WWI Digest 2594 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Thinking Dilthey, was, Re: Two Questions About Dilthey's by skarver@banet.net 2) Lafayette Flying Corps by Lee Mensinger 3) RE: Lafayette Escadrille - was: RE: Less well known by Shane Weier 4) Hello and a few q's by Dan 5) Re: Two Questions About Dilthey's--A Bit O' the Green by skarver@banet.net 6) =?iso-8859-1?Q?That_Vo=DF_F.1_Salvage_Report?= by skarver@banet.net 7) Re: PD Spad decals by "David Calhoun" 8) RE: PD Spad decals by Shane Weier 9) =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=3A_That_Vo=DF_F=2E1_Salvage_Report?= by Shane Weier 10) Re: Hello and a few q's by "Michael Kendix" 11) Watt and Kangaroos was - ( Re: Lafayette Escadrille ) by "cameron rile" 12) Re: Squamble the Squasta! by Ernest Thomas 13) Re: Ceramacoat by Ernest Thomas 14) Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?That_Vo=DF_F.1_Salvage_Report?= by Lyle Lamboley 15) Re: Lafayette Escadrille - was: RE: Less well known by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 16) Re: Two Questions About Dilthey's Albatros by "DAVID BURKE" 17) Re: Squamble the Squasta! by "DAVID BURKE" 18) =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_That_Vo=DF_F.1_Salvage_Report?= by "DAVID BURKE" 19) Re: Hello and a few q's by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 20) Re: Watt and Kangaroos was - ( Re: Lafayette Escadrille ) by "Bob Pearson" 21) New tool by "Matthew Bittner" 22) Re: Hello and a few q's by "Matthew Bittner" 23) RE: Lafayette Escadrille - was: RE: Less well known by Shane Weier 24) Re: Squamble the Squasta! by Ernest Thomas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:02:03 -0400 From: skarver@banet.net To: Subject: Re: Thinking Dilthey, was, Re: Two Questions About Dilthey's Message-ID: <00e701c01143$fce32700$9ffe6520@stephen> Shane Weier" Monday, August 28, 2000 5:20 PM responding to Dennis' quoting Gannon in responding to Jack (whew, I think I got that straight), wrote: | Does anyone else feel like this is CG talking a load of bollocks? As a Yank, I don't often get the chance to say it, but, yes, bollocks with a double exclamation. | I'm not arguing the matter of colour, just the assertion that the Germans would have | paint the same colour as the green in 5 colour lozenge available for repair | purposes. Emphatically bollocks!! Repairs would be made with more fabric, obviously. CG must show us a picture of a painted repair. Only then will I eat my hat. | Seems to me that the fabric is *dyed* not painted and touchup | paint non existent. Not dyed through and through, so a quibble. But printed with fabric dyes, yes, using different pigments, vehicles, etc. Anyway, I will bet one will find the darker metalwork paint on pre-lozenge series D.V. It wasn't changed to match the fabric. With respect to 'arguing color,' see my follow-up to your following. Ta', Stef ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:31:35 -0500 From: Lee Mensinger To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu, lemen@x25.net Subject: Lafayette Flying Corps Message-ID: <39AAF657.F4032F00@x25.net> --------------D1FBAF69AA33D966912438C5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From Page 6 of Lafayette Flying Corps by Hall and Nordhoff Quote: The six Americans to whom M. de Sillac alluded were Norman Prince, Frazier Curtis, Elliot Cowdin, William Thaw, Burt Hall and James Bach. The three latter were already enlisted in the French Army as "engages volontaires", and had effected their transfer to the Aviation after serving from August to December, 1914, in the Foreign Legion. All three had commenced their training at Buc (Seine et Oise), Cowdin who had been in the Ambulance Service , was ready to transfer at once to Aviation, and during the week following receipt of Colonel Boutteaux's letter Prince, Curtis and Cowdin signed their enlistment papers (March 9th 1915) and were sent to Pau (B.P.) to begin their training. Unquote. From my copy of the book Volume 1 Verifies the comnnection to the Foreign Legion and it was because of reasons previously stated. Loss of citizenship. Lee M. --------------D1FBAF69AA33D966912438C5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit  
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The six Americans to whom M. de Sillac alluded were Norman Prince, Frazier Curtis, Elliot Cowdin, William Thaw, Burt Hall and James Bach.  The three latter were already enlisted in the French Army as "engages volontaires", and had effected their transfer to the Aviation after serving from August  to December, 1914, in the Foreign Legion.  All three had commenced their training at Buc (Seine et Oise), Cowdin who had been in the Ambulance Service , was ready to transfer at once to Aviation, and during the week following receipt of Colonel Boutteaux's letter Prince, Curtis and Cowdin signed their enlistment papers (March 9th 1915) and were sent to Pau (B.P.) to begin their training.

