WWI Digest 2665 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: ot olympic query by Shane Weier 2) Another done by "Matthew Bittner" 3) RE: Average Age? by Shane Weier 4) Re: Oberursel Ur II production Questions(s) by skarver@banet.net 5) Re: Polish translation help by Zulis@aol.com 6) RE: (ot) question by Shane Weier 7) RE: (ot) question by Shane Weier 8) RE: Oberursel Ur II production Questions(s) by "Gaston Graf" 9) Dennis' models by JVT7532@aol.com 10) OT movie recommendation by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 11) Re: Sanding vacs - not! by "DAVID BURKE" 12) Re: Average Age? by "DAVID BURKE" 13) SPAD A.2 Question by "DAVID BURKE" 14) Tele-fetubies by "DAVID BURKE" 15) Re: OT movie recommendation by Ernest Thomas 16) The Final Bits on the DH2 by "DAVID BURKE" 17) Re: SPAD A.2 Question by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 18) Re: Tele-fetubies by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 19) Re: The Final Bits on the DH2 by TomTheAeronut@aol.com 20) Re: "High in the Empty Blue" $14.98 by Ernest Thomas 21) Re: "High in the Empty Blue" $14.98 by "Dale Beamish" 22) Re: Web site update by Dennis Ugulano 23) Thanks and a request by Dennis Ugulano 24) Re: Web site update by Dennis Ugulano 25) Re: Web site update by "Richard Eaton" 26) Candice at Old Rheinbeck by "Candice Uhlir" 27) Re: Web site update by Lee Mensinger 28) Re: Thanks and a request by KarrArt@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 07:10:19 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: ot olympic query Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C71621A70@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Bob, > To the Aussies on the list. . just what the #$%^&*() is your > olympic logo > supposed to represent? It has been driving me crazy This is (of course) the idea. Once we have the opposition attention on the symbol, we nip in and hie off with the gold. Good convict idea ! > trying to figure it out > . looks like a stylized bird made from boomerangs. You have the boomerang bit right. It's a runner carrying a smoking torch, with the "smoke" being formed in the profile of a fairly well known Sydney landmark And *way* ot 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: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:45:53 -0500 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Another done Message-ID: <200009242145.OAA27758@harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Thanks to a couple of listee's, but latest - a Hawkeye Fokker Dr.I - is finished and on the shelf. Once I receive the other two company's Tripes, all three will appear on a channel near you. ;-) Matt Bittner nb: Off Topic to clear my head nu: Two more Dr.I's, and a couple of HB D.I's fdtr: Need to finish up one (or more) of the Roseplane French/US birds... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 07:54:41 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: Average Age? Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C71621A72@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Tom S says: > 42!! > > THE Answer to life, the universe, EVERYTHING!! > > No wonder this list is so informative! > > Tom Solinski > a paunchy but proud 45! Mmmm. I was exactly the list average last year, which makes me, ummm, 43 and a bit now. And I passed "paunchy" around about 40 :-( Shane (Now struggling with eyesight which is rapidly worsening, and with it my modelling skills. Oh well, that must be what all those magnifier things are for, and since my right eye doesn't work anyway, I only have to buy half as many of them !) ********************************************************************** 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: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:53:41 -0400 From: skarver@banet.net To: Subject: Re: Oberursel Ur II production Questions(s) Message-ID: <00b701c02669$8702c0a0$16fe6520@stephen> Gaston, you write | You seemingly doubt my information. I only can tell you what I wrote down | for you from a book. If it is accurate or not is something only the author | knows. Maybe I should refrain from giving information from other than the | books known in the English speaking part of the planet if it is doubted | anyway? | | If you're in doubt, Stef, why not travelling to Amsterdam for a visit at the | Fokker archives ;o). I am shocked, my friend, that you should, seemingly, prickle on being asked for the source of the information!; since I know the lengths to which you have in your own life tested the limits of authority! ;o) As you are well aware with respect to the Voss 'matter' (I won't say that bad word c**l, as it is verboten on the List, as are those two color words br**n and y****w), I no longer accept unsupported statements even of the supposed experts. I am, however, glad that I asked not only for