WWI Digest 2546 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Future by Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com 2) Re: One person's view..... by "Matt Bittner" 3) Re: One person's view..... by Albatrosdv@aol.com 4) Roseplanes' Fokker F.1 set by Albatrosdv@aol.com 5) Re: One person's view..... by "Lance Krieg" 6) David's Breguet, was: Re: One person's view..... by "Sharon Henderson" 7) Re: historical fiction by Albatrosdv@aol.com 8) RE: historical fiction by "Lance Krieg" 9) Re: One person's view..... by Albatrosdv@aol.com 10) Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement by Albatrosdv@aol.com 11) Re: One person's view.. by John_Impenna@hyperion.com 12) JMGT Pfalz E.I by "laskodi" 13) historical - not - fiction by "dfernet0" 14) Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement by "DAVID BURKE" 15) Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement by "DAVID BURKE" 16) Re: Future by "DAVID BURKE" 17) Re: One person's view..... by "DAVID BURKE" 18) Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement by "DAVID BURKE" 19) RE: historical fiction by Mark Miller 20) Re: One person's view..... by "Matt Bittner" 21) Speaking of the French Pages... by "Matt Bittner" 22) virtual scenes by Mark Miller 23) Re: Speaking of the French Pages... by "Lance Krieg" 24) Re: Future by Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com 25) RE: Speaking of the French Pages... by "Graham Hunter" 26) RE: Speaking of the French Pages... by "Matt Bittner" 27) Re: historical fiction by MAnde72343@aol.com 28) 1/48 Fokker D.VII Kits by "Graham Hunter" 29) RE: Beginner Kits by "Nigel Rayner" 30) RE: Cookbook Request by Shane Weier 31) RE: One person's view..... by Shane Weier ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:33:58 -0500 From: Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Future Message-ID: Howdy! Peter asks: >Can I spray with a semigloss or some other paint on top of Future?? Sure. It should be fine as long as it's acrylic. Enamels and laquers sometimes eat acrylics. Why not just mix a little flat base in with Future and spray (or brush) that? Your mileage may vary. Good luck! Brent ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:36:44 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: One person's view..... Message-ID: <200008151736.KAA20058@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Just to point out something. For those who missed it, our own David Solosy has already built and reviewed this kit: http://pmms.webace.com.au/dsbre.htm Yes, he does say it's not as good as it should be, but his model looks really darned good, so its obvious it's very buildable. If one really wants a chore-build, pick up almost any Merlin kit. That will definitely make you appreciated the Hi-Tech offerings. Not that I build in that scale, mind you. ;-) Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:39:21 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: One person's view..... Message-ID: <57.9e69a6f.26cada49@aol.com> In a message dated 8/15/00 6:50:05 AM EST, cbbs@almac.co.uk writes: << Of course if Eduard ever release their SE5/5a and Camel it will automatically trump BM and CS, but I detect a savage cooling-off at Eduard for 1/48 WWI and we may never see these appear. I think we will rue it dearly if outfits like HiTech and BlueMax are not around to give us a Roland D.II and Roland D.VI respectively. >> FWIW, I have a bit more contact with Eduard than others here do, and I can tell you that there is not a "cooling off" of WW1 topics, but more an "adding on" of WW2 subjects. Sorry to say, the Yak-3 outsold the Hanriots and Pfalzes and Rolands. If the company is going to survive, they do have to deliver what the market wants to buy. The Nieuport 11 and the Camels are still coming as advertised and when they were advertised to appear, and others will continue. The WW1 kits do sell out and are a dependable source of income. They just aren't an *expanding* source of income like adding another line is. We are thinking like my cats did when a new one arrived: sure they're going to get less love from me, when there's really an infinite supply. Eduard still loves us, believe me. As to HiTech and Blue Max, I am *not* opposed to these people and fully agree that they fill a need. Those of you waiting for Eduard to do an S.E.5a rather than picking up the BM kit are going to find you won't get as much detail in the Eduard (assuming you get a kit without the wing-ripple problem). Sandy knows as well as I do the quality of the BM Camel so I'll comment no further. Given the number of small companies that *do* deliver value for money I think we will continue to be well-served, though I do think we're starting to run out of subject matter that counted. Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:44:59 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Roseplanes' Fokker F.1 set Message-ID: Thought you'd all like to know, Barry sent me a review set of his resin update for the Eduard Fokker F.1 kit. The set includes the correctly-shaped horizontal stabilizer, a corrected top wing, and cowl. Very nicely cast resin. Given that the F.1 kit is a "profipack" with the P-E interior, it's likely I will haul out the microscope and 6x magnifying glass and look into the possibility of making it. Please, please, Barry: You said you would think about doing this for the DML 1/48 kit. Please please please do!!! It's beautiful and a scale-up would be wonderful. Tom Cleaver PS - pardon the funble-fingers on the "beginners models" post, clicked the mouse at the wong position, thought it was the 'X" not "reply". :-) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:41:58 -0500 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: Re: One person's view..... Message-ID: I'm with Sandy on the Hi-Tech and JGMT kits. I think they're worth having. I tend to try to support people making forays into WWI, and if their efforts are less than perfect, it still gives me something to work with that's easier than scratchbuilding. They can always get better, too, as CSM has proven - if they're still around to make products. As far as Eduard and their WWI line, I got the IMPRESSION from them in Dallas that this would be LESS of a priority because of the smaller volume of sales that WWI generated. They can compete with the biggest, now, in terms of quality, and are apt to be tempted to go where the money is. Lance ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:51:13 -0400 From: "Sharon Henderson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: David's Breguet, was: Re: One person's view..... Message-ID: <200008151757.NAA10436@minion.netpolicy.com> Oh my, that's quite lovely!! NICE job, David!! Could I ask: when you say "Wing ribs and other prominent features were highlighted with carefully brushed on pastel chalk dust." for weathering, how is this done? I looked on the website and couldn't find it.... honest I did! :-) Sharon ---------- > Just to point out something. For those who missed it, our own David > Solosy has already built and reviewed this kit: > > http://pmms.webace.com.au/dsbre.htm > > Yes, he does say it's not as good as it should be, but his model looks > really darned good, so its obvious it's very buildable. > > If one really wants a chore-build, pick up almost any Merlin kit. That > will definitely make you appreciated the Hi-Tech offerings. > > Not that I build in that scale, mind you. ;-) > > > Matt Bittner > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 13:53:42 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: historical fiction Message-ID: <17.9b991f9.26cadda6@aol.com> As Bob said, I can't think of any OT fiction. However, Richard Hough's series on RAF pilots in WW2 is quite good. I am just finished with "The Fight of the Few," which to me gave a very good depiction of the Battle of Britain. Another good one is "The Wild Blue," by Walter J. Boyne and Steven L. Thompson, which deals with the development of the USAF from 1949 to the end of Vietnam. Given that Boyne is also an official historian of the USAF, I think you can take the comment of a former "Ive been SAC-umcized" veteran I know as a recommendation: "The book is how you write history when you can't name the guilty directly." As far as OT is concerned, you could always look up the Biggles books, and I remember once reading a novelization of "Wings," the movie. Cheers, Tom ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:52:32 -0500 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: RE: historical fiction Message-ID: Flashman fans are blessed with Fraser's newest, waiting for me at home. Aubrey/Maturin will set sail no more, with the sad passing of Patrick O'Brian. For OT reading, how about : "A Farewell to Arms" - Ernest Hemingway "Wooden Swords" - Jacques Duval "Education before Verdun" - Eduard (?) Zwick "Birdsong" - Sebastian Faulk "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" - TE Lawrence Italian, French, German, British, and Arab view points, respectively. Good literature all. Lance ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:10:52 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: One person's view..... Message-ID: <55.99df1bd.26cae1ac@aol.com> In a message dated 8/15/00 12:53:18 PM EST, lance.krieg@amerus.com writes: << They can always get better, too, as CSM has proven - if they're still around to make products. >> The problem with HiTech is, if you look at their first product, the P-63, and their most recent product (that I have seen personally) the Mystere IV, they have denfinitely *not* "gotten better". The same problems remain in the most recent release that were glaringly obvious in the first. The desire to "get better" is one reason I do support BM (while criticizing things that deserve criticism) because if you look at the Junkers D.I and the Fokker Dr.I and then at the Snipe, you can definitely see a path of improvement. Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:14:33 EDT From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement Message-ID: <27.9a8ed7b.26cae289@aol.com> In a message dated 8/15/00 5:18:11 AM EST, dfernet0@rosario.gov.ar writes: << My godness! I'm so happy to be building in 1/72! I can't risk my own future happiness!!!!! My life would have crumbled! Oh my, oh my! I'm saved, I'm saved! Well, time to go back and build a Merlin kit. :-) D. >> ROTFLMAO TC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:29:43 -0400 From: John_Impenna@hyperion.