WWI Digest 2515 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: New images by Shane Weier 2) Re: Searching for Kits by Marc Flake 3) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by Mike Kavanaugh 4) Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Ernest Thomas 5) Re: New Guy by Mike Kavanaugh 6) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by Ernest Thomas 7) Re: New images by Otisgood@aol.com 8) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by "DAVID BURKE" 9) Re: Searching for Kits by "DAVID BURKE" 10) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by Otisgood@aol.com 11) Re: New Guy by "DAVID BURKE" 12) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by "DAVID BURKE" 13) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by "DAVID BURKE" 14) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by KarrArt@aol.com 15) Passchendaele Halberstadt by "John & Allison Cyganowski" 16) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Zulis@aol.com 17) Re: Passchendaele Halberstadt by KarrArt@aol.com 18) RE8 photo on eBay by Dave Watts 19) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Ernest Thomas 20) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Shane & Lorna Jenkins 21) Re: Work Benches by Mike Kavanaugh 22) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by Albatrosdv@aol.com 23) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Albatrosdv@aol.com 24) Re: New Guy by Albatrosdv@aol.com 25) Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit by Mike Kavanaugh 26) Re: New Guy by Albatrosdv@aol.com 27) Re: New Guy by Ernest Thomas 28) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Albatrosdv@aol.com 29) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Albatrosdv@aol.com 30) Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. by Albatrosdv@aol.com 31) Re: was: Work Benches - now - great thread topic by Albatrosdv@aol.com 32) Re: New Guy by Albatrosdv@aol.com 33) Re: Passchendaele Halberstadt by "DAVID BURKE" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 11:22:58 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: New images Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7115D477@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Matt says: > I just uploaded 9 new images of Otis Goodin's new SSW D.III. Well > done, Otis! I'm having a LOT of trouble keeping up with all the new stuff appearing on the web site - so I hope that all those whose latest works have been added in the last month will accept my admiration together with this congratulations to Otis. Gorgeous model mate! 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 Support Centre. E-Mail: supportcentre@mim.com.au or phone: Australia 07 3833 8042. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 20:33:54 -0500 From: Marc Flake To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Searching for Kits Message-ID: <398B6F02.7EB4@airmail.net> john wrote: "I would imagine that many people purchase kits via the net. Where are the best places to get kits on the web?" I've been doing to shopping around, sending out test orders, etc. Roll Models does have good prices on some things, but many of their Eduard kits are pushing the $20 and up envelope. It's good to get on the Squadron Shop mailing list. I picked up a 1/48 Eduard Nieuport for less than $13 this week. Squadron is fast, getting me my package in about three days. Roll can be slow, the longest it has ever taken is about 22 days -- and that's the rule, not the exception. Another US shop that's good at delivering the goods is listmember Barry over at Rosemont. If you care about prices, though, you might want to start thinking about doing business with shops in Europe. I've read on this list that it is much cheaper to buy Pegasus and Blue Max kits direct from the manufacturer. More bargins are available at Mr. Kit in Italy. I've never ordered from Blue Max, but my orders to Mr. Kit are always delivered within 10 days of placing the order. They have excellent prices on many Eduard kits, but their catalog is all in lira. Find a good currency conversion site on the web and bookmark it. Two companies in the Czechoslovakian Republic are Silverbird and Vamps, both run by listmembers. I've read many people praising VAMPS, but as they are not taking credit cards now, I haven't done any business with them. They seem to have the best prices on Eduard kits, hands down. But I don't know about their service. Silverbird has great Eduard prices, too. But the service was a little slow on the first order. It took two months to fill it. I sent another order on July 5 and I'm still waiting. I've done business with AV USK, too, but as they are now under new management, I'll hold off on any comments there, altough I was pleased with them for the most part. I don't mind waiting three weeks to a month to get an order. I start to get antsy after about six weeks. Two months is too long in my book. HTH Marc (now getting back to the Roden D VI--still putting on the lozenge and wondering if the struts are going to fit.) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 20:53:05 -0700 From: Mike Kavanaugh To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: <398B8FA1.7F404305@earthlink.net> Just received the Albatros D.II conversion and the Halberstadt D.III today. I ordered last April but they have been well worth the wait! "Exquisite" is not a word that I normally include in my volcabulary, seems more suited to ladies' jewelry advertisements, but this stuff is so thin and detailed that I'm scared to handle it! John Cyg has outdone himself and his future output certainly has a hard act to follow. Thanks, Dale, for publishing the url for Steve Perry's review. It saved me a lot of back tracking. I'm copying everyone's comments on these kits for guidance when I start on them. It seems that eventually I will own every datafile. I've presently have about 10 on order and now, even before I get them, I've got to send in another order for the Halberstadt Fighters - - should have been thinking ahead. TC, I'll contact you directly re. your kind offer on Air Enthusiast # 14. I searched through SMO's magazine offerings and the local Barnes & Noble book racks and couldn't find it. Question: I didn't realize when I ordered the Albatros D. II conversion, that it contemplated using a Glencoe Albatros D.III kit. I don't have one, but could probably get one fairly easily. I picked up a second Eduard #8017, Albatros D. III (early version) believing it would be a suitable candidate. Is everyone who is doing this conversion using the Glencoe kit? What about the Eduard kit? I know I could ask John Cyg about it but I'll bet he's up to his eyeballs with orders to fill, and this is supposed to be only a sideline! TIA Mike Kavanaugh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 21:07:52 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <398B76F8.44311BEA@bellsouth.net> When comparing your work to others, please don't let great work discourage you. If seeing a model like Lance's W-12 discourages you, then don't look at it. Build your models with the intent of getting the most enjoyment out of it, and nothing more. It's only a hobby. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with building a model just so you can have a toy airplane to do touch and go's with on the desk when the boss isn't looking. I know, I just built one of those. But if you've set your sights higher, than look at the great models often and use them as a yard stick to monitor your own progress. I spent my adolescence trying to build models as nice as the ones on the box top(old white box Monograms). It's how I made the transition from building toys to creating works of art. And after 30 years of building models, I finally feel like I'm at a stage where I can create a work of art. But it took this long to get here. And every now and then, I get the c.c.s.r.(cold cruel slice of reality) when I see a model like Lance's W-12, or RK's BE. Then I just light up a smoke and tell myself I've still got a ways to go. Then I get to work again, always trying to do better than the one before. I guess what I'm trying to say in my normal long winded manner is to please, Please, PLEASE! don't ever be intimidated by anything you see or read on this list. We're all here to learn from each other, which we do admirably. And new dogs sometimes come with new tricks that the old dogs never considered before. So always feel free to ask a question, but also share any ideas you may get. It's kind of a nice feeling to hear the 'smack' of the old pro's hand making contact with the old pro's forehead as he's handed a simple solution to a problem that's been eating at him for years. Encouragement rant off. Back to work... E. in the winter I'm a Buddhist, and in summer I'm a nudist. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 21:12:13 -0700 From: Mike Kavanaugh To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New Guy Message-ID: <398B941D.B4167604@earthlink.net> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 09:58:31 - 0400 (EDT), David Burke wrote: >Off to take the $&(%^* GRE exam to try to get into Grad School. $100 to >spend the next 3 hours of my life at a computer terminal taking an exam. >They don't even answer the phone. AND I had to make an appointment 2 months >in advance AND there is only one place to take it. I'm writing my >Congressman... DB, you get to use a computer terminal and you're complaining? When I took it, all we got was our choice of some #2 pencils that were passed around in a box. Of course, at the time, this was considered a marked improvement over clay tablets and stylii (sp?) :-)) Hang in there, Mike Kavanaugh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 21:14:54 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: <398B789E.398F94C8@bellsouth.net> Mike Kavanaugh wrote: > Question: I didn't realize when I ordered the Albatros D. II > conversion, that it contemplated using a Glencoe Albatros D.III kit. I > don't have one, but could probably get one fairly easily. I picked up a > second Eduard #8017, Albatros D. III (early version) believing it would > be a suitable candidate. Is everyone who is doing this conversion using > the Glencoe kit? What about the Eduard kit? John made the D-II conversion before there was a Eduard D-III. But there's no reason not to use the Eduard as the basis and plenty of reasons not to use the Glenco. If you're dying to own a Glenco, I'm sure you could probably get 20 of em(w/o decals) for free from disgruntled listees. The Eduard D-III is a beautiful kit that demands the bare minimum skills to produce a great looking model. The Glenco is a dog from hell. Stay away from it. E. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:16:32 EDT From: Otisgood@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New images Message-ID: <8.88078b8.26bcd300@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 8:26:25 PM Central Daylight Time, sdw@qld.mim.com.au writes: > I'm having a LOT of trouble keeping up with all the new stuff appearing on > the web site - so I hope that all those whose latest works have been added > in the last month will accept my admiration together with this > congratulations to Otis. Gorgeous model mate! > > Shane Thanks, Shane! I know what you mean. I've been remiss in extending congrats myself. The entire list keeps getting better and better, which, of course, is what it's all about. Keep up the great work, everyone! Otis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:07:28 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: <001601bffe83$a38163c0$9f85aec7@com> Probably has to do with the fact that the Glencoe kit costs 3-5 bucks instead of the Eduard's 25. DB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Kavanaugh" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 8:56 PM Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit > Just received the Albatros D.II conversion and the Halberstadt D.III > today. I ordered last April but they have been well worth the wait! > "Exquisite" is not a word that I normally include in my volcabulary, > seems more suited to ladies' jewelry advertisements, but this stuff is > so thin and detailed that I'm scared to handle it! John Cyg has outdone > himself and his future output certainly has a hard act to follow. > > Thanks, Dale, for publishing the url for Steve Perry's review. It saved > me a lot of back tracking. I'm copying everyone's comments on these > kits for guidance when I start on them. It seems that eventually I will > own every datafile. I've presently have about 10 on order and now, > even before I get them, I've got to send in another order for the > Halberstadt Fighters - - should have been thinking ahead. TC, I'll > contact you directly re. your kind offer on Air Enthusiast # 14. I > searched through SMO's magazine offerings and the local Barnes & Noble > book racks and couldn't find it. > > Question: I didn't realize when I ordered the Albatros D. II > conversion, that it contemplated using a Glencoe Albatros D.III kit. I > don't have one, but could probably get one fairly easily. I picked up a > second Eduard #8017, Albatros D. III (early version) believing it would > be a suitable candidate. Is everyone who is doing this conversion using > the Glencoe kit? What about the Eduard kit? I know I could ask John > Cyg about it but I'll bet he's up to his eyeballs with orders to fill, > and this is supposed to be only a sideline! > > TIA > Mike Kavanaugh > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:19:47 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Searching for Kits Message-ID: <001701bffe83$a484ca00$9f85aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Flake" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Searching for Kits > john wrote: > > "I would imagine that many > people purchase kits via the net. Where are the > best places to get kits on the web?" Hi John, I do quite a bit of purchase on the net, and here's with whom: Squadron Mail Order (Squadron shop, whatever) is a good place, friendly folks, and the prices are reasonable (got a tour of their warehouse while at the Nats) GreatModels Webstore (IIRC, it's www.greatmodels.com ) has a great selection, carry Koster vacuform kits, and are good to deal with, although their stuff takes a couple of weeks to get to me. Roll Models is a company that I absolutely swore that I would have nothing to do with ever again. Then I was forced to order some specialty stuff from them and I guess that it was just a bad week or something for them as their shipping practices really picked up, and they are a DELIGHT to do business with - just looking through their MASSIVE catalogue and drooling is fun! Hannant's in England may sound like a strange place for Americans to shop, but they have a catalogue similar to Roll Models in that it contains just about every damned book, kit, and tool that you can imagine. Also, they get alot of cool Eastern Europe and Russian stuff in. I usually avoid Meteor Productions. Although I just ordered more stuff from them, I wonder how much of it will appear on the invoice as being 'out of stock' (A quick aside to Meteor: HEY RETARDS, IF YOUR CATALOGUE IS ON THE COMPUTER, WHY NOT UPDATE IT SO YOU DON'T SHOW A T O N OF ITEMS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE, NOR EVER WILL!!! AND WHO CARES ABOUT CUTTING EDGE RESIN? IT'S OVERPRICED CRAPOLA!!! And it's ot) My two Datafile sources are: Hannan's Runway - run by two of the nicest folks that I have ever done business with, plus a great selection. Aeroplane Books - run by two more of the nicest people that I have ever done business with. HTH DB ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:18:58 EDT From: Otisgood@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: In a message dated 8/4/00 8:53:40 PM Central Daylight Time, mikekavana@earthlink.net writes: > Question: I didn't realize when I ordered the Albatros D. II > conversion, that it contemplated using a Glencoe Albatros D.III kit. I > don't have one, but could probably get one fairly easily. I picked up a > second Eduard #8017, Albatros D. III (early version) believing it would > be a suitable candidate. Is everyone who is doing this conversion using > the Glencoe kit? What about the Eduard kit? I know I could ask John > Cyg about it but I'll bet he's up to his eyeballs with orders to fill, > and this is supposed to be only a sideline! > > TIA > Mike Kavanaugh Apparently, the conversion will work quite well with the Eduard