WWI Digest 2611 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) a paint question from the chemically challenged people by "dfernet0" 2) Re: a paint question from the chemically challenged people by Al Superczynski 3) RE: a paint question from the chemically challenged people by "dfernet0" 4) FS: Czech Master Resin MoS AI by "Chris Banyai-Riepl" 5) "The Aeronut" is back on the air! by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 6) Albatros-Oeffag 253-31 by "Christopher Anderson" 7) Re: Breguet 14 B2 stuff by "DAVID BURKE" 8) 1/28th scale BE2a by "Steve Bucher" 9) WW 1 video by "Dale Sebring" 10) site Link by "Steve Bucher" 11) Back on line by smperry@mindspring.com 12) RE: a paint question from the chemically challenged people by "Gaston Graf" 13) Re: WW 1 video by KarrArt@aol.com 14) Re: WW 1 video by "Andrew Ronayne" 15) Re: WW 1 video by Morg17ms@aol.com 16) RE: a paint question from the chemically challenged people by "dfernet0" 17) Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by "John Glaser" 18) Re: WW 1 video by "Courtney Allen" 19) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by "Dale Beamish" 20) RE: WW 1 video by "Gaston Graf" 21) RE: Back on line by "Gaston Graf" 22) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by smperry@mindspring.com 23) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by Ernest Thomas 24) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by "Leonard Endy" 25) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by Ernest Thomas 26) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by "Richard Eaton" 27) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by Mike Kavanaugh 28) Re: Results of New Kit Survey by "P. Howard" 29) Re: Back on line by Lyle Lamboley 30) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by Lyle Lamboley 31) Pretty ot by Lyle Lamboley 32) Holiday List Gathering by Ernest Thomas 33) Good News on the Future of Our Hobby by Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:58:29 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: "WW1 modeling Mail List" Subject: a paint question from the chemically challenged people Message-ID: <002e01c01691$5a464ec0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Hi list! Last saturday I painted some gray enamel on rubber O rings that I used to portray the Sopwith Camel new tyres. They looked OK, but the paint is still sticky after 2 days! Other things I painted with the same paint and in the same session are completely dry. Can any of the chemists on the list explain why this happened and if the tyres will be dried someday? TIA D. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 12:05:55 -0500 From: Al Superczynski To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: a paint question from the chemically challenged people Message-ID: >Last saturday I painted some gray enamel on rubber O rings that I used to >portray the Sopwith Camel new tyres. They looked OK, but the paint is still >sticky after 2 days! I don't know the chemistry involved but enamels will *never* dry on rubber. Strip the paint off with mineral spirits and redo the tires with acrylic. HTH, Al http://www.up-link.net/~modeleral ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:11:17 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: a paint question from the chemically challenged people Message-ID: <004001c01693$237ef3e0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> > I don't know the chemistry involved but enamels will *never* dry > on rubber. Strip the paint off with mineral spirits and redo the > tires with acrylic. Bummer. Thanks Al. D. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 10:20:28 -0700 From: "Chris Banyai-Riepl" To: Subject: FS: Czech Master Resin MoS AI Message-ID: OK, guys & gals, I've got one of these things sitting here waiting for a good home. If you're wondering just how good of a kit this is, check out our own Mr. Bittner's review in the May issue of Internet Modeler (http://www.internetmodeler.com/may2000/contents.htm) A mere $20 and it's yours. First person to e-mail me offlist gets it. I also have the off-topic Seafang available for the same price, if anyone is interested in that. Chris Banyai-Riepl Publisher/Illustrator Internet Modeler http://www.internetmodeler.