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: One person's view.. Message-ID: <8525693C.0065E2D4.00@hysoft-gateway1.hyperion.com> Hi All, >>I would be willing to bet that every one of you hold every manufacturer of anything else you buy to the kind of standard I am talking about here. Tom Cleaver<< I have to agree with Tom here. If we were buying a TV or a radio or a vcr we wouldn't want to spend back the cost of the item on "upgrades" and extra time assembling because it was "rough" If I buy a Glencoe and need to add a lot of work(I'm a masochist where my models are concerned!!) I am only spending $6 or $7 for my mis---fun. When a company uses the moniker of Hi-Tek and produces kits that are not at least up to say older Eduard standards, I am certainly not willing to pay this kind of money for it. We all screamed like stuck pigs when Tamiya came out with the Swordfish. Granted, it probably isn't worth $68 retail, but if the Br-14 by Hi-Tek is worth $40 then the Swordfish is worth $100!!! I think it is great that we have small manufacturers like these to give us kits that the big boys will probably never do because of the initial investment. I have been buying cottage industry kits since Veeday(still not bad kits, I don't care what anyone says) and Cramer vac-forms. By today's standards, these are crude, but with a good set of plans and some photos and a lot of "work"(hours of "work"=Fun, Dicta Ira...this is our hobby)they build up into nice models. I still have a few Cramer kits that are not yet available in(Sorry, Matt) 1/48th scale like the Bristol M.1.C & the Roland D-II. If we look and expect higher standards, we will get it. No one would balk at the cost if the quality were better...I'll wait to find mine on a discount table or a SMO sale. John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 12:01:46 -0700 From: "laskodi" To: "Post WW1 List" Subject: JMGT Pfalz E.I Message-ID: <000f01c006eb$434bdba0$313819d0@laskodi> I am currently building the JMGT Pfalz E.I for a SMO review, and given the amount of list traffic generated on these kits I have the following opinions to offer. I am currently almost finished, it is fully painted and I have dry fitted all components for final assembly. I can only comment on the Pfalz, having seen no other JMGT kits. The kit is beautifully done and no one should be afraid of buying it (provided you can afford it, but in reality is on par with most resin kit prices!). It matches up quite well with the Datafile drawings so it is fairly accurate OOB. It is a bit simplistic with only 10 resin, 7 white metal, 1 vac-formed cowl, and 9 P/E pieces, but everything that really needs to be there is. A lot of detail is molded into the one piece resin fuselage, including rudder pedals, side framing and bracing wires. All detail is very nicely done, the wings are quite thin, and rib detail is a subdued hill/valley scheme (ala most Eduard's). There are no major fit problems (but then again with a one piece fuselage.......) but there are some minor detail type problems (such as the reinforcing plates for the warping wires are not in the exact same locations on both sides of the wings). The vac-formed cowl is a minor challenge (like most vacs!) but I did mine pretty good on the first try (there are two cowls, thank you JMGT!) and the P/E is a thick brass-type (weird stuff, never seen P/E like this before) that is very pliable and bends easily. The white metal casting is superb, the best white metal I have ever seen with good detail (although the Spandau is slightly under size for some reason, but still very usable) that required virtually no clean-up. My only complaint are the decals, and would replace them with Americal's if possible. They are printed on a thick mylar-type carrier and I am going to be real interested to see how they look under the final coat. However, they do include the rib tapes (but I opted to mask and paint these since the decals are not very good). I give this kit a hearty two-thumbs up and would recommend it to any one on the list. Just one man's opinion and YMMV! ----Bob ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:19:42 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: historical - not - fiction Message-ID: <003a01c006ed$c422ba80$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> On the subject of OT books, in Flying Fury is frequently named a Lt. Cleaver... No Robert, no Hollywierd, no sudden bursts of verbosity on this Cleaver, but i can't stop thinking on our dearest Aeronut everytime that this officer appears... I wonder what kind of turmoil would have fired TC on a very formal british officer's mess... Nah, he would have been promptly sent as an exchange pilot to the Legion Etrangere quarters! Shocking! D. "This DeHavilland I fly has a horrid ripple in its wing! What are you thinking on, you bloody fools?!!!" Excerpt from a technical report by Lt. Cleaver, D.S.O. to "Boom" Trenchard, March 1917. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:19:34 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement Message-ID: <00c801c006f0$1ace0180$c38caec7@com> > The only thing that keeps me working on the @#$%!!