kit and most people are now using that kit instead of the Glencoe. I think you can skip the section dealing with the Glencoe corrections. Otis ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:33:35 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: New Guy Message-ID: <002e01bffe85$c1cff4c0$9f85aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Kavanaugh" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 9:15 PM Subject: Re: New Guy > On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 09:58:31 - 0400 (EDT), David Burke wrote: > > >Off to take the $&(%^* GRE exam to try to get into Grad School. $100 > to > >spend the next 3 hours of my life at a computer terminal taking an > exam. > >They don't even answer the phone. AND I had to make an appointment 2 > months > >in advance AND there is only one place to take it. I'm writing my > >Congressman... > > DB, you get to use a computer terminal and you're complaining? When I > took it, all we got was our choice of some #2 pencils that were passed > around in a box. Of course, at the time, this was considered a marked > improvement over clay tablets and stylii (sp?) :-)) > > Hang in there, > > Mike Kavanaugh > I also took the GRE with pencil and paper, and liked it better as I could skip around the questions. Can't on a computer. Plus, all of the paperwork and confidentiality bullsh*t was like getting a DoE security clearance - and since I'm not Chinese, that's pretty hard! I did O.K., and I hope that it's good enough for Auburn. I want to be a Historian and concentrate on Aerial Combat. WWI being a specialty. I want to teach and spread the interest around, and I want to help restore and preserve the surviving artifacts of the Great War. BTW, there are several pics from my trip to France in the Gallery: several of an FT-17, some from the WWI exhibit at the Hotel Des Invalides in Paris, and of that Germania prop and logo. This stuff really excites me, and modelling has pointed me towards the career that I want. As long as my scores were good enough. DB ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:26:29 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <002d01bffe85$c0c366c0$9f85aec7@com> Ernie said (in a most helpful, instructive, almost paternal manner) It's how I made the transition from > building toys to creating works of art. Careful not to trip on that ego there, Ern? Seriously, listen to my compadre here folks. He's dead on about not getting intimidated. As for alot of the truly 'Master Builders', well lots of them suffer from deep psychological problems anyway, and it might be contagious! ;-) So you don't wanna be like them. Just build your models, have fun strafing the cat with them, and enjoy the hobby. Oh, and listen to plenty of classical music. For some reason, it reminds me of the joys of owning something, but I can't remember what...... DB ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:35:59 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: <003401bffe85$e5902d80$9f85aec7@com> I think you can skip > the section dealing with the Glencoe corrections. > > Otis Don't skip the section on Glencoe corrections. Burn them. DB ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:43:25 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: <3a.8a8b6c5.26bcd94d@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 6:53:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mikekavana@earthlink.net writes: << Question: I didn't realize when I ordered the Albatros D. II conversion, that it contemplated using a Glencoe Albatros D.III kit. I don't have one, but could probably get one fairly easily. I picked up a second Eduard #8017, Albatros D. III (early version) believing it would be a suitable candidate. Is everyone who is doing this conversion using the Glencoe kit? What about the Eduard kit? I know I could ask John Cyg about it but I'll bet he's up to his eyeballs with orders to fill, and this is supposed to be only a sideline! >> I did a conversion of a conversion using the Eduard D.III as a starting point, Cyg's D.II set, and turned it all into a D.I.....worked pretty well- hop on over to my article in the Internet Modeler archives at: http://www.internetmodeler.com/may99/aviation/rk_albd1.htm BTW, I STILL peruse that grand Internet Modeler WW I special edition from last year- what a wad of inspiration! RK ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:40:27 -0400 From: "John & Allison Cyganowski" To: Subject: Passchendaele Halberstadt Message-ID: <004701bffe86$97a7e9e0$9a3c183f@cyrixp166> Gentlefolk, I would like to make sure that the record is clear on a couple of points. 1. Passchendaele is one guy. - Not True!! My partner in this is Scott Scarborough. Scott designed & made 99% of the kit masters. (I probably made the parts nobody likes). Scott is the resident artist & without him there would be no Passchendaele. 2. I make the molds, cast the pieces & do the marketing. I am currently in deep doo doo for an number of reasons. I have grossly underestimated the level of effort it takes to make the Halberstadt kit with the current process. I also have a new & very demanding career-change type job. (Enough whining.) 3.) The net result of this is that people have to wait far too long for anything from me. I feel very very bad about this. I can not say that this will improve. It may get worse. I may have to stop the project if it does. 4.) I will fulfill all of my obligations & try to be fair to those involved. Respectfully, John Cyg. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:46:09 EDT From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <76.1d25e51.26bcd9f1@aol.com> Ernest advises us that: << in the winter I'm a Buddhist, and in summer I'm a nudist. >> Suddenly, I am very glad I visited in April.... :-) DZ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 22:48:42 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Passchendaele Halberstadt Message-ID: <7e.887fb71.26bcda8a@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 7:46:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, janah@worldnet.att.net writes: << 4.) I will fulfill all of my obligations & try to be fair to those involved. Respectfully, John Cyg. >> A personal testimony...........CYG IS AN EXTREMELY FINE GUY AND GENTLEMAN. RK ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 21:46:18 -0500 From: Dave Watts To: Subject: RE8 photo on eBay Message-ID: <200008050249.e752nnw64137@ind.cioe.com> Good sharp detail of RE8 nosed into the dirt. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=394077712 Happy viewing! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 22:12:54 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <398B8635.C05F592D@bellsouth.net> A hit! A very palpable hit. Zulis@aol.com wrote: > > Ernest advises us that: > > << in the winter I'm a Buddhist, and in summer I'm a nudist. >> > > Suddenly, I am very glad I visited in April.... :-) > > DZ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:28:12 +1000 From: Shane & Lorna Jenkins To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <398B89CC.3D0CF37A@tac.com.au> Ernest Thomas wrote: > > A hit! A very palpable hit. Otoh if the Mistress visits in summer, then there will be some palpable hits ;-) I'm back and feeling Feisty (Frisky's too tired ;-) ) Mistress Lorna Sisterhood of WW1 Modellers ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 22:59:22 -0700 From: Mike Kavanaugh To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Work Benches Message-ID: <398BAD3A.F0DAFE66@earthlink.net> On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:20:37 -0400 (EDT), Tom Cleaver wrote: >A note for those whose computers are in the same room with the model >workbench: get plastic covers!! Computers do not like most of the fine mist >that floats through their cooling vents from the stuff we use and eventually >they'll try to do the computer equivalent of horking up a hair ball. Too true, Tom. Even though I tried using fans to direct the overspray out the open window of the room that I use for modelling, I still was accumulating overspray and sanding dust on/and in the computer. Since I was already in an altercation with SWMBO about stacking kits on my side of our walk-in closet off the bedroom, she became agreeable to my moving the computer into the bedroom. Of course, I had to get an "armoir" (sp?) piece of furniture to house it in. Closed up, which it usually isn't, it looks like a piece of bedroom furniture. I tell you, pursuing this hobby sure involves a lot of trade-offs. Cheers, Mike Kavanaugh ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 00:47:52 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: In a message dated 8/4/00 8:53:18 PM EST, mikekavana@earthlink.net writes: << I picked up a second Eduard #8017, Albatros D. III (early version) believing it would be a suitable candidate. Is everyone who is doing this conversion using the Glencoe kit? What about the Eduard kit? I know I could ask John Cyg about it but I'll bet he's up to his eyeballs with orders to fill, and this is supposed to be only a sideline! >> Use the early Eduard D.III (i.e., "straight rudder") and never mention the words "Glencoe Albatros kit." :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:04:16 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <8.8836a11.26bcfa50@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 9:09:51 PM EST, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: << I guess what I'm trying to say in my normal long winded manner is to please, Please, PLEASE! don't ever be intimidated by anything you see or read on this list. We're all here to learn from each other, which we do admirably. And new dogs sometimes come with new tricks that the old dogs never considered before. So always feel free to ask a question, but also share any ideas you may get. It's kind of a nice feeling to hear the 'smack' of the old pro's hand making contact with the old pro's forehead as he's handed a simple solution to a problem that's been eating at him for years. >> E is definitely right. And the cool thing you get here you don't always get in a club is the fact that the Lance's and the RKs, as well as the E's and the SP's and the Uggies, and the Otis' and the.... and all the rest of us! Well, nobody has "secrets" up here, and nobody has *the* way to do something, no matter how dogmatic we may sometimes sound. Everbody here is a teacher and a student, and that's the best kind of group to get in with. Fawning mode off. :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:10:53 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New Guy Message-ID: <48.92b764b.26bcfbdd@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 9:37:08 PM EST, dora9@sprynet.com writes: << DB, you get to use a computer terminal and you're complaining? When I > took it, all we got was our choice of some #2 pencils that were passed > around in a box. Of course, at the time, this was considered a marked > improvement over clay tablets and stylii (sp?) :-)) >> Just remember with that GRE, wrong answers count *against* you. It's still a heck of a lot better than the @#$%!!