Meikraft

WWI Digest 2108 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: there goes another drill bit! by "Lee Mensinger" 2) Re: there goes another drill bit! by "Michael S. Alvarado" 3) Re: [Fwd: Toko] by "DAVID BURKE" 4) Re: Stunned silence by "DAVID BURKE" 5) Re: 12 Squared by "DAVID BURKE" 6) Re: 12 Squared by "Craig Gavin" 7) Twilight zone List by Ray_Boorman@telus.net 8) Meikraft by "Craig Gavin" 9) RE: [Fwd: Toko] by Shane Weier 10) Re: [Fwd: Toko] by Albatrosdv@aol.com 11) Re: Meikraft by "Matthew Bittner" 12) Re: Meikraft by CTJDavies@aol.com 13) Re: Meikraft by "Bob Pearson" 14) Excellent source of French pictures by "Matthew Bittner" 15) Re: there goes another drill bit! by Dennis Ugulano 16) New Czechmaster by "Matthew Bittner" 17) Re: New Czechmaster by "Bob Pearson" 18) Re: Matt's database by "Roger L. Belanger" 19) Re: there goes another drill bit! by "Roger L. Belanger" 20) Re: W.29 Interior by "Lance Krieg" 21) Re: Meikraft by "Lee Mensinger" 22) Re: there goes another drill bit! by "Lance Krieg" 23) Re: W.29 Interior by Ernest Thomas 24) Re: W.29 Interior by "Lance Krieg" 25) RE: New Czechmaster by "Chris Banyai-Riepl" 26) Re: Meikraft by smperry@mindspring.com 27) Re: 12 Squared MoS L by "Len Smith" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 21:20:38 -0600 From: "Lee Mensinger" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: there goes another drill bit! Message-ID: <388D1686.F8CD8C2D@wireweb.net> If you are doing it with power quit. The only way to use asmall drill like that is with a "Pin Vise" and by hand. It took me a half dozen to learn that Maybe I can change your luck sooner. I have tried a number of things and "by hand" works where everthing else fails. I do believe others will agree Lee M. Lee Rouse wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF66AF.B8066500 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I don't consider myself particularly clumsy, but I've managed to break = > off 3 #80 bits while drilling through the wings on my Eduard Albatros. = > Any suggestions for how to get the job done without exhausting my supply = > of drill bits? Would a slightly larger bit work just as well and not be = > so susceptible to breakage? > > Lee > > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF66AF.B8066500 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > > > > >

I don't consider myself particularly clumsy, but = > I've managed=20 > to break off 3 #80 bits while drilling through the wings on my Eduard = > Albatros.=20 > Any suggestions for how to get the job done without exhausting my supply = > of=20 > drill bits? Would a slightly larger bit work just as well and not be so=20 > susceptible to breakage?