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:40:16 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: "The Aeronut" is back on the air! Message-ID: "The Aeronut" is back on the air at its old URL (for those of you new to the list, I am including the address below). "TomTheAeronut@aol.com" will remain my primary address, and this means there will be a fairly rapid expansion of The Aeronut" with the additional aol webspace (which works faster than the xoom.com site does - that will become the abode of photos). And yes, for those who wonder, this means I'm not going into the same bucket our good friends Steve and Candice fell in. Tom Cleaver Visit The Aeronut http://members.aol.com/aerialnut/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:21:23 -0400 From: "Christopher Anderson" To: Subject: Albatros-Oeffag 253-31 Message-ID: <007701c0169d$08daafc0$a010b7cd@canderson> As some of you already know, I was appointed as restoration coordinator of the WW1 aircraft items currently held by the Museo Storico della Città di Bergamo (City of Bergamo Historical Museum). One of our "treasures" is an Austro-Daimler engine which, in all probability, powered Albatros-Oeffag 253-31. Is there anyone who can supply information about that aeroplane's history and colours? Also, any picture would be of much help, as we plan to show an image of the aeroplane alongside the restored engine in the WW1 Aviation hall. Thanks in advance and very best wishes to all of you. Alberto Casirati Alberto, There is a photo of 253.31 in the section on Eugen Bönsch in Air Aces of the AH... book. It shows 253.31 with its tail damaged inside a hanger at Ghirano, Sept.23 1918 after a severe storm. O'Connor states 253.31 was flown by Bönsch and also Fiala with Flik.51J. This photo is also in the Schiemer Die Albatros... book in a better reproduction; same book has a list of Alb Oef serial #s, this for 253.31: Motor BA 23000, L. Juli 1918, FLIK 51/J Zgsf. Eugen Bönsch (geflogen Juli und August 1918). I will send you a scan. Chris ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:33:57 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Breguet 14 B2 stuff Message-ID: <006601c01699$09915260$f592aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Thomas" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 8:52 PM Subject: Re: Breguet 14 B2 stuff > > > DAVID BURKE wrote: > > > Can anyone point me to some photos or profiles of CDL Breguet 14 B2's? > > I have a set of markings, but I have never seen a photo of a CDL aircraft. > > Whatcha wanna do that for? The Breguet cammo has such nice colors. > E. > > Yeah, but the kit only comes with one set of markings, and I got some markings for a different plane. DB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:07:16 -0400 From: "Steve Bucher" To: Subject: 1/28th scale BE2a Message-ID: <000a01c0169a$f63ad7c0$d2e49ed1@oemcomputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C01679.6E5FCD40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I now have the 1/28th scale version of the BE2a model. It's on site. = Go to http://ww1cardmodels.bizland.com and follow the Digital Card Model = kits link if intrested. Steve Bucher ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C01679.6E5FCD40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi, I now have the 1/28th scale version of the BE2a = model.=20 It's on site. Go to http://ww1cardmodels.bizland.co= m and=20 follow the Digital Card Model kits link if intrested.
 
Steve Bucher
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C01679.6E5FCD40-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:46:57 -0600 From: "Dale Sebring" To: Subject: WW 1 video Message-ID: <000d01c016a0$819555c0$b6a58dd0@main> Dear Listies, Has anyone purchased the 4 vol. video set "Four Years of Thunder" ? I was thinking of getting this set and wondered if it was worth it. I believe ~$60 USD. Thank you for the help, Dale S. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:53:30 -0400 From: "Steve Bucher" To: Subject: site Link Message-ID: <002101c016a1$6b81fa80$d2e49ed1@oemcomputer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0167F.E3B7B8E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If anybody has any trouble with the link to my site at = www.ww1cardmodels.bizland.com let me know. I tried the links when the = mail came through and I ended up on some wierd site I never saw before. = I reloaded my main page and everything seems ok. Thanks, Steve ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0167F.E3B7B8E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If anybody has any trouble with the link to my site = at www.ww1cardmodels.bizland.c= om =20 let me know. I tried the links when the mail came through and I ended up = on some=20 wierd site I never saw before. I reloaded my main page and everything = seems=20 ok.