%$!!! LSAT. I passed both and they were harder than the bloody IFR Written, which everyone I know in aviation considers the worst/hardest test in the world. TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 00:15:18 -0700 From: Mike Kavanaugh To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Paaschendaele Halberstadt kit Message-ID: <398BBF06.2B748A13@earthlink.net> Thanks to all for your advice re. the Passchendaele Albatros D. II conversion. The vote was unanimous, which is a little unnerving considering the makeup of this group. However, I feel a lot better about pushing on with the Eduard kit. Mike Kavanaugh ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:17:30 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New Guy Message-ID: In a message dated 8/4/00 9:12:16 PM EST, mikekavana@earthlink.net writes: << Of course, at the time, this was considered a marked improvement over clay tablets and stylii (sp?) :-)) >> You got clay tablets and a stylus??!!! Softy!!!! Why, in *my* day I had to slog though 12 miles of *snow* - uphill both ways - I tell you to get there, and they made me fill it out on stone with a flint *chisel* - and that was hard bloody *granite*, let me tell you!!! :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 00:20:57 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New Guy Message-ID: <398BA439.E8B67F69@bellsouth.net> Albatrosdv@aol.com wrote: I passed both and they were > harder than the bloody IFR Written, which everyone I know in aviation > considers the worst/hardest test in the world. Really? I aced mine. Only one that ever really kicked my ass was the CFI practical. E. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:20:08 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <74.1d48a11.26bcfe08@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 9:37:15 PM EST, dora9@sprynet.com writes: << Oh, and listen to plenty of classical music. For some reason, it reminds me of the joys of owning something, but I can't remember what...... >> A bank account - which you owned before you got into this end of the "hobby." :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:23:18 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <12.8ad199.26bcfec6@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 9:48:29 PM EST, Zulis@aol.com writes: << and in summer I'm a nudist. >> *Especially* when it's 88F at 10:20p.m., with 91% humidity in Loz Angeleeez. Reminds you we live on the edge of a desert. TC (sitting here swimming in sweat in his swimming trunks, I kid you not) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:35:20 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Words of encouragement for the new modeler. Message-ID: <9e.80bda09.26bd0198@aol.com> In a message dated 8/4/00 10:26:04 PM EST, sljenkins@tac.com.au writes: << I'm back and feeling Feisty (Frisky's too tired ;-) ) >> For the newbies, Feisty and Frisky are the Mistress' two champagne-colored Russian wolfhounds, who do terrible things to Shane the Younger when he gets out of line. :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:37:07 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: was: Work Benches - now - great thread topic Message-ID: In a message dated 8/4/00 10:58:52 PM EST, mikekavana@earthlink.net writes: << I tell you, pursuing this hobby sure involves a lot of trade-offs. >> Ooooh...great thread topic!! :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 01:38:24 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: New Guy Message-ID: In a message dated 8/5/00 0:22:13 AM EST, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: << Really? I aced mine. Only one that ever really kicked my ass was the CFI practical. E. >> Typical behavior for a Heretic in N'Awlins. :-) TC ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 00:44:01 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Passchendaele Halberstadt Message-ID: <001901bffea0$2d730b80$53e179a5@com> So how about a list of those Paaschendale kits so that we may help you out of these dire straits? (Dire Straits - good band). Me, I wanna Halberstadt D.V. But that's just me, y'know? DB ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Allison Cyganowski" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 9:48 PM Subject: Passchendaele Halberstadt > Gentlefolk, > > I would like to make sure that the record is clear on a couple of points. > > 1. Passchendaele is one guy. - Not True!! My partner in this is Scott > Scarborough. Scott designed & made 99% of the kit masters. (I probably made > the parts nobody likes). Scott is the resident artist & without him there > would be no Passchendaele. > > 2. I make the molds, cast the pieces & do the marketing. I am currently in > deep doo doo for an number of reasons. I have grossly underestimated the > level of effort it takes to make the Halberstadt kit with the current > process. I also have a new & very demanding career-change type job. (Enough > whining.) > > 3.) The net result of this is that people have to wait far too long for > anything from me. I feel very very bad about this. I can not say that this > will improve. It may get worse. I may have to stop the project if it does. > > 4.) I will fulfill all of my obligations & try to be fair to those involved. > > Respectfully, > John Cyg. > > ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2515 **********************