Unquote.   From my copy of the book Volume 1

Verifies the comnnection to the Foreign Legion and it was because of reasons previously stated.  Loss of citizenship.

Lee M.
  --------------D1FBAF69AA33D966912438C5-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:25:28 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Lafayette Escadrille - was: RE: Less well known Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C71621993@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Mike M says: > Yep...Bob's got it right. The reasoning is a follows, from > what I can remember. > To join the RFC you had to pledge allegiance to the King. > This would forfeit > American citizenship, since we can't swear allegiance to a > foreign nation. In > the French Foreign Legion, you don't swear allegiance to > France, but to the > Legion! Hence, no foreign power. Mmmm. Maybe not totally correct today. My countryman Rupert Murdoch had to forgo Australian citizenship in order to take out US citizenship (so that he'd be allowed to take over the nice free press of the USA) but wasn't required to forgo US citizenship when getting his Oz citizenship back again in order to sweep up whatever press he didn't already own here. We allow dual nationality as do many countries. It appears that US citizens can also take out citizenship elsewhere but people *becoming* US citizens have to renounce their former nationality to show that they are serious about joining you. Shane (BTW, you can have him, so long as News Corp / Fox media etc profits keep coming here ;-) ********************************************************************** 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 phone: Australia 1800500646 ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:33:58 -0400 From: Dan To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Hello and a few q's Message-ID: <39AAF6E6.50992462@mindspring.com> Hi everybody, Just subscribed today, 'cos I've fallen in love with my little Eduard Pfalz DIII(a) and gotta build more of these kites. Anyway, I have a few questions - First, has anyone dealt with "Silverbird," AKA Ivan Subrt? His prices look excellent, as does his selection, but I thought I'd check before I committed myself. Second, I see that Propagteam has some wood decals. Are these any good? Does anyone else make them. Finally, could anyone point me to an online source for Americal decals? Thanks in advance, Dan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:34:18 -0400 From: skarver@banet.net To: Subject: Re: Two Questions About Dilthey's--A Bit O' the Green Message-ID: <010201c01148$7f125800$9ffe6520@stephen> Shane Weier" Monday, August 28, 2000 5:32 PM responding to Jack, wrote: | Well, D.5390 has grey green which is greener and darker than RLM02 - more or | less the same as Stropp. [grand snip of good data] Well, feeling that I had swallowed before chewing last night when I responded to JG's Dilthey questions, I went back and did all sorts of interesting things with the AIP photo, my scanner, and the imaging editor. Here's one result. With the sun at something like two o'clock in the plane of the picture and four o'clock in the perpendicular plane, the right side of the cockpit is lit such that the tach and the gun breech support on which it rests are quite well illuminated. It was possible then to match the support with the fuselage green band immediately to the right of Dilthey's left arm above the elbow. This area presents a sufficiently perpendicular area that is subject neither to the lightening effects of reflected glare or the darkening effects of shadow as the fuselage curves away from the light, and additionally appears free from the effects of lens flare affects which seem to be present in the area of the tail. That the support patch should match the fuselage color almost exactly accords with my belief that basic maintenance paint colors were those most often employed in decorative schemes except where this would result in patently wrong results. Doubtless there must be a German equivalent for the ever popular Americanism, "Good enough for government work." Of course, the caveat remains that my analysis--as most of ours here--is based on examination and manipulation of a small, relatively low-grade photoreproduction. Regards, Stef ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:02:22 -0400 From: skarver@banet.net To: Cc: "Tobias Gibson" Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?That_Vo=DF_F.1_Salvage_Report?= Message-ID: <012d01c0114c$6a871c00$9ffe6520@stephen> Dear List and other interested parties, The British Intelligence Report posted on the Voss pages of http://blindkat.tripod.com and purported to be a period salvage document regarding the Werner Voss' F.1 triplane and signed by Barfoot Sant [List, please help with spelling] was acquired approximately 1980 or possibly earlier by Robert Potter from Charles Donald of New Jersey and is currently in Potter's collection. Potter has no information regarding provenance prior to Donald but knows for certain that Donald was in communication with Rodney Gerrard as he, Potter, has copies of the correspondence between those two. Further, Potter states that his example of the putative report is a carbon, presuming the report to have been done in "triplicate," this being one copy of a number of multiples. In my view, the inclusion of fabric swatches on a carbon copy is suspicious. Although he is aware of the issues surrounding items acquired through Gerrard, Potter himself believes the item authentic, but has not