WWI Digest 2080 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Albatros C.III Question by "DAVID BURKE" 2) Re: Albatros C.III Question by "Bob Pearson" 3) Re.French Naval Aviation Book. by "Len Smith" 4) RE: Finishing coat by "dfernet0" 5) RE: Finishing coat by "dfernet0" 6) Re: ebay alert by "Matthew Bittner" 7) RE: Finishing coat by "Peter Leonard" 8) RE: Don Martin by "dfernet0" 9) albatross b1 by "Harris, Mack" 10) Re: albatross b1 by "Matthew Bittner" 11) ot battle damage by smperry@mindspring.com 12) Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by Sharon Henderson 13) Vamp....is it just me? by "Peter Leonard" 14) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by smperry@mindspring.com 15) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by "Peter Leonard" 16) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by smperry@mindspring.com 17) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by Sharon Henderson 18) Completely ot but maybe interesting! (Repairing mail folders) by "Smits, Eduard" 19) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by "Peter Leonard" 20) RE: albatross b1 by "Harris, Mack" 21) "Outdated" kits by "Matthew Bittner" 22) RE: albatross b1 by "Matthew Bittner" 23) RE: "Outdated" kits by "dfernet0" 24) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by smperry@mindspring.com 25) Re: "Outdated" kits by "Peter Leonard" 26) Re: "Outdated" kits by KarrArt@aol.com 27) Re: "Outdated" kits by "Paul G." 28) Re: "Outdated" kits by "Matthew Bittner" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 01:48:10 -0600 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Albatros C.III Question Message-ID: <001401bf5b3f$0c0cdca0$d980aec7@dora9sprynet.com> Hey Y'all, First, let me say that the work on the Strutter (the CSM kit) has pushed back as I had to diassemble the top wing and struts so that I could properly refinish the cowl in a riffled metal pattern. I'm using the technique of putting down a silver coat, adding darker metal colored dots in a pattern to represent the riffling, and then overspraying with an aluminum overcoat. Tomorrow, when dry, I'll polish it up and maybe add some SnJ polishing powder. That aside, I just got an Albatros C.III kit by Eduard. I of course want to do C.766/16 with that splendid dragon/crocodile motif, and of course the Eduard markings are wrong; not only on the port side, but on the starboard as well as there is no little airplane on the cowl that these lizards are supposed to be chasing. Does anyone have a set (A/G?). I guess that if not, I can find some other neat markings. DB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:08:33 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Albatros C.III Question Message-ID: <200001100818.AAA11122@mail.rapidnet.net> David, There are no commercial markings of the Dragodile marked C.III, however Allan has put up the artwork I used for the OTF illustration of it on the site at http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/Images/Pearson additionally Joey has made this into vector files. . either of which may be used to print out your own decals. Bob > That aside, I just got an Albatros C.III kit by Eduard. I of course > want to do C.766/16 with that splendid dragon/crocodile motif, and of course > the Eduard markings are wrong; not only on the port side, but on the > starboard as well as there is no little airplane on the cowl that these > lizards are supposed to be chasing. Does anyone have a set (A/G?). I guess > that if not, I can find some other neat markings. > > > DB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:57:19 -0000 From: "Len Smith" To: Subject: Re.French Naval Aviation Book. Message-ID: <001901bf5b59$b4480920$294f08c3@mesh> Greetings, Following up Sandy's post, this morning Midland Counties midlandbooks@compuserve.com received a supply of the above book from Ardhan (they now have one less!). Price is £34.95 plus postage and they accept Visa etc. I think this may please Matt amongst others. Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:06:04 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Finishing coat Message-ID: <017d01bf5b5a$b02bada0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Dave (W.) wrote > Sorry to resurrect a "dead horse", but I've been busy. > Wow! That's great. I've been trying to transfer a live brain into a dead body, but I had no luck whatsoever... We must compare notes. Call me at my castle over the hill tonight ;-) Dave wrote, also: > > A long time ago we discussed the use of lozenge fabric on the E.V/D.VIII, -snip- > Any thoughts? Your theory is sound. After this post, I saw pictures of some DVIII and both finishes (lozenge and solid color) can be seen. As Shane said, circumstances could vary. That's what I put IMHO, that means "In My Hignorant Opinion". I've said so many nonsenses in this forum that one more balzup don't makes me feel bad anymore. regards D. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:08:19 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Finishing coat Message-ID: <019101bf5b5b$00584680$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Shane, > > Maybe a brand new Fok EV had their wings > > gloss. The > > doped fabric fuselage would appear as satin, but a weathered > > airplane would > > have looked flat, IMHO. I'm guilty for these lines of text. Dave is innocent. D. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 05:17:53 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: ebay alert Message-ID: <200001101120.DAA07139@crow.a001.sprintmail.com> On Sun, 9 Jan 2000 22:15:44 -0500 (EST), Ernest Thomas wrote: > I saw this this morning and thought,"I'm not interested in building a 1/72 > vac". So I didn't even click on the link Peter provided. Turns out that my war > game customer was the high bidder on this and I will eventually be building > this model. Does anybody else find this amuzing? I also find funny that E. typically builds 1/48th, and here he's been "forced" into the Light Side. Ah, for the rest of the Balloon Scalers to be so lucky! Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:23:09 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: RE: Finishing coat Message-ID: <20000110112309.30346.qmail@hotmail.com> As anyone who ever bought a new car knows, leave it out on the driveway and in about a week it looks just as sh*tty as the old one. Peter ----Original Message Follows---- From: "dfernet0" Reply-To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: RE: Finishing coat Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 06:17:12 -0500 (EST) Shane, > > Maybe a brand new Fok EV had their wings > > gloss. The > > doped fabric fuselage would appear as satin, but a weathered > > airplane would > > have looked flat, IMHO. I'm guilty for these lines of text. Dave is innocent. D. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:59:22 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Don Martin Message-ID: <01e901bf5b62$22691d60$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Sad, indeed. I liked his drawings and sound effects, wich I read in a very different way before learning english (a Mad magazine translation flourished here some years ago). Later I discovered how genial he was. I wonder if the shoes of this guy would have folded when he died. Sploink! D. > The world grows dimmer with the loss of such an artist. > Tom Cleaver I agree completely, Tom. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:01:06 -0600 From: "Harris, Mack" To: "'World War I'" Subject: albatross b1 Message-ID: Hi everyone. I'm sitting here at my computer at work with a wallpaper picture by Jim Alley of an Albatross B1 and was just wondering if anyone knows of a kit of the B1, it's a beautiful airplane. Thanks Mack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:07:58 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: albatross b1 Message-ID: <200001101512.KAA00325@pease1.sr.unh.edu> On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:08:05 -0500 (EST), Harris, Mack wrote: > Hi everyone. I'm sitting here at my computer at work with a wallpaper > picture by Jim Alley of an Albatross B1 and was just wondering if anyone > knows of a kit of the B1, it's a beautiful airplane. I'm not sure of the differences, but Chrozny (sp?) just released a B.IIa in resin. From what I have heard, read and seen it's a beautiful kit, but the average price is around US$35 or so. Maybe someone else knows of a B.I. Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:18:27 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: "Multiple recipients of list" Subject: ot battle damage Message-ID: <000f01bf5b7d$f2328520$810556d1@default> My two sixty thingie (1:32) took a Kamakazi nose dive off the top shelp onto a one oh and a one six two thingie. Collateral damage was suffered by a P40 and an IL2. The Hobbycraft Nie.17 emerged from the pile undamaged :-) Nothing unfixable, (the big jet will be a challenge), but I can't begin to describe just how uninterested I am in working on models of this period. Y'all have spoiled me in just 2 years. My sincere and heartfelt thanks! sp E-mail smperry@mindspring.com Web Site http://smperry.home.mindspring.com/PWWIP.htm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:29:46 -0500 From: Sharon Henderson To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: OK, I'm lame, I'll admit it. And I'm only partly on topic.... :-) I can recite the WW1-era German phonetic alphabet w/o problem, but the US equivalent has gone partly out of my head. Could some kind soul help me out, as Dad's no longer here to ask? WHEN did the change from Able/Baker/etc. occur, and has there been more than one change? I know they wanted to change Charlie to Coca, but that didn't last long, as no one would use it. What was the US wartime usage in our topic range, and was it different by the Next War? And is this right for current: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu Help.... Sharon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:38:51 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Vamp....is it just me? Message-ID: <20000110153851.6034.qmail@hotmail.com> Can't get the Vamp site to work properly at the moment, mostly I just get a plain white screen. What's tantalising me is a *NEW* lable, rather than "in preparation", against a 1/48 injection Fokker DII. Anybody know what it is? 