%$#!! Mystere kit is it's a > birthday present from a French friend and I don't want to embarass him. Normally we all chastise Tom for having one of these extremely articulate outbursts. However, allow me to stand with him in saying that 'HiTech' is a sorry misnomer. I have the Breguet and Mystere. The Breguet will take a lot of work to make accurate. The Mystere is one of the worst chunks of shash that I have ever had the misfortune to touch. Crap-ola. The thing is supposed to be assembled, yes? Or should the box better carry a warning that this kit is not to be unwrapped - collector value only. So I picked up another two Albatri yesterday. Now THAT'S a kit! DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:20:28 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement Message-ID: <00c901c006f0$1bb8fdc0$c38caec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:13 AM Subject: Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement > In a message dated 8/14/00 9:20:04 PM EST, ethomas6@bellsouth.net writes: > > << Mike Kavanaugh wrote: > I fully agree with your > > philosophy...reminds one of a refrain of a song from "Finian's Rainbow"; > > "If I can't be near the girl (model kit) that I love, I love the girl > > (model kit) that I'm near." > > I thought that line was too brilliant to come out of Clapton's head. > E. > "I'm in love with the girl who's in love with my wife." > > >> > > Not Clapton, it's Crosby, Stills and Nash: "If you can't be with the one you > love/love the one you're with." :-) > > TC NO. Like I said, it was Stephen Stills, not CSN. DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:25:39 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Future Message-ID: <00ca01c006f0$1c9c58e0$c38caec7@com> > Howdy! > > Peter asks: > > >Can I spray with a semigloss or some other paint on top of Future?? > > Sure. It should be fine as long as it's acrylic. Enamels and laquers > sometimes eat acrylics. ???? That's never happened to me - I find that they work well together even though Future is an acrylic. Never heard of it being eaten by enamels or lacquers. DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:34:40 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: One person's view..... Message-ID: <00cb01c006f0$1d643cc0$c38caec7@com> Personally, the Rolands don't excite me. I'm gonna wait until I see one in the box before I pick one up. Bugger Hi-Tech. However, in response to all of the Franco-bashing, I ordered a JMGT SPAD XII. Of course it will end up as Guynemer, or Fonck, or some other acey-guy. I'm looking forward to getting my 60 bucks worth, and from what I'm hearing, I just might. Good. BTW, Sandy, I think you need to look at the 14 again. I looked at mine. Not bad but could be much better for the bread, and boy, are there some mods that have to be done! DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:36:25 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement Message-ID: <00cc01c006f0$1e3e7020$c38caec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tomasz Gronczewski" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:45 AM Subject: RE: Albatros Cookup and Disenfranchisement > > >> Ernie, I'm with TC. > > Me too Ernie. We are customers and we can share our opinions, not only good. > Thanks to Tom I know what I can expect from the French kits and I will > consider it selecting a subject of purchase. I wish I had read the list > before I ordered BM's Spad VII. It costed me three times more than any > Eduard kit (Eduard kits are cheap in Poland) and it was my most serious > disappointment up to date. I just wanted to try out BM's quality and if I > only knew more about their Spad I would buy BM's DH.2 or Snipe. > > Tomasz BM's D.H.2 is a really nice little kit. I'm having fun with mine. DB ------------------------------ Date: 15 Aug 2000 12:37:18 -0700 From: Mark Miller To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: RE: historical fiction Message-ID: <20000815193718.25306.cpmta@c012.sfo.cp.net> Thanks everyone I appreciate the reading list I'm pretty well versed in the technology of WW1 but I don't have a very good "feel" for the time. A good piece of historical fiction can almost make you think you lived through it yourself. and I think If you have a good "feel" for an era the modeling is more enjoyable. And I wasn't aware of the autobiographys by Ball and McCudden which also sound very interesting. Now all I need is a huge used book sale where all paperbacks cost 25c. Mark _______________________________________________________________________ Free Unlimited Internet Access! Try it now! http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/altavista/index.html _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:42:14 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: One person's view..... Message-ID: <200008151942.MAA21264@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:41:02 -0400 (EDT), DAVID BURKE wrote: > However, in response to all of the Franco-bashing, I ordered a JMGT SPAD > XII. Of course it will end up as Guynemer, or Fonck, or some other > acey-guy. I'm looking forward to getting my 60 bucks worth, and from what > I'm hearing, I just might. Good. Is this correct? JMGT is coming out with a SPAD 12? If so, I need to go update the French pages... Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:04:00 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Speaking of the French Pages... Message-ID: <200008152004.NAA24868@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net> For those who have looked, the 1/48th sections of my French pages have suffered. Why? Because none of you that build in that scale will come forward and provide me with what I need. I was lucky to get some feedback on the AJP SPAD 7 (thanks, Paul, and it will be up soon, I promise ;-) but nobody has provided anything else. So yes, they do have a 1/72nd bent because I own most of the stuff, and can provide details. I own none in 1/48th, so can only provide what is sent to me. Any takers out there? Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: 15 Aug 2000 13:14:03 -0700 From: Mark Miller To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: virtual scenes Message-ID: <20000815201403.29288.cpmta@c012.sfo.cp.net> Hi One of my motivations for generating virtual aircraft is to render out various scenes. I am slowly getting to a point where I'll have a DVa and an Se5a so naturaly I wan't to try to render out some dogfight scenes. I'm not sure how I'll handle the problems associated with a rendering like this but I guess that's half the fun. So I was wondering if anyone knows of a famous, well documented dogfight involving these two aircraft. I was also thinking that maybe I could get some info from the people playing Allan's Blue Max game. Do you guys ever recreate historical scenarios? You must have aircraft performance specs, maybe I could use the game to help me locate the combatants in 3-d space and define their movements? A virtual scene I've already done some work on is a shot of partialy completed Albatroses in the Albatros Factory - which is perfect considering all I got to work with is an incomplete Albatros DVa. The inspiration for this came from one of the WW1 aero mags I'm using for reference which has some great shots taken inside the Albatros factory of work being done on the fuse assembly. If anyone knows of more photos of this type please let me know. Mark Miller _______________________________________________________________________ Free Unlimited Internet Access! Try it now! http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/altavista/index.html _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:15:05 -0500 From: "Lance Krieg" To: Subject: Re: Speaking of the French Pages... Message-ID: Matt laments: "I own none in 1/48th, so can only provide what is sent to me. Any takers out there?" Gee, Matt, I seem to recall supplying a lot of decal information, and I saw a lot of material from others, too. As far a JGMT's kits go, DB got a little fat fingered, I believe, and offered up a XII when he meant VII. But I'll take a look... Lance ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:14:27 -0500 From: Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Future Message-ID: Howdy! DB wrote: > That's never happened to me - I find that they work well together even >though Future is an acrylic. Never heard of it being eaten by enamels or >lacquers. I am not sure how or why it works. I just know that *sometimes* an enamel or a laquer will be too "hot" and eat an acrylic base (Future or not). It may depend on how wet you apply your paint. I don't risk it anymore. Laquer, then enamel then acrylic. I haven't lost a paint job using that system yet. Maybe RK can shed more light on this. He's pretty knowledgeable about paint ain't he? Later! Brent ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:25:29 -0500 From: "Graham Hunter" To: Subject: RE: Speaking of the French Pages... Message-ID: <000301c006f6$f51cca00$fa0101c0@grahamh> Matt, When Tom Morgan and I get together his stuff to be digitally photoed you will have a 1/48 Spad XIII for your French page... BTW (excuse my ignorance) What are the French Pages?? Regards, Graham H. -----Original Message----- Matt Bittner For those who have looked, the 1/48th sections of my French pages have suffered. Why? Because none of you that build in that scale will come forward and provide me with what I need. I was lucky to get some feedback on the AJP SPAD 7 (thanks, Paul, and it will be up soon, I promise ;-) but nobody has provided anything else. So yes, they do have a 1/72nd bent because I own most of the stuff, and can provide details. I own none in 1/48th, so can only provide what is sent to me. Any takers out there? Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:27:30 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: RE: Speaking of the French Pages... Message-ID: <200008152027.NAA12882@harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Graham, > Matt, When Tom Morgan and I get together his stuff to be digitally photoed > you will have a 1/48 Spad XIII for your French page... BTW (excuse my > ignorance) What are the French Pages?? Excellent! However, I'll just add them to the "regular" gallery on the WW1 page. Since becoming "co-editor" for the site, I'm having second thoughts about maintaining more than one set of links for images. The French pages are ones I developed to help with - primarily my - French modeling needs. Everything I know of that has/did exist for WW1 French aircraft builders I'm trying to incorporate into the pages. Here's the direct link: http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/FrenchWW1/index.html However, you can get to them through the main WW1 page. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:43:19 EDT From: MAnde72343@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: historical fiction Message-ID: <7e.90333e6.26cb0567@aol.com> Mark, second hand books stores are where I get most of my OT books, fiction and non fiction. Most of the classic wartime memoirs and biographies/autobiographies were released as paperbacks in the 60's (50th anniversary), as well as most of Arch Whitehouse. Some of the best I have read are "In the Teeth of the Wind", by CPO Bartlett, "Combat Report", by Bill Lambert, and "Sagittarius Rising" by Cecil Lewis (he's the tall skinny kid in the photos of 56 Squadron) Those books were written by these men, not ghost written by pulp fiction writers, and provide an excellent flavor of the times, and the men, without all the overwrought 'stuff' put in the ghost written accounts of the major aces. Merrill ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:54:13 -0500 From: "Graham Hunter" To: Subject: 1/48 Fokker D.VII Kits Message-ID: <000501c00703$5a181d40$fa0101c0@grahamh> I'm looking for a D.VII kit in 1/48 (the best scale). I know of the SMER kit, but I don't know what kind of quality those kits offer. Any help would be most appreciated. TIA, Graham H. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:52:27 +0100 From: "Nigel Rayner" To: Subject: RE: Beginner Kits Message-ID: <000801c00703$df78b4e0$5541883e@w1o0t3> John wrote: >Not that anyone cares, but its hard to get >involved and excited about a hobby and not talk >about it, so I'm sharing w/ you guys. Don't worry, we do.... Being relatively new (well 2 and a half years but I've only made 5 models!) my contributions are limited. So it's nice to be able to help someone else get into the hobby like I did. I have one piece of advice - keep looking at the gallery to get inspired and get ideas. >I'll ease into the 1/72 scale which for me, seems to be a better size. I build both 1/48 and 1/72 but I must say I'm veering to 1/72 (oh no, incoming). The kits are quicker to build (I'm tempted to put too much into 1/48 because you can see them so much better) and take up less storage space. But 1/48 is fun - I'm saving my Eduard 1/48 Nie 17 for the next cookup (there, it's decided!). >Nigel, I found out my local hobby store can order >kits that are not on the shelf. I ordered the >Eduard 1/72 Dr.1 - thanks. Great move. It's a nice kit and you'll really enjoy it. I think it will really help you get going. The most difficult part of the kit is probably the streaky Fokker paint finish but do want to know the good news? You can only reproduce that finish with a paintbrush! Cheers, Nigel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:01:03 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Cookbook Request Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7115D4D7@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Lance says: > > There are a couple of added advantages, as the paper absorbs > the excess liquids, and prevents over-long tapes from > wrapping under and cementing themselves to the underside of > the surface under construction. ...which entertains me mightily. NOT because I think he's doing anything wrong but because it so beautifully illustrates how differently we all work to get our results. Since I always use the same tapes top and bottom, I *deliberately* use tapes double the wing chord and wrap them over the LE, then pull them straight with the two TE overhangs brought together. It works for me....and serves to tape both sides in one operation. (yes, you can do different colours top and bottom this way - I make my own tapes and paint the decal film half one colour, half the other before stripping it with my handy dandy tape jig) 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: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:15:47 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: One person's view..... Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7115D4D8@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> TC says: > If the company is going to survive, > they do have to deliver what the market wants to buy. They do *now* I clearly recall wondering (here) when the first LTM kits arrived how quickly Eduard would be forced to shift its focus towards other subjects with wider appeal to defray the greater expense of their moulding technology. > The Nieuport 11 and the Camels are > still coming as advertised and when they were advertised to > appear, and others will continue. The WW1 kits do sell out and are a > dependable source of income. That's not what my bank manager calls them :-( >Eduard still loves us, believe me. Loving my wallet to death in fact > Given the number of small companies that > *do* deliver > value for money I think we will continue to be well-served, > though I do think > we're starting to run out of subject matter that counted. Not entirely true, but true in so far as commercially viable subjects for mainstream manufacturers are getting to be few and far apart. Clearly this also includes Eduard nowadays since they use high pressure injection moulding in relatively expensive moulds. 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. ************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2546 **********************