WWI Digest 2615 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: Good News on the Future of Our Hobby by Shane Weier 2) RE: Vegemite by Shane Weier 3) RE: Glad you're here mate was Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by Shane Weier 4) Re: ot: German Titles by Ernest Thomas 5) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by "DAVID BURKE" 6) Re: Gun sights by "DAVID BURKE" 7) Re: retraction test ? was Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by "DAVID BURKE" 8) Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas by "DAVID BURKE" 9) Re: Pensacola model contest, Oct 7 by "DAVID BURKE" 10) Re: ot: German Titles by Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com 11) Re: Pensacola model contest, Oct 7 by "DAVID BURKE" 12) Re: Voss cowling inquiry by "DAVID BURKE" 13) RE: ot: German Titles by "John Glaser" 14) RE: engine spin by "John Glaser" 15) Re: Vegemite by Mike Kavanaugh 16) Re: Vegemite by "cameron rile" 17) Re: Vegemite by K129000@aol.com 18) RE: Vegemite by Shane Weier 19) RE: Vegemite by Shane Weier 20) Re: Roseplanes' Fokker F.1 set by BStett3770@aol.com 21) Re: German Titles by smperry@mindspring.com 22) Farman HF 20 or HF 22 details by "Charles and Linda Duckworth" 23) Albatros DIII by huggins1@swbell.net (John Huggins) 24) Re: Albatros DIII by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 25) Re: Albatros DIII by MAnde72343@aol.com 26) Re: Albatros DIII by "Dale Beamish" 27) Re: Albatros DIII by "Dale Beamish" 28) RE: Albatros DIII by Shane Weier ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:31:31 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Good News on the Future of Our Hobby Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C716219DE@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Gaston says: > I know people who do not rigg even the "big" 1/48th models > because they > believe the rigging was so fine it would be just invisible in > that scale. Can you see nylon monofilament? I can. And it *is* in scale in 1/48, sometimes even undersized. Can you see rigging in photos *way* smaller than 1/48? I can. They're just plain wrong 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: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:35:49 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Vegemite Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C716219DF@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Lance says: > How do you drink vegemite? No-one I know drinks Vegemite unless they've got their jaws wired and absolutely must have a fix. > the only joy it gave me was > forcing other Americans to taste it. During my military career we used it to prove to USMC squaddies that they weren't so tough. Australian army 24 hour ratpacks in my day came with a small can of vegemite (about 2 oz) and we could never get our Yank mates to touch it but once. :-) > > It looks and tastes like roofing tar. I'll take your word for it. Next time I'm overseas and desperate for a bit of flavour I'll eat a roof. > So how do you drink it? Dissolved in Fosters of course ;-) 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: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:44:03 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Glad you're here mate was Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C716219E0@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Tom says: > Shane, Just read about the miners that were killed when the > pressurization > failed on there Beech 300 over Oz. Glad you're still among > us. Thanks - you do still have to put up with me! > Condolences from the Heartland if you knew any of them > Never knew any of them, but it still hits home. The crew here fly in and out in a fully loaded Qantas Dash-8 but it still sends a shiver up the spine to think what *could* happen. A long way to fly to die. Perth to North Qld is about the same as leaving LA and crashing in NY. And having intended to land after only 500 miles, they must have been unconscious for at least 80% of it. 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, 05 Sep 2000 17:46:11 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: ot: German Titles Message-ID: <39B577B2.D5147270@bellsouth.net> Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com wrote: > What titles do you suppose E. has earned? Don't even go there. Ok, since you started it, maybe just one; "He who pukes tequilla out of the window of the St.Charles Ave. Streetcar while wearing a 1950's vintage shiny blue suit at 8:00am on a sunday morning on the way to the job interview at some rich old jewish lady's mansion" And that's one I earned in broad daylight. It gets worse after midnight. E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:46:56 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <002801c0178c$66e1aca0$7b87aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 7:18 PM Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas > With the Texas weather reports, I am reminded of an old paperback western, > titled "Between Hell and Texas." Sounds like today, one would have trouble > distinguishing the difference! :-) > > TC Hmmm, Wonder if God is trying to tell the Republican Party something! :-D DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:54:42 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Gun sights Message-ID: <002901c0178c$67ab1720$7b87aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:13 PM Subject: Gun sights > Here's something I began wondering about in July. I went to a > lecture at the Smithsonian where Joe Foss spoke about his experiences. > What he mentioned that got me thinking was that he and a few other > pilots had their gunsights removed. Dangerous in case of a crash and he > said he didn't need one. So, do you really think that those gunsights in > WWI....I'm thinking of the