myself but the education of List members, since you have let us all know that there is another interesting volume on OT subject matter out there. And so the answer to your question about citing such sources is a definite, please continue to do so. In fact, I wonder whether you can tell more about this particular volume. (Indeed, now everyone who isn't interested in the 'matter' can please tune away: What does Herr Kranzhoff say 103/17 was engined with, which is actually the question that lay behind all this interest in Oberursels and Le Rhones? Not that I haven't learned some things--and perhaps you as well--in having hid my motive in the first place!) So, how far are the Grafs from the Fokker Works anyway? I don't eat big American breakfasts, so you won't have to worry about that. Thanks for the offer to help with my research. ;o). Best regards, Stef ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 18:01:07 EDT From: Zulis@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Polish translation help Message-ID: << malowanie poklad - naturalne drewno kadlub, nadbudowki - jasnoszroniebieski malowanie: bialy - kadlub, nadbudowki Piaskowo zolty kominy z czarnym passem bialy - nadbudowki, szalupy zolty - kominy bez gomej czesci czarny - burty, gorne czesci kominow kadlub jesnoszaroniebieski gorne czesc kominow - czarna poklad - braz calosc szary >> Heck - I thought the server was scrambling SPAM again. :-) Now I know what latvian must look like to the uninitiated. DZ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:03:40 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: (ot) question Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C71621A73@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Merrill > I agree, and am surprised, how an Olympics hosted by > Australia, home of the > world's most enthusiastic sports fans, could be dull, is weird. > The Olympics isn't dull, your coverage is dull. And as an Aussie proud of how well it's running, and hopefull that the coverage will sell my country to the worlds viewers I think that stinks. I have a cousin currently in NY who called home in tears a week ago because the opening ceremony *replay* had been cut to 30 minutes leaving what she called "a disjointed joke". FWIW ever snce the advent of satellites Australia has seen *every* Olympics live on TV (mostly after midnight!), but for some reason US fans aren't thought smart enough (or keen enough) to set an alarm and get up at night. Amazing 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: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:13:04 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu'" Subject: RE: (ot) question Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C71621A74@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Otis, > > ps - on the positive side, watching the olympics and the people of > > Australia, > > I think I have found my second-favorite country in the world.... > > > My daughter now wants to take her senior trip to Australia. > Sure, only if I get to chaperone. > She needs to visit Brisbane - so that I can discuss WW1 models with the chaperone 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: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:53:21 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: Oberursel Ur II production Questions(s) Message-ID: Hi again Stef (last time for tonight - need a nap), > > I am shocked, my friend, that you should, seemingly, prickle on > being asked > for the source of the information!; since I know the lengths to which you > have in your own life tested the limits of authority! No problems with that but I sometimes get the impression that info from other sources than Imrie and/or Rimell aren't taken for serious in the English speaking world. Also it takes a lot of time to answer questions sometimes, especially when I am reading in books to provide correct information so I try to keep it as short as possible (mostly). > As you are well aware with respect to the Voss 'matter' (I won't say that > bad word c**l, as it is verboten on the List, as are those two color words > br**n and y****w), I no longer accept unsupported statements even of the > supposed experts. You mean that yellow cowling which was painted olive? Why don't ya type in the lettas, dude? Is yo keyboard partially broken? :oP > > I am, however, glad that I asked not only for myself but the education of > List members, since you have let us all know that there is another > interesting volume on OT subject matter out there. And so the answer to > your question about citing such sources is a definite, please > continue to do > so. In fact, I wonder whether you can tell more about this particular > volume. (Indeed, now everyone who isn't interested in the 'matter' can > please tune away: What does Herr Kranzhoff say 103/17 was engined