Lee

> > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF66AF.B8066500-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:07:40 -0500 From: "Michael S. Alvarado" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: there goes another drill bit! Message-ID: <388D137B.79299C38@bellatlantic.net> Lee, Join the club. I must go through at least one #80 bit a week, and sooner or later I break everyone up to about #61 (.038" dia). Any bit up to about .0225" dia is extremely vulnerable depending on how ham-handed you are. The only solutions I know are to keep the exposed length of the bits as small as needed to get the job done ( push them in as deeply into the collet as you can get away with) and buy multiple bits at a time. hth Alvie Lee Rouse wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF66AF.B8066500 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > I don't consider myself particularly clumsy, but I've managed to break = > off 3 #80 bits while drilling through the wings on my Eduard Albatros. = > Any suggestions for how to get the job done without exhausting my supply = > of drill bits? Would a slightly larger bit work just as well and not be = > so susceptible to breakage? > > Lee > > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF66AF.B8066500 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > > > > >

Lee

> > ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BF66AF.B8066500-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:19:12 -0600 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: [Fwd: Toko] Message-ID: <000a01bf66f3$b8e58980$c982aec7@dora9sprynet.com> >......... a company I doubt is >in as good a position as Accurate Miniatures was to survive the slander >campaign that was waged against them this fall. A-M has people tracking down >the sources of those rumors, and lawyers ready to be let from their leashes >when the prey is discovered. Which A-M rumor, the one that said that they were going out of business? Or what? That's nothin'. When I was still active with the Luftwaffe 1946 board, a rumor circulated that Hasegawa was about to release a 1/48 scale B-2 Stealth bomber. For a month, we circulated ideas of what to do with something that big, and it was listed for (get this) 99 bucks MSRP. Of course, about 3 weeks later, I realized that it was an April Fool's prank. Boy, was my face red! BTW, I know that SMO has the Breguet. Who in the U.S. has that 1/48 Fokker D.II? DB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:35:42 -0600 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Stunned silence Message-ID: <006201bf66f6$0710e940$c982aec7@dora9sprynet.com> >Yes, well, unfounded optimism is one of my strengths. It didn't impress the >ATD one bit, so I'm now possessed of a nice supplementary tax bill for $800 > >I can sense a glut of moderately priced second hand kits on the Brisbane >market, real soon. > >:-( OUCH! Man, that sucks that they hit you for that kind of bread! Boy, when they get ahold of you, they really get ahold of you! >> My Commiserations > >Thanks DB. The bloodsuckers never give an inch, even when you bring out the >"wife, three kids, and modelling addiction to support" story. > > >Shane the Impoverished > That's O.K. though, because those kind of folks die of being total and complete turds. They shrivel up and stink. Cosmic justice, you know. Rejoice! DB > > > > > > > > > > > > >************************************************************** >The information contained in this E-Mail is confidential >and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). >If you receive this E-Mail in error, any use, distribution >or copying of this E-Mail is not permitted. You are >requested to forward unwanted E-Mail and address any problems >to the MIM Holdings Limited Help Desk. >E-Mail: helpdesk@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. >************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:38:52 -0600 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: 12 Squared Message-ID: <007d01bf66f6$914a0b00$c982aec7@dora9sprynet.com> How slanderous! How can you criticize 12 Squared like this? Why, at one contest, I saw one of their models all built up. It looked nice. Well, it claimed to have been carved out of a 12 Squared kit, but.... DB -----Original Message----- From: Zulis@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 6:01 PM Subject: Re: 12 Squared >Matt writes: > ><< Buildability. Anything is buildable (remember we're all modelers > around these parts, and not just model builders > ("put-her-togetherers"). However, I compared the HR next to the > 12, and there is even less work with the HR than the 12. >> > >OK, then that settles it for me. I thought that if it was one of those >"the wing is a smidgeon too long" type things I could just plow on and not be >bothered by it. But if it is fundamentally flawed, I will leave it to >those more masochistic than I. > ><< I actually meant that comment in general. I have thinned the > wing to at least half