undertaken to have it examined by an expert. These details concerning the present whereabouts and history of this document were developed in a telephone interview with Robert Potter today, 28 August. The asking price as reported by the Webmaster of the Ro§bud's WWI Aviation Image Archive at http://www.geocities.com/aerodromeaces is $2,500. Any takers? So congratulations to List members who spotted the association with Gerrard. Can anyone tell more about "Barfoot"? Does anyone know of Potter or Donald? And can the article about Gerrard be cited again? Best regards, Stef ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:53:03 -0700 From: "David Calhoun" To: Subject: Re: PD Spad decals Message-ID: <01e001c01169$87998f40$13d33ccc@oemcomputer> Hi Shane, Thanks for the offer, but I am trading with someone for the Dolan decals, but he does not have the instructions. Would you be able to scan your copy & e-mail me? I also need the diff manufacturers 5 color camouflage shown in the instructions. And if you're ever in the Enfield, CT area, you're welcome to a free beer any time! Thanks, Dave Calhoun -----Original Message----- From: Shane Weier To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Sunday, August 27, 2000 6:25 PM Subject: RE: PD Spad decals >Dave, > >> I'm looking for another set of decals - 1/48 scale PD decals >> Spad XIII (part >> 1) 48-008. I need the markings for 103rd Aero Squadron >> "Lafayette" flown by >> Dolan. Anyone have these left over from doing the Frank Luke >> version? > >I have a full sheet you're welcome to if you'll buy me a beer next time I'm >in your neighbourhood. Just LMK if anyone else beat me to it ! > >Shane > >(who would surely build all the others before bothering with Luke anyway) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >********************************************************************** >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 >phone: Australia 1800500646 >********************************************************************** > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:36:41 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: PD Spad decals Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C71621994@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Dave, > Thanks for the offer, but I am trading with someone for the > Dolan decals, > but he does not have the instructions. Would you be able to > scan your copy > & e-mail me? I don't have a scanner but a xerox will be yours within 8 days. Watch the post. > I also need the diff manufacturers 5 color > camouflage shown in the instructions. No probs, them too. > And if you're ever in the Enfield, CT area, you're > welcome to a free beer any time! One day, one day. So long as EtH and DB don't get there first there may even be a glass or three left :-) 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 phone: Australia 1800500646 ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:41:34 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=3A_That_Vo=DF_F=2E1_Salvage_Report?= Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C71621995@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Stef says: > purported to be a period salvage document regarding the Werner Voss' > F.1 triplane and signed by Barfoot Sant [List, please help > with spelling] Uh-oh. That name sounds familiar. > communication with Rodney Gerrard as he, Potter, has copies of the > correspondence between those two. ...and what is more, familiar in connection with RGG's tomfoolery. > is $2,500. Any takers? Anyone who applies, please also email me. I have a yellow cowling, 99% of Dr.I 425/17 and a nicely arched bridge currently spanning Sydney Harbour for sale. > So congratulations to List members who spotted the > association with Gerrard. > Can anyone tell > more about "Barfoot"? Does anyone know of Potter or Donald? > And can the > article about > Gerrard be cited again? Yes please. I have it. Somewhere. In a back issue of OtF, CCI or WI yet to be indexed - and I'd like to find it and re-read it thoroughly. 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 phone: Australia 1800500646 ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 00:57:21 GMT From: "Michael Kendix" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Hello and a few q's Message-ID: >From: Dan > >First, has anyone dealt with "Silverbird," AKA Ivan Subrt? His prices >look excellent, as does his selection, but I thought I'd check before I >committed myself. > I recommend his services. He accepts regular U.S. bank checks. There is a delay of a few weeks - posibly due to ordering and/or check clearing. I have successfully ordered from him on two ocassions. >Second, I see that Propagteam has some wood decals. Are these any >good? Does anyone else make them. I like Tauro's wood decals but they are far from perfect. Making wood finishes is difficult for me. I haven't seen Propagteam's, sorry. Michael _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:31:40 -0400 From: "cameron rile" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Watt and Kangaroos was - ( Re: Lafayette Escadrille ) Message-ID: >IIRC all foreigners were in the Foreign Legion as they could retain their >original citizenship in this unit. Oswald Watt donated his Bleriot to the French Air Forces at the wars start, uncertain if Britian was going to join the fighting. He enlisted with the French Foreign Legion and flew in French Squadrons. There is a picture of his MF emblazoned with a Kangaroo and the words "Advance Australia" in the