with, > which is actually the question that lay behind all this interest in > Oberursels and Le Rhones? Not that I haven't learned some things--and > perhaps you as well--in having hid my motive in the first place!) Pfffff.......donno what color the engine of 103/17 was painted. Perhaps it was olive with yellow spark plugs? Will see what Kranzhoff says about that. > > So, how far are the Grafs from the Fokker Works anyway? Donno - was never there. But the Dutch flatlands can't be much far because the Dutch ride their bikes (they call 'em FIETZ) accross our country :o). Amsterdam must be about 4-5 hours to drive I suppose (at about 75mph). I don't eat big > American breakfasts, so you won't have to worry about that. Bring some bagels when you come! My wife is nuts for bagels, except but for the cinnamon bagels. She hates cinnamon like we hate broken plastic struts. Auf Wiedersehen, Kamerad ;o)! Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:44:43 EDT From: JVT7532@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Dennis' models Message-ID: <5f.adbf387.26ffebeb@aol.com> In a message dated 9/24/2000 4:18:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu writes: << Just a note to say the Voisin and Nieuport 16c photos have been upgraded to digital shots. I am very pleased with the results of the Voisin shots. >> Dennis, your models always amaze me and now your photogaphy is showing them even better, you sure give a person something to shoot for. When I see what can be done with that box of plastic parts sitting on my shelf I cannot wait to tear into it and try to do as well as you. Best regards, Jon Jon V. Theisen 7532 Lawndale Ave. Phila., PA 19111-2706 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:06:35 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: OT movie recommendation Message-ID: <49.1353347.26fff10b@aol.com> I just happened to catch a very delightful little movie here on one of the local TV stations, that I wanted to pass on to you all: "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain", the story of how a Welsh village in 1918 took control of one of the few things about their life during the war that they had any power over - whether Ffryn Garw (pr: Faron Garrow) Mountain would remain such after it was found to be only 984 ft high, with the minimum requirement for designation as a mountain being a height of 1,000 feet. The writer-director is the grandson of the pub owner (played by Colm Meaney) who came up with the plane and organized the effort. I remember the movie played here to an empty theater for about a week back in 1995, and it likely sits unnoticed on your local video store shelf, so check it out and have a look. It's good. TC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:33:30 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Sanding vacs - not! Message-ID: <01d701c0268c$39fe06c0$6581aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tomasz Gronczewski" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 4:58 AM Subject: RE: Sanding vacs - not! > >> I heartily recommend scraping instead. > > Good God! Thank you for the tip Sandy!!!! > > Tomasz > > (who is returning to vacs now) > Hi Tomasz, When I do vacs, I usually do both techniques: scraping and sanding. I do the heavy work with a single-edge razor blade, and then I use my use my plexi to do the fine edges. I recommend epoxying 2 sheets of plexi, about 18 inches square, back to back, so they are more rigid. Also, I have epoxied #100 dry sandpaper on one side, and a sheet of #220 wet and dry paper on the other so I can get a really nice edge. I also do the masking tape handles - I used to CA the parts to my fingertips for control, but it added to the cleanup time for the parts, and never worked too well. I love vacs. You can get such a good result with them, they are more challenging, and you can do alot of obscure aircraft that you'd never find injection molded. And I like to scratchbuild, so I have fun with the interior. However, I can recommend most highly the Koster vac-form kits to anyone who wants to try vacuform. Dynavector and Aeroclub vacs are extremely nice too. They are also all multi-media for the most part, and have nice white metal and PE fiddly bits that you can really detail up. And the sense of accomplishment that one feels is really good when you end up with a nice model. You learn new skills and techniques too, and I freely admit that alot of time, I'm just making up stuff as I go along when I do vacs: I have no real set procedure for 'em and although all of the companies' kits I mentioned come with good directions and diagrams, one needs to be a bit more creative IMHO. But it's something that anyone can do. DB ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:36:00 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Average Age? Message-ID: <01d801c0268c$3ae90300$6581aec7@com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Hunter" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 10:36 AM Subject: RE: Average Age? > < So, > Later! Brent>> > > 37 by the calander, but I still play with toys (at least thats what the > little woman calls them) ;-) > GH > 33 here, but somebody told me this weekend they thought I was 40. Hmmm. Must be all this easy living. DB ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:04:43 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: SPAD A.2 Question Message-ID: <01f401c0268d$43340220$6581aec7@com> Hi Guys, Does anybody know what the 'pulpit' on the SPAD A.2 was made from? Any interior color ideas? I figured the cockpit would be wood. DB ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:08:42 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Tele-fetubies Message-ID: <01f501c0268d$44050dc0$6581aec7@com> Hi All, I got my FE2b kit and went and cleaned up the parts on it. I was wondering if there were any really good drawings or pics around of the gunner's compartment. I have the Datafile, but I would like more info. I think that it would look neat next to my nearly-finished DH2.I'm happy that if I do the one with the kit markings, I'll only have to carve a 2-blade prop instead of 4! DB ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:31:54 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: OT movie recommendation Message-ID: <39CEAB08.BC82600A@bellsouth.net> TomTheAeronut@aol.com wrote: > I just happened to catch a very delightful little movie here on one of the > local TV stations, that I wanted to pass on to you all: "The Englishman Who > Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain", I agree with Tom here. I rented this movie a few years ago and found it to be a charming little movie. Wouldn't really call it OT, but is was a charming, funny, entertaining movie all the same. I think the reason it played to empty theatres is that it came out right around when the star, whose name I can't recall at the moment. got caught with the ugly prostitute, which didn't bother me at all except for the fact that he was dating 'Fabulous Babe' Elizabeth Hurley at the time. E. Btw, to all those guys who wanted to buy stuff from my disposal list, Sorry, but I've been very busy with real life. But I just rounded up some boxes today and will start getting this stuff ready to be shipped out. Mucho sorry for the delay. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:35:12 -0500 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: The Final Bits on the DH2 Message-ID: <01fc01c02690$da8577a0$6581aec7@com> Hi Gang, Well, the DH2 got worked on this weekend while I was up in Robinson, IL, taking my mother up for her 45th High School Reunion. Her eyes are going bad, so I drove her up there, after meeting her at the airport in Nashville. If I run on, or have typos, it is because I just got back from Robinson, having left there this AM, taking Mom back to Nashville airport, then head to Birmingham, and the weather was rotten for most of the way. BTW, if any of you head near Robinson, they have a neat little military museum next to the VFW Hall, and it even has what looks like an American-made Hotchkiss-looking machine gun! Even has an atomic warhead there too! I'm gonna donate a good amount of my model collection to them too. Y'know, there aren't too many model kits there - it's a small rural town (if any of you like Heath candy bars, it's where they're made). I didn't see any kits in any stores I went to - so keeping that in mind, I'll also give them a healthy lot of WWI subjects - maybe I can infect them! In the Crawford County museum just north of Robinson, they have all sorts of neat stuff including some uniforms. One was worn by an Aviator in WWI by a possible relative. And while I was there, I got some Xeroxes of some Civil War paperwork and a letter from my Great-Great Grandfather Biggs. And I cleaned up the parts for my F.E.2b and Spad A.2 and did most of the repairs and re-rigging of my DH2. I also got to see some relatives, and friends so close to the family that they are more than family. Sad thing is that they won't be around for too much longer. Lots of good people in the Midwest U.S. Sometimes I agree with my Mom that I wish that I would have grown up in a place like that instead of New Orleans. It's not truly Mayberry R.F.D., but there are extended families, and lots of folks who know just about everyone else. Then again, in New Orleans, it's kinda that way too. And if I woulda met Ernie if I was from rural Illinois, he probably would have figured me for some plow-boy ham-and-egger instead of recognizing me for the true genius I am. Back to the DH2, I wanted to get some info: the plates at the roots of the booms on the wings. On the underside, would they have been painted