WWI Digest 3134 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) HitKit saw blade by Karen Rychlewski 2) RE: site by "Gaston Graf" 3) Re: New FMP Books by John_Impenna@hyperion.com 4) RE: HitKit saw blade by Brent Theobald 5) Re: New FMP Books by "Matt Bittner" 6) Re: New FMP Books by "Matt Bittner" 7) Re: HitKit saw blade by "Brian Nicklas" 8) Re: New FMP Books by "Bob Pearson" 9) RE: DH4s in 48th by Shane Weier 10) Re: site by "TOM PLESHA" 11) Re: back with the questions again by "Hans Trauner" 12) Re: HitKit saw blade by Todd Hayes 13) Re: Sopwith cookup by "cameron rile" 14) Re: DH4s in 48th by LEONARDPeterL@aol.com 15) Re: back with the questions again by KarrArt@aol.com 16) HD.3 Prop dilemma by "Matt Bittner" 17) Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma by Todd Hayes 18) Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma by "Jim Landon" 19) Re: New FMP Books by RadspadMike@netscape.net 20) Re: German pilot commands... by "Limon3" 21) Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma by "Jim Landon" 22) Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma by Todd Hayes 23) All the kits are GONE! by "Dale Beamish" 24) Re: New FMP Books by "Jim Landon" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:21:17 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: to post Subject: HitKit saw blade Message-ID: <3A9C1A4E.FBFD9DA0@earthlink.net> About 10 years ago I bought an incredibly useful modeling tool, which promptly disappeared when I needed more; so let's see if any of you know about it It was a "Superfine Saw Blade" by HitKit, set No. A 004, 0.1mm. It's exactly the size and shape of a double-edged razor blade, but instead of straight blade edges, it has very tiny teeth. Was made of 'laser-cut steel' according to the package. It did not fit into any sort of handle, which made using it kinda tricky. Very useful for cutting the narrowest kerf I've ever seen; the car and truck guys in my local club loved them for opening doors and hoods. Every model show I go to, I ask vendors about it and the usual reply is along the lines of "Yeah, I remember those--haven't seen one in years" So, is it still available and where? Dame Karen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 22:26:20 +0100 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: site Message-ID: Aha - learning to build a website is like learing to walk ;O). You learned walking, so you will learn more about webbuilding. Tip: If you want to shorten your long URL to an easy to remember URL, visit http://www.v3.com/v3home.asp You can easily change your long URL to something like "welcome.to/toms_madhouse/ or whatever ;o). Come.to, go.to or fly.to is also possible. My railroad website is at http://welcome.to/the_roundhouse cheers 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: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:18 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: site > > > Hi Everyone- > First I would like to thank all who tried to help with setting up > a site. I > set up a basic site. I hope to change it later and add info etc. > For now, I put a work in progress picture of my humble attempt at the Pup > interior for the build-up on it. > The address, for anyone interested is: > http://home.att.net/~appman/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html > thanks > TP > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:27:36 -0500 From: John_Impenna@hyperion.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: New FMP Books Message-ID: Coutney writes>>Over all, very nice books. Especially the Pfalz book. That being said, they are very pricy for soft cover books. Each retailing for $50.<< As good as they might be, $50 for SOFTCOVER books is going over the edge..Someone should tell Paladin to look at "Austro-Hungarian Aces", "High in the Empty Blue" etc..and see what a $50 book should be. You would never mind paying $50 for those books..A while back, folks complained about the price of Albatros Publications. They are a bargain compared to these. I would like the Pfalz Aircraft book, but I won't buy it at that price and I'm going to tell Paladin so. Also, the Salmson is a single-subject book. Most single subject publications are far less expensive than this. They seem, IMHO, not to have thought out their pricing strategy. Then, if these don't sell, they will say, see, its not worth printing these types of titles. I would probably buy them both, based on FMP's reputation alone, for half the price. I'm tired of the whinig that "this is such a small segment of the hobby..." B.S. to justify these kind of prices.. Did anyone ever stop and think that maybe one of the reasons this is such a "small segment" is because of how damned expensive stuff is getting??? I'd rather send my money to Eric and get something that is really worth it!! Buy the Datafiles. They, at least, are worth what they sell for... Regards, John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:43:46 -0600 From: Brent Theobald To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: HitKit saw blade Message-ID: <4B9386E83999D411997100508BAF206A79EDA2@stamail.telecom.sna.samsung.com> Howdy! I can't help you with the razor saw, but I can tell you nylon thread will do the same trick. Stretch some between thumb and forefinger and use like a saw. The friction will cut thru the plastic in no time. This is how I drop flaps and ailerons. It makes a very thin cut. The cut can be turned on a dime too. Later! Brent -----Original Message----- From: Karen Rychlewski [mailto:krychski@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: HitKit saw blade About 10 years ago I bought an incredibly useful modeling tool, which promptly disappeared when I needed more; so let's see if any of you know about it It was a "Superfine Saw Blade" by HitKit, set No. A 004, 0.1mm. It's exactly the size and shape of a double-edged razor blade, but instead of straight blade edges, it has very tiny teeth. Was made of 'laser-cut steel' according to the package. It did not fit into any sort of handle, which made using it kinda tricky. Very useful for cutting the narrowest kerf I've ever seen; the car and truck guys in my local club loved them for opening doors and hoods. Every model show I go to, I ask vendors about it and the usual reply is along the lines of "Yeah, I remember those--haven't seen one in years" So, is it still available and where? Dame Karen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:41:31 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Re: New FMP Books Message-ID: <3A94141400236CDF@mail01.san.yahoo.com> (added by postmaster@mail01.san.yahoo.com) On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:32:45 -0500 (EST), John_Impenna@hyperion.com wrote: > As good as they might be, $50 for SOFTCOVER books is going over the > edge..Someone should tell Paladin to look at "Austro-Hungarian Aces", "High > in the Empty Blue" etc..and see what a $50 book should be. You would never > mind paying $50 for those books..A while back, folks complained about the > price of Albatros Publications. They are a bargain compared to these. I > would like the Pfalz Aircraft book, but I won't buy it at that price and > I'm going to tell Paladin so. Also, the Salmson is a single-subject book. > Most single subject publications are far less expensive than this. They > seem, IMHO, not to have thought out their pricing strategy. Then, if these > don't sell, they will say, see, its not worth printing these types of > titles. I would probably buy them both, based on FMP's reputation alone, > for half the price. I'm tired of the whinig that "this is such a small > segment of the hobby..." B.S. to justify these kind of prices.. Did anyone > ever stop and think that maybe one of the reasons this is such a "small > segment" is because of how damned expensive stuff is getting??? I'd rather > send my money to Eric and get something that is really worth it!! Buy the > Datafiles. They, at least, are worth what they sell for... Not that I'm totally defending Paladin, but consider: A Datafile is anywhere from $15-20, for 40 pages. Double it you have $30-40 for 80 pages. The Salmson book has the lesser amount of pages at somewhere around 120 for $50. The Pfalz book has more pages than that. I think Paladin is not over charging, but I definitely would like to see them less expensive. In addition, look at other factors. How many color profiles are there in the Paladin books? I don't remember, but I know it's more than three. I'm also sure it's more than six! So, you also are getting more color content for the price. FWIW... Matt Bittner _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:42:43 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Re: New FMP Books Message-ID: <3A94141400236E8A@mail01.san.yahoo.com> (added by postmaster@mail01.san.yahoo.com) On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:32:45 -0500 (EST), John_Impenna@hyperion.com wrote: > As good as they might be, $50 for SOFTCOVER books is going over the > edge..Someone should tell Paladin to look at "Austro-Hungarian Aces", "High > in the Empty Blue" etc..and see what a $50 book should be. You would never > mind paying $50 for those books..A while back, folks complained about the > price of Albatros Publications. They are a bargain compared to these. I > would like the Pfalz Aircraft book, but I won't buy it at that price and > I'm going to tell Paladin so. Also, the Salmson is a single-subject book. > Most single subject publications are far less expensive than this. They > seem, IMHO, not to have thought out their pricing strategy. Then, if these > don't sell, they will say, see, its not worth printing these types of > titles. I would probably buy them both, based on FMP's reputation alone, > for half the price. I'm tired of the whinig that "this is such a small > segment of the hobby..." B.S. to justify these kind of