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: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:43:51 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <002101bf5b81$7ebeb740$810556d1@default> Sharon; You are correct for current usage. As for the rest, I'm in the same boat as you and would like to know also. Lee, you recall? sp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:59:35 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <20000110155935.40362.qmail@hotmail.com> Your current alphabet is spot on as I first had to learn it in 19 ought 66. For as long as I remember though Foxtrot has been unofficialy abreviated to Fox.This is the "NATO Standard" form and would date back to some time in the fifties. I don't know if the WW2 alphabet was ever standardised by the English speaking alies, but if Hollywood and Elstree are any guide there were variations. Peter ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:11:58 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <002b01bf5b85$6d89f940$810556d1@default> AH! I just dug out a WWII Pilots Information File last updated 1 May 45. The phoenitic alphabet contained therin: hth sp Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy Fox George How Item Jig King Love Mike Nan Oboe Peter Queen Roger Sugar Tare Uncle Victor William X Ray Yoke Zebra ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:18:34 -0500 From: Sharon Henderson To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: Thanks, gents! Here's the German version, for those who are amused by such things -- right off the side of an Imperial wartime HQ telephone. .. Anton Ärger Bertha Cäsar Charlotte Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida Julius Konrad Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Ödipus Paula Quelle Richard Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Übel Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe Ypsilon Zeppelin Schule Schule and Charlotte are for Sch and Ch respectively; Arger, Casar, Odipus and Ubel all have umlauts on their first letter, in case they come out looking funny. If anyone wants a photo, I have one online that I can send; I think it's a jpeg. :-) Sharon At Monday, 10 January 2000, smperry@mindspring.com wrote: >AH! > >I just dug out a WWII Pilots Information File last updated 1 May 45. > The phonetic alphabet contained therin: ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:33:35 +0100 From: "Smits, Eduard" To: David Max Subject: Completely ot but maybe interesting! (Repairing mail folders) Message-ID: <387A09DF.50E01B90@atriserv.nl> Hello David, THANKS!!! Yeah it did work!! I didn't even know the bit about compacting the folders (what do ya mean to little time?). Glad I didn't threw the Mail folder away yet, it's completely repaired again. My compacted inbox is 9Mb now. Boy did it help! Thanks again and may the force be with ya. Regards, Ed PS. I've also cc'ed the message to my mailing lists maybe other people can use this info too. "Smits, Eduard" wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: ot question DX7 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:59:43 -0500 > From: "David Max" > To: "Smits, Eduard" > > I'm not a Netscape user myself, but I might be able to offer some help > in > recovering your email. I use Eudora at home, which I think shares one > important feature with Netscape which is that email is stored in unix > "mbox" > format. In other words, you email folders are stored on disk as a big > long > text file which has special "From" lines that indicate the beginning of > a > new message. In order to give you rapid access to your email, the > Netscape > creates an index file which can allow it to easily find any message > within > your 24MB email files. If this index or mail file should become > corrupted, > the index to your email messages will point to the wrong places and will > give the appearance that everything is corrupted even if it is only a > small > piece. If this happens with Eudora, the proper remedy is to delete the > index > file which forces Eudora to regenerate it. Netscape may work similarly. > If > this works, however, you may find that some messages that you thought > were > deleted will reappear since usually a message that you delete is simply > marked as deleted in the index and the message is not actually removed > until > you compact your mailbox. > > I hope this helps. > > - David Max > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dx7-help@byrd.math.uga.edu [mailto:dx7-help@byrd.math.uga.edu]On > > Behalf Of Smits, Eduard > > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 10:26 AM > > To: Tom Baldwin > > Cc: synth-diy@mailhost.bpa.nl; dx7@byrd.math.uga.edu > > Subject: ot question DX7 > > > > > > Hello Tom, > > > > Thanks for