WWI Digest 2076 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Sorry guys by Pedro e Francisca 2) Re: by Pedro e Francisca 3) Big Staff by John Cyganowski 4) Re: by Ernest Thomas 5) Re: using photoetch brass by Michael Kendix 6) Re: by "Matthew Bittner" 7) Re:ferko inventory by Ray_Boorman@telus.net 8) Re: WWI digest 2075 by "Jim Landon" 9) Newcomer going directly to lurk by Marc Flake 10) Re: For Sale by peter crow 11) Re: Chris Gannon flaming by "Peter Leonard" 12) Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk by Pedro e Francisca 13) Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk by "Peter Leonard" 14) Slightly ot Alcock and Brown was Vickers Vimy site by Pedro e Francisca 15) Re: Slightly ot Alcock and Brown was Vickers Vimy site by CTJDavies@aol.com 16) OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos by skarver@banet.net 17) Re: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos by smperry@mindspring.com 18) On This Day by "John Glaser" 19) RE: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos by "John Glaser" 20) Re: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos by "Peter Leonard" 21) Re: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos by smperry@mindspring.com 22) Re:ferko inventory by "Matthew Bittner" 23) Sopwith Strutter by Pedro e Francisca 24) Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk by "Matthew Bittner" 25) Re: Chris Gannon flaming by "Matthew Bittner" 26) Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk by Robert M Farrar III 27) Re: Re:ferko inventory by smperry@mindspring.com 28) Re: Skippy by Scottfking@aol.com 29) Re: Chris Gannon flaming by "Richard Eaton" 30) Re: by Scottfking@aol.com 31) Re:Multiples/ Pups/Beardmore by "Steve Cox" 32) Photos for Robert Karr by "Steve Cox" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 22:04:36 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: WW1 modeling list Subject: Sorry guys Message-ID: <387662F4.2BABCCA7@mail.telepac.pt> Previous post was meant for Len only. Sorry guys, I have not enough chicken for the whole bunch of you ;-) Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 22:12:52 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Message-ID: <387664E3.CA53C865@mail.telepac.pt> Jim Landon wrote: > Hi all you fellow obsessive compulsive wwi modelers, > Wanna see my Tommy model flying? Jim, Youre obsession looks fantastic. Really nice work. Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 22:00:07 -0500 From: John Cyganowski To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Big Staff Message-ID: <3876A837.CE211FF5@worldnet.att.net> We are as slow as snails. :-( But we are working on that. I saw very little resin before we started this venture and never saw the Skybirds '86 stuff. I saw some really nice resin jets kits at the 1997 IPMS, so I knew it could be done. I saw another fellow's WWI kit and thought I could do better wings, although I was intimidated by his fuselages. We are getting there. Cyg. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 21:17:51 -0600 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Message-ID: <3876AC5E.C19889F1@bellsouth.net> Jim Landon wrote: > I also would like your constructive criticism of my Tommy model so I can > doo better on the next one (whatever model that turns out to be). > Ok. When shooting it, use a more realistic backdrop. Or at least something less unrealistic. (you probably could've passed it off as a full size Tommy in not for that) And for the next one, don't be so self deprecating. > Jim > Hoping the boss won't find me typing this during work hours. > What's it worth to you for me not to tell him? E. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 22:58:49 EST From: Michael Kendix To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: using photoetch brass Message-ID: <20000107.225804.4447.1.mkendix@juno.com> On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:20:49 -0500 (EST) "John Glaser" writes: >Did you see this line in the article? > >"and we have also just designed a special bending tool that will make >very >long bends a lot easier and more precise." > >Any ideas what this is about? > >- JCG > > John: Not really. Perhaps it's for >= 1 /48th scale modelers? I've never needed it, I think. Michael ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 21:58:35 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Message-ID: <200001080401.UAA09985@magpie.a001.sprintmail.com> On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:12:47 -0500 (EST), DavidL1217@aol.com wrote: > I get the UTD newsletter on a regular basis. Their web site is: > http://utdallas.edu/special/index.html. Their Nope. 404 error. I tried http://www.utdallas.edu which took me to their home page, but I can't find anything on the Ferko collection. Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:13:13 -0800 From: Ray_Boorman@telus.net To: "Matthew Bittner" , wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re:ferko inventory Message-ID: <200001080413.UAA10143@smtpout.telus.net> Matt is this the link. http://www.utdallas.edu/library/special/ww1col.html Its a shame they have an inventory but would be nice if they at least had some pics online. Ray On 7 Jan 00, at 23:07, Matthew Bittner wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:12:47 -0500 (EST), DavidL1217@aol.com > wrote: > > > I get the UTD newsletter on a regular basis. Their web site is: > > http://utdallas.edu/special/index.html. Their > > Nope. 404 error. I tried http://www.utdallas.edu which took me > to their home page, but I can't find anything on the Ferko > collection. > > > Matt Bittner > http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook > http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 20:43:00 PST From: "Jim Landon" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: WWI digest 2075 Message-ID: <20000108044300.4999.qmail@hotmail.com> Allan said <> I'll get right on it. Where do I get one? Jim >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 14:10:30 -0500 (EST) >From: Allan Wright >To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu >Subject: Re: your mail >Message-ID: <200001071910.OAA18308@pease1.sr.unh.edu> > > > Hi all you fellow obsessive compulsive wwi modelers, > > Wanna see my Tommy model flying? Wanna see the propeller spinning under > > it's own power? Allan has added a bunch of my new photos to my gallery. > I > > am pretty proud, and am looking for the usual praise we all give each >other, > > but I also would like your constructive criticism of my Tommy model so I >can > > doo better on the next one (whatever model that turns out to be). > > > > It's at: > > http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/Images/Landon/index.html > >May I suggest the Skytrex Thomas Morse Scout in 1:144 scale? Would be >the perfect salt to this pepper.... > >-Allan ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 22:44:03 -0600 From: Marc Flake To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Newcomer going directly to lurk Message-ID: <3876C093.249E@airmail.net> Just wanted to log on and say hello. I've been lurking for about two months and thought I'd subscribe for real. I'll just be taking the digest for now. I only get a few miinutes of computer time at the end of the day, so that's when I'll be chekcing in. A little about my OT activities: I started WWI modeling in earnest in 1984 and built about 50 kits (all in 1/72) until about 1990, when I put together a Classic Plane Voisin. All that rigging did me in. (It has a skull and crossbones on it if ya'll are still attempting to do this group build for the Y2K nationals in Dallas.) I was awarded a second place for an MvR Albatros I submitted in the Fort Worth contest last year. (The Voisin has failed to place in two contests.) The last 18 biplanes I made were ot F3Fs in 1/700 that are sitting on the deck of a Fujimi Lexington. I've also been known to build OT 1/285 scale CinC kits. I'm primarily doing ships now (no rigging yet), but I've been lured back to WWI modeling with the release of the TOKO kits. Bought about six of them just before Christmas. Never had anything like this back in the 80s LOL. I'll primarily be lurking, but I'll chime in when I have something to say. Looking forward to meeting many of you in Dallas in July. Marc Flake Tarrant County Texas (Where I've just gotten over that dreadful Sydney strain of the flu that been going around) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:01:26 -0800 (PST) From: peter crow To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: For Sale Message-ID: <20000108050126.14409.qmail@web704.mail.yahoo.com> Only if you throw in a couple of Blue Max kits...:-) sorry Tom.. couldn't resist P. Crow --- Albatrosdv@aol.com wrote: > > ** FOR SALE AS OF 1/2/2000 > > 5000 watt propane generator > 200 canned hams > 100 pounds dried beans > 2000 gallons fresh water (including underground > tank) > 75 MRE'S > 800 assorted canned vegetables > 8 cases sterno (24 per case) > 18 boxes matches > 2000 rounds of 45 caliber bullets > 10 cases 12 gauge shotgun shells > 50 "D" cell batteries. > 75 "AA" batteries. > 47 "AAA" batteries. > 1 solar powered radio > 4 cases powdered protein > 1 milk cow > 1 bull > 7 laying hens > 1 rooster > furniture for 40' x 60' underground shelter (with > separate livestock > quarters) > 1 wood burning stove > 8 cords wood > 43 assorted magazines (12 adult related) > 12 flashlights > 8 kerosene lamps > 16 military blankets > Many other miscellaneous survival items. > > All items sold together or separately; serious > offers only. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 08:27:27 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Chris Gannon flaming Message-ID: <20000108082727.44344.qmail@hotmail.com> Although Chris Gannon does not strike me as a man with whom I could share a warm beer, I believe he deserves the thanks and respect of all active WW1 modellers. For at least a decade he was the best and most reliable source of new OT plastic, and in the two most popular scales. There were others producing quality product, Miekraft had a nice but short line in 1/72 , Hobbycraft and Aeroclub ditto in 1/32 and 1/48 respectivly, but none so consistently nor so regularly as Pegasus and Blue Max, which between them knock out an astonishing EIGHT kits per year. Not even mainstream manufacturers can do that. Whatever his faults (and