its thickness and I don't think there's a > problem. The problem lies with all of these "high wing" > monoplanes IRT their strutage and rigging. Imagine your typical > IPMS judge picking up the kit up it's wing only...that's what I > meant. I don't see it necessarily as a weight issue, but one > more of "structure" (did that make sense?). >> > >Completely. A type of design that is tricky to hang together in any case. > > < snip > > ><< Really? I have the same Breguet by Merlin and it's one of the > better Merlin kits. Sure, most smaller parts will have to be > replaced - they usually did during the time frame the Breguet > came out - but the larger parts are very decent. >> > >I recall a list member speculating that this kit seemed to get worse as the >"run" went on. If this is the case, then I surely must have got the last >kit they made. I was not exaggerating when I said that most of the parts >are unrecognizable (fuselage and wings can be recognized, but I spent a half >day cleaning up 1/2 of the fuselage and it still looked like hell). I saw >Brad Gossen's kit of the same when I visited him recently and his kit is far >better than mine as well, so if you have a good one, and his is fair, and >mine is terrible, there may be something to that deteriorating quality >theory. As for me, I eventually put it away and purchased the Pegasus kit >instead. > >Thanks for the input, Matt. I will trust your judgement on this one, and >hope that Toko hangs around long enough to make a good one for us. :-) > >Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:59:38 -0600 From: "Craig Gavin" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: 12 Squared Message-ID: <200001250602.AAA17786@postoffice6.ipa.net> Dave - I have the last known address for Twelve Squared at P.O. Box 21567, Eagan, Mn 55121-0567. I recent sent him a letter asking about the availability of his Deperdussin kit and as yet haven't heard back from him. I have the M-S L in my collection, while it's better than the vacuform kits, the quality is on a par with a Merlin kit (not great, but a good starting point). Hope this helps. - Craig Gavin (Bella Vista, AR) ---------- >From: Zulis@aol.com >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: 12 Squared >Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2000, 1:19 PM > > > Hello everyone! > > I am looking for a 1/72 Morane-Saulnier L by "12 Squared". > > I visited all the dealers' sites linked from Al's page - no luck. > > I did a search for "12 Squared" on my favorite search engine and got all of > Matt's mentions of 12 Squared, but nothing more on the MS L > > I searched ebay, in case someone was selling one there, and found many "goth > high laced fetish boots" made by a company of the same name which, while > interesting, was not what I had in mind. :-) > > So.... things are going from bad to worse. Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Dave Z ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:30:15 -0800 From: Ray_Boorman@telus.net To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Twilight zone List Message-ID: <200001250630.WAA24260@smtpout.telus.net> I thought the list was quiet, hadn't even seen one of my posts turn up. Duhh My ISP blew me off the list since mid-day today. Did I miss much. Anyway all the Toko talk reminded me, wasn't Hippo supposed to bring out a 1/48th Gotha. Was I imagining this? Has Hippo been sucked up by Eduard/FlashBack...... Ray ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 00:45:35 -0600 From: "Craig Gavin" To: WWI Modelers List Subject: Meikraft Message-ID: <200001250645.AAA25077@postoffice5.ipa.net> > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3031605935_360155_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Does anybody know what's happened to Meikraft? About six years ago I paid something (?) to become a member of this so-called "collector club." In return, after a year's wait or more, I received the Caproni bomber kit which I'd ordered, and a Lloyd tri-plane kit that was a special offer to "club members" (indeed, membership had a least 1 benefit). At any rate, back in September, 1996, I pre-order a Fokker B.III, a SS D.IV, and a Gotha G.IV from his list. I sent him $55.00 and never heard another thing, despite several attempts since. Is Meikraft still around? Thanks for any help! - - Craig Gavin (Bella Vista, AR) --MS_Mac_OE_3031605935_360155_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Meikraft Does anybody know what's happened to Meikraft? About six years ago I = paid something (?) to become a member of this so-called "collector club= ." In return, after a year's wait or more, I received the C= aproni bomber kit which I'd ordered, and a Lloyd tri-plane kit that was a sp= ecial offer to "club members" (indeed, membership had a least 1 be= nefit). At any rate, back in September, 1996, I pre-order a Fokk= er B.III, a SS D.IV, and a Gotha G.IV from his list. I sent him $55.00= and never heard another thing, despite several attempts since. Is Mei= kraft still around? Thanks for any help! - - Craig Gavin (Bella Vista,= AR)