prices.. Did anyone > ever stop and think that maybe one of the reasons this is such a "small > segment" is because of how damned expensive stuff is getting??? I'd rather > send my money to Eric and get something that is really worth it!! Buy the > Datafiles. They, at least, are worth what they sell for... Oh, one more thing. The Salmson is *not* single subject. It covers all WW1 Salmsons, not just the familiar 2A.2... Matt Bittner _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:47:24 -0500 From: "Brian Nicklas" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: HitKit saw blade Message-ID: I picked up a razor blade converted to a saw from Meteor Productions - Dave Klaus I can't remember if this was a Hit-Kit product or not, but it is a very fine saw. Meteor runs an ad in Finescale - located in Springfield, Virginia. www.meteorprod.com I think is the website. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:56:20 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: New FMP Books Message-ID: <200102272156.NAA17372@mail.rapidnet.net> John concludes his rant with .... > I'd rather > send my money to Eric and get something that is really worth it!! Buy the > Datafiles. They, at least, are worth what they sell for... We have heard from Eric and others explaining why their products are so expensive, and on the whole everyone accepts that. So lets take a look at Pfalz and Datafiles in general. It is all well and good to harangue a Paladin for their perceived pricing practices, but look at what you are getting .. 180 page (DF = 36 pages), 18 pages of colour (DF = one page of colour profiles) . . if Pfalz was broken up you could have a book on the D.III, D.IIIa, D.VII/VIII, D.XII, E types and also experimentals. .. 6 books at least which if done in DF style would cost far more than Pfalz. On top of which people who work on these things need to be paid, and if there is only a few thousand or so of a title put out, the price needs to be higher to at least make something off it. When it is all said and done I probably made $2 per hour, would you work for that if you didn't love the subject? Imagine what the price would be if I was paid an hourly rate, and the price was adjusted accordingly. Bob (who can't afford to buy the FMP books or Eric's kits either) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 08:00:50 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: DH4s in 48th Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7101748CE1@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Mark, > Mine is limited to interior detailing - just finished the cockpit of a > Handley page Hampden - ot I know but hey it's still a > biplane. Say what? Biplane? Mmmmm 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. 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You learned > walking, so you will learn more about webbuilding. > Tip: If you want to shorten your long URL to an easy to remember URL, visit > http://www.v3.com/v3home.asp You can easily change your long URL to > something like "welcome.to/toms_madhouse/ or whatever ;o). Come.to, go.to or > fly.to is also possible. My railroad website is at > http://welcome.to/the_roundhouse > > cheers > > 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: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:18 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: site > > > > > > Hi Everyone- > > First I would like to thank all who tried to help with setting up > > a site. I > > set up a basic site. I hope to change it later and add info etc. > > For now, I put a work in progress picture of my humble attempt at the Pup > > interior for the build-up on it. > > The address, for anyone interested is: > > http://home.att.net/~appman/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html > > thanks > > TP > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:28:53 +0100 From: "Hans Trauner" To: Subject: Re: back with the questions again Message-ID: <008301c0a10c$aa9efec0$57a172d4@custom-pc> O.K. Same rating. Do I remember right as this HP 0/400 was this won-a-P-51-ride-wonder? >I hate to disagree, but go to the Internet Modeller and look at >RK's HP 0/400. Just an example, I can think of a few other stunners. >/Neil > > >> Hans wrote: >> >> BMIQSILTY = BestModelInQuarterScaleIntheLastTenYears >> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:36:55 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: HitKit saw blade Message-ID: <20010227223655.46220.qmail@web9009.mail.yahoo.com> Karen, I don't know about the HitKit blade but Airwaves does some xf photoetched blades and they should be available from most any place that carries Airwaves. Todd --- Karen Rychlewski wrote: > About 10 years ago I bought an incredibly useful > modeling tool, which > promptly disappeared when I needed more; so let's > see if any of you know > about it > > It was a "Superfine Saw Blade" by HitKit, set No. A > 004, 0.1mm. It's > exactly the size and