book, "Highest Traditions, a history of 2 Sqn RAAF". When Australia sent its Air Service into action Oswald Watt joined the AFC and flew with 1 Sqn in Palestine before taking command of 2 Sqn and taking them to France. He later commanded 1 Wing. All the kangaroo's boomerangs emus etc AFC aircraft wore are attibutable to Watts senes of his Australian Identity. Watts quote on the front page of the AFC page is a classic; "I am an Australian and I don't have any manners." lol. Australia had one Airman in the Foreign Legion anyway. Not a squadron or Wing though like the Americans had. When Watt led 2 AFC over to France, their DH5's apparently had red kangaroos on the nose and red stripes and flight markings. Has anyone seen photos of their Aircraft at Harlaxton or St Omer with these markings? cam AFC - http://members.xoom.com/PointCook/index.htm ______________________________________________________________ Get Your Free E-mail at http://www.prontomail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:30:54 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Squamble the Squasta! Message-ID: <39AB124E.D5504969@bellsouth.net> bucky@ptdprolog.net wrote: > Hhmmmmm, that would be on my 50th birthday. So you were born in December? I knew there was something inherently likeable about you. E. born on the 15th. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:31:58 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Ceramacoat Message-ID: <39AB128E.A2339D3C@bellsouth.net> KarrArt@aol.com wrote: > Jeez- thanks for THAT- next time I squirt a blob of Ceramcoat on a pallette, > I'll see it form into Matt......course that may be better than seeing EtH in > his green tights. Don't bet on it. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:33:35 -0400 From: Lyle Lamboley To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?That_Vo=DF_F.1_Salvage_Report?= Message-ID: <20000828.213337.-247207.1.lyle.lamboley@juno.com> Stef, It is interesting that you arrived at the same conclusion as I did but by a different method. You determined the association of the previous owner with Rodney Gerrard and that something might be rotten here, and my method was more that of "instinctual". I compared the example of the report at the Voss site to the examples provided by Alan Toelle in his article in C&C Int. "Goodbye to All that Red" and found that the similarity between the confirmed counterfeits and this report that is going for auction to be too close for coincidence. The handwriting style as Dave Fleming noted earlier this month does look to be exactly the same on both. Let slip the dogs of investigative reporting! Lyle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:37:37 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Lafayette Escadrille - was: RE: Less well known Message-ID: <4f.27f2e7.26dc6de1@aol.com> In a message dated 8/28/00 6:30:09 PM EST, sdw@qld.mim.com.au writes: << My countryman Rupert Murdoch had to forgo Australian citizenship in order to take out US citizenship (so that he'd be allowed to take over the nice free press of the USA) but wasn't required to forgo US citizenship when getting his Oz citizenship back again in order to sweep up whatever press he didn't already own here. >> This brings up an interesting question (thoroughly ot, believe me): where and when did you Ozsters take over the Ford Motor Company? I wasn't aware of the coup till your man in Detroit showed up on the TV screen here recently, apologizing for the bad tires they put on the Explorer. Best, TC ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:38:48 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Two Questions About Dilthey's Albatros Message-ID: <004301c0115a$c0bfd4a0$969baec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Weier" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:32 PM Subject: RE: Two Questions About Dilthey's Albatros > Jack asks: > > > Shane, > > > > Is that the same grey-green used on various cockpit parts (machine gun > > support frame, rudder bar etc.)? I'm using RLM 02 which is > > pretty close. > > > > Well, D.5390 has grey green which is greener and darker than RLM02 - more or > less the same as Stropp. To add another variable, RLM 02 varied in shade from a pale gray-green to a darker and greener shade in later-war years as it was likely blended with other colors to extend it for camouflage use. Colors, colors, colors.... I'm gonna start painting all of my models in shades of gray so that they match the photos. DB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:44:36 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Squamble the Squasta! Message-ID: <004501c0115a$c2e091c0$969baec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Thomas" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Squamble the Squasta! > > > bucky@ptdprolog.net wrote: > > > Hhmmmmm, that would be on my 50th birthday. > > So you were born in December? I knew there was something inherently > likeable about you. > E. > born on the 15th. 6 months from my B'day (June). Spooky, ain't it? DB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:43:31 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_That_Vo=DF_F.1_Salvage_Report?= Message-ID: <004401c0115a$c227f020$969baec7@com> > > > is $2,500. Any takers? > > Anyone who applies, please also email me. I have a yellow cowling, 99% of > Dr.I 425/17 and a nicely arched bridge currently spanning Sydney Harbour for > sale. Good deal Shane! That little Aussie bridge will make a nice set when I put it with them two bridges I bought in San Francisco and New York last week! DB I'll take 425/17 too. I wanna end the controversy over %&*($%^# Red. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:46:12 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Hello and a few q's Message-ID: <79.8ecba8e.26dc6fe4@aol.com> In a message dated 8/28/00 6:32:28 PM EST, mig15@mindspring.com writes: << Hi everybody, Just subscribed today, 'cos I've fallen in love with my little Eduard Pfalz DIII(a) and gotta build more of these kites. Anyway, I have a few questions - Welcome to the madhouse! :-) First, has anyone dealt with "Silverbird," AKA Ivan Subrt? His prices look excellent, as does his selection, but I thought I'd check before I committed myself. Silverbird is a member of The List; both he and Lubos Vinar at VAMP provide good products at good prices. Second, I see that Propagteam has some wood decals. Are these any good? Does anyone else make them. They're good, the only other wood decals I am aware of these days are some from Tauro that are carried at Squadron. Finally, could anyone point me to an online source for Americal decals? >> Doctor Merrill doesn't believe in e-commerce. Snailmail only. Cheers, Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:49:12 -0700 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Watt and Kangaroos was - ( Re: Lafayette Escadrille ) Message-ID: <200008290202.TAA06898@mail.rapidnet.net> > When Watt led 2 AFC over to France, their DH5's apparently had red > kangaroos on the nose > and red stripes and flight markings. Has anyone seen photos of their > Aircraft at Harlaxton or > St Omer with these markings? Nope. .. where do you find references to such markings? At that time they were still No.68(A) RFC .. it was after they gained SE5as that the AFC attribution became official. I've seen them with white stripes behind the cockpit in the summer of 1917, and then later a thinner band around the aft fuselage forward of the tail. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:53:24 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: New tool Message-ID: <200008290153.SAA01739@snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net> I just had to try it... My wife was using this special "marker" as she was using her watercolor pencils. I was wondering what it was and needed to find out if I could use it for a better purpose. :-) I used it on the SPAD's prop, to help with the wood color, and it's great! Some people scrape the pencils onto a surface and using a damp brush, brush the colors on. No more. This "marker" consists of - as she tells it - "clear" pigment and is damp. It picks up the pencil color superbly and you can "brush" it on. It keeps a lot of pencil in it, so you use very little of the actual pencil. I only used it on a gloss surface, and have yet to try it on a flat one. I suspect it will work great. LMK if anyone is interested in something like this, and I'll see what I can do to grab some. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:56:10 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Hello and a few q's Message-ID: <200008290155.SAA25991@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:52:38 -0400 (EDT), TomTheAeronut@aol.com wrote: > They're good, the only other wood decals I am aware of these days are some > from Tauro that are carried at Squadron. Not true. Pegasus has wood decals as well. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:55:33 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Lafayette Escadrille - was: RE: Less well known Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7162199A@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> TC > > This brings up an interesting question (thoroughly ot, > believe me): where > and when did you Ozsters take over the Ford Motor Company? I > wasn't aware of > the coup till your man in Detroit showed up on the TV screen > here recently, > apologizing for the bad tires they put on the Explorer. > About 2 years ago. That's nothing, IIRC we also provide Cokes CEO and are working on as many other US icons as possible. Reverse cultural imperialism :-) Shane (When we take over the world, I bags running the model companies ....VBG ) ********************************************************************** 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 phone: Australia 1800500646 ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:58:23 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Squamble the Squasta! Message-ID: <39AB18BF.6B02CA29@bellsouth.net> Sharon Henderson wrote: > > This will be such fun.... :-) E, I dunno if we can promise the kids any > snow. Williamsburg is in one of those funny spots, where the whole > surrounding region can get socked -- and IF snow flies in the 'Burg, it > melts way too soon. Oh poo! Well see what you can do. The kids would love it. As would the adults, who've seen snow in NO twice in 35yrs. > I checked with the spousal unit concerning when we have to put in an > appearance with his family for New Year's, and given that New Year's Eve is > a Sunday, we probably have to drive to NJ on Friday afternoon. If it works > for everyone, is there any objection to getting the Squasta together with E > & Co. on Thursday the 28th? Makes no difference to me what night it is. As long as we can meet at least one night. Tell spousal unit to go to Jersey by his own self. > > Obligatory WW1 modelling content: Why bother? Mine always tends to fall on deaf ears. E. ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2594 **********************