to match the CDL, would they have been painted PC-10 (the color of the wing uppers) or the grey that metal and wood parts were painted on British A/C? Also, I have a question about the roundel red that is printed on the Blue Max decal sheet: is it really that orange? It looks more like a tomato red. I hope that the decals are right - otherwise I'll have to snap off the rudder and re-do it! TIA DB ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:41:29 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: SPAD A.2 Question Message-ID: In a message dated 9/24/00 8:12:09 PM EST, dora9@sprynet.com writes: << Hi Guys, Does anybody know what the 'pulpit' on the SPAD A.2 was made from? Any interior color ideas? I figured the cockpit would be wood. >> Wood, most likely - that's how I did mine. Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:42:42 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Tele-fetubies Message-ID: <41.13c67fd.27000792@aol.com> In a message dated 9/24/00 8:12:45 PM EST, dora9@sprynet.com writes: << I have the Datafile, but I would like more info. >> Truth be told, there's not that much in the front cockpit of a Fee. TC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:48:55 EDT From: TomTheAeronut@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: The Final Bits on the DH2 Message-ID: In a message dated 9/24/00 8:38:02 PM EST, dora9@sprynet.com writes: << Also, I have a question about the roundel red that is printed on the Blue Max decal sheet: is it really that orange? It looks more like a tomato red. I hope that the decals are right - otherwise I'll have to snap off the rudder and re-do it! >> A suggestion for decals on the D.H.2: Get the SMER kit of the D.H.2 in the new box, and use those decals - the colors are right and the sizes are right, with the BM decals are not. The BM roundels are good if you are going to do McCudden's S.e.5a and want to get it right that they didn't have white outer rings on that airplane. That's what I did for both. HTH TC ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:06:34 -0500 From: Ernest Thomas To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: "High in the Empty Blue" $14.98 Message-ID: <39CEB329.6B3B9B09@bellsouth.net> Courtney Allen wrote: > Ernest, > > Just a quick note to let you know your book went out Friday. Sorry for the > delay. No problem. Glad to see I'm not the only one who's slow to mail out stuff. (Dale, your Halberstadt is still sitting here next to the PC. Sorry.) E. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:16:23 -0600 From: "Dale Beamish" To: Subject: Re: "High in the Empty Blue" $14.98 Message-ID: <008d01c02696$b516e3e0$9b2cb8a1@darcy> > No problem. Glad to see I'm not the only one who's slow to mail out stuff. > (Dale, your Halberstadt is still sitting here next to the PC. Sorry.) For shame. Dale ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:13:40 -0400 From: Dennis Ugulano To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Web site update Message-ID: <200009242313_MC2-B489-191F@compuserve.com> Mike K, >> BTW, I made copies of your Voisin so when I attempt it, at least I'll know what it is supposed to look like. Great detail on the gun and ammo! << Thank you. When you get ready to build yours, let me know and I will help you through the minefields. Lovely little kit. It will look nice on your shelf. WOW!!!! The next cook up. (Dennis, fleeing for his life.) Dennis Ugulano email: Uggies@compuserve.com http://members.xoom.com/Uggies/dju.htm Page Revised 9/24/00 "Each modeler will rise to their own level of masochism." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:13:37 -0400 From: Dennis Ugulano To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Thanks and a request Message-ID: <200009242313_MC2-B489-191C@compuserve.com> Everyone, Thanks for all for the kind words about the Voisin. I really enjoyed building it and I'm pleased that I can show off the excellent detail of the kit. There are a few minefields that one has to avoid but, all in all, I recommend the kit even with its design flaws. The only other things is to scratch build. Which brings me to my request. Neat segue into the question, eh? As most of you know, I build strange or "one of models" and one has intrigued me for years. That is the Fokker V.8 the experimental Quintuplane of 1917. All I have is a side shot in my only Harleyford book. Can any of you learned persons on this list provide me with measurements of this strange bird? For those who don't know, it is a Fokker Tri plane, bi plane. All I know is he built one but I don't have a clue if it flew. The photo I have shows someone sitting in the cockpit. I guess he drew the short straw. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Dennis Ugulano email: Uggies@compuserve.com http://members.xoom.com/Uggies/dju.htm Page Revised 9/24/00 "Each modeler will rise to their own level of masochism." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:13:39 -0400 From: Dennis Ugulano To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Web site update Message-ID: <200009242313_MC2-B489-191E@compuserve.com> Richard, >> I could get to like that camera too:-) << Could Richard? Come on, fess up. Tell the group what you did. And I'm innocent. Dennis Ugulano email: Uggies@compuserve.com http://members.xoom.com/Uggies/dju.htm Page Revised 9/24/00 "Each modeler will rise to their own level of masochism." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:50:17 -0500 From: "Richard Eaton" To: Subject: Re: Web site update Message-ID: <001301c026a3$b81e6ba0$71091b18@austin.rr.com> Well, I am in the process of going digital as many of us are. I went ahead and got a Canon 950 that is oddly simular to the camera that Dennis is mastering. I'm in the early phases of getting comfortable with it. Top notch camera. Regards, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Ugulano" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Web site update > Richard, > > >> I could get to like that camera too:-) << > > Could Richard? Come on, fess up. Tell the group what you did. > And I'm innocent. > > Dennis Ugulano > email: Uggies@compuserve.com > http://members.xoom.com/Uggies/dju.htm > Page Revised 9/24/00 > "Each modeler will rise to their own level of masochism." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 03:52:30 GMT From: "Candice Uhlir" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Candice at Old Rheinbeck Message-ID: I took the advice of a list member and drove to Old Rheinbeck in NYS on thursday. Wow!! What a most cool place. I ended up hanging with Ken Cressen, the full time AP, and got a detailed tour behind the ropes of the aircraft on the field. Especially cool was that he gave me a detailed tour of the high compression 6 cyl Mercedes in their Fokker D7. I was in OT heaven....it doesn't get much better than probing in back of a Le Rhone and touching castor oil. If you guys get a chance to get out near Kingston, NY (about 90 miles north of NYC) you won't regret a visit to Old Rheinbeck. Candice _________________________________________________________________________ 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: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:04:52 -0500 From: Lee Mensinger To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu, lemen@x25.net Subject: Re: Web site update Message-ID: <39CECEE4.10B07A4@x25.net> Richard. Isn't that really a Nikon 950? I have a Nikon 990. Super fine cameras. Both of them. Lee.M Richard Eaton wrote: > Well, I am in the process of going digital as many of us are. > I went ahead and got a Canon 950 that is oddly simular to the > camera that Dennis is mastering. I'm in the early phases > of getting comfortable with it. Top notch camera. > > Regards, > Richard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Ugulano" > To: "Multiple recipients of list" > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 10:23 PM > Subject: Re: Web site update > > > Richard, > > > > >> I could get to like that camera too:-) << > > > > Could Richard? Come on, fess up. Tell the group what you did. > > And I'm innocent. > > > > Dennis Ugulano > > email: Uggies@compuserve.com > > http://members.xoom.com/Uggies/dju.htm > > Page Revised 9/24/00 > > "Each modeler will rise to their own level of masochism." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:03:53 EDT From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Thanks and a request Message-ID: <17.b67ef3b.270028a9@aol.com> In a message dated 9/24/00 8:19:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Uggies@compuserve.com writes: << As most of you know, I build strange or "one of models" and one has intrigued me for years. That is the Fokker V.8 the experimental Quintuplane of 1917. All I have is a side shot in my only Harleyford book. Can any of you learned persons on this list provide me with measurements of this strange bird? >> Funny you should ask......I've had everything pulled on this one for a couple of months. The ONLY photo I've ever seen is that ONE. WW I Aero published some drawings a few years ago, but they were woefully screwy- wrong number of ribs; wrong resolution to the upper rear wings. Grosz published a Fokker company chart that gave some basic dimensions. I'll have to go root around in that stack. My only inspiration to build this thing is that it neatly solves what to do with those old SMER Merit/Auroras. The wings are just about perfect for 1/48. For 1/72, I don't know what one would use, because the wings were based on another Fokker prototype- a larger inline powered triplane than the ol' familiar one. RK ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2665 **********************