--MS_Mac_OE_3031605935_360155_MIME_Part-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:25:06 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: [Fwd: Toko] Message-ID: <65C968E11318D311B0BD0060B06865CDBD1C42@mimhexch.mim.com.au> Dave, > How is it that this Earl guy seems to be the only one who has > heard anything about this? As I understand it, Earl does some work of some sort for them. OTOH it *is* really odd that there's no other source yet. Shane ************************************************************** The information contained in this E-Mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this E-Mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this E-Mail is not permitted. You are requested to forward unwanted E-Mail and address any problems to the MIM Holdings Limited Help Desk. E-Mail: helpdesk@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 02:35:15 EST From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: [Fwd: Toko] Message-ID: You guys aren't getting it. As Mr. Justice Holmes once said, "the right of free speedh does not include the right to yell 'fire' in a crowded theater." As fas as Dave Z's comment about "living in a country with the right of speculation," yeah - you could "speculate" that maybe there's a fire in the theater. The point is that a rumor that Hasegawa is going to do a 1/48 stealth bomber and where are you going to put it is not in the same category as one that says Company A is going out of business. Hasegawa is not going to be hurt by the first one, Company A can be hurt by the second, when a banker hears that and calls in a loan they're paying on cash flow and they can't pay and then they do get put into "financial difficulties," or a distributor decides not to order their products since "they're going out of business," and their sales drop, and they end up in the trouble they weren't in when the rumor started, as a result of the rumor. I swear, I can't believe a *Democrat* has to instruct you Republicans in the care and feeding of the freedom of have a business and a little bit of *responsibility* in deciding what rumors to pass on and which ones to drop. Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 04:49:22 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Meikraft Message-ID: <200001251051.CAA24945@magpie.a001.sprintmail.com> First of all, turn off your HTML/Microsoft settings: > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. "Does anybody know what's happened to Meikraft? About six years ago I paid something (?) to become a member of this so-called "collector club." In return, after a year's wait or more, I received the Caproni bomber kit which I'd ordered, and a Lloyd tri-plane kit that was a special offer to "club members" (indeed, membership had a least 1 benefit). At any rate, back in September, 1996, I pre-order a Fokker B.III, a SS D.IV, and a Gotha G.IV from his list. I sent him $55.00 and never heard another thing, despite several attempts since. Is Meikraft still around? Thanks for any help!" He no longer produces. You were one of the ones bit hard. It took years (I can't remember now - four? five?) for him to come out with the Lloyd, and not everybody who paid for them got them. He put out good product but was not a businessman. Matt Bittner http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 06:07:47 EST From: CTJDavies@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Meikraft Message-ID: <57.108a317.25bede03@aol.com> In einer eMail vom 25.01.2000 11:52:51 (MEZ) Mitteleurop�ische Zeit schreibt tbittners@sprintmail.com: << He put out good product but was not a businessman. > His Pfalz DIII, BE2 (both) and presumably his Spad were all copies of excellent czech resin kits. Fortunately the czech kits can still be found here and there if you look hard for them, so no one really should have to deal with Meikraft anyway. The quality suffered a little in the moulding process also, but the decal sheets were great. The Caproni was a big joke - a rip off if there ever was one. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 03:28:51 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Meikraft Message-ID: <200001251130.DAA22791@mail.rapidnet.net> At least with the Caproni there was some produced .. I'm still waiting on my paid for Gotha Bob ---------- >From: CTJDavies@aol.com >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Re: Meikraft >Date: Tue, 25 Jan, 2000, 3:12 AM > > In einer eMail vom 25.01.2000 11:52:51 (MEZ) Mitteleurop�ische Zeit schreibt > tbittners@sprintmail.com: > > << He put out good product but was not a businessman. > > > His Pfalz DIII, BE2 (both) and presumably his Spad were all copies of > excellent czech resin kits. Fortunately the czech kits can still be found > here and there if you look hard for them, so no one really should have to > deal with Meikraft anyway. The quality suffered a little in the moulding > process also, but the decal sheets were great. The Caproni was a big joke - a > rip off if there ever was one. > Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:20:10 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Excellent source of French pictures Message-ID: <200001251321.HAA08385@mail2.neonramp.com> I just found th site: http://www.histoire.org/asso14-18/exposition/aviation/aviation-gb. htm Not a lot there, but what is definitely whets the appetite! Al, do you think you can link to that from the site? Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:30:56 -0500 From: Dennis Ugulano To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: there goes another drill bit! Message-ID: <200001250831_MC2-962F-B2A8@compuserve.com> Lee, Would a slightly larger bit work just as well and not be = so susceptible to breakage? Yes, try the # 79. It may not seem like much of a change but it will work better. I used to go thru # 80 very rapidly. Also, the # 79 will allow up to 4 threads thru a hole. Dennis Ugulano email: Uggies@compuserve.com http://members.xoom.com/Uggies/dju.htm Page Revised 9/12/99 "Every modeller will rise to his own level of masochism" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:06:17 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: New Czechmaster Message-ID: <200001251407.IAA18835@mail2.neonramp.com> I just noticed that Hannants list a "new" Czechmaster kit - the MoS Type AI. Cool! Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 06:17:31 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New Czechmaster Message-ID: <200001251418.GAA25064@mail.rapidnet.net> Even cooler is IM already has one for review. ... and note who did the illustration on it .. I hate him. . Bob ---------- >From: "Matthew Bittner" >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: New Czechmaster >Date: Tue, 25 Jan, 2000, 6:12 AM > > I just noticed that Hannants list a "new" Czechmaster kit - the > MoS Type AI. Cool! > > > Matt Bittner > http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm > http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:09:08 -0500 From: "Roger L. Belanger" To: Subject: Re: Matt's database Message-ID: <000001bf6743$5f9c1ec0$b8c04f0c@rogerbel> I had a problem with win 98. I had to save my win 98 word processing stuff to word 6.0 so I would load it to a win 95 computer, perhaps that is your problem. Roger B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane & Lorna Jenkins" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 2:51 AM Subject: Matt's database > Matthew Bittner wrote: > > > Here is what I show in my database. One nagging question: do > > people have a problem when I submit this data in HTML format? Is > > another format better? > > Hi Matt, > > While it does show up in the digest like Lee showed. I have pasted your > excerpts before into Dreamweaver (html editor) & got the desired result. > > Maybe the solution here is to try & copy the actual entries for the > list in email format ie: text. Or better still put the database online > ;-), if that's feasible. > > Regards, > > Shane > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:55:41 -0500 From: "Roger L. Belanger" To: Subject: Re: there goes another drill bit! Message-ID: <001a01bf6744$4156ae20$b8c04f0c@rogerbel> Try putting bees wax on the bit before you use it , push it into the wax while turning it, this helps lube it and it will not break ff so readily....Roger B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Ugulano" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 8:36 AM Subject: Re: there goes another drill bit! > Lee, > > Would a slightly larger bit work just as well and not be = > so susceptible to breakage? > > Yes, try the # 79. It may not seem like much of a change but it > will work better. I used to go thru # 80 very rapidly. Also, the # 79 > will allow up to 4 threads thru a hole. > > Dennis Ugulano > email: Uggies@compuserve.com > http://members.xoom.com/Uggies/dju.htm > Page Revised 9/12/99 > "Every modeller will rise to his own level of masochism" > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:20:32 -0600 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: Re: W.29 Interior Message-ID: Mike laments: "... but there isn't much on interiors. Anyone have any other ideas?" I am deep in the bowels of a W.12, and am having much the same problem, and so I am combining features of both planes to help fill out. I have added: under-seat and inter-cockpit fuel tanks and fill points folding gunner's seat extra ammo storage map cases (2) and navigation kit secondary floor compass - back 'pit pigeon carriers hand-held aerial camera And, on the theory that any flights over the North Sea would be used to gather weather data, a barograph and a set of brass instruments and clipboard. Hope the foregoing provides some ideas... Lance ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:27:51 -0600 From: "Lee Mensinger" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Meikraft Message-ID: <388DC0F7.2DC149D6@wireweb.net> Changed to non-mimi.... It is possible he got cancer or some such thing and is not able to do the things he was doing earlier. He has not turned out anything in ages. A few of his kits are around at shows and stuff but nothing new. Maybe some one else knows more about it. He has been amoong the missing for a number of months now. Lee M. Craig Gavin wrote: > Does anybody know what's happened to Meikraft? About six years ago I paid > something (?) to become a member of this so-called "collector club." In > return, after a year's wait or more, I received the Caproni bomber kit > which I'd ordered, and a Lloyd tri-plane kit that was a special offer to > "club members" (indeed, membership had a least 1 benefit). At any rate, > back in September, 1996, I pre-order a Fokker B.III, a SS D.IV, and a Gotha > G.IV from his list. I sent him $55.00 and never heard another thing, > despite several attempts since. Is Meikraft still around? Thanks for any > help! - - Craig Gavin (Bella Vista, AR) > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:28:40 -0600 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: Re: there goes another drill bit! Message-ID: I suspect that #80 bits will always be casualties, and I buy them in large quantities. But by using .008 guitar string in a mototool, I don't use near as many as I used to, and get a smaller hole, besides. Based on the good advice I got here (from Shane?), I built a little brass and plastic jig for drilling wing-strut wire bracing holes with the moto-tool: . :o. . The "o" goes into the strut locating hole, and when aligned squarely on the wing, the surrounding holes guide the guitar string-bit into the wing at the proper site and proper angle to later receive the rigging. Does this help? Lance ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Jan 1980 09:30:09 -0600 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: W.29 Interior Message-ID: <12D4C600.DCCA18BF@bellsouth.net> Lance Krieg wrote: > Hope the foregoing provides some ideas... > It did for me. Muchas gracias! Photos??? E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:35:34 -0600 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: Re: W.29 Interior Message-ID: Yeah, when I get more of the details done... on the W.12, anything that goes into the front 'pit will be completely invisible, and I'm not going to work this hard to never see them again. I nearly went blind last night weaving a wicker pigeon basket, ala the Steve Perry (?) seat method. Lance >>> Ernest Thomas 01/25 9:34 AM >>> Lance Krieg wrote: > Hope the foregoing provides some ideas... > It did for me. Muchas gracias! Photos??? E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:04:52 -0800 From: "Chris Banyai-Riepl" To: Subject: RE: New Czechmaster Message-ID: <000001bf674d$e9f42ea0$9313fea9@chris> Yeah, I got one in yesterday for review at Internet Modeler. It does look nice. Only issue is all the struts are in resin and to scale thickness, which means some thin, flexible, brittle struts. I'm going to see about replacing them with plastic or possibly wire for some of them, just to add some strength in case someone decides to pick it up by the wing..... Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > Matthew Bittner > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 6:13 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: New Czechmaster > > > I just noticed that Hannants list a "new" Czechmaster kit - the > MoS Type AI. Cool! > > > Matt Bittner > http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm > http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:45:06 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Meikraft Message-ID: <000d01bf675b$eb804480$a40456d1@default> I thought there was some mention on the list that he passed recently. It was back before mid-summer because that was why I picked up the Meikraft Dornier D.1 kit when I saw it at the Nats. sp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:06:04 -0000 From: "Len Smith" To: Subject: Re: 12 Squared MoS L Message-ID: <001e01bf675e$bff11da0$ec867ed4@mesh> Dave wrote > > OK, then that settles it for me. I thought that if it was one of those > "the wing is a smidgeon too long" type things I could just plow on and not >be bothered by it. But if it is fundamentally flawed, I will leave it to > those more masochistic than I. > Matt also mentioned a vacform of this a/c. Of the two of which I have knowledge, the Scaleplanes is about 1/2" short on span and !/16" wide on chord, the fuselage is about 3/8" short in length and the elevators under sized all round, according to the Ian Stair drawings. The good news is the rudder is the correct size! Depending on your definition of 'smidgeon' I suspect this may be ruled out as well. The other vac is an Airframe which doesn't agree to its own drawing, let alone anyone else's. Regards Len. lensmith@clara.net http://home.clara.net/lensmith ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2108 **********************