his kits ARE getting better) the WWI corner of this hobby would not be nearly so healthy without Chris Gannon's efforts over the last fifteen years. IMO Peter L http://www.storks.cwc.net http://www.escadrille.mcmail.com PeterL@cwcom.net ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 08:33:31 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk Message-ID: <3876F65A.39E97E3F@mail.telepac.pt> Marc Flake wrote: > Just wanted to log on and say hello. Welcome Mark. Go and do one of those Tokos. You'll like it i'm sure, just take care with struts and cowlings. Glad to have one more for the right scale side among us ;-) Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 08:44:19 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk Message-ID: <20000108084419.67595.qmail@hotmail.com> Welcome Marc. Pedro gives sound advice. Although some will express doubts about their accuracy, the Toko range goes to-gether well and makes nice models. Enjoy. Peter L http://www.storks.cwc.net http://www.escadrille.mcmail.com PeterL@cwcom.net ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 10:24:26 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Slightly ot Alcock and Brown was Vickers Vimy site Message-ID: <38771059.6F9EA9D1@mail.telepac.pt> Ray_Boorman@telus.net wrote: > I was searching the web for information on the Vickers Vimy, (most > info btw was in this lists archives). One link that came up was of > the Silver Queen pages www.vimy.org Ray, I've been thinking of doing the Vimy in the Alcock and Brown version. I have the Chematic (re-issue of the FROG) kit that makes things easier. All the pictures I've seen of the A&B aircraft (not many) show it with no markings, with a light fabric (except the one with the nosedover aircraft in the bog that looks like the fabric was much darker) and the a/c in the Science Museum is white IIRC. Can you or anyone confirm that there were no markings or serials on the a/c and that it was white or CDL? Thanks Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 05:59:37 EST From: CTJDavies@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Slightly ot Alcock and Brown was Vickers Vimy site Message-ID: <50.5066777d.25a87299@aol.com> Pedro, there was an article in an old Radio Control Scale Models about it (someone built a great looking flying scale version for the Top Gun event in Florida) which also said, that it was clear doped with no markings at all, or as they said it: not even a g.. d... zip code. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 09:09:42 -0500 From: skarver@banet.net To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos Message-ID: <38774526.DBE50781@banet.net> Good morning-- smperry@mindspring.com wrote: > I had no refrences for the type so I used only what was in the box. The color > guide indicated "Wood" for the strut color and red-brown for the tape color. > Well you certainly have more true grit than I to depend on Eduard color/markings instructions than I! > I plan to order a DF on the type L soon so I'll be sure to find all sorts of > stuff . > What do you do then? :-) Regards, Stef ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 10:05:37 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos Message-ID: <000901bf59e9$d271f940$3c0d56d1@default> Precisely, I doubt it is anywhere close in many areas. However I didn't build this kit to be an accurate, exact scale miniature of MoS L # 356. I built it to compete as a properly assembled and finished Eduard Kit # 8007. I did not like the fact that so many SOOB models at the Nats won a category that also contained accurized , detailed and improved models. It seemed that SOOB is the currently favored style of building, so I looked for a kit that was as detailed and "hard to build looking" as possible and #8007 sure fit the bill. Normally I build for my own enjoyment, but this one was more of a grudge build . I'll see how it does in Titusville come February. sp > Good morning-- > > smperry@mindspring.com wrote: > > > I had no refrences for the type so I used only what was in the box. The color > > guide indicated "Wood" for the strut color and red-brown for the tape color. > > > > Well you certainly have more true grit than I to depend on Eduard color/markings > instructions than I! > > > I plan to order a DF on the type L soon so I'll be sure to find all sorts of > > stuff . > > > > What do you do then? :-) > > Regards, > Stef > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 09:13:26 -0600 From: "John Glaser" To: "WW1 Mail List \(E-mail\)" Subject: On This Day Message-ID: <000001bf59ea$eb618780$8d00000a@johnghome> ALLIES RETREAT FROM GALLIPOLI: The Gallipoli Peninsula, which guards the opening to the Sea of Marmara, became the scene of heavy bloodshed when Allied forces attacked Turkish forts in February of 1915. British and French battleships proved superior to Turkish land-based artillery, but naval mines decimated the Allied fleet, forcing a land battle that eventually resulted in 250,000 casualties. On January 8, 1916, after almost a year of bloody but ineffectual advances, Allied forces staged a full retreat from the shores of Gallipoli. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 09:15:46 -0600 From: "John Glaser" To: Subject: RE: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos Message-ID: <000101bf59eb$3dd662b0$8d00000a@johnghome> Grudge build? Where is that on the Dicta Ira scale? - JCG ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 15:19:15 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos Message-ID: <20000108151915.92510.qmail@hotmail.com> >>However I didn't build this kit to be an accurate, exact scale miniature >>of MoS L # 356. I built it to compete as a properly assembled and finished >>Eduard Kit #8007.<< Good for you mate, OOB is after all the way they were intended to be built. I'm currently engaged in a fruitles search for a Glencoe French Aces SPAD which I intend to approach in the same. Everybody says "you don't want that kit, you want the DML kit, it's much better" I know it is, but I WANT to build the Glencoe kit Peter http://www.storks.cwc.net http://www.escadrille.mcmail.com PeterL@cwcom.net ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 10:22:45 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: OOB MoS L, was: Re: Morane photos Message-ID: <001c01bf59ec$37779140$3c0d56d1@default> > Grudge build? Where is that on the Dicta Ira scale? > > - JCG Turned out more fun than it started :-) sp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 09:28:09 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re:ferko inventory Message-ID: <200001081530.HAA14775@magpie.a001.sprintmail.com> On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:17:48 -0500 (EST), Ray_Boorman@telus.net wrote: > http://www.utdallas.edu/library/special/ww1col.html > Its a shame they have an inventory but would be nice if they at > least had some pics online. Thanks, Ray. Does anybody on the list get to the library? Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 15:29:39 +0000 From: Pedro e Francisca To: WW1 modeling list Subject: Sopwith Strutter Message-ID: <387757E3.3A3FACC0@mail.telepac.pt> Gang, I'm starting TOKO's Sop. Strutter, the single saeat bomber version. The FMP French book has a picture that clearly shows the bomb racks behing the pilots seat. Does anyone know how the bombs exited the fuselage? Were there were square holes on the underside of the fuselage, below the racks? Or...? Also, what are those 3 same sized rectangular panels aft of the cockpit on the fuselage? My guess were that they were "drawers" for loading the bombs, am I right? Is that area metal? TIA Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 09:31:28 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk Message-ID: <200001081533.HAA16111@magpie.a001.sprintmail.com> On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:51:47 -0500 (EST), Marc Flake wrote: > I'll primarily be lurking, but I'll chime in when I have something to > say. Looking forward to meeting many of you in Dallas in July. Welcome! Hopefully I'll be able to make it to TX for the 'Nats, but it depends on if the caravan is coming through Nebraska on its way to Florida. If that's the case, and it picks me up, then I'm heading to Pensacola. If not, TX is it. BTW, if you want to come north for a weekend, Omaha is sponsoring the Region 5 regional this year, 5-6 May. I'm sponsoring a "Best WW1 Model" award, to entice people to attend our stellar event. :-) Check out: http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook/regional.html Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 09:32:59 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Chris Gannon flaming Message-ID: <200001081535.HAA16739@magpie.a001.sprintmail.com> On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 03:31:34 -0500 (EST), Peter Leonard wrote: > Whatever his faults (and his kits ARE getting better) the WWI corner of this > hobby would not be nearly so healthy without Chris Gannon's efforts over the > last fifteen years. Well said! While some kits aren't perfect (and which kit is?) overall they're very buildable and filled a great niche at the time. Heck, you still can't find an injected Junkers D.I (right, Ernest? :-)! Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 09:35:45 -0600 From: Robert M Farrar III To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Newcomer going directly to lurk Message-ID: <38775951.77F41585@airmail.net> Hi Marc, Yeah I mostly lurk too. But, I've learned a lot. Bob ps you know me...ex Hall's employee :-)_ Marc Flake wrote: > Just wanted to log on and say hello. > > I've been lurking for about two months and thought I'd subscribe for > real. I'll just be taking the digest for now. I only get a few > miinutes of computer time at the end of the day, so that's when I'll be > chekcing in. > > A little about my OT activities: > > I started WWI modeling in earnest in 1984 and built about 50 kits (all > in 1/72) until about 1990, when I put together a Classic Plane Voisin. > All that rigging did me in. (It has a skull and crossbones on it if > ya'll are still attempting to do this group build for the Y2K nationals > in Dallas.) I was awarded a second place for an MvR Albatros I > submitted in the Fort Worth contest last year. (The Voisin has failed to > place in two contests.) > > The last 18 biplanes I made were ot F3Fs in 1/700 that are sitting on > the