your reply. I hope you're willing to make me and a lot of > > other DX7II owners very happy. So in effect I hope you're willing to put > > up your E! card for cloning. If you're not willing, equal good friends > > (this is a translation of a dutch saying and I don't think/know if this > > is good english, sorry). Please contact the person who's going to do the > > cloning, it's "The OldCrow" his email address is oldcrow@oldcrows.net, > > you will see he's a very skilled DIY man. Anyway thanks for your reply. > > > > BTW this ot is for all you folks out there: My email crashed, I use > > Netscape Communicator 4.7 and my Inbox was about 24Mb. This morning I > > looked in my Inbox and there were "holes" between the messages, weired I > > thought. Shut down Netscape, started it again and it couldn't read in > > the Inbox anymore, totally messed up. So if I don't reply to a message > > one of you sent me, it's not out of malice but just dumb computer > > mess-up. I did have a backup but I lost all messages off this morning, > > about 80, and all messages of friday, saterday and sunday. I did respond > > to this messages though. I hope this isn't gonna happen to often. Anyone > > of you has had problems like this with Netscape to? > > > > I've been so inpolite to never introduce myself, I've been lurking at > > the background for a few months and saw very interesting information and > > discussions. Well I give a short introduction now and hope I'm forgivven > > (as well as for the introduction as being so late with it). I'm 39, > > almost 40, have a wife, two kids (daughters), a dog (Shar-Pei) and work > > in the ICT. I used to be a electronic DIY'er and trying to pick it up > > again lately. Got way to little time for it though, just got to much > > hobby's. In my student days, I studied HTS Elektrotechniek (higher > > technical school for electrotechnics, don'r know what the equivalent is > > in the USA), I built a modular the Elektor Formant. Being a student and > > ever poor at that moment, in moment of insanity and money-need I sold > > the Formant. But I think one off these days I'm gonna build a new > > modular, at least keep up my knowledge of things and put it off to my > > retirement. Thanks for all the info and hopefully (but seen the vast > > knowledge of you guys I don't think I stand much chance) I can > > contribute something to. > > > > Regards to all of you (and in this case especially to Tom), > > > > Ed(uard) Smits, Rozengaard 1622, 8212DM Lelystad, Netherlands > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:38:54 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <20000110163854.33600.qmail@hotmail.com> Well done Steve, top hole, but I wonder if that is American rather than universal standard. Anyhow, here are a few RAF variations I can vouch for: Able...Apple Baker.. Charlie Dog Easy...Edward Fox....Freddy George How....Henry Item Jig....Joe King Love...Lucy Mike...Mother Nan Oboe Peter Queen..Queeny Roger..Rome Sugar Tare...Tommy Uncle Victor William X Ray Yoke...Young Zebra and there must be loads more Peter ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:51:26 -0600 From: "Harris, Mack" To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: albatross b1 Message-ID: I've never heard of Chrozny. Where do you find them? Mack -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Bittner [mailto:tbittners@sprintmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 9:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: albatross b1 On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:08:05 -0500 (EST), Harris, Mack wrote: > Hi everyone. I'm sitting here at my computer at work with a wallpaper > picture by Jim Alley of an Albatross B1 and was just wondering if anyone > knows of a kit of the B1, it's a beautiful airplane. I'm not sure of the differences, but Chrozny (sp?) just released a B.IIa in resin. From what I have heard, read and seen it's a beautiful kit, but the average price is around US$35 or so. Maybe someone else knows of a B.I. Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:57:10 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <200001101701.MAA01375@pease1.sr.unh.edu> Hustad and I had an interesting conversation. While it deals specifically with the 1/72nd Albatros D.V, I'm sure it can apply to others as well. What do you do with those "older" kits that are no obsolete because of the latest kit to come out? We were debating, what are we going to do with our Pegasus Albatros D.V's now that the amazing Eduard is out? You know you really can't sell it because the Eduard is not only less expensive, but it's also a better kit. While the answer is obvious - build it - what do others think? I have heard plenty of "horror" stories with people trying to build the Pegasus D.V, so... Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:58:06 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: RE: albatross b1 Message-ID: <200001101702.MAA01413@pease1.sr.unh.edu> On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:57:47 -0500 (EST), Harris, Mack wrote: > I've never heard of Chrozny. Where do you find them? They're either a Polish or Czech company, but I'm almost positive Roll Models can get them - or has them already in stock. Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:59:47 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <005701bf5b8c$1a308640$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Many people must be grateful that the Albatros DV has smooth lines... once the wings are inside ;-) D. (was that the obvious answer?) ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Bittner To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 2:02 PM Subject: "Outdated" kits > Hustad and I had an interesting conversation. While it deals > specifically with the 1/72nd Albatros D.V, I'm sure it can apply > to others as well. > > What do you do with those "older" kits that are no obsolete > because of the latest kit to come out? We were debating, what > are we going to do with our Pegasus Albatros D.V's now that the > amazing Eduard is out? You know you really can't sell it because > the Eduard is not only less expensive, but it's also a better > kit. > > While the answer is obvious - build it - what do others think? I > have heard plenty of "horror" stories with people trying to build > the Pegasus D.V, so... > > > Matt Bittner > http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm > http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:04:57 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <005201bf5b8c$d5eea880$810556d1@default> Pilots Information File (PIF) issued pursuant to AAF regulation 62-15 I reckon it's American as apple pie. The man it was issued to flew Stinson L-5 Sentinels over Burma. Took rather a pair I gather. sp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Leonard" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... > Well done Steve, top hole, but I wonder if that is American rather than > universal standard. Anyhow, here are a few RAF variations I can vouch for: > > Able...Apple > Baker.. > Charlie > Dog > Easy...Edward > Fox....Freddy > George > How....Henry > Item > Jig....Joe > King > Love...Lucy > Mike...Mother > Nan > Oboe > Peter > Queen..Queeny > Roger..Rome > Sugar > Tare...Tommy > Uncle > Victor > William > X Ray > Yoke...Young > Zebra > > and there must be loads more > > Peter > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:11:15 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <20000110171115.2082.qmail@hotmail.com> Weeeeell, I have a couple of surplus Smer DV's, the fuselages of which I have cut up to (eventualy) make a CXII. The same should be possible if not easier in 1/72. What did we do with all those Airfix DV's when the Pegasus kit came out? I still have mine. And what are we going to do with all these Eduard DV's when the Tamigawa kit comes out? ;) Peter L ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:16:21 EST From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <66.66e64c8b.25ab6de5@aol.com> In a message dated 1/10/00 9:00:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, tbittners@sprintmail.com writes: << While the answer is obvious - build it - what do others think? I have heard plenty of "horror" stories with people trying to build the Pegasus D.V, so... Matt Bittner >> use 'em for parts for odd-ball scratchbuilds and crash dioramas, factory scenes etc. RK ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:33:58 -0500 From: "Paul G." To: Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <006601bf5b90$e157a920$61dc9bce@oemcomputer> > > What do you do with those "older" kits that are no obsolete > > because of the latest kit to come out? We were debating, what > > are we going to do with our Pegasus Albatros D.V's now that the > > amazing Eduard is out? You know you really can't sell it because > > the Eduard is not only less expensive, but it's also a better > > kit. > > Matt Bittner Matt, You could always give them away to the big scalers in an attempt to proselytize them. Knowing how evangelistic you are about the "wee ones" it seems only natural. Maybe the big scalers could offer you a Glencoe tros in trade. Talk about poetic justice! :-) Paul G "Personally, I've never met a scale I didn't like, except the bathroom scale!" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:38:43 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <200001101743.MAA01902@pease1.sr.unh.edu> On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:38:51 -0500 (EST), Paul G. wrote: > You could always give them away to the big scalers in an attempt to > proselytize them. Knowing > how evangelistic you are about the "wee ones" it seems only natural. Maybe > the big scalers > could offer you a Glencoe tros in trade. Talk about poetic justice! :-) That's sort-of a good idea. However, most of the Balloon Scalers on this list are so anti-Correct Scale it's scary. And BTW, I have two of the Glencoe Albatros kits. That was before I knew better. ;-) Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2080 **********************