 
Thanks, = Steve
------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C0167F.E3B7B8E0-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:42:27 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: "Multiple recipients of list" Subject: Back on line Message-ID: <008001c0169f$e1c3f1a0$3cf1aec7@default> I want to thank one and all for the support and encouragement I received from my friends around the world. Y'all have no idea how much it has ment to me. All the built models are broken, but some kits survived and all my references but one are intact. If you count OT & ot models, I guess I have the distinction of being married to someone with a higher score than Voss. I also count it as a distinction that her "cowl" remains "ex-works" and not black and blue. As much as the loss of models & kits may hurt, and it sure does, they are quite replacable. The marriage may or may not be repairable, but it is surely worth more effort than a heap of styrene & resin. Thanks again for all the encouragement. sp Who now has the dubious honor of the biggest spare parts box on the List ;-) E-mail smperry@mindspring.com Web Site http://www.freeyellow.com/members8/wwimodeler/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 20:06:41 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: a paint question from the chemically challenged people Message-ID: Looks like the thinner of your paint is dissolving the rubber. You should better throw the rubberparts away and paint a new set of tires using Acryls only. Gaston Graf Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > dfernet0 > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 7:04 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: a paint question from the chemically challenged people > > > Hi list! > Last saturday I painted some gray enamel on rubber O rings that I used to > portray the Sopwith Camel new tyres. They looked OK, but the > paint is still > sticky after 2 days! > Other things I painted with the same paint and in the same session are > completely dry. Can any of the chemists on the list explain why this > happened and if the tyres will be dried someday? > TIA > D. > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 15:29:13 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: WW 1 video Message-ID: In a message dated 9/4/00 11:50:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, alleluja@ida.net writes: << Dear Listies, Has anyone purchased the 4 vol. video set "Four Years of Thunder" ? I was thinking of getting this set and wondered if it was worth it. I believe ~$60 USD. Thank you for the help, Dale S. >> Well, I like the set! It does have a lot of the old footage we've all seen 10,327 times, but there was a ton of new stuff (at least to me). Plus, the modern footage shot mainly of Rhinebeck airplanes is pure inspiration. RK ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 06:51:44 +1000 From: "Andrew Ronayne" To: Subject: Re: WW 1 video Message-ID: <021401c016b1$f04eea60$84cb1dcb@t9hf2> I almost bought it for myself for Fathers Day. Target in Australia had it on special for AUD$48.95, but I was suspicious as it's a 3 video boxed set, but the cover kept referring to it as a 4 volume set. Maybe they duped it differently here... I also wondered if anyone here owned it. Cheers Drew Drew Ronayne ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Sebring To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2000 4:53 Subject: WW 1 video > Dear Listies, > Has anyone purchased the 4 vol. video set "Four Years of Thunder" ? I was > thinking of getting this set and wondered if it was worth it. I believe ~$60 > USD. > > Thank you for the help, > > Dale S. > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 16:13:39 EDT From: Morg17ms@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: WW 1 video Message-ID: <17.a99ec1c.26e55c73@aol.com> An excellent collection of original footage with some colour footage of various a/c in flight, from Old R - definitley worth the price! Tom Morgan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 16:08:41 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: a paint question from the chemically challenged people Message-ID: <00a301c016a3$89ffd8e0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Gaston: seems like I've messed them, isn't it? However rubber was in good shape before I left this morning. Just the enamel was still a bit sticky.... Maybe eating the rubber? I'll see tonight... brrr! D. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gaston Graf To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 4:06 PM Subject: RE: a paint question from the chemically challenged people > Looks like the thinner of your paint is dissolving the rubber. You should > better throw the rubberparts away and paint a new set of tires using Acryls > only. > > Gaston Graf > Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: > http://www.jastaboelcke.de ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 15:47:04 -0500 From: "John Glaser" To: "WW1 Mail List \(E-mail\)" Subject: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <000f01c016b1$49370960$8d00000a@jcgws> Well group, it's officially 108 F in Houston with 20% (low for us) humidity. Makes the "real" temp 112! Wanted to spend the day inside on OT pursuits but unfortunately, have a major software demo tomorrow so preparations got in the way. How's everyone else spending Labor Day? - JG ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:57:40 -0700 From: "Courtney Allen" To: Subject: Re: WW 1 video Message-ID: <000901c016b2$c3fb7400$dc66480c@oemcomputer> Yes, I have a copy. Great series! I feel its worth it. Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Sebring" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 11:53 AM Subject: WW 1 video > Dear Listies, > Has anyone purchased the 4 vol. video set "Four Years of Thunder" ? I was > thinking of getting this set and wondered if it was worth it. I believe ~$60 > USD. > > Thank you for the help, > > Dale S. > > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:57:48 -0600 From: "Dale Beamish" To: Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <008101c016b2$ca1f1bc0$202eb8a1@darcy> >How's everyone else spending Labor Day? > - JG Digging out the winter clothes and boots, getting the furnace cleaned and just sitting on a cold Monday. Wet flurries in the mountains already and they are NOT far away. Dale ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:24:44 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: WW 1 video Message-ID: Not yet but I consider buying it next month. This month I bought already to much stuff for my hobbies ;o). If you'll get your's earlier please lemme know if its worth the buy. Gaston Graf Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > Dale Sebring > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: WW 1 video > > > Dear Listies, > Has anyone purchased the 4 vol. video set "Four Years of Thunder" ? I was > thinking of getting this set and wondered if it was worth it. I > believe ~$60 > USD. > > Thank you for the help, > > Dale S. > > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:32:35 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: Back on line Message-ID: Nice to read that you take all of this with a certain humor! I'm glad you're back in the middle of your friends! Women you'll find plenty around the world, but true friends like us - who are maybe a little crazy sometimes, perhaps rather nutty - such friends you'll only find here on this list ;o). Had a look at your website - and found that there's something we share: A completely overcrowded desk with a to small working aera :o). May the juice be with you! Gaston > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu [mailto:wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu]On Behalf Of > smperry@mindspring.com > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:56 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Back on line > > > I want to thank one and all for the support and encouragement I received > from my friends around the world. Y'all have no idea how much it > has ment to > me. > > All the built models are broken, but some kits survived and all my > references but one are intact. > > If you count OT & ot models, I guess I have the distinction of > being married > to someone with a higher score than Voss. I also count it as a distinction > that her "cowl" remains "ex-works" and not black and blue. > > As much as the loss of models & kits may hurt, and it sure does, they are > quite replacable. The marriage may or may not be repairable, but it is > surely worth more effort than a heap of styrene & resin. > > Thanks again for all the encouragement. > > sp > Who now has the dubious honor of the biggest spare parts box on > the List ;-) > > E-mail smperry@mindspring.com > Web Site http://www.freeyellow.com/members8/wwimodeler/ > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 17:18:10 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <001301c016b5$a31492a0$0cf2aec7@default> How's everyone else spending Labor Day? > > - JG Piecing together 6 bags full of ripped up unbuilt kits. A whole new twist on the phrase "Kit Bashing" :-) sp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 17:19:13 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <39B41FE0.FA032A2A@bellsouth.net> John Glaser wrote: > How's everyone else spending Labor Day? Just got home from BBQing at MiL's house. God, that woman is an idiot! Looking forward to doing my algebra homework and a bit of modeling that's so off topic, I'm not even gonna use my real name for the IM review. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:42:11 -0400 From: "Leonard Endy" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <5698rscjlukkjoppgpvm3825ipe9vts1vh@4ax.com> On Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:22:35 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > > >John Glaser wrote: > >> How's everyone else spending Labor Day? > Praying for this damn humidity to go away here in Virginia. Temps haven't been too bad but the humidity is a bear. Should clear out tomorrow....I hope. The members in Texas want a good deal on some rain ? Len ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:00:47 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <39B4299F.A2AB04B@bellsouth.net> Leonard Endy wrote: > The members in Texas want a good deal on some rain ? Whatever the Texans offer, we'll double it in NO. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 17:42:37 -0500 From: "Richard Eaton" To: Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <000001c016c4$c09400e0$4849a218@austin.rr.com> Well it hit 110 F in Austin. Hit a few houshold projects and trying to catch up on articles. I went out and looked at digital cameras too. It's only money.......... I'll try and get back to the Hit Kit LVG again later tonight. Regards, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: John Glaser To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 3:55 PM Subject: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas > Well group, it's officially 108 F in Houston with 20% (low for us) humidity. > Makes the "real" temp 112! Wanted to spend the day inside on OT pursuits > but unfortunately, have a major software demo tomorrow so preparations got > in the way. How's everyone else spending Labor Day? > > - JG > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:13:35 -0700 From: Mike Kavanaugh To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <39B448BF.B05EADB1@earthlink.net> Leonard Endy asked: "The members in Texas want a good deal on some rain?" Make an offer. Can't cost much more than I'm paying for water now. My last water bill was $141.00, mother-in-law's was $328.00. At 93, she's pretty independent and nobody's going to tell her when she can and can't water her lawn. She's been visited twice by the police telling her to turn her sprinkler system off. Oh well, to keep this OT, I'm going back to work on the Albatros C.III. Made a mess of all the pe, took Stef's advice about backing pe with thin sheet styrene, so tore all the pe apart and tried that. It worked well on the larger flat pieces but didn't do much for the little "fiddly" pieces. So I cleaned out the fuselage halves again and now have decided to scratch build the interior using very thin styrene strips, the pe floor w/styrene backing, and whatever else seems to work. The color scheme on the cover of the datafile is looking better all the time - - solid light blue-gray needing only the insignia decals. Mike K. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:12:22 -0500 From: "P. Howard" To: Subject: Re: Results of New Kit Survey Message-ID: <001201c016c5$98066c20$cf9d8ece@phoward> Hi Robert, I was wondering if you know how to get in contact with Jim Keiger to obtain copies of his drawings. Not much else surfaced with recommendations. Also, what price range are the drawings as I need to pass this info along to the guy who's doing this beast? Thanks, Paul H -----Original Message----- From: KarrArt@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 11:04 PM Subject: Re: Results of New Kit Survey >In a message dated 8/23/00 8:38:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >phoward@abilene.com writes: > ><< Now comes the hard part. The guy doing the kit needs to know what are the > most accurate drawings for the SE5a. Obviously, the more complete the > drawings, the more closely he can match the prototype. Please take time to > review those you know of, so he can track down whatever he needs. >> > >Expensive, but the Jim Keiger drawings may be the rest set around, although >they may be TOO complete for a model! >RK > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:15:39 -0400 From: Lyle Lamboley To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Back on line Message-ID: <20000904.191547.-126305.3.lyle.lamboley@juno.com> Steve, Glad to see you're back--and I hope that everything works out really soon. Being virtual neighbors, please don't hesitate to call on me for anything. I mean, anybody who shares a copy of one of his books with me shows what kind of stuff he is made of...:-) Best, Lyle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:13:14 -0400 From: Lyle Lamboley To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <20000904.191547.-126305.2.lyle.lamboley@juno.com> John Glaser writes: >How's everyone else spending Labor Day? Took my Dad out for a little drive today (after a stint in the hospital last week with pneumonia; not a picnic) and then came home and vegged out with "Those Magnificent Men". Also hot as hell here but nowhere nearly like in Texas. Where's the damn tropical rains? But no hurricanes, thank you. Lyle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:04:30 -0400 From: Lyle Lamboley To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Pretty ot Message-ID: <20000904.191547.-126305.1.lyle.lamboley@juno.com> Guys, I just heard on the evening news that the suspect piece of metal found on the runway that shredded the Concorde's tires came off of a DC-10 that had departed shortly before, if not directly in front of the Air France flight. Ironic that the DC-10 had its airworthiness certificate revoked in 1979, and that a chunk of that thing would be the catylist behind the Concorde crash. Lyle ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 18:22:06 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: The List Subject: Holiday List Gathering Message-ID: <39B42E9E.C1B8EC3C@bellsouth.net> Hi All, Please forgive the off topic-ness of my post, but I had no choice. Would any and all listee's who are planning on going to Williamsberg for the "Newtonmass Holidays List Gathering" give me a shout off list. I've been told that dinner reservations must be made by the end of september if we want to get in anywhere. Tanks. E. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:37:46 -0500 From: Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Good News on the Future of Our Hobby Message-ID: Greets! I spent a good portion of Saturday building models with some youngsters at our local model show, Nordic-Con. Thanks to Merrill Anderson the kids were able to build a couple Triplanes, an Albatross D.III, at least one Roland and the Hannover. Overall the children were more interested in ot subjects but at least a few of them tried the WWI aircraft. The kids that did build seemed very enthusiastic about model building. They liked it! A few of the kids built more than one. A certain over achiever built four and swindled John Roll of Rollmodels out of a fifth! Although I didn't keep track I figure we had at around a dozen kids and we built at least twenty models. My only regret is we didn't reach any kids that don't already build models. All these kids build with their Dads already. Still, I think it bodes well for our hobby that these kids were more than happy to sit down with an odd, bearded, stranger and build models for a couple of hours. Special thanks again to list member Merrill Anderson for donating 15 kits for our Make-N-Take program. He really saved our rear ends because the original Make-N-Take coordinator dropped the ball. If it wasn't for Merrill and other generous members of the Twin Cities Aero Historians we wouldn't have had a Make-N-Take at all. (I could be a rap star for all the rhyming I do... Sheesh!) Later! Brent My condolences to Steve on a great collection lost. Best wishes in resolving the problem. My own (small in relation) bad news is some ****ing idiot pushed my friend's motorcycle as well as mine over during dinner last night. If I could've seen and caught those miserable pukes there would've been Hell to pay. Grrrr! ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2611 **********************