WWI Digest 2012 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) OTF 2000 gathering by "Bob Pearson" 2) Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by "Brad Gossen" 3) Re: Admin Funstions Limited by "Jim Landon" 4) Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by Matthew Zivich 5) Re: Admin Funstions Limited by "Ray Boorman" 6) Re: ETRICH by "Ray Boorman" 7) Re: ETRICH by "Jim Landon" 8) RE: RE: Off Topic Fire Sale! by Shane Weier 9) Smirnov was Re: IRAS book by Pedro e Francisca 10) Re: More small scale armor by Pedro e Francisca 11) RE: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by Shane Weier 12) Re: Smirnov was Re: IRAS book by "Matthew Bittner" 13) Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by Pedro e Francisca 14) Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by Mike Fletcher 15) RE: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by Shane Weier 16) Re: IRAS book by smperry@mindspring.com 17) Unsubbed by "Brad Gossen" 18) Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by Zulis@aol.com 19) Request for help on WWI aces on RMS by smperry@mindspring.com 20) Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' by "The Shannons" 21) Re: Admin Funstions Limited by Ernest Thomas 22) Re: Admin Funstions Limited by Suvoroff@aol.com 23) Temporarily absent... by Suvoroff@aol.com 24) Re: A Most Excellently Executed Albatros by Ernest Thomas 25) Re: Temporarily absent... by Ernest Thomas 26) Re: Smirnov was Re: IRAS book by Scottfking@aol.com 27) RE: Eduard Pfalz D.IIIa by Shane Weier 28) Re: Glencoe DH4 (again) by BStett3770@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 11:50:41 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: ww1 mailing list Subject: OTF 2000 gathering Message-ID: <199912061954.LAA10599@mail.rapidnet.net> Greetings, As I still haven't resubscribed to OTF for 1999, could someone please scan the flyer giving the details of the 2000 conference in Pensacola so I may see the details and hopefully make the trip. Regards, Bob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:54:06 -0500 From: "Brad Gossen" To: Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <002301bf4023$a89a9800$788c5ad1@The_Grenade.Workgroup> What surprises me is that the blue seems to lean more to a pale purple. Or is this, as Peter points out, a trick of the monitor or film. Brad -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Zivich To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' > Seems to make sense it would be blue underneath the red on MvR's >ill-fated triplane. I would guess the blue undersides were original and >the red painted over. And perhaps painted over a glossy surface at >that, making the red less apt to stick well as it appears in this new >website. >Matt Z. > >Peter Leonard wrote: > >> What a great find, well done Bob. The "Richthofen" >> fabric looks a lot like a sample I saw at Hendon way >> back when. I don't remember the blue being quite so >> strong, but that could just be my memory or my monitor >> at fault >> >> Peter >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. >> Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:11:36 PST From: "Jim Landon" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Admin Funstions Limited Message-ID: <19991206201136.58648.qmail@hotmail.com> Hi Allan, Sorry to hear of your misfortune. Take care of yourself and get well soon. I suspect what made you sick was that picture of myself that I sent you for the rogue's gallery (it's posted if the rest of you guys and gals want to get sick too). Jim >From: Allan Wright >Reply-To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Admin Funstions Limited >Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 08:42:21 -0500 (EST) > >Hello All, > > Just to let you all know that I've been sick lately, >Bronchitis/Pneumonia, >I guess once you get it you're more succeptable to get it again. I'm young >and healthy so there's no real danger, just some Dr. ordered bed rest and >good drugs (tm). I'm logging in from home, but my time and abilities to do >updates will be hampered the next few days (week?). Play nice while daddy's >gone! > >-Allan > >=============================================================================== >Allan Wright Jr. | "Without love, life's just a long fight" - SSJ >University of New >Hampshire+--------------------------------------------------- >Research Computing Center | WWI Modeling mailing list: >wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu >Internet: aew@unh.edu | WWI Modeling WWW Page: >http://pease1.sr.unh.edu >=============================================================================== > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 15:20:18 -0500 From: Matthew Zivich To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <384C1A81.3C24C540@svsu.edu> Brad: The underside blue, like all the rest of the colors of wwi aircraft, seems to be open to interpretation. Matt Z. Brad Gossen wrote: > What surprises me is that the blue seems to lean more to a pale purple. Or > is this, as Peter points out, a trick of the monitor or film. > > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Zivich > To: Multiple recipients of list > Date: Monday, December 06, 1999 2:33 PM > Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' > > > Seems to make sense it would be blue underneath the red on MvR's > >ill-fated triplane. I would guess the blue undersides were original and > >the red painted over. And perhaps painted over a glossy surface at > >that, making the red less apt to stick well as it appears in this new > >website. > >Matt Z. > > > >Peter Leonard wrote: > > > >> What a great find, well done Bob. The "Richthofen" > >> fabric looks a lot like a sample I saw at Hendon way > >> back when. I don't remember the blue being quite so > >> strong, but that could just be my memory or my monitor > >> at fault > >> > >> Peter > >> > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > >> Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 12:24:38 PST From: "Ray Boorman" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Admin Funstions Limited Message-ID: <384c1b86.1388.0@telus.net> Allan, I wouldnt worry about the knitting circle that seems to have started, but you might have to delete Shane he keeps trying to post XXXX rated stuff............ Get well soon eh!......... Ray Boorman (who went to the beach this morning, it was freezing bloody cold, windier than all hell and even a vampire couldnt get a sun tan.........) ================================================================= Internet service provided by telus.net http://www.telus.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 12:27:11 PST From: "Ray Boorman" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: ETRICH Message-ID: <384c1c1f.17c5.0@telus.net> You mean Satan and santa are the same person?????? >Brad, > >You spelt Santa wrong > >Bob > >---------- >>From: "Brad Gossen" this means that St. Harry must >in fact be an agent of the Great Satan, Beelzebub! Oh woe is me we really >are all lost! > > ================================================================= Internet service provided by telus.net http://www.telus.net/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:26:43 PST From: "Jim Landon" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: ETRICH Message-ID: <19991206202643.48137.qmail@hotmail.com> Brad said: <> I was just now writing almost those very same words to Diego off-list. I told him that I wondered: ... "If the real wwi planes had actually been made out of plastic, would everybody on the wwi list make their models out of balsa and tissue?" (Just joking around here, now don't anybody get all upset.) <> Thanks for the very kind words Brad. I hate to burst your bubble but the paint is nothing more than plain old Model Master's Olive Drab in the aerosol spray can (I don't even own an airbrush). It comes out of the can flat (zero gloss), so I brushed sanding sealer over it to make it glossy. The final finish is Future applied with a Q-tip. If it looks okay, it's PURELY dumb luck. <> Again thanks for the very kind words Brad, but believe me, I pose no threat at all to you REAL wwi modelers. Jim >From: "Brad Gossen" >Reply-To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: ETRICH >Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 11:22:19 -0500 (EST) > >Thanks again for the replies. > >Steve: I'd love to see scans of this effect on the IWM Be2. I saw it over >twenty years ago but don't remember how it looked. It seems to me that it >might even have been PC 10 at that time. Maybe I'm thinking of the RE8. >Thanks. > >Shane: I'm glad I got your post too. I'm thinking I might give this a >whirl >on a 1/72 Revell Eindekker before I tackle the big Taube. Although photo >evidence eludes me, I'm sure that somewhere, somehow there was an Eindekker >with crosses on the lower wing only. > >Jim: Of course building any WW1 machine in plastic is blasphemy. But then >that's what I like about this list we're mostly heretics. Building a Taube >in plastic is particularly blasphemous. It makes me feel, oh, so BAD!!! >Oh >my GOD... this means that St. Harry must in fact be an agent of the Great >Satan, Beelzebub! Oh woe is me we really are all lost! > Incidently, I just saw the wing on your Tommy. The stitching is >amazing >and the shade of PC10 you've managed to acheive is excellent, to my eye at >least. I would, therefore, like to nominate you for the League of Those >Who >Must Have Their Fingers Chopped Off. (especially since you cheated by using >authentic construction methods.) ; ) > >Brad > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:11:20 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: RE: Off Topic Fire Sale! Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1AC0@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Very good Brad, > A New South Whaler told me that XXXX is what > Queenslanders have for > supper. I imagine 'supping' is in fact what he meant. > Exactly what I meant - and a dictionary will prove my point. Incidentally no-one sips beer except in Oxford Street, Sydney. One *tiny* correction. It's Wales, not Whales, and they're New South Welshmen, or more accurately "cockroaches" Shane (franticly casting about for a way to get back on topic. Um, errrr, oh to heck with it, I gotta get running to stay ahead of Lorna, Shane the Younger and Mick) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 19:59:06 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Smirnov was Re: IRAS book Message-ID: <384C158A.B0C63162@mail.telepac.pt> Zulis@aol.com wrote: > Steve asks: > > << Any mention of Bashko or Smirnoff or any of their aircraft? >> > > Yes - quite a lot, actually. They each have their own "chapter" with pics > of both the guys and their planes. Also, a biography from birth to death > for each. I checked my files and I also have the following for these two: > > Smirnoff, Ivan Vasilievich. > Durkota et al The Imperial Russian Air Service pg. 68, 70, 80, 81*, > 112-121*, 385, 399*, 386, 388, 389, 412*, 415* > AERO Magazine # 105, pg. 50 > Franks, Guest & Alegi. Above The War Fronts pg. 213-214 > Robertson, Bruce (ed) Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War pg. 1498, 153*, > 154*, 155-156* > Windsock, Vol. 9, No .2, pg. 12* > > * - askterisk indicates a pic of either the guy or his aeroplane. Dave and Steve, Avions recently (last 2 issues) did a biography on Smirnov with a decent number of photos. I translated the first part for Matt, so if you want it Matt may still have it, or I could have it at work. If you want it say so. When I get around to translating the 2nd article i'll include you both in the mailing. Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 21:08:38 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: More small scale armor Message-ID: <384C25D5.F28668F3@mail.telepac.pt> roguerpj wrote: > I need to apologize I was wrong. The drawing are not to the scale of > the Airfix kit. It would appear they need to be scaled when plotted. Rob, I was able to open 2 files in PSP 5.1 the one with the detail drawings in 4 quadrants has a scale bar that I think reads 100 mm in 1/76 (I say think because the characters came out a little garbled). I printed it at measured the bar and it measured 7.3 cm so the drawing came out from the printer at 1/73. Haven't checked it on the kit though... Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:32:43 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1AC1@mimhexch.mim.com.au> > What surprises me is that the blue seems to lean more to a > pale purple. Or > is this, as Peter points out, a trick of the monitor or film. A word to the wise. As bad as colour photos are for determining real colour, they're many times more reliable than anything you'll see on a monitor. I photographed a model last night using a mid blue background - on the screen it's *green* - but I'll correct it to *my* laptop screen before I send the pics to Al. Shane ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 15:34:24 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Smirnov was Re: IRAS book Message-ID: <199912062136.NAA17448@raven.a001.sprintmail.com> On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 16:30:41 -0500 (EST), Pedro e Francisca wrote: > Avions recently (last 2 issues) did a biography on Smirnov with a decent > number of photos. I translated the > first part for Matt, so if you want it Matt may still have it, or I > could have it > at work. > > If you want it say so. Just LMK. Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 21:37:47 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <384C2CAA.30898817@mail.telepac.pt> Bob Pearson wrote:or those wanting to view real life 'fiddly bits' from WW1 aircraft check > out > http://charlesgosse.home.mindspring.com > > Bob > - Thanks for the pointer Bob. Very Interesting. I was number 106 Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 17:16:14 -0500 From: Mike Fletcher To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <384C35AE.8882D55F@home.com> It looked almost like a roundel blue to me - and I was under the impression the underside colour leaned more to the turquoise end of the spectrum (the joys of pc's - 20 years of development and still can't get the colour right) A search for Nieuport on Ebay should bring up a tach that may have come from a Nieuport.... ( http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=211337235 ) -- Mike Fletcher ___ ., mdf@mars.ark.com |-\|^----! ; nieuport@home.com |--n--""*" http://members.home.net/nieuport/ icq=19554083 @ http://mars.ark.com/~mdf/nieuport.html Laughing stock: cattle with a sense of humor. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:41:34 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1AC2@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Mike, > It looked almost like a roundel blue to me - and I was under the > impression the underside colour leaned more to the turquoise > end of the > spectrum (the joys of pc's - 20 years of development and > still can't get the colour right) ...and it's unlikely they will. Consider a piece of blue fabric photographed in afternoon light. The *eye* still sees it as blue, since the brain has allowed for the overall yellow cast, but the camera - film OR digital - sees the *true* colour of the fabric in that light. When the photo is looked at in isolation, without the external cues to the brain to make allowances, the fabric is suddenly "wrong" because it's green. Unless we can develop a computer that can supply the cues AND which will somehow automatically know whether we want the afternoon lighting effect removed for "accuracy" or retained for "atmosphere", we just have to make do with what we have. Yet another example BTW of why "a picture tells a thousand words" is such bollocks - 999 of them could be utter bulldust. Shane ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 17:58:25 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: IRAS book Message-ID: <007b01bf403d$678ade00$0a0c56d1@default> Dave: Thanks for the info. Now where is that flyer fiorm Squadron..... sp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 18:17:20 -0500 From: "Brad Gossen" To: Subject: Unsubbed Message-ID: <000701bf4040$0cb2eb00$4e8c5ad1@The_Grenade.Workgroup> I was booted off the list sometime around 330pm est today. I just re-subbed but cannot access the archive for today to see what I missed in the last three hours. Is there any way to access todays archive or must I wait until tomorrow? I can get into yesterday's with no trouble. Brad ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:32:55 EST From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <0.47b82679.257dafb7@aol.com> Shane writes: << ..and it's unlikely they will. Consider a piece of blue fabric photographed in afternoon light. The *eye* still sees it as blue, since the brain has allowed for the overall yellow cast, but the camera - film OR digital - sees the *true* colour of the fabric in that light. When the photo is looked at in isolation, without the external cues to the brain to make allowances, the fabric is suddenly "wrong" because it's green. Unless we can develop a computer that can supply the cues AND which will somehow automatically know whether we want the afternoon lighting effect removed for "accuracy" or retained for "atmosphere", we just have to make do with what we have. >> I thought it might be seasonally appropriate to mention a problem experienced by photofinishers at this time of year. It is called "Santa Claus failure" and occurs when little Johnny sits on Santas lap and you snap a picture. When printing, the computer scans the frame and gets all this "red" reading, figures that cannot possibly be right, and tries to correct for it - so Santa gets a slightly less-red suit in the print - but Johnny gets a most disgustingly green face as a result. It seems to be that a possible solution to these problems in general would be a very narrow bar of known values down the side of each frame, out of the print, but readable by the printer. Then, you would at least get what the eye actually saw, not the printer's guess at what it should be printing. Anyway... probably drifting off topic here..... at least it isnt knitting..... :-) Dave Z "Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us." - Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:43:31 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: "Multiple recipients of list" Subject: Request for help on WWI aces on RMS Message-ID: <009501bf404c$16a27160$0a0c56d1@default> List: I found this on RMS. If anyone has an answer, please reply to the fellow direct. sp Hi! I would like to build a 1/48 Fokker D.VII flown by Erich Loewenhardt at the time of his death, but problem is that I don't have any material (photos, descriptions etc.). If anyone of you has some kind of information, feel free to send it to me. Also, I'm interested in another german WW I ace, Hans Kirschstein, if anyone of you has some information about his plane etc. please send it to me. Thanks, Jarno -- Jarno Härmä +358 50 3213958 Laserkatu 3 BC 115 e-mail: NJET_SPAM_jarno.harma@lut.fi 53850 Lappeenranta ICQ: 22960504 Finlandia ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:05:37 -0600 From: "The Shannons" To: Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' Message-ID: <002501bf404f$2d2bc320$4c4cddcf@shark> Technicolor! Actually,part of the filming process for Technicolor was for the actors and actresses to stand on the set in each costume, holding a "peacock" or fan of colors (where do you think NBC originally got it?). The color fan was standardized, and all colors were adjusted to it for the dye-ing process that gave the film such vibrant colors. Oh, OT note, William Wellman was a WWI pilot, made films, won Oscar for black and white "Wings" watched Technicolor get introduced three years later. There, I'm back on topic. Mark or Mary Shannon Shingend@ix.netcom.com The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Some real life 'fiddly bits' > > Shane writes: > > << ..and it's unlikely they will. Consider a piece of blue fabric photographed > in afternoon light. The *eye* still sees it as blue, since the brain has > allowed for the overall yellow cast, but the camera - film OR digital - sees > the *true* colour of the fabric in that light. > > When the photo is looked at in isolation, without the external cues to the > brain to make allowances, the fabric is suddenly "wrong" because it's green. > > Unless we can develop a computer that can supply the cues AND which will > somehow automatically know whether we want the afternoon lighting effect > removed for "accuracy" or retained for "atmosphere", we just have to make do > with what we have. >> > > I thought it might be seasonally appropriate to mention a problem experienced > by photofinishers at this time of year. It is called "Santa Claus > failure" and occurs when little Johnny sits on Santas lap and you snap a > picture. When printing, the computer