shape of a double-edged razor > blade, but instead of > straight blade edges, it has very tiny teeth. Was > made of 'laser-cut > steel' according to the package. It did not fit into > any sort of handle, > which made using it kinda tricky. Very useful for > cutting the narrowest > kerf I've ever seen; the car and truck guys in my > local club loved them > for opening doors and hoods. Every model show I go > to, I ask vendors > about it and the usual reply is along the lines of > "Yeah, I remember > those--haven't seen one in years" > > So, is it still available and where? > > Dame Karen > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:58:09 -0600 From: "cameron rile" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Sopwith cookup Message-ID: Mark; >What's the e-mail address for sopwith cookup photos?? otprojects@prontomail.com >And more to the point is anyone uploading them yet?? Cam?? Yes, unfortunately I havent had much in the way of time lately and havent done an update in the last three weeks to the site. Sorry for that, unfortunately updating the cookup site is one of the things suffering for it. I fly out for Australia at the end of this week, so I wont be doing any updates for a couple of weeks after that unless the whole south east of Australia rains for two weeks straight and even then I will probably try to avoid any computer. >And if someone is ready for pictures, what size image/file is best? jpg less than 800 pixels wide.. cam AFC - http://members.nbci.com/pointcook/ ________________________________________ Get your email at http://www.prontomail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:29:40 EST From: LEONARDPeterL@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: DH4s in 48th Message-ID: I have the Datafile Special and a mint in box Aurora kit....SHOOT ME SOMEBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 :-@ pETER l ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:07:55 EST From: KarrArt@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: back with the questions again Message-ID: In a message dated 2/27/01 2:31:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, hans.trauner@nefkom.net writes: << O.K. Same rating. Do I remember right as this HP 0/400 was this won-a-P-51-ride-wonder? >> yep- you remember correctly! RK P.S. wife is slaving away over a hot computer right now getting that article ready. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:09:07 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: HD.3 Prop dilemma Message-ID: <200102272309.PAA28044@falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net> I am now stuck on the HD.3. Turns out the prop that comes with the Rosemont kit - while decent - isn't accurate. The kit prop isn't long enough and is too "fat". So, I can't figure out what to do. The props I have - Aeroclub, XtraParts and Rosemont - don't match. I have one close, but it doesn't "twist" the correct way. I wonder if Eric would have a suitable prop by Digmayer. It's not mentioned what type of prop it is, but I bet it's close to the Salmson one. Any ideas, outside of scratching my own? That's one area I'm not willing to get into yet. TIA! Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:24:38 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma Message-ID: <20010227232438.39869.qmail@web9007.mail.yahoo.com> Matt, According to the Digmayer catalog, the HD.3 used a Gremont prop, the same type as the Spad XIII or as you noticed, like the Salmson 2A2 (which also used the Ratmanoff). I doubt Eric has any in stock but I've has great success getting them through him on special order. Todd --- Matt Bittner wrote: > I am now stuck on the HD.3. Turns out the prop that > comes with the > Rosemont kit - while decent - isn't accurate. The > kit prop isn't long > enough and is too "fat". So, I can't figure out > what to do. The props > I have - Aeroclub, XtraParts and Rosemont - don't > match. I have one > close, but it doesn't "twist" the correct way. > > I wonder if Eric would have a suitable prop by > Digmayer. It's not > mentioned what type of prop it is, but I bet it's > close to the Salmson > one. > > Any ideas, outside of scratching my own? That's one > area I'm not > willing to get into yet. TIA! > > > Matt Bittner > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:32:15 From: "Jim Landon" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma Message-ID: <> Chicken! If I can do it (on my Tommy) ANYBODY can do it. >From: "Matt Bittner" >Reply-To: wwi@wwi-models.