WWI Digest 3116 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Modeling Penance by Karen Rychlewski 2) Re: Giants Cookup by RadspadMike@netscape.net 3) Re: All OT or some ot ?? by "David C. Fletcher" 4) Re: Miscellanious Questions by RadspadMike@netscape.net 5) Re: Modeling Penance by "Hans Trauner" 6) Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance by "Matt Bittner" 7) Re: All OT or some ot ?? by Mark Vaughan-Jackson 8) Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by "Matt Bittner" 9) Re: Orlando Area Hobby Shops by "Brian Nicklas" 10) Re: Giants Cookup by Witold Kozakiewicz 11) Re: Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance by Karen Rychlewski 12) RE: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by "dfernet0" 13) Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by Karen Rychlewski 14) Staaken to swap was:Re: Giants Cookup by "Hans Trauner" 15) Re: Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance by "Hans Trauner" 16) Zeitenlick by fedders 17) Re: All OT or some ot ?? by "Bob Pearson" 18) RE: Diorama Supplies by "Gaston Graf" 19) Re: Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance by Karen Rychlewski 20) RE: site by "Gaston Graf" 21) The 1917 German edition of "The Red Air Fighter"... by "Gaston Graf" 22) Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by "Bob Pearson" 23) RE: Need spare albatros decal by Brent Theobald 24) Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by Todd Hayes 25) Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by "Jim Landon" 26) Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by "Matt Bittner" 27) Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by "Matt Bittner" 28) RE: Zeitenlick by "Gaston Graf" 29) difference between rotaries by "dfernet0" 30) RE: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon by "dfernet0" 31) RE: All OT or some ot ?? by "Gaston Graf" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:27:36 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Modeling Penance Message-ID: <3A954C08.F64F8E36@earthlink.net> Thanks for the compliment, Hans FWIW, I decided to get back into building by doing a 1/35 Polish armored car, something called a Wz. 34 and spent yesterday afternoon removing the driver's door so I can scratchbuild the interior. Thought I'd try something that didn't require any struts, so now I'm cutting floorboards from balsa and building mufflers... Karen Hans Trauner wrote: > > But I found there is also a more serious aspect, and beware! This is a very > personal aspect, but maybe some guys on the WWI scene have met those > F4/U4/U1-R1-boys also and found them a little bit boring and nitpicking, as > I did sometimes. I know, I know, never blame a modelbuilder comrade, but I > can't resist. Maybe these P-% and Bf10X/U4-R1-collegues found me somehow > arrogant showing my 'I-have-to-scratch-many- > parts-myself-and-rigging-is-not-so-complicate-as-it-looks'-models. I often > found WWI-model-builders has a more open mind, are used to use their own > head, make their own thoughts and are normally not fixated to their theme. > Take a look at Karen's bio! Only a broad interest can lead you to learn > things and accepts other opinions. > > Uuuf...hard stuff, and it stretched my english near to the end! > > Hans ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:39:51 -0500 From: RadspadMike@netscape.net To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Giants Cookup Message-ID: <2892C29B.4F75FB20.3E0364A1@netscape.net> Sounds great, Dave. Everyone loves a volunteer. I'm sure you will regret it but won't publicly admit it. :-) Thanks for the offer. Mike K. wwi@wwi-models.org wrote: > > > Ok group, here's a proposal. > > We have an ongoing Giants project, rather than a Cookup, which enables members > to drop in and out of the project as time permits. > > The project will just be about modelling the Giants, and will not cover the > level of background the Cookups have. In effect, it will just be a place to > showcase and encourage modelling the larger WW1 subjects. We can put 'in > progress' shots of stuff being built. > > Now, here comes the part I may regret !! I'd be prepared to have a go at > setting up and maintaining the site. I've been playing with web design, and > would give it a go if the list are willing !! > > Whatdya think ? > > Dave > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:49:26 -0800 From: "David C. Fletcher" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: All OT or some ot ?? Message-ID: <3A955126.2050301@mars.ark.com> David Fleming wrote: "how many list members were OT only modellers, or how many dabble in 'other' areas ?" This is a hobby and I build whatever I feel like building! I generally prefer