware I have had a 1/48 Lonestar vacform of the same kit going for the past two years (okay, I worked on it for a week or three). Anyway here is a brief description of the contents . . . - Resin two-piece hull. Some piting. The design of the hull is such that the wing cellule is constructed and then trapped between the two hullpieces - Wings have nice thin trailing edges, but excessive rib detail. They are in multiple panels and have location tabs similiar to the Aeroclub FE2b. Top wing is in five panels and lower in three. There are also both types of ailerons. Heavy flow gates on LE and some chips out of various LE or TEs on wings and tail surfaces - Engines would have been nice except they are very heavily pitted and I will use the LoneStar ones instead - Struts are thick PE Brass, I may use the Lonestar metal ones - Metal Lewis guns and Scarff ring. The LoneStar has PE details for these, as well as a much more comprehensive white metal package - Resin docking trolly. SUMMARY On the whole it looks buildable .. more so then the LoneStar, and using the two should provide me with one decent kit. . . Check my profile pages for a dozen colourful Felixstowes . .. . most of which have been redone for FMP. Which reminds me .. anyone have any info on Curtiss H-4 , H-8 or H-12s? I still need more info to get to work on profiles of them. Regards, Bob Pearson Visit my WW1 Aviation page http://members.xoom.com/Sopwith_5F1 Managing Editor / Internet Modeler http://www.internetmodeler.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:29:50 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: ww1 mailing list Subject: Find Waldo Message-ID: <199908130639.XAA00721@mail.rapidnet.net> Hi Peter, Good heavens. . You're WALDO !!!!! List member Brad Gossen has two of your Dolphins. ...... and with Sandy having one .. you know almost everyone who bought one .. .. If I had any money I would have got one as well (note my website URL.) Sadly I have heard from Bob Norgren that his vacform Dolphin is a no-go as British WW1 doesn't sell. But if you ever decide to try and market it again I will offer profiles or basic decal work in return for one. Regards, Bob Pearson Visit my WW1 Aviation page http://members.xoom.com/Sopwith_5F1 Managing Editor / Internet Modeler http://www.internetmodeler.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:33:39 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: The Lincoln Imp Message-ID: <199908130647.XAA00886@mail.rapidnet.net> Ruston had an image of the imp in the centre of their trademark decal on Sopwith Camels. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 03:36:37 EDT From: Suvoroff@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New to the list Message-ID: "Dave Berry" You aren't the same as the humorist, are you? Yours, James D. Gray ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:34:32 +0100 From: "Len Smith" To: Subject: Re: The Lincoln Imp was WW1 Tanks... Message-ID: <000c01bee566$c9a03fe0$635c08c3@default> sp & Aidrian, This indeed is the Ruston Imp, used as part of their trademark. The original Imp was one of the Devil's small helpers and ran amok in Lincoln Cathedral, where one of the resident Angels turned him into stone. The carved(?) Imp is seated with one leg crossed over the other hanging down, giving the impression of standing. The trademark shows the Imp, with a pair of biplane wings resting on a plaque bearing the words Ruston,Lincoln,England and was used as a transfer on the wing struts and engine cowling of Ruston built aircraft. There is a photo of the Imp in the Albatros book >WW1 British Aeroplane Colours and Markings.> and a photo of the trademark on John Walls' booklet >Ruston Aircraft Production> Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith ----- Original Message ----- From: Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 6:12 AM Subject: The Lincoln Imp > I lived in Lincoln for a few years - the Lincoln Imp is as you say a carving > in the choir of the cathedral, and is very much the city's emblem - Lincoln > City FC are sometimes known as the Imps. > > Legend has it that it's not a carving, but a real imp that was turned to > stone. The cathedral itself is one of the real glories of English building, > set high on a hill and visible for miles around. If there is low > lying mist you get a rather wonderful effect as you approach the city,as > under > some conditions the cathedral can appear to be floating in the sky. > > Back to the question; > > There were four major OT contractors in the city; Ruston's, Robey's, Clayton > and Shuttleworth and Foster's. All were originally manufacturers of > agricultural equipment - notably traction engines. OTTOMH I couldn' say > which of these used the Imp as a badge - quite possibly more than one of > them - but since my father worked for Ruston's in the 60s I will pass the > question onto him and see if he can shed any light on the matter. > > Aidrian > > > > From: smperry@mindspring.com > To: Multiple recipients of list > Date: 13 August 1999 03:41 > Subject: Re: WW1 Tanks on History Channel Now! > > > > > > > >> > >> > >>- JCG > >> > >Speaking of WWI Tanks. A British fellow at work has a hood ornament his > Dad > >had to take off his vehicle to satisfy some EU law. It is called a Lincoln > >Imp and is supposed to resemble a carving on the cathedral at Lincoln , > >England. He told me that they used to put them on WWI tanks that were built > >near there (name of the burg starts with an R, but I can't remember). > > > >Anyone know about this? I have a scan of the ornament on another computer > >and will make it available to anyone interested enough to contact me off > >list. > > > >sp > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:57:19 +0100 From: "Len Smith" To: Subject: Re: Past in passing vac tent Message-ID: <005101bee569$fad5e080$635c08c3@default> Hi Peter No need to apologise for being from t'North, accidents can happen to anyone!:-))) You're right about the Hanger, Comet Miniatures made a vacform years and years ago, when they were really into WW1,and before they went all Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Some while ago I sent a copy of the plans for the Hanger from Windsock and the Aircraft Archive book to a couple of listees in the States, perhaps one of them could volunteer to do copies for anyone else over there who needs them, saving postage. Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith The only thing worse than finding a worm in an apple that you are eating is finding half a worm in an apple you are......uuuuuurp!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:07:46 +0100 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: CSM plea Message-ID: <00a201bee56b$83011460$19e8b094@sandyada> >So did you happen to pick up any of that .0053 surgical steel wire from >that guy in Orlando? He was the vendor with the pile of Aroura Gothas >for 40.00 a pop. Do you happen to have his name and address please Ernest - or anybody else who was there? Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 10:46:45 +0100 From: Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Lincoln Imp Message-ID: My father came up with the following. << I know Rustons made a number but am reasonably certain that Robey didn't. They(Robey) were more general or jobbing engineers (the great cogwheel on which Jodrell Bank telescope turns - you can see the 'scope from the railway line between Crewe and Manchester- was one of their last really big jobs). It's a fair guess that Robeys, like dodos, are now extinct Rustons started as agricultural engineers and moved into traction engines (in early days of these) then into railway locos. Tanks were a fairly logical extension, but I believe only as a wartime measure (WW1 of course). In the 'twenties a Ruston car was produced, based on what had been learned in tank production. As a marque it was short-lived (a victim of slump). There is said to be at least one example still extant - but we haven't seen anything of it - or even a recent picture.>> Hope this is of some help - the thing that interests me is that if that hood ornament is a Ruston Imp then it's quite possibly come from a very rare, though entirely ot motor car. I think several people would be interested to know more about the Imp - perhaps off list though. Also ot - there are tales of Robey's needing to knock down half their foundry to get the Jodrell Bank wheel out of their factory. Back to work Aidrian ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 05:00:46 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: CSM plea Message-ID: <19990813.050427.-70725.5.mbittner@juno.com> On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 05:09:29 -0400 (EDT) "Sandy Adam" writes: > Do you happen to have his name and address please Ernest - or > anybody else > who was there? http://www.smallparts.com They have the same stuff. Plus, if you're willing to shell out the bucks, they go even thinner. Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 04:56:21 -0500 From: Matthew E Bittner To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: CSM plea Message-ID: <19990813.050427.-70725.4.mbittner@juno.com> On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:39:58 -0400 (EDT) Ernest Thomas writes: > So did you happen to pick up any of that .0053 surgical steel wire > from > that guy in Orlando? He was the vendor with the pile of Aroura > Gothas > for 40.00 a pop. Haven't tried any yet, but it looks great in the > tube. > But I have a feeling it's gonna make all my guitar string models > look > like they were rigged with ropes. I use .005 surgical steel wire on my models. Beats the heck out of anything else. Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://www.discoveromaha.com/community/groups/plasticmodelers/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 06:07:23 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: CSM plea Message-ID: <002d01bee573$a3a2ae60$332d45cf@default> Sandy & others interested in the real fine steel wire the guy had at the Nats. He cannot get any more and is nearly out, so you better give him a shout. I don't mind passing out the address for the last of this wire...it just meand more sprue for me hahahah :-) sp confirmed sprue stretcher Jim Pentifallo Ridgefield Hoobby Center 508Broad Ave. Ridgefield, NJ 07657 rhobby@advanix.net hth sp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 07:13:06 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Windhoff and other stuff Message-ID: <004701bee4ab$4590a340$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Nope. But I can coach! D. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shane Weier To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 6:42 PM Subject: RE: Windhoff and other stuff > Diego, > > > It's a pity that I wasn't here when the thread about the topless mud > > wrestling was around :-( > > Why? Were you going to offer samples ? > > 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. 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TIA D. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 06:47:25 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New to the list Message-ID: <37B405CD.33DB@bellsouth.net> Suvoroff@aol.com wrote: > > "Dave Berry" > > You aren't the same as the humorist, are you? I think that's 'Barry'. E. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 06:52:45 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Past in passing vac tent Message-ID: <37B4070D.4794@bellsouth.net> Len Smith wrote: > Some while ago I sent a copy of the plans for the Hanger from > Windsock and the Aircraft Archive book to a couple of listees in the States, > perhaps one of them could volunteer to do copies for anyone else over there > who needs them, saving postage. I was one of those state siders who received these copies. And I'll gladly share them as soon as I remember where I put them. However, I tend to be VERY slow getting things mailed these days.(just ask anyone who's still waiting for promised copies, checks,etc.) BUt if there's no rush, I'll dig them up. E. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 06:58:34 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: CSM plea Message-ID: <37B4086A.A0B@bellsouth.net> Sandy Adam wrote: > > >So did you happen to pick up any of that .0053 surgical steel wire from > >that guy in Orlando? He was the vendor with the pile of Aroura Gothas > >for 40.00 a pop. > > Do you happen to have his name and address please Ernest - or anybody else > who was there? > Sandy Sorry, I didn't get it, but I see that SP did. Good luck. I don't even think there's a mfg's address on the tube. E. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:05:31 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Nieuport 27 parts manual and plans Message-ID: <014c01bee4ba$f9cf1260$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Thanks Mike First hand info and a great set of plans. I think that I like this type XXVII more than the Xi or the XVII. Someday I'l do one, if God permits, as a Nungesser mount, using the avialable esci decal set. As a matter of fact, isn't that a bit too baroque to have the black heart+skull+coffin+candles? Imagine a german gunner/observer saying: "Hey Franz, here comes a Nieuport Typ XVII with an interesting marking of a black heart with some curious drawings into it, that I think that they areAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHH!" Maybe Nungesser got most of his kills like that... D. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 9:00 PM Subject: Nieuport 27 parts manual and plans > Well, MOST of the people who ordered this set from me have sent a check. > Thanks. How about if some of you who got this little package talk it up and > let the others know what a deal it is, so maybe, some others will order a set > from me and I can buy mama-san some new shoes. I would like to know what you > all think of the Hardesty plans set. Personally, I think they are the best > ever, but that's junt one fellows opinion. > > Mike > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:07:30 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: New to the list Message-ID: <015601bee4bb$406487a0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Welcome and good work Dave! I like your web site design too! Diego Southernmost