deck of a Fujimi Lexington. I've also been known to build OT 1/285 > scale CinC kits. > > I'm primarily doing ships now (no rigging yet), but I've been lured back > to WWI modeling with the release of the TOKO kits. Bought about six of > them just before Christmas. Never had anything like this back in the > 80s LOL. > > I'll primarily be lurking, but I'll chime in when I have something to > say. Looking forward to meeting many of you in Dallas in July. > > Marc Flake > Tarrant County Texas (Where I've just gotten over that dreadful Sydney > strain of the flu that been going around) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 10:43:14 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Re:ferko inventory Message-ID: <003801bf59ef$1435f700$3c0d56d1@default> > > Thanks, Ray. Does anybody on the list get to the library? Ira used to. sp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 10:43:38 EST From: Scottfking@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Skippy Message-ID: <4c.4c6a1e4a.25a8b52a@aol.com> In a message dated 1/6/00 1:26:46 PM EST, tbittners@sprintmail.com writes: << While perusing sites due to boredom, I came across a photo of Skippy. :-) http://www.mmcl.org/mmcl/workshop.htm >> Well yes its me, in a typical situation. I was spraying the interior of my Alb and knocked something loose, was trying to see up close to fix it and not dump the airbrush or glue the model to my nose. Some of other guys were, as you can imagine, ready with many witty and ribald suggestions. Sort of like a "live" version of this list, but less OT. Skippy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 09:44:40 -0600 From: "Richard Eaton" To: Subject: Re: Chris Gannon flaming Message-ID: <002001bf59ef$4835bb80$ad305d18@austin.rr.com> Here, here Peter, My scale keeps me in the Pegasus line so I have never seen the problems mentioned with the BM kits. Chris kept my hobby alive during the drought years and Pegasus kits of the last few years have improved dramatically. The W.4 was my favorite kit of 98 and the Taube in 99. But, then again I have never run into a show stopper like wing ripple. I remain a loyal customer. Regards, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Leonard To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 2:31 AM Subject: Re: Chris Gannon flaming > Although Chris Gannon does not strike me as a man with whom I could share a > warm beer, I believe he deserves the thanks and respect of all active WW1 > modellers. For at least a decade he was the best and most reliable source of > new OT plastic, and in the two most popular scales. There were others > producing quality product, Miekraft had a nice but short line in 1/72 , > Hobbycraft and Aeroclub ditto in 1/32 and 1/48 respectivly, but none so > consistently nor so regularly as Pegasus and Blue Max, which between them > knock out an astonishing EIGHT kits per year. Not even mainstream > manufacturers can do that. > > Whatever his faults (and his kits ARE getting better) the WWI corner of this > hobby would not be nearly so healthy without Chris Gannon's efforts over the > last fifteen years. > > IMO > > Peter L > http://www.storks.cwc.net > http://www.escadrille.mcmail.com > PeterL@cwcom.net > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 11:15:53 EST From: Scottfking@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Message-ID: <99.9918cfed.25a8bcb9@aol.com> In a message dated 1/7/00 1:03:18 PM EST, thegreatlandoni@hotmail.com writes: << I am pretty proud, and am looking for the usual praise we all give each other, but I also would like your constructive criticism of my Tommy model so I can doo better on the next one >> Well, you did a beautiful job, all I can say in addition is that it certainly looks like the Tommy I saw at Aerodrome in '94. Whatever you did, and it was a lot, if you do it again to another Guillow or Sterling kit, we are all in for a treat. Thanks for sharing it with us. Skippy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 23:06:32 +0000 From: "Steve Cox" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re:Multiples/ Pups/Beardmore Message-ID: Someone, I think it was Len, posted the manufacturer of a Beardmore WB3 vacform. I'll add it to my Christmas list. Thanks. Now what do I do with the spare Pup? Regards Steve =========================================== steve@oldglebe.freeserve.co.uk http://www.oldglebe.freeserve.co.uk If I didn't spend so much time on line ‹‹ I'd get more models finished ================ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 16:03:55 +0000 From: "Steve Cox" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Photos for Robert Karr Message-ID: Robert, > I'm always interested in almost ANY photos! I've put some more reference pictures on my web site, Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter, Tabloid, Vickers FB5 plus my FB19 model. I'll add some more and post a message later. Regards Steve =========================================== steve@oldglebe.freeserve.co.uk http://www.oldglebe.freeserve.co.uk If I didn't spend so much time on line ‹‹ I'd get more models finished ================ ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2076 **********************