Aldis tube...really were used? > Mike Muth Yup. Although IIRC the idea of the pilots' not liking them was pretty prevalent among those folks who were trained on using a ring and bead. Here I go ot: The reason that alot of pilots, especially in Foss' time on Guadalcanal in 1942-43, removed their gunsights was because of the stated reason that you mentioned, but also because they didn't boresight and synchronize their guns in a manner where a gunsight would be useful. Instead of a neat pattern of fire convergence 100 yds ahead at a precise point, the guns of their planes fired more of a 'spray' pattern, more useful at extremely short ranges and tight turning battles. Basically, they used a scattergun approach. And who the hell uses a sight on a shotgun? DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:55:31 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: retraction test ? was Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <002a01c0178c$6883c3e0$7b87aec7@com> A Bf-10-thingie!!!!! DB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Solinski" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 8:32 PM Subject: retraction test ? was Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas > OK I'll ot bite. What 1:1 has a retracting tailwheel? > Tom S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David C. Fletcher > To: Multiple recipients of list > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas > > > > John Glaser wrote: > > > > "How's everyone else spending Labor Day?" > > > > Just completely redid the tailwheel retraction and extension mechanism > > on my 1:1 scale aeroplane. The retraction test was successful, so now I > > get to do an air test... That puts modelling on the back burner for a > > while! > > > > Dave Fletcher > > -- > > Visit us at our Home Page: > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:12:40 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas Message-ID: <005501c0178f$1ce4e920$7b87aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Flake" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:29 PM Subject: Re: Things To Do On a HOT Day in Texas > Well, I got y'all beat. We peaked at 111F today, fifth hotest day ever > in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. > Gee Whiz! Listening to Texans complain about the heat is like listening to Eskimos bitch about how cold the ice is. You guys get a little sun, and no rain for two months, and you start whining about it. It's like another sport to y'all. Look at it this way: it'll give colorful old-timers story-fuel like:' The summer the lake dried up so dusty that the fish wore serapes'. Get over it. If you weren't tough, you wouldn't be Texans. I know, for I have eaten your food. :-D DB (in balmy Birmingham where it'll be 78 deg, cloudy and wet tomorrow) Extra reason to HATE Atlanta, GA: Tomorrow it will be 72 deg there. Damned Atlanta, always got to be uppity and show everyone else up.... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:14:57 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Pensacola model contest, Oct 7 Message-ID: <005601c0178f$1dbf1c80$7b87aec7@com> Is that the Pensacola IPMS show? If so, it's possible! DB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samantha and Bob" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 3:11 AM Subject: Pensacola model contest, Oct 7 > Anyone else going to this show on 7 Oct in Pensacola. We will have a table > there and looking forward to the Naval Av museum and a week on the beach! > > Bob Norgren > Sierra Scale Models > 2010 Douglass Blvd #1 > Louisville KY 40205 > > phone: (502) 451-3745 > > fax; (419) 791-6390 > > email: starfusion@earthlink.net > > visit our website at http://sierrascale.hypermart.net/ > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:13:57 -0500 From: Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: ot: German Titles Message-ID: Howdy! E. claims: >"He who pukes tequilla out of the window of the St.Charles Ave. Streetcar >while wearing a 1950's vintage shiny blue suit at 8:00am on a sunday morning >on the way to the job interview at some rich old jewish lady's mansion" I never knew you were a gigolo! Wow! Cool! That explains the Fokker (ah-ha! OT content) that looks like it was vandalized by Elvis. Besides, that sounds more like an American Indian name: Dances Drunk Seeking Dollars. Later! Brent ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:16:07 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Pensacola model contest, Oct 7 Message-ID: <00e901c01790$5ce031a0$7b87aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Thomas" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 3:25 AM Subject: Re: Pensacola model contest, Oct 7 > > > Samantha and Bob wrote: > > > Anyone else going to this show on 7 Oct in Pensacola. > > Don't know. Is that a 2 day contest? > E. > > If it's the IPMS show, it will be a 1-day show, but likely contestant-judged. DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:21:40 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Voss cowling inquiry Message-ID: <00ea01c01790$5dba6500$7b87aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Pearson" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:29 PM Subject: FW: Voss cowling inquiry > Sorry guys (and gals), I had to forward this from the CCI list. . > > Bob > > ---------- > From: "Ron F." > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Voss cowling inquiry > Date: Tue, Sep 5, 2000, 2:13 pm > > > Hi, > New member to this. > > Just would like to see a general consenus on the color of the cowling of > Voss' tripe in the pictures of it. F1 103/17. > > I can see olive or chromegelb, but nothing else. > > sorry if this has been asked before. > > regards, > Ron You Vant Zee Blintfolt? Zigaretten? DB ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:24:24 -0500 From: "John Glaser" To: Subject: RE: ot: German Titles Message-ID: <001101c01790$6e0fe9c0$8d00000a@jcgws> Ahh. Good old New Orleans. You're making me homesick E! - JG Brent.A.Theobald@seagate.com wrote: > What titles do you suppose E. has earned? Don't even go there. Ok, since you started it, maybe just one; "He who pukes tequilla out of the window of the St.Charles Ave. Streetcar while wearing a 1950's vintage shiny blue suit at 8:00am on a sunday morning on the way to the job interview at some rich old jewish lady's mansion" And that's one I earned in broad daylight. It gets worse after midnight. E. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:25:49 -0500 From: "John Glaser" To: Subject: RE: engine spin Message-ID: <001201c01790$a1039570$8d00000a@jcgws> So *THAT'S* why they drive on the wrong side of the road! (And Shane's toilet flushes backwards) >As far as I know most aircraft >engines turn clockwise (view from the pilots seat) The GENERAL guide here with old engines is British engines turn anti-, US engines turn clockwise, and anything else is a licence built version of one of the above. Check history before applying rudder trim. :-) David ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:35:11 -0700 From: Mike Kavanaugh To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Vegemite Message-ID: <39B59F4F.563B8742@earthlink.net> Shane - Sounds like Vegemite might be useful as a bonding agent or perhaps a modelling putty - - unless it melts plastic. Nah, probably too difficult to sand down after it hardens. Mike K. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:22:07 -0400 From: "cameron rile" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Vegemite Message-ID: <825CED3407384D115AC40005B80A2E33@cameron.prontomail.com> >Next *week* mate. Games start the Saturday after next. My mother won (she still had to pay though) tickets to the opening. Once in a lifetime type thing. Ill be tallying Aussie pool golds against American and Canadian pool golds for the pleasure of the Americans and Canadians in the office I work ;) >it needs to be spread thickly enough to entirely blacken the face of either >a slice of bread or a water cracker. Gormets occassionally add a leaf of >lettuce, for the crunch ;-) As a kid my standard afternoon meal was a Weet-bix covered in Vegemite. For the North Americans on the list, you can order Vegemite and all manner of food stuffs Australian, like Tim-tams, Milo, Fan-tales etc etc from the Australian Catalog Company in North Carolina. Their website stinks, http://www.aussiecatalog.com/index.htm but their paper catalog is ok. It is where I get my periodic Red Cross packages from :) >Getting OT - she only ever flew once in her life, in about 1922, in an >aircraft piloted by one Hudson Fysh. Fysh was a WW1 observer, but better >known to history for the airline he was then in the throes of establishing. If you ever want to publish her story of flying with Hudson Fysh, the AFC website has an articles section which would be perfect for a recollection weaved in with Fysh's establshing QANTAS after an AFC service career. cam AFC - http://members.xoom.com/PointCook/index.htm ______________________________________________________________ Get Your Free E-mail at http://www.prontomail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:28:27 EDT From: K129000@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Vegemite Message-ID: <8.9e439ab.26e6e9ab@aol.com> In a message dated 00-09-05 19:41:56 EDT, you write: << Vegemite >> What exactly is this stuff? A soy product? K-129 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:53:58 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Vegemite Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C716219E3@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Cam, > >Next *week* mate. Games start the Saturday after next. > > My mother won (she still had to pay though) tickets to the > opening. The first tranche of tickets including those for the opening were drawn as a lottery to see who got the chance to buy. Australias share was only about 10,000 tickets so the odds were not great. One of my brothers also scored 4 tickets. Cost him about A$800 of course > Once in a lifetime type > thing. Ill be tallying Aussie pool golds against American and > Canadian pool golds for the > pleasure of the Americans and Canadians in the office I work ;) That'll be sad for the Canadians. Maybe even for the Yanks :-) > As a kid my standard afternoon meal was a Weet-bix covered in > Vegemite. Urgh. What, no milk? > If you ever want to publish her story of flying with Hudson > Fysh, the AFC website has an > articles section which would be perfect for a recollection > weaved in with Fysh's establshing > QANTAS after an AFC service career. I believe I have her talking on tape about it. Took the time to record her on many occassions in the 1980's, and that was one subject I quizzed her on at length. She didn't know/remember it was Hudson Fysh BTW, I gleaned that from a search of newspaper archives "Intrepid Birdman makes flights from Racecourse" sort of thing. 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: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:56:07 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Vegemite Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C716219E4@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Chris asks: > << Vegemite >> > > What exactly is this stuff? A soy product? > Gack. God no. It's made from dead yeast. We have a lot of that left over from beer production. Staple diet mate, beer and vegemite. 