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: HD.3 Prop dilemma >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:14:03 -0500 (EST) > >I am now stuck on the HD.3. Turns out the prop that comes with the >Rosemont kit - while decent - isn't accurate. The kit prop isn't long >enough and is too "fat". So, I can't figure out what to do. The props >I have - Aeroclub, XtraParts and Rosemont - don't match. I have one >close, but it doesn't "twist" the correct way. > >I wonder if Eric would have a suitable prop by Digmayer. It's not >mentioned what type of prop it is, but I bet it's close to the Salmson >one. > >Any ideas, outside of scratching my own? That's one area I'm not >willing to get into yet. TIA! > > >Matt Bittner > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:37:17 -0500 From: RadspadMike@netscape.net To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: New FMP Books Message-ID: <12004B02.2C9998FB.3E0364A1@netscape.net> I can't stand "not knowing" if a book or a kit is what I hope will be when it first comes out - - or if they printed enough books or made enough kits to satisfy the first "feeding frenzy" and still have some left when I might have a better informed reason for buying it or not. I'm growing tired of chasing out-of-print books, thinking I've found one, only to later discover it has been sold or is being held for someone else. Happened to me again today when I thought I had Bruce's "British Aeroplanes, 1914-18 for $75. I ordered both FMP books last night. I have all the Windsock pubs on the Pfalz aircraft and so, might agree with John. But as I have a vac and a resin Salmson 2A.2 and no reference data, I felt the Salmson book was a must - - with the resin kit, I'm going to need all the help I can get and AFAIK Ray Rimell hasn't announced a projected date for a Salmson df. In for the Salmson, Courtney's review of the Pfalz book, convinced me to throw that one into the basket too. FWIW, Mike K. > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:32:45 -0500 (EST), John_Impenna@hyperion.com > wrote: > > > As good as they might be, $50 for SOFTCOVER books is going over the > > edge..Someone should tell Paladin to look at "Austro-Hungarian Aces", "High > > in the Empty Blue" etc..and see what a $50 book should be. You would never > > mind paying $50 for those books..A while back, folks complained about the > > price of Albatros Publications. They are a bargain compared to these. I > > would like the Pfalz Aircraft book, but I won't buy it at that price and > > I'm going to tell Paladin so. Also, the Salmson is a single-subject book. > > Most single subject publications are far less expensive than this. They > > seem, IMHO, not to have thought out their pricing strategy. Then, if these > > don't sell, they will say, see, its not worth printing these types of > > titles. I would probably buy them both, based on FMP's reputation alone, > > for half the price.  I'm tired of the whinig that "this is such a small > > segment of the hobby..." B.S. to justify these kind of prices.. Did anyone > > ever stop and think that maybe one of the reasons this is such a "small > > segment" is because of how damned expensive stuff is getting??? I'd rather > > send my money to Eric and get something that is really worth it!! Buy the > > Datafiles. They, at least, are worth what they sell for... __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:54:56 -0800 From: "Limon3" To: Subject: Re: German pilot commands... Message-ID: <001301c0a118$b0b1c020$9cf7303f@f4w2s5> Hans, Don't forget Mi*rda for Diego and I (espaņol). Gabe -----Original Message----- From: Hans Trauner To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 7:45 AM Subject: Re: German pilot commands... >>Then from the French pilots, "M***e!" when it wouldn't start! .... :-} >Gabe > >German: Sch****e or Mi*t, english Sh** ! Great idea! I'll mail this to >Hans in the Netherlands. And in the U.S. this SIM will be rated 'For adults >only'! XXX! > >Huns > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:48:49 From: "Jim Landon" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma Message-ID: Todd said: <> What the heck is a Digmayer catalog? <<... the HD.3 used a Gremont prop, the same type as the Spad XIII or as you noticed, like the Salmson 2A2 (which also used the Ratmanoff). I doubt Eric has any in stock but I've has great success getting them through him on special order.>> Eric, have you got any of those props in 1:16 scale? (Just kidding) Boy I wish somebody did make aftermarket stuff in 1:16 though. If the NASM has declared 1:16 to be their "official" museum scale, you'd think there'd be stuff availablee in 1:16. Williams Brothers does a little bit in 1:12. Jim Landon >From: Todd Hayes >Reply-To: wwi@wwi-models.