WWI Digest 3150 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) RE: We are not alone by "Gaston Graf" 2) Re: Cookup project finished by "Matt Bittner" 3) Re: Albatros C.XV by "Steven M.Perry" 4) Re: Albatros C.XV by "Matt Bittner" 5) Re: We are not alone by "Leonard Endy" 6) Re: What got you Started? by "Brad & Merville" 7) The verdict is in by "Steven M.Perry" 8) Re: The verdict is in by "diaphus" 9) Re: What got you Started? by "Hans Trauner" 10) calling all instrument rated pilots by Ernest Thomas 11) Re: Help scanning a vac kit by Karen Rychlewski 12) Re: We are not alone by Karen Rychlewski 13) Re: Union Jack by Karen Rychlewski 14) Beginning new project by "Steven M.Perry" 15) Re: Albatros C.XV by Karen Rychlewski 16) VAMP Order Update by Todd Hayes 17) Re: Beginning new project by "TOM PLESHA" 18) Re: We are not alone by Shane & Lorna Jenkins 19) Re: Union Jack by "Brian Nicklas" 20) sanding pens redux by "Brian Nicklas" 21) Re: What got you Started? by "Bob Pearson" 22) Re: What got you Started? by "Bob Pearson" 23) Re: We are not alone by "Brian Nicklas" 24) Re: Beginning new project by "Steven M.Perry" 25) RE: What got you Started? by Shane Weier ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:32:33 +0100 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: We are not alone Message-ID: > How many women do you know that can get by with only 3 pairs of shoes? MINE! It's a matter of education ;o). Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 10:39:06 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Re: Cookup project finished Message-ID: <200103041639.IAA26203@albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 04:56:17 -0500 (EST), Steven M.Perry wrote: > I finished my Tabloid for the Sopwith cookup. Seems the mainplane struts are > a fuzz long and I didn't notice until it was too late. I left off the Union > Jacks for now. I'm nt sure that the airframe carried them while numbered as > 394. Well done, sp!! Looks great. Funny how our memory works. I wasn't completely sure about this "Tabloid" business, then when I look at your finished product it dawns on me. TC Berg did a 1/72nd resin Tabloid in its Fabric Time series. And, like typical TC Berg kits, it's a superb resin. I guess I could have answered your questions all along... And no, I'm keeping it thank you. ;-) It might be British but it is a TC Berg kit... Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:41:44 -0500 From: "Steven M.Perry" To: Subject: Re: Albatros C.XV Message-ID: <001a01c0a4ca$00739de0$def9aec7@default> > Next one will be Albatros C.XV. Resin wings and fuselage are ready but > we need drawings and/or pictures of interior structure. > Thanks for any information, url, or even text description. Any help will > be appreciate. > TIA Witold: I have the Xtravac Alb C.XV. I really like this humpbacked ugly. Same problem, no interior refs. It does has some interior detail in the form of detailed bulkheads on the vac sheet. I can send photos of the parts and instruction sheet if you want. Please LMK if you come up with some photos. sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 10:46:56 -0600 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Re: Albatros C.XV Message-ID: <200103041646.IAA17118@albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 08:33:57 -0500 (EST), Witold Kozakiewicz wrote: > One of the Polish firm has just made resin Albatros C.V/16. Sorry but I > forgot its name. PART has prepared PE set for this model. I'm not sure > if this kit is available but first it should appear on Jadar website. > Next one will be Albatros C.XV. Resin wings and fuselage are ready but > we need drawings and/or pictures of interior structure. > Thanks for any information, url, or even text description. Any help will > be appreciate. The only thing I show is the old Scale Models article on Albatros two-seaters. The one for the C.XV showed up in the May 1980 issue. LMK if you would like a scan. In addition, did you know Xtravac did a vac of this one already? I am very interested in knowing more about the C.V/16. Sierra Scale does a vac of it, and I think it would be great if the PART set worked in it. Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 11:59:12 -0500 From: "Leonard Endy" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: We are not alone Message-ID: On Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:01:21 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >>My bet is that better than 90% of listees will admit to being hoarders. >>Lofts, sheds, work rooms, full of kits we bought fully intending to build and >still do when we get around to it. >snip >> >>My question is; Is this a guy thing or are listees of the female persuasion >>similarly afflicted? >> Definitely not a guy thing. My wife sews, needlepoints, quilts, and enjoys other craft type activities. Talk to a quilter and ask about the "box of fabric pieces" that will someday make a fine quilt. I bet my wife has 5 different pieces of fabric for every bottle of paint I have. Just as she supports my modeling endeavors I support her's also. Probably one of the reasons we've been married so long. Len (Trying to recover from a bout with the "I don't feel like modeling syndrome"....I don't think it's contagious.) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 12:02:05 -0500 From: "Brad & Merville" To: Subject: Re: What got you Started? Message-ID: <005001c0a4cc$d8058d20$1c895ad1@default> Let's see... Mid Sixties - Primarily a Great Uncle who was a serious OT enthusiast and illustrator. As a teenager he hung out, and learned to fly with, local barnstormers who were former WW1 aviators. He scratchbuilt large scale models and had a Spandau which he'd bring down from the garret on my infrequent visits. Late Sixties - After discovering D.C. Comic's 'Enemy Ace' and 'Steve Savage - Balloon Buster' I was hooked for good. Quentin Reynolds' 'They Fought For The Sky' and a children's novel called 'Ace Of The Argonne' added fuel to the fire. Saw 'The Blue Max' and 'Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines' for the first of innumerable times. My local Coles bookstore provided me with Airfix HO/scale WW1 infantries to re-enact Great War battles on the livingroom rug. Early Seventies - I found the K&B Eindekker, Pfalz, Sopwith Tripe and the Airfix HP 0/400. Another Uncle had a large Monogram 'screwdriver' kit of the Fokker DVII hanging in his basement in Saskatoon to which I made pilgrimages when possible. He also had a copy of the Harleyford book 'von Richthofen and the "Flying Circus"' which my cousins and I poured over for hours. I acquired copies of "Color Profiles of WW1 Combat Planes" and "Heroes & Aeroplanes of the Great War 1914-1918" by Joseph Phelan and began drawing spectacular dogfights where Eindekkers and Gunbusses mixed it up with DVIIs and Camels. I Built the Guillows Fokker DVIII and Nieuport II. Mid Seventies - My Great Uncle Frank (hallowed be his name) passed away and left me a collection of thirties pulp covers, a couple of flying helmets, his scrap book containing a piece of lozenge fabric from a unidentified German bomber and an Oak Scimitar prop off a Camp Borden Jenny (the Spandau was purloined by the local authorities). I began playing an Avalon Hill board game called 'Richthofen's War'. I read the paperback re-issue of 'Winged Victory' and the most excellent 'Bandy Papers'. I also read the Ace paperback re-issues of 'Wind In The Wires', 'Flying Fury', 'Ace of the Iron Cross', 'Fighting Airman', 'Flying In Flanders', 'Ace of Aces', etc... The History of the First World War magazine published large fold-out colour cutaways of the SE5a, MkIV Male tank and the Dreadnought HMS Queen Elizabeth (iirc). Ballantine also issued a really large colour cutaway of a red Fokker Dr.1. Late Seventies - I saw a fabulous BBC series called 'WINGS' (which I've been attempting to re-locate ever since). A local used bookseller acquired a large collection of aviation books at an estate sale and I begged, borrowed and spent every dime I had to buy the WW1 aviation portion of the collection. This became the foundation of my current collection. By this time my condition was terminal. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Andy Brad who recently managed to restore a Spandau to the accumulation of my family heirlooms. -----Original Message----- From: aa8. To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Saturday, March 03, 2001 6:50 PM Subject: What got you Started? >I was sitting here at the old PC and I wondered what got you all into World >War One Modelling. >With me it went thus. >I liked 'Biggles of 266' as a kid and read a bit then about the real thing >and then in my teens I forgot it all. >But when I was about 22 I was browsing through a local bookshop and >discovered 'Winged Victory' Life as they say was never quite the same again. >How we got from there to Gotha's and Staakens bombing London at night (my >real passion now) is a long story but it started with that book. >All the above has made me many friends and caused me to visit places far and >wide since. >Andy Jones > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 12:40:04 -0500 From: "Steven M.Perry" To: Subject: The verdict is in Message-ID: <004001c0a4d2$26001180$def9aec7@default> I rigged the last two models I finished with invisible thread. I just don't like it as well as stretched sprue. It is more convienient to unroll a piece and all the pieces are exactly the same diameter, but it didn't hold paint well, it was harder to get a tiny blob od CA on the tip, it won't take and hold a kink as sharply as HSP and some of the wires I'd tightened up with heat loosened up later. While it is certianly a usable rigging material and easier than surgical steel to work with, the negatives outweigh the positives for me and I'll go back to my beloved HSP. YMMV sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:44:18 -0500 From: "diaphus" To: Subject: Re: The verdict is in Message-ID: <006201c0a4db$1ebefcc0$2dc55c18@tampabay.rr.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven M.Perry" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 12:44 PM Subject: The verdict is in > I rigged the last two models I finished with invisible thread. I just don't > like it as well as stretched sprue. It is more convienient to unroll a piece > and all the pieces are exactly the same diameter, but it didn't hold paint > well, it was harder to get a tiny blob od CA on the tip, it won't take and > hold a kink as sharply as HSP and some of the wires I'd tightened up with > heat loosened up later. While it is certianly a usable rigging material and > easier than surgical steel to work with, the negatives outweigh the > positives for me and I'll go back to my beloved HSP. > > YMMV > sp If I could consistently stretch sprue as beuatifully as you do, Steve, I'd do the same. Unfortunately, that is an art I have never come close to mastering, so I'll stick with the thread. Nice job on the Tabloid, too! See you at the March meeting? Jack Gartner diaphus@tampabay.rr.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 20:11:28 +