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, 5 Sep 2000 21:04:43 EDT From: BStett3770@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Roseplanes' Fokker F.1 set Message-ID: In a message dated 08/15/2000 1:50:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Albatrosdv@aol.com writes: << 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. >> Test shots being cast tomorrow, conversion will include Alps F101,102 & 103 decals plus Voss's face for cowl - keep turned for release date on our web page Keep Modeling Barry Rosemont Hobby www.swiftsite.com/rosemonthobby ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:13:38 -0400 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: German Titles Message-ID: <008d01c0179f$b0cc6cc0$30f9aec7@default> > (At this point I have met 9 Nobel Laureates, with one of them being the > double Laureate, Linus Pauling. I was fortunate enough to meet Linus Paulng when I was a young man. He beat me soundly in a game of chess. A facinating and friendly person. sp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:17:25 -0500 From: "Charles and Linda Duckworth" To: "ww1FAQ" Subject: Farman HF 20 or HF 22 details Message-ID: <010701c017a0$48410200$102c57d8@cnlduckwor> Am looking at building a Henry Farman HF 20 from the ICM Muromet wings and horizonal tail with wheels, struts and 80 hp Gnome from the Pyro Boxkite. Have the plans from the FMP scaled up to 1/48th. 3/4 views of the front of this aircraft aren't a problem but I can't seem to find anything that shows how the engine was mounted to the rear of the nacelle. Does anyone on the list have shots of this aircraft in the Paris La Grande Galerie museum they'd be willing to scan or are their any diagrams around that show more details than the Harleyford book or the FMP French book? Thanks, Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 20:11:03 -0500 From: huggins1@swbell.net (John Huggins) To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Albatros DIII Message-ID: OK Listies, I want to do a DIII and have the choice of doing a Revell kit or using a Eduard DV and backdating it. Looking at the datafile special, it lists a change in the control wire runs, wheel axile and a slight reshaping of the fuselage. In the real scale of real modelers (1/72) can anyone think of any other changes besides the wheel axile and control wires. I can't see the change in the fuselage shape. The Eduard and Revell fuselage halves mate up except got the lower wing attachment area/ Let me know what you think. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:23:45 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Albatros DIII Message-ID: <99.9c5dd69.26e6f6a1@aol.com> In a message dated 9/5/00 8:21:49 PM EST, huggins1@swbell.net writes: << I can't see the change in the fuselage shape. The Eduard and Revell fuselage halves mate up except got the lower wing attachment area/ >> There is a huge difference in shape between the D.III and D.V, IMHO, too much of a difference for you to be able to backdate a D.V - you would have an easier time scratchbuilding it. Since I think there are now some 1/72 D.III kits available, that would be the way to go. TC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:26:24 EDT From: MAnde72343@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Albatros DIII Message-ID: <96.942ef6d.26e6f740@aol.com> In a message dated 9/5/00 8:21:59 PM Central Daylight Time, huggins1@swbell.net writes: > > Isn't the Pegasus DIII still available? A nice kit can be made from the Revell, the fuselage is larger on the DIII due to slab sides and 'square' edges, backdating the DV would be an atrocity. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:27:25 -0600 From: "Dale Beamish" To: Subject: Re: Albatros DIII Message-ID: <017501c017a1$9ee73560$dc2eb8a1@darcy> John , > I want to do a DIII and have the choice of doing a Revell kit or > using a Eduard DV and backdating it. Looking at the datafile > special, it lists a change in the control wire runs, wheel axile and > a slight reshaping of the fuselage. In the real scale of real > modelers (1/72) can anyone think of any other changes besides the > wheel axile and control wires. I can't see the change in the > fuselage shape. Not sure if there would be a difference in that other scale ... would there Matt? In the "proper" scale they are completely different animals the DIII and the DV. Big difference! The DIII has flat sides and the DV is completely oval. Dale ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:29:47 -0600 From: "Dale Beamish" To: Subject: Re: Albatros DIII Message-ID: <017d01c017a1$f322ede0$dc2eb8a1@darcy> Mind you in that "Other" scale one pass down the side with a sanding stick and it would be done! LOL Sorry couldn't help myself ..... Dale ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:31:02 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Albatros DIII Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C716219E5@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> John, > I want to do a DIII and have the choice of doing a Revell kit or > using a Eduard DV and backdating it. Looking at the datafile > special, it lists a change in the control wire runs, wheel axile and > a slight reshaping of the fuselage. The fuselage is actually a pretty big change. On the D.I to D.III the sides are *flat* from the "panel lines" you see about 1/6 of the depth up and down from the fuselage outline. The lower wings fit under this area (on the curved fuselage bottom) and are faired front and rear - on the D.V they aren't faired. In the real scale of real > modelers (1/72) can anyone think of any other changes besides the > wheel axile and control wires. I can't see the change in the > fuselage shape. The Eduard and Revell fuselage halves mate up except > got the lower wing attachment area/ Is the Revell really a D.III ? I have an idea it's a D.*something* mixup, but I'm not expert in teeny scale kitology 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 ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2615 **********************