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:28:22 -0500 (EST) > >Matt, > >According to the Digmayer catalog, the HD.3 used a >Gremont prop, the same type as the Spad XIII or as you >noticed, like the Salmson 2A2 (which also used the >Ratmanoff). I doubt Eric has any in stock but I've >has great success getting them through him on special >order. > >Todd > >--- Matt Bittner wrote: > > I am now stuck on the HD.3. Turns out the prop that > > comes with the > > Rosemont kit - while decent - isn't accurate. The > > kit prop isn't long > > enough and is too "fat". So, I can't figure out > > what to do. The props > > I have - Aeroclub, XtraParts and Rosemont - don't > > match. I have one > > close, but it doesn't "twist" the correct way. > > > > I wonder if Eric would have a suitable prop by > > Digmayer. It's not > > mentioned what type of prop it is, but I bet it's > > close to the Salmson > > one. > > > > Any ideas, outside of scratching my own? That's one > > area I'm not > > willing to get into yet. TIA! > > > > > > Matt Bittner > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. >http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:48:46 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: HD.3 Prop dilemma Message-ID: <20010227234846.68138.qmail@web9008.mail.yahoo.com> Another tip. The famous front view photo of Rickenbacker standing up in his Spad? The prop in the picture is a Gremont. Biddle's Spad XII also has a Gremont. Todd --- Matt Bittner wrote: > I am now stuck on the HD.3. Turns out the prop that > comes with the > Rosemont kit - while decent - isn't accurate. The > kit prop isn't long > enough and is too "fat". So, I can't figure out > what to do. The props > I have - Aeroclub, XtraParts and Rosemont - don't > match. I have one > close, but it doesn't "twist" the correct way. > > I wonder if Eric would have a suitable prop by > Digmayer. It's not > mentioned what type of prop it is, but I bet it's > close to the Salmson > one. > > Any ideas, outside of scratching my own? That's one > area I'm not > willing to get into yet. TIA! > > > Matt Bittner > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:50:41 -0700 From: "Dale Beamish" To: Subject: All the kits are GONE! Message-ID: <007201c0a118$3a34cdc0$1931b8a1@darcy> Man you guys are FAST! There is no wonder I never had a chance getting anything! :-) I haven't gone through everything yet but will this evening and let you all know. Dale ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:54:56 From: "Jim Landon" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: New FMP Books Message-ID: <> I have some stuff on my web site that might be of some use to you. Have you seen: http://communities.msn.com/Salmson2A2 ? Jim Landon >From: RadspadMike@netscape.net >Reply-To: wwi@wwi-models.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Re: New FMP Books >Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:41:14 -0500 (EST) > >I can't stand "not knowing" if a book or a kit is what I hope will be when >it first comes out - - or if they printed enough books or made enough kits >to satisfy the first "feeding frenzy" and still have some left when I might >have a better informed reason for buying it or not. I'm growing tired of >chasing out-of-print books, thinking I've found one, only to later discover >it has been sold or is being held for someone else. Happened to me again >today when I thought I had Bruce's "British Aeroplanes, 1914-18 for $75. I >ordered both FMP books last night. > >I have all the Windsock pubs on the Pfalz aircraft and so, might agree with >John. But as I have a vac and a resin Salmson 2A.2 and no reference data, >I felt the Salmson book was a must - - with the resin kit, I'm going to >need all the help I can get and AFAIK Ray Rimell hasn't announced a >projected date for a Salmson df. In for the Salmson, Courtney's review of >the Pfalz book, convinced me to throw that one into the basket too. > >FWIW, > >Mike K. > > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:32:45 -0500 (EST), John_Impenna@hyperion.com > > wrote: > > > > > As good as they might be, $50 for SOFTCOVER books is going over the > > > edge..Someone should tell Paladin to look at "Austro-Hungarian Aces", >"High > > > in the Empty Blue" etc..and see what a $50 book should be. You would >never > > > mind paying $50 for those books..A while back, folks complained about >the > > > price of Albatros Publications. They are a bargain compared to these. >I > > > would like the Pfalz Aircraft book, but I won't buy it at that price >and > > > I'm going to tell Paladin so. Also, the Salmson is a single-subject >book. > > > Most single subject publications are far less expensive than this. >They > > > seem, IMHO, not to have thought out their pricing strategy. Then, if >these > > > don't sell, they will say, see, its not worth printing these types of > > > titles. I would probably buy them both, based on FMP's reputation >alone, > > > for half the price.  I'm tired of the whinig that "this is such a >small > > > segment of the hobby..." B.S. to justify these kind of prices.. Did >anyone > > > ever stop and think that maybe one of the reasons this is such a >"small > > > segment" is because of how damned expensive stuff is getting??? I'd >rather > > > send my money to Eric and get something that is really worth it!! Buy >the > > > Datafiles. They, at least, are worth what they sell for... > >__________________________________________________________________ >Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 3134 **********************