propellers and I like unusual aircraft or interesting paint schemes. I do have half a dozen North American NA-16 derivatives sitting on a shelf above the computer since I wrote the reference book - finally a reference I can trust ;-) My favourite aircraft generally happens to be what I am working on at the time. I immerse myself in references for that machine and find out what it was like to fly, its history and its successes or failures. The short answer is, "I don't limit myself to one war". Dave Fletcher -- Visit us at our Home Page: ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:51:01 -0500 From: RadspadMike@netscape.net To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Miscellanious Questions Message-ID: <60944B3E.59239A87.3E0364A1@netscape.net> Evan, I suggest that you look into ordering the lozenge decals yourself from the source, such as, Copper State Models, Americals, Pegasus,et al. Their service is reasonably fast and the product quality is very good. HTH, Mike K. wwi@wwi-models.org wrote: > > Hey David, > > > >     As to your Fokker D.VII question: the earliest Fokker D.VIIs were > >finished in standard Fokker streaking similar to the Dr.1. > > So does this mean that the entire aircraft was the streaky colour, including > the wings? What colour were the undersides? > The reason that I am so curious is due to the fact that I can't get any > lozenge decals locally. My hobby shop, CLH, has ordered the things for me, > but the supplier says that they are back ordered from the manufacturer and > has no idea when they will come in. My first OT kit was the Monogram D.VII > and I am at the stage where I want to finish it so I can start my Eduard > Albatross D. V. Since I don't have any lozenge available, I have to paint it > some other scheme. I like the streaked fabric look, and it sould make for an > interesting aircraft. I've never seen one done in this "pattern". > > Regards, > > Evan. > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 18:58:45 +0100 From: "Hans Trauner" To: Subject: Re: Modeling Penance Message-ID: <011b01c09cf9$19e4f900$4aa272d4@custom-pc> Thought I'd try something that didn't >require any struts, so now I'm cutting floorboards from balsa and building >mufflers... > Karen. it's nothing less than AMS. Don't care about. Some years ago I built a 1/250 scale model of King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein Castle to avoid measuring struts and making my own decals and looking for references and discuss colour schemes. Do you know how this story ends? I had correspondence with the Bavarian State Office, the Bayerische Schloesser- und Seenverwaltung to get exact plans for the castle. And I made a trip to Fuessen to get the colours right...... Hans ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:02:33 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance Message-ID: <200102221802.KAA26291@scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:36:40 -0500 (EST), Karen Rychlewski wrote: > FWIW, I decided to get back into building by doing a 1/35 Polish armored car, > something called a Wz. 34 and spent yesterday afternoon removing the driver's > door so I can scratchbuild the interior. Thought I'd try something that didn't > require any struts, so now I'm cutting floorboards from balsa and building > mufflers... Excellent! Although it's in the wrong scale ;-) we need more ground subjects, in and around the WW1 time frame. Looks like Internet Modeler will have all four Modelkrak WW1 Russian armored cars on it. Cool. Now if Mk would only produce more... Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:41:01 +0100 From: Mark Vaughan-Jackson To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: All OT or some ot ?? Message-ID: I'm with Dave Fletcher. . .I'm not fussy I'll build just about anything. . .and (when I finish) I still respect myself in the morning. That being said I'm divesting myself of jets with a few notable exceptions (BAC Lighing in 48th DH Sea Venom on 32nd). Don't do much armour though I'm up to my elbows in the Emhar Tadpole and soon to start on the RPM FT-17. Enjoy ships and submarines and dabble in sci fi (mainly because I'm a sci fi columnist and feel the need to build what I'm reading about.) I'm also just starting to build Napoleonic figures. As far as aircraft in general, I'll do anything OT just because it's OT. I have a soft spot for golden age racers and interesting WWII subjects. As a rule I pick planes that have an aesthetic appeal - ones that are either inherantly beautiful or so pug ugly that they're endearing. Weirder the better. Cars I don't do. . .one must draw the line somewhere MVJ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:22:01 