scans the frame and gets all this > "red" reading, figures that cannot possibly be right, and tries to correct > for it - so Santa gets a slightly less-red suit in the print - but Johnny > gets a most disgustingly green face as a result. > > It seems to be that a possible solution to these problems in general would be > a very narrow bar of known values down the side of each frame, out of the > print, but readable by the printer. Then, you would at least get what the > eye actually saw, not the printer's guess at what it should be printing. > > Anyway... probably drifting off topic here..... at least it isnt > knitting..... :-) > > Dave Z > > > "Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has > to be us." > - Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 19:26:14 -0600 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Admin Funstions Limited Message-ID: <384C6236.9DF5DD6D@bellsouth.net> Ray Boorman wrote: > Allan, > I wouldnt worry about the knitting circle that seems to have started, but > you might have to delete Shane he keeps trying to post XXXX rated stuff............ XXXX? Let me guess. Girls without skin? Get well soon Allan. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:15:32 EST From: Suvoroff@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Admin Funstions Limited Message-ID: <0.ce6a0052.257dd5d4@aol.com> "Just to let you all know that I've been sick lately, Bronchitis/Pneumonia" I've been down that road, and I know it is no fun. Take care of yourself and wear your galoshes. Yours, James D. Gray ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:17:53 EST From: Suvoroff@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Temporarily absent... Message-ID: <0.d37f691e.257dd661@aol.com> I am going to be off-line for a few days for some heart surgery. Its not open-heart and the prognosis is good, I should be out of the hospital the same day; but wish me luck anyhow. Yours, James D. Gray ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 21:20:39 -0600 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: A Most Excellently Executed Albatros Message-ID: <384C7D06.46CA610@bellsouth.net> Roger Belanger wrote: > Thanks I will appreciate it >Roger B > - Hey Roger, In case you didn't catch Allan's post today, he's down with some horrible near fatal disease and isn't able to update the web page. But I promise, as soon as the pics are up, I'll announce them with much fanfare. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 21:29:53 -0600 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Temporarily absent... Message-ID: <384C7F30.14E88309@bellsouth.net> Suvoroff@aol.com wrote: > I am going to be off-line for a few days for some heart surgery. Its not > open-heart and the prognosis is good, I should be out of the hospital the > same day; but wish me luck anyhow. > Luck! E. Btw, if it's not successful, could I have your 1/48 OT kits? :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:48:51 EST From: Scottfking@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Smirnov was Re: IRAS book Message-ID: <0.583e3dd6.257ddda3@aol.com> In a message dated 12/6/99 4:28:17 PM EST, pnsoares@mail.telepac.pt writes: << Avions recently (last 2 issues) did a biography on Smirnov with a decent number of photos. >> Hi Pedro, Was there any coverage of his later flying career with KNILM in the East Indies in WWII? He was piloting a DC3 loaded with refugees (and one million pounds sterling of diamonds) when he was shot down near Broome. I would like to build this admittedly ot a/c, I have seen only one photo of this in Bloody Shambles Vol 2. TIA Skippy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:49:57 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Eduard Pfalz D.IIIa Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1AC9@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Hi all, > > Just picked up this kit today from my local plastic > > pusher. Kit is typical of current Eduard stuff. Only > > plastic; no resin or photoetch. > >Seems to be some added goodies on the sprues that I don't > remember from the original D.III kit. Just collected mine too in sunny Brisbane. It looks to me like an entirely new mould with little or no carry over from the original D.III masters *but* I'm at work and can't make a direct comparison. The wheels are Beeeoootifull. The covers really look like they're separate parts and the undercut around the circumference is so deep and sharp that painting the wheels and getting a nice rim/tyre edge will be a cinch Just about all it needs is some Eduard or Tom's Spandau jackets and a light application of Dicta Ira. I can't wait. Now I can build a Pfalz with loz! Shane (OTOH the D.III kit doesn't lose out all that much, since it was one of, if not the first, new technology mould) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:53:03 EST From: BStett3770@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Glencoe DH4 (again) Message-ID: <0.cfbe3a5a.257dde9f@aol.com> Hi Peter Glencoe hopes to have the DH-4 out for the 1st quarter of 2000. At least that what the owner told me last week. Keep modeling Barry Rosemont Hobby www.swiftsite.com/rosemonthobby ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2012 **********************