WW1 modeler on the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Berry To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 11:58 PM Subject: New to the list > Hi guys, > > I'm new to the list and just getting back into the hobby after a hiatus. > I did throw together a few shots of past projects on my web page. Excuse > the quality, I shot them with a PC cam, but if you want to take a look > it's http://www.total.net/~daveb/F2B.html. > > That's all for now.. > > Dave Berry > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:11:58 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: WWI Tents Message-ID: <016201bee4bb$e0483b40$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> And I'll buy any vac tent released too, be french or german, in 1/72! It even can be done as an easy paper model. D. ----- Original Message ----- From: d mather To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 3:08 AM Subject: WWI Tents > Hi Tom, > It was me that posted that request to you guys. I just have the usual pics > of the airplanes lined in front of the tents in all the usual books (and my > library is woefully small!) But it does seem a really worthy project that > could be produced inexpensively, basically cut out, add stacks and tent > poles (and of course, rigging) and paint. Then, line up your planes for a > photo shoot session! Viola! > doug > PS - thanks for seriously considering, and put me down as a customer if it > comes to production. > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:15:05 EDT From: Michael Kendix To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: What do you like at model shows? Message-ID: <19990813.081232.8199.0.mkendix@juno.com> Ernest: At our Region II convention, many of the trophies are sponsored by vendors. I'm sure this is the case for many Regional conventions. Michael On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 00:16:23 -0400 (EDT) Ernest Thomas writes: >Shane Weier wrote: > >> We had few contest categories so the winners really had to compete >and >> trophies didn't break us. > >Have y'all tried to find some corporate sposorship? Dave Orek(Orek XL >Vacuum cleaners) has been buying the trophies for our local contest >for >the past few years. He's a pilot, so can appreciate a good looking >model >airplane. Maybe you guys in the UK should contact what's his face? >from >Virgin. Branson, that's it. >Just a thought. >E. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:15:05 EDT From: Michael Kendix To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Variants lowering cost of injection molds/ was: Windsock 15-4 Message-ID: <19990813.081232.8199.1.mkendix@juno.com> Tom/Ernest: There's numerous examples in our sphere; e.g. Toko's Strutters, Nieuports (11, 16), Salamander/Snipe; also Eduard's 2 Strutters (1 & 2 seaters). Obviously, this reduces the up-front cost by a significant margin. Michael On Fri, 13 Aug 1999 02:19:48 -0400 (EDT) Albatrosdv@aol.com writes: >In a message dated 99-08-13 00:36:12 EDT, you write: > ><< Several variants of the same a/c help make it feasable. > That might be why there's models of EVERY variant ever made of the > oneohthingie. >> > >This is absolutely the case. Jules Bringuer had the Boeings designed >on >their trees so the fuselages could be changed. With the same wings >and >horizontal stabilizer and landing gear, if sales justify it he can >bring out >the F4B-3 and the F4B-2/P-12C. It's why he is thinking so seriously >about >the Curtiss Hawk series - P-1, P-6E, F-11C-2, BFC-2, they all had the >same >wings and tail surfaces. > >Tom Cleaver ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:20:24 -0500 From: "Mark L. Shannon" To: Subject: Re: New to the list Message-ID: <199908131222.HAA11258@dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com> Welcome, and that is a *very* nice job on a clunker of a kit. Of course, I don't know if you've been told that certain members on this board will wish those with high skills levels a couple or three broken fingers ;{). Anyway, welcome to the WWI obsessives self-help group. Our twelve step program includes such items as scratch building a H-P 00/100, Zepplin-Straeker R.IV or the ultimate inducement to take the pledge, ... wait for it.... The GLENCOE ALBATROS D.III OEF. .Mark. ---------- > From: Albatrosdv@aol.com > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: New to the list > Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 10:40 PM > > In a message dated 99-08-12 23:20:16 EDT, you write: > > << http://www.total.net/~daveb/F2B.html. >> > > You could have told me that was the new Aeroclub 1/48 kit and I would have > believed you!! *Really* nice work, considering what a reeker you had to > start with. > > Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 07:22:14 -0500 From: "Mark L. Shannon" To: Subject: Re: New to the list Message-ID: <199908131223.HAA11260@dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com> Ernest Thomas wrote > Suvoroff@aol.com wrote: > > > > "Dave Berry" > > > > You aren't the same as the humorist, are you? > > I think that's 'Barry'. > E. Yeah, but he can't spell either! .Mark. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:28:48 -0400 From: "Knasinski, Joseph" To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Nieuport 17 and Spad A.2 Message-ID: First of all, thanks for all the welcome messages and the information on the Testor's Nieuport 17. I started the kit last night, basically following the article by Steve Perry in Internet Modeler. I have ordered the Datafiles and detail parts, and I'm on the way! Great information; thanks to all. Now for another question: I was looking through my books last night and came across a photo of a SPAD A.2. Does anyone know of a kit of this aircraft (1/48 or 1/72)? Joseph Knasinski "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, 'cuz you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup." - Anon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 06:16:32 -0700 From: "Mike" To: Subject: Re: New to the list Message-ID: <019401bee58e$12e88e60$6d8c3ace@default> Great Biff!! Welcome to the list from the great northwest USA....Our little group has been growing by leaps and bounds of late. This bids well for our little niche of the hobby world........Hope the manufacturers are noticing this as well! Out of the closets and into the streets! Mike Dicianna "Der Rote Modellflugzeugbauer" > Hi guys, > > I'm new to the list and just getting back into the hobby after a hiatus. > I did throw together a few shots of past projects on my web page. Excuse > the quality, I shot them with a PC cam, but if you want to take a look > it's http://www.total.net/~daveb/F2B.html. > > That's all for now.. > > Dave Berry > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:44:58 -0500 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: Re: Nieuport 27 parts manual and plans Message-ID: Mike writes: "Well, MOST of the people who ordered this set from me have sent a check. " Hey, I sent you two checks, and definitely considered the money well spent. The Hardesty plans are first-rate! Lance ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:56:01 +0100 From: Pedro e Francisca Soares To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: was Windsock 15-4 / Toko etc Message-ID: <37B44011.BBC007BA@mail.telepac.pt> Mike Fletcher wrote: > but the only system that ever > really worked for this (imho - Matchbox's cabane structure) has never > been applied to a WW1 aircraft. It certainly made the Fury, P12E and > Gladiator simple enough to build though. > Yes, I wonder why nobody ever used the same idea on their kits. It worked great. Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 11:01:08 -0500 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: Re: RE: Nieuport 17 and Spad A.2 Message-ID: Now for another question: I was looking through my books last night and came across a photo of a SPAD A.2. Does anyone know of a kit of this aircraft (1/48 or 1/72)? Joseph Knasinski Yep. In 1/48 Sierra makes a nice A.2 vac, which is my next project if I ever get back to building anything but my house. Also, I believe SPIN is planning a resin version, same scale. Lubos, can you confirm? Lance Krieg (515) 242-4525 ULK@Amerus.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 12:15:32 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Lonestar/TC Resin Felistowes Message-ID: In a message dated 99-08-13 02:32:12 EDT, you write: << I am both happy and sad to say I am supposed to build this monster for a future Internet Modeler (sometime next century). >> And now you all know why, in addition to "Legs," he is also known among the IM staff as "the glutton" (for punishment, that is) :-) I took a look at that kit when it arrived as a review copy back when I was working for The Other Guy, and had no trouble at all considering that this should be an "assignment to a contributor." You have all now been most thoroughly warned, so it's on your head to continue. Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 17:33:30 +0100 From: "Sandy Adam" To: Subject: Re: was Windsock 15-4 / Toko etc Message-ID: <018d01bee5a9$c3dfa440$19e8b094@sandyada> Matchbox's cabane structure) > >Yes, I wonder why nobody ever used the same idea on their kits. It worked great. I've seen this a few times elsewhere but can't remember exactly where - Matchbox weren't the first to use it, I'm sure. OTTOMH did the old Inpact Gladiator not have this? And the Airfix 1/48 Fury? Sandy ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 1772 **********************