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <200102221822.KAA12603@avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net> It's scary, but I've been thinking. The thought process comes when I'm wishing that someone would produce decals of the French Escadrille emblems. It's not enough to know what the Escadrille emblem looked like. What is needed is to collect in one spot photos of aircraft showing these emblems so one can get a proper aspect of size. I think this would be a great idea for a book. Try to show as many examples as possible of each Escadrille, and couple it with Bob Pearson profiles and a cover by RK. Hmmm... Matt Bittner nb: about to put the upper wing on the HD.3 nu: after a couple of off topics, two Fokker Dr.I's - one by Eduard and one by Roden ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:23:45 -0500 From: "Brian Nicklas" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Orlando Area Hobby Shops Message-ID: When I lived in Daytona we used to stop in at Colonial Photo and Hobby in downtown Orlando. I think they are still there. There is a newer shop out near the airport - but he is heavily RC rather than static. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:30:27 +0100 From: Witold Kozakiewicz To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Giants Cookup Message-ID: <3A955AC3.D0DBC310@bg.am.lodz.pl> David Fleming napisa³(a): > > Ok group, here's a proposal. .... > Whatdya think ? Interesting idea. I would join it. -- Witold Kozakiewicz ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:27:01 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance Message-ID: <3A9559F4.60F5CA85@earthlink.net> Matt Bittner wrote: > Excellent! Although it's in the wrong scale ;-) we need more ground > subjects, in and around the WW1 time frame. Some years ago, I bought a few plastic and cast metal railroad items like a 1915 Ford fire truck and a 1914 Diamond T tow truck with thoughts that they might work in dioramas--'course they're in HO scale, 1/87. I wonder how they would look with 1/72 planes--too obviously smaller?? Karen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:33:54 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <006301c09cfe$02b7cc80$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Matt scare us: > It's scary, but I've been thinking. I command you to desist in such a dangerous vice! > The thought process comes when I'm > wishing that someone would produce decals of the French Escadrille > emblems. Wishing is different. The world moves by the sheer power of desire. > I think this would be a great idea for a book. I knew of certain "project Butterfly" that would be a basis for that. > Try to show as many > examples as possible of each Escadrille, and couple it with Bob Pearson > profiles and a cover by RK. ...a perfect world, if there exist any. I surely be amongst the first to get such a book and decal pack. D. nb (well, after going home tonight): an universal wing placement jig, inspired by the ingenuity of another listee nu: assembling the Albatros D.II (if the jig works!) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:35:36 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <3A955BF7.4A8BFE01@earthlink.net> ...and likewise for Italian and Polish Karen Matt Bittner wrote: > It's scary, but I've been thinking. The thought process comes when I'm > wishing that someone would produce decals of the French Escadrille > emblems. It's not enough to know what the Escadrille emblem looked > like. What is needed is to collect in one spot photos of aircraft > showing these emblems so one can get a proper aspect of size. > > I think this would be a great idea for a book. Try to show as many > examples as possible of each Escadrille, and couple it with Bob Pearson > profiles and a cover by RK. > > Hmmm... > > Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:42:26 +0100 From: "Hans Trauner" To: Subject: Staaken to swap was:Re: Giants Cookup Message-ID: <013c01c09cff$33d403a0$4aa272d4@custom-pc> Hi, the idea for an Giants Cookup is great. When I read that, my mind sprang to my storage facility. There is a 1/72 vac ( Contrail, as far I remember) to make a Zeppelin Staaken R. VI ( R.28 / R.30 or so.). It's a large kit and it's complete. Only the cardboard box suffered from a small leak on my attic where it was stored before. I'll never finish this monster before 2043 A.D. But it was a expensive kit, when I got it in the early eighties (?). Therefore I would like to swap it for my very WWI favourite - the Do D.I in 1/48. Eric has one. Anybody interested? Please contact me off list. Hans hans.trauner@nefkom.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:53:07 +0100 From: "Hans Trauner" To: Subject: Re: Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance Message-ID: <018601c09d00$b1b89a00$4aa272d4@custom-pc> >Some years ago, I bought a few plastic and cast metal railroad items like a 1915 >Ford fire truck and a 1914 Diamond T tow truck with thoughts that they might work >in dioramas--'course they're in HO scale, 1/87. I wonder how they would look with >1/72 planes--too obviously smaller?? Karen, put them in the background. Dioramas in Museums do have perspective (?Oh, my english!), the scales differ from front to back. The Deutsches Museum f.e. does have a Jasta 5 airfield. The Albatroses starts with 1/50 scale in front, the back shows 1/100 scale a/c. The same with the swiss training ground diorama in the Verkehrshaus in Luzern /Switzerland. The Hanriots get smaller, the farer they are. Hans ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:54:43 -0600 (CST) From: fedders To: models models Subject: Zeitenlick Message-ID: HELP, During WWI there was a place called Zeitenlick, that may or may not have the same name now. Does anybody know the location of this place? thanks peter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:44:18 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: All OT or some ot ?? Message-ID: <200102221901.LAA20818@mail.rapidnet.net> Hmm .. since joining the list I have done - 14 figures - 13 1/700 ships - 3 1/400 ships (and 4 started) no aircraft ... but I have done a few hundred profiles, a CD, three books, 8 rear covers for OTF, two OTF articles . . Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:05:43 +0100 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: Diorama Supplies Message-ID: Yep - the source is called THE WORLD! Open your eyes for everything that could be useable for modeling and collect the stuff. happy modeling Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi@wwi-models.org]On Behalf Of Dale > Beamish > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 1:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Diorama Supplies > > > Could anyone suggest some good sources for diorama supplies? > Dale > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:02:23 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Non-aircraft model building, was Re: Modeling Penance Message-ID: <3A95623E.5AFB07E7@earthlink.net> "...twenty years of schooling and they put me on the day shift" Well, duh...of course, Hans--why didn't I think of that? #---->:-o Karen Hans Trauner wrote: > >Some years ago, I bought a few plastic and cast metal railroad items like a > 1915 > >Ford fire truck and a 1914 Diamond T tow truck with thoughts that they > might work > >in dioramas--'course they're in HO scale, 1/87. I wonder how they would > look with > >1/72 planes--too obviously smaller?? > > Karen, > put them in the background. Dioramas in Museums do have perspective (?Oh, my > english!), the scales differ from front to back. The Deutsches Museum f.e. > does have a Jasta 5 airfield. The Albatroses starts with 1/50 scale in > front, the back shows 1/100 scale a/c. The same with the swiss training > ground diorama in the Verkehrshaus in Luzern /Switzerland. The Hanriots get > smaller, the farer they are. > > Hans ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:05:48 +0100 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: site Message-ID: Tom, for the first steps I suggest you to try out MS Frontpage Express which comes with the IE and is free, altough it has some limitations compared to the full version of Frontpage. Then get you a good book about HTML and try out the examples to learn about the code. To examine examples of other webmasters load the page in your browser when online, then rightclick on free place in the window and choose "view source". A Notepad window will open and display the HTML code in text format so you can see what the proper code is. HTML isn't complicated to learn. I basically do the rough work with Frontpage2000 and the finetuning by hand in text format. And I made my first steps with Frontpage Express. Also Netscape offers a HTML editor with their Navigator but I never liked it. happy homepageing ;o) Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi@wwi-models.org]On Behalf Of TOM > PLESHA > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 2:25 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: site > > > Hi- > Anyone care to make suggestions about setting up a site. I'm thinking of > doing so, posting work in progress? and don't know a thing about it. > ATT indicates what it calls "Personal Web Page", has anyone used it? > Oh by the way anyone located in Michigan? > Any suggestions? > thanks > TP > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:05:50 +0100 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: The 1917 German edition of "The Red Air Fighter"... Message-ID: Friends, I received a real treasure today: The original German edition of "Der rote Kampfflieger" from 1917 - the book of Manfred von Richthofen for those who never heard about it. The first owner had added a postcard with a portrait of MvR as well as two interesting newspaper articles about the homecoming of the dead MvR in 1925. I have posted a new entry to my diary of research for all who are interested to read more about the contents of these articles. If you never visited Jasta Boelcke before: Please click on the ACES button in the left frame, then choose MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN. Choose point 2 in the list of stories about MvR at the end of that page. On the diary page choose FEBRUARY to read this months entries. Enjoy! (or tell me what I can do better) ;o) Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:05:56 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <200102221906.LAA21064@mail.rapidnet.net> Matt says .. > It's scary, but I've been thinking. Yes. . that is one to ponder. ... Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:14:53 -0600 From: Brent Theobald To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: Need spare albatros decal Message-ID: <4B9386E83999D411997100508BAF206A79ED8D@stamail.telecom.sna.samsung.com> Hi Sanjeev, I have some original Eduard lozenge that I'll never use (again). Please reply back with you mailing address and I'll pop them into the mail. Later! Brent -----Original Message----- From: Sanjeev Hirve [mailto:shirve@cyberelan.com] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:25 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Need spare albatros decal This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0409_01C09CB9.B67AD540 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, I messed up some of the decal for my eduard 1/48 albatros Dr.1. I need some 5-colour bottom lozenge decal from the eduard kit. I guess any albatros model from eduard would have the same pattern. A piece about 1 inch x wing-chord (1-inch) should be more than = sufficient. If you can spare some, please contact me directly at = shirve@cyberelan.com thanks in advance SSH ------=_NextPart_000_0409_01C09CB9.B67AD540 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_000_0409_01C09CB9.B67AD540-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:21:12 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <20010222192112.3365.qmail@web9007.mail.yahoo.com> Matt, I think the Aircam book on the Spad VII/XIII has quite a few French unit markings. I'll check later today. Todd --- Matt Bittner wrote: > It's scary, but I've been thinking. The thought > process comes when I'm > wishing that someone would produce decals of the > French Escadrille > emblems. It's not enough to know what the > Escadrille emblem looked > like. What is needed is to collect in one spot > photos of aircraft > showing these emblems so one can get a proper aspect > of size. > > I think this would be a great idea for a book. Try > to show as many > examples as possible of each Escadrille, and couple > it with Bob Pearson > profiles and a cover by RK. > > Hmmm... > > > Matt Bittner > nb: about to put the upper wing on the HD.3 > nu: after a couple of off topics, two Fokker Dr.I's > - one by Eduard > and one by Roden > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 19:24:15 From: "Jim Landon" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: Matt said: <> Progress pictures, progress pictures, come on. Especially stuff that will be hard to see/photograph AFTER the top wing is on. Jim Landon (unbuilt HD3 on the shelf) >From: "Matt Bittner" >Reply-To: wwi@wwi-models.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:27:30 -0500 (EST) > >It's scary, but I've been thinking. The thought process comes when I'm >wishing that someone would produce decals of the French Escadrille >emblems. It's not enough to know what the Escadrille emblem looked >like. What is needed is to collect in one spot photos of aircraft >showing these emblems so one can get a proper aspect of size. > >I think this would be a great idea for a book. Try to show as many >examples as possible of each Escadrille, and couple it with Bob Pearson >profiles and a cover by RK. > >Hmmm... > > >Matt Bittner >nb: about to put the upper wing on the HD.3 >nu: after a couple of off topics, two Fokker Dr.I's - one by Eduard >and one by Roden > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:27:57 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <200102221927.LAA21024@albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:25:29 -0500 (EST), Todd Hayes wrote: > I think the Aircam book on the Spad VII/XIII has quite > a few French unit markings. I'll check later today. It does, since I have it. However, one better is an old C&C(US) issue that contains almost all of them. Still, the same problem exists - we have the "art" for the emblems, but no sizes. If we had a book of photos with aircraft of every Escadrille in them, then we would know for sure the size. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:29:01 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Re: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <200102221928.LAA25609@albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:27:59 -0500 (EST), Jim Landon wrote: > Progress pictures, progress pictures, come on. Especially stuff that will > be hard to see/photograph AFTER the top wing is on. I'm not one for progress pics. If you want I'll put the model top down on the scanner before I add the upper wing. Hopefully I won't ruin the struts... :-) Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:29:04 +0100 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: Zeitenlick Message-ID: Any idea in what country or region that location was? Maybe I can find it on a map. I suppose it was in Flanders. Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi@wwi-models.org]On Behalf Of fedders > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 7:59 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Zeitenlick > > > > > HELP, > > During WWI there was a place called Zeitenlick, that may or may not have > the same name now. Does anybody know the location of this place? > > thanks > > peter > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:30:37 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: "ww1 list" Subject: difference between rotaries Message-ID: <009301c09d05$ef88ef60$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Do anyone knows how to recognize if a rotary engine is - 100 hp Le Rhône? - 110 hp Le Rhône? - 80 hp Gnome? Why some literature calls the latter as "Le Rhône-Gnome"? Is it correct? Got to update my engine page on my website and I'll try to avoid doing a mess. D. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:33:18 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Thinking French thoughts on a boring afternoon Message-ID: <009b01c09d06$4f5c7d80$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Matt wrote: > I'm not one for progress pics. Why? > If you want I'll put the model top down > on the scanner before I add the upper wing. Hopefully I won't ruin the > struts... :-) Do it! Do it! Just don't let that the scanner lid falls over the model. D. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 20:39:36 +0100 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: All OT or some ot ?? Message-ID: 100% aggreement, Dave! I build what I want to build! I am mainly interested into figures, ground vehicles and aircraft of WW1 in 1/48 and bigger, the wonderful piston driven aircraft of WWII as well as figures of bigger scales of any time period in hisrory. One of the models "under construction" is the 1/350 Titanic from Academy and one of my biggest dreams is to build the beautiful 1/76 HMS Victory in wood. But that will be for another life then. My craziest idea? Well, I am currently mulling it over to found an association to build, fly and maintain a historically accurate 1:1 replica of the Fokker Dr.1 after I got my PPL. But I need to find other enthusiasts who will share fun, work and costs of the project. If this will become a success Luxembourg will finally have an airforce again ;o). But it will fly in the colors of Fritz Kempf of Jasta Boelcke with early stile national markings, if I can push this through. Time will tell... Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi@wwi-models.org]On Behalf Of David > C. Fletcher > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 6:50 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: All OT or some ot ?? > > > David Fleming wrote: > > "how many list members were OT only modellers, or how many dabble > in 'other' areas ?" > > This is a hobby and I build whatever I feel like building! I generally > prefer propellers and I like unusual aircraft or interesting paint > schemes. I do have half a dozen North American NA-16 derivatives > sitting on a shelf above the computer since I wrote the reference book - > finally a reference I can trust ;-) > > My favourite aircraft generally happens to be what I am working on at > the time. I immerse myself in references for that machine and find out > what it was like to fly, its history and its successes or failures. > > The short answer is, "I don't limit myself to one war". > > Dave Fletcher > -- > Visit us at our Home Page: > > > ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 3116 **********************