WWI Digest 2502 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) SV: New images by "Neil Crawford" 2) SV: von Heretic's crash by "Neil Crawford" 3) SV: Morane Saulnier Type N, info by "Neil Crawford" 4) SV: Question On Wire Wheels by "Neil Crawford" 5) Re: SV: Too much paint!, was... by "S Karver" 6) Re: fokker flipper follies by smperry@mindspring.com 7) Re: Morane Saulnier Type N, info by MAnde72343@aol.com 8) yellowed decals, was: von Heretic's crash by Ernest Thomas 9) Re: DB's love life - an excuse to get away from the D.H.2 seat by Zulis@aol.com 10) Flashback Berg wire wheels comments by "Charles and Linda Duckworth" 11) Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] by Sean Bayan Schoonmaker 12) Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] by smperry@mindspring.com 13) Albatros C.III references? by "Matt Bailey" 14) Re: Albatros C.III references? by MAnde72343@aol.com 15) Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] by "Matthew Bittner" 16) Re: D.H. 4 INFO? by "Matthew Bittner" 17) Re: SV: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? by "Matthew Bittner" 18) Re: Albatros C.III references? by "Matthew Bittner" 19) Re: Stunning Pup Dio, D.H. 4 INFO? by David Fleming 20) Re: Morane Saulnier Type N, info by "Matthew Bittner" 21) Get in touch with me by "Steve Bucher" 22) Re: Flashback Berg wire wheels comments by Dennis Ugulano 23) Re: Albatros C.III references? by "Bob Pearson" 24) Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] by Ernest Thomas 25) Re: Question On Wire Wheels by "Candice Uhlir" 26) Re: DB's love life - an excuse to get away from the D.H.2 seat by "DAVID BURKE" 27) SV: SV: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? by "Neil Crawford" 28) SV: SV: Too much paint!, was... by "Neil Crawford" 29) Re: D.H. 4 INFO? by Sean Bayan Schoonmaker 30) Re: Flashback Berg by "Charles and Linda Duckworth" 31) Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] by "Matthew Bittner" 32) Re: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? by Brent_A_Theobald@seagate.com 33) Re: DB's love life - an excuse to get away from the D.H.2 seat by Brent_A_Theobald@seagate.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:21:39 +0200 From: "Neil Crawford" To: Subject: SV: New images Message-ID: <200007300940.LAA01241@mb07.swip.net> > Very nice photos Neil. I hate you even more now : -) And that from a guy that bought my Caudron, and then built it! I'll be in touch! ---------- > Från: Mårten Tyllström > Till: Multiple recipients of list > Ämne: SV: New images > Datum: den 29 juli 2000 00:58 > > Very nice photos Neil. I hate you even more now : -) > Just say the word Neil, I´ll fire up the Primax and have > those other photos digitalised in no time. > > Mårten / across the river and a bit north. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Neil Crawford > To: Multiple recipients of list > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:42 PM > Subject: SV: New images > > > > Thank you Matt, I only wish you hadn't blown them up so much, I > > see so many mistakes! I did a photo session on the terrace the other > > day, I'll ask Marten or my sister to scan them in and send them > > over sometime. /Neil > > ---------- > > > Från: Matt Bittner > > > Till: Multiple recipients of list > > > Ämne: New images > > > Datum: den 27 juli 2000 15:31 > > > > > > Finally! I just added Neil Crawford's images of some excellent 1/72nd > > > models. The best - I think - are his SPADs 11 and 16. Well done Neil, > > > and sorry it took so long! > > > > > > > > > Matt Bittner > > > WW1 Modeling Site Assistant Editor :-) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:27:36 +0200 From: "Neil Crawford" To: Subject: SV: von Heretic's crash Message-ID: <200007300940.LAA01264@mb07.swip.net> When I went to the UK Nationals the first time (1990), I went home via Belgium and circumstances forced me to pack my models in my suitcase, and check it in, they all survived, despite some shifting, I won't do it again though. /Neil ---------- > Från: Albatrosdv@aol.com > Till: Multiple recipients of list > Ämne: Re: von Heretic's crash > Datum: den 30 juli 2000 02:51 > > In a message dated 7/29/00 4:38:07 PM EST, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: > > << > Fair enough. But that model was intact when it left my hands. > Muphugin postal gorillas! > E. >> > > I'll bet you wrote "Fragile" on the box, didn't you?? Might as well wave a > red cape in front of them as do that. Two years ago, I made a diorama for a > customer of Dick Best talking to his gunner (working on the guns) of his > Dauntless just before takeoff from Enterprise to strike the Japanese Fleet at > Midway, done from Mr. Best's first-hand account of the moment. Packed it in > four different padded boxes - I had done this before and shipped biplanes > coast to coast. Labelled "Fragile" on all sides and sent Priority Mail in > one of their boxes for the last (outer) one. When it got to the customer, it > was broken off the base, the prop was smashed, dive brakes broken, etc., etc. > Like the morons had used it for a football against a wall, and more than > once. Fortunately it was insured. Fortunately there was a good modeler I > knew who lived about 10 miles from the customer, who could fix it - but it > never, ever looked again like it looked the day it went into the box. > > Not only that, but out here the inability to read the national language (so > they can actually deliver to the right address) and failure to hire them due > to that is a violation of the rights of the applicant. > > Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:35:02 +0200 From: "Neil Crawford" To: Subject: SV: Morane Saulnier Type N, info Message-ID: <200007300940.LAA01288@mb07.swip.net> I found the following: Harleyford fighters, Airfix magazine 2-79, IPMS-UK 2-92, Scale Models 11-72, Windsock 1-86 and 5-95, and if I have understood correctly the Morane Saulnier "I" is the same, especially if you want to build a russian one, then there is an article in Windsock 3-92. /Neil ---------- > Från: K129000@aol.com > Till: Multiple recipients of list > Ämne: Morane Saulnier Type N, info > Datum: den 30 juli 2000 06:24 > > Does anyone know of a good souce or sources for info on the Morane Saulnier > Type N? > > I'd like to read about its design and development and the men who flew it, > plus their exploits. > > I have Jane's Fighting Aircraft of WW1. > > Thanks > > K-129 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:36:30 +0200 From: "Neil Crawford" To: Subject: SV: Question On Wire Wheels Message-ID: <200007300940.LAA01302@mb07.swip.net> Try clear varnish like St.Harry originally recommended. /Neil ---------- > Från: Ernest Thomas > Till: Multiple recipients of list > Ämne: Re: Question On Wire Wheels > Datum: den 30 juli 2000 06:35 > > > > laskodi wrote: > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > First of all, please turn this(html)off. > > > How does one assemble the wire wheels that come in the Flashback Berg = > > kit? What adhesive does one use to glue the P/E rims to the rubber = > > o-rings? > > I recommend white glue. In fact, I'll recommend white glue for just > about any metal to plastic connection that isn't under any great stress. > First off, any spooges can be easily cleaned up with a wet brush, unlike > CA. Second, when I was building my Showbird Spad recently, I had glued > about half the metal cockpit bits on with CA, and the other half with > white glue. Then I dropped it outside on the carport. Every part that > broke off had been joined with CA. All the white glue parts stayed put. > Bon Apetite`, > E. > Laws should not be based on mythology and/or superstition. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 08:26:23 -0400 From: "S Karver" To: Subject: Re: SV: Too much paint!, was... Message-ID: <200007301237.IAA12398@pease1.sr.unh.edu> Lee Mensinger Saturday, July 29, 2000 provided: > You have never really lived till you have spent 8 days on one of theirs in > 1944. I was in the Army and we had oatmeal and rubber sausage every day. On > board the S. S. Aquatania, sister ship to the Lusitania. What a thrill. All > 18,000 of us really learned all we could ever want to know about troop ships. With the point being? Passengers--of a certain class-- are still treated with a certain disdain on all forms of transportation. Stef ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:05:02 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: fokker flipper follies Message-ID: <001701bffa26$c6a274e0$e90156d1@default> > Just a quick note for any of you to file away........and if any of you > lot are already aware of this well........ Actually I wasn't aware and I have 2 Eindekkers and a D.I kit that will be better for the knowledge. Thanks RK sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:39:06 EDT From: MAnde72343@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Morane Saulnier Type N, info Message-ID: <78.85308ca.26b589fa@aol.com> Datafile #58, in fact, still available ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:05:07 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: yellowed decals, was: von Heretic's crash Message-ID: <39843613.6737D1C@bellsouth.net> Hi all, Just wanted to pass this tidbit along. The D-VII I built was an old kit that had been sitting "somewhere" for christknows how many years. The decals were yellow. The backing paper looked ok, but around each transfer, the carrier film was severely yellowed. Seeing as how this was just a goof-off model, I wasn't going to fret over it, and planned on using the decals as they were. After soaking them in water as usual, I pulled em out and when I started trying to slide the transfer, all the yellow just dissolved to leave a perfectly good transfer with the whites being nice and white like they should be. It may not apply to all yellowed decals, but in this instance, all the de-yellowing techniques in the world would have been a waste of time. Just a little something to keep in mind for future reference. E. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:05:25 EDT From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: DB's love life - an excuse to get away from the D.H.2 seat Message-ID: <7d.852111d.26b59025@aol.com> DB writes.... << I'll post photos of my seat next week. >> Please, reassure me that this is not the one that was pinched etc all evening.... :-) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:14:33 -0500 From: "Charles and Linda Duckworth" To: "ww1FAQ" Subject: Flashback Berg wire wheels comments Message-ID: <001101bffa30$7e69cb60$682c57d8@cnlduckwor> I fininshed the kit last year but do remember the rubber tires were too large in diameter for the kit supplied PE wire wheels (amazed Flashback didn't check this out before going to production). I used the plastic wheels by removing almost of all of the wheel cover and leaving enough 'rim' to acc the wire wheels. Lots of filing/sanding and trial fitting but it worked. The other modification I did was to add a length of stretched sprue through the rear fuselage and wrapped sewing thread across to replicate the external bunge cord for the tail skid. Here's the finished model - if you have anyother questions on the kit let me know. As I remember it wasn't the easiest kit to build I did alot of 'dry fitting' to make sure the wings and horizonal tail lined up. Charlie http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/1/Images/Duckworth/CP/berg_1.jpg ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 07:16:36 -0700 From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] Message-ID: >Sorry. I find 1/72 on the whole most un-worthy! That's what I needed to know. Thanx! Schoon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 10:27:09 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] Message-ID: <007401bffa32$3f5f9240$e90156d1@default> > >Sorry. I find 1/72 on the whole most un-worthy! > > That's what I needed to know. Thanx! > Schoon: Being an afficinado of both scales, I found the Eduard 1:72 D.VIII to be a decent little kit. My only gripe was the loz decals were a bit too light for my taste. I'd replace with AG or whatever suits you. Do however spray a coat of decal film or lacquer over the markings as there were quite fragile IIRC. hth sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 08:06:10 -0700 From: "Matt Bailey" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Albatros C.III references? Message-ID: Hello everyone, Does anyone know of any good references and/or color profiles available for the Albatros C.III? I didn't see any listed on the Albatros Build-UP page. Thanks, Matt Bailey --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:11:25 EDT From: MAnde72343@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Albatros C.III references? Message-ID: Datafile #13, available as a reprint ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:04:23 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] Message-ID: <200007301603.JAA19081@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:39:15 -0400 (EDT), Sean Bayan Schoonmaker wrote: > Can anyone give me a brief overview of the "worthiness" of this kit (#7-003 > IIRC). >From what I recall from a list member, it's a very nice kit, but the p/e main struts should be replaced. In fact, even though it came "before" their current "new injection process", it's still the best 1/72nd D.VIII/E.V out there. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:02:22 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: D.H. 4 INFO? Message-ID: <200007301603.JAA18855@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:20:20 -0400 (EDT), VMA324Vagabonds@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Steve, I'll keep that in mind if nothing else turns up. $70.00 USD for > 48 pages, WOW. Best regards, If it's your scale, don't forget Pegasus is coming out with a 1/72nd DH4 next month. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:07:59 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: SV: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? Message-ID: <200007301607.JAA26059@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 05:46:07 -0400 (EDT), Neil Crawford wrote: > But I just > tried an old idea from Harry Woodman, in fact in his original article about > foto-etsing, he recommended ordinary clear varnish. Okay, please explain "clear varnish". Just what is it - brand names, etc.? TIA! Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:17:37 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Albatros C.III references? Message-ID: <200007301617.JAA18696@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:11:09 -0400 (EDT), Matt Bailey wrote: > Does anyone know of any good references and/or color profiles available for the Albatros C.III? I didn't see any listed on the Albatros Build-UP page. I just posted the reference page of what I know of to my sprint site: http://home.sprintmail.com/~tbittners/ Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:11:16 +0100 From: David Fleming To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Stunning Pup Dio, D.H. 4 INFO? Message-ID: <398453A4.FC6CA6ED@dial.pipex.com> VMA324Vagabonds@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Steve, I'll keep that in mind if nothing else turns up. $70.00 USD for > 48 pages, WOW. Best regards, > Jon It's only the American section that's 48 pages - you get the rest of the DH4/9 series as well (Individual aircraft histories) David ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:20:27 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Morane Saulnier Type N, info Message-ID: <200007301619.JAA24198@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:24:04 -0400 (EDT), K129000@aol.com wrote: > Does anyone know of a good souce or sources for info on the Morane Saulnier > Type N? As has already been said, the Datafile is best for detailed information. However, you won't find information on specific pilots, or stuff like that, in the Datafile, and to the best of my knowledge I don't think it exists. FWIW, the Type I was *not* a direct copy. Differences include the nose area directly in front of the cockpit; the span was a little greater on the type I; and the trailing edges of both the wings and the horizontal tail were made of wire, giving those trailing edges a scalloped appearance. If you're building one in 1/72nd, ignore the Revell one. Either pick up a Temeks/Eastern Express and "back date" it; or pick up the HR one, which is a correctly modified Revell kit. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:51:58 -0400 From: "Steve Bucher" To: Subject: Get in touch with me Message-ID: <003601bffa46$7a303e60$c5e49ed1@oemcomputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01BFFA24.F25533E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Is there a Mr.Peter Henderson From Australia on this list? 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I didn't see any listed on the Albatros Build-UP page. > > I just posted the reference page of what I know of to my sprint site: > > http://home.sprintmail.com/~tbittners/ > > > Matt Bittner > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:34:27 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] Message-ID: <39846723.4957A50C@bellsouth.net> Sean Bayan Schoonmaker wrote: > > >Sorry. I find 1/72 on the whole most un-worthy! > > That's what I needed to know. Thanx! Forgive me, but I think you've misunderstood. I don't mean to say the 1/72 Eduard D-VIII is unworthy, I meant to say that ANY 1/72 kit is unworthy. I've heard that there are people in this world that feel differently about 1/72. If you're one of them, then pay no attention to me. E. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:19:18 GMT From: "Candice Uhlir" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Question On Wire Wheels Message-ID: I did my Berg with wire wheels, this was actually my second attempt with photoetched wire. On the Berg I also discovered that the rubber wheels are just a bit too wide for the photoetch spokes. SO I made little rims from Evergreen HO scale plastic strips (Evergreen Item # 8106. The width of the plastic strips is just about perfect and all yo have to do is cut the strip to the right length to curl inside the inner diameter of the tire. I used a small amount of rubber cement to bond the strip to the tire. Then I just attached the photoetch to the rims with small drops of CA. Candice >From: "DAVID BURKE" >Reply-To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Re: Question On Wire Wheels >Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 02:56:55 -0400 (EDT) > >Hi, > > I haven't done my Berg kit yet, but I did a Fokker D.VIII with wire >wheels (I'll post pics later). I used CA glue. works fine. Although >sparing amounts of epoxy might do just as well. Tell us what method worked >for you, as I don't have ALL of the answers! :-) > > >DB > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 14:08:39 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: DB's love life - an excuse to get away from the D.H.2 seat Message-ID: <006801bffa59$94c16980$b293aec7@dora9sprynet.com> -----Original Message----- From: Zulis@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Sunday, July 30, 2000 9:09 AM Subject: Re: DB's love life - an excuse to get away from the D.H.2 seat >DB writes.... > ><< I'll post photos of my seat next week. >> > >Please, reassure me that this is not the one that was pinched etc all >evening.... :-) FOR THE DH2, DAVE!!! DB With a sore bum, a sore head, and a new desire to get re-acquainted with members of the 'enemy camp'. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:12:28 +0200 From: "Neil Crawford" To: Subject: SV: SV: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? Message-ID: <200007301928.VAA17362@mb07.swip.net> Micro Coat Gloss, probably 20 years old, nowadays I suppose its called superscale something. The important thing is that its quite thin, any well thinned varnish will probably work. You need a little more patience than with CA, but the result is better. If you noticed all those darned louvres on the nose of my SPAD XVI, they were stuck on with varnish. I also use white glue a lot, because its convenient, but i think varnish really does a neater job. /Neil ---------- > Från: Matthew Bittner > Till: Multiple recipients of list > Ämne: Re: SV: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? > Datum: den 30 juli 2000 18:13 > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 05:46:07 -0400 (EDT), Neil Crawford wrote: > > > But I just > > tried an old idea from Harry Woodman, in fact in his original article about > > foto-etsing, he recommended ordinary clear varnish. > > Okay, please explain "clear varnish". Just what is it - brand names, > etc.? TIA! > > > Matt Bittner > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 21:23:46 +0200 From: "Neil Crawford" To: Subject: SV: SV: Too much paint!, was... Message-ID: <200007301928.VAA17394@mb07.swip.net> Hi, Sorry about all the SV's around the list, its short for "svar" which is swedish for answer, and if you run the swedish version of windows as I do, and I think Mårten does too, you get it automatically instead of RE: , I could overwrite it but am too lazy. I was going to write, please ignore them, but please don't because then I would never get any answers /Neil ---------- > Från: S Karver > Till: Multiple recipients of list > Ämne: Re: SV: Too much paint!, was... > Datum: den 29 juli 2000 23:20 > > To David Burke's message dated 7/29/00 : > > << Show me a photo of a plane that looks that bad and I'll > > show you a plane captain who is about to be busted down to Airman 2nd > class > > for abandoning his duties! >> > > Tom C on July 29 added > > Almost every modeler I know who has *any* experience around 1:1s has > argued > > themselves blue in the face with the pothunters over this point. I > remember > > talking to a Brit modeler who had a "weathered" USN 1930s airplane > displayed > > in a magazine - I told him the plane captain would be up for a > court-martial > > for that and the leading Chief would have had him on extra duty for a > month. > > Reminds me that when I was in the USN, I was aboard a couple RN ships and > was > > amazed at the level of dirtiness > > It is rather suprising that one would have to adduce the 'spit and polish' > culture of the USN's Golden Wings years to a UK modeler to make him > understand that application of any appreciable weathering is highly suspect > on such aircraft since any unbiased examination of, say, a flight line of > Hawker Furys convincingly demonstates that maintenance of immaculate > airframes was de rigeur not only on this side of the Pond but among all the > great air services of the period. > > Nonetheless, as a violent argument on the Hyperscale Discussion Forum a > number of months ago demonsstrated, there are those who will argue ad > absurdum that there can be no such thing as an airplane that is unweathered > since even the ex-works airframe will have a nick, dent, scratch, or > handprint on it, and that's not even including the exhaust stains from the > engine run-up. > > To such pickers of microscopic nits it is perhaps appropriate to suggest > that one has lightly heat scorched the cylinder heads in the engine but > unfortunately one's macro lens was not sufficiently resolving to capture > this feature and so could not be documented. > Regards, > Stef > > BTW, what does the abbreviation "SV" stand for? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:59:57 -0700 From: Sean Bayan Schoonmaker To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: D.H. 4 INFO? Message-ID: >If it's your scale, don't forget Pegasus is coming out with a 1/72nd >DH4 next month. I'm drooling! I have my Marine Corps decals all ready ! Schoon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:00:31 -0500 From: "Charles and Linda Duckworth" To: Subject: Re: Flashback Berg Message-ID: <002e01bffa61$bc66f920$c52c57d8@cnlduckwor> > Beautiful kit. Thanks for sharing. >Dennis More than welcome - hopefully will have the Albatros DIII done shortly, only waiting on the flowered decals. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:36:36 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Eduard D.VIII Kit [?] Message-ID: <200007302136.OAA21267@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 13:38:00 -0400 (EDT), Ernest Thomas wrote: > I've heard that there are people in this world that feel differently > about 1/72. If you're one of them, then pay no attention to me. Huh? What did you say? Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:54:43 -0500 From: Brent_A_Theobald@seagate.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? Message-ID: Howdy! I was interested in the kits until I learned the chords of the wings were flat. If you get one let the list know what your impression is. Later! Brent "anders bruun" @pease1.sr.unh.edu on 07/30/2000 01:07:03 AM Please respond to wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Sent by: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu To: Multiple recipients of list cc: Subject: AJP Maquttes kits - any experiences? Hi, Has somebody on the list built any of the AJP Maquettes etched brass kits? I wonder a bit about how to build them. They recommend soldering - is that necessary or is cyano good enough? Also, does the paper and glue-stick wing covering work, and are there any special tips on how to deal with it? Can the covered wings be painted? Anders Bruun ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 16:56:16 -0500 From: Brent_A_Theobald@seagate.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: DB's love life - an excuse to get away from the D.H.2 seat Message-ID: Howdy! The loveless DB wrote: > Well, as I have finished the weave on the D.H.2 seat and am about to >dry-brush it and add belts (to hide the bad spots) perhaps you all can tell >me what sort of a belt the D.H.2 had. Was it a lap belt only, or would it >have likely had shoulder straps too? Judging by the pictures I have seen the DH-2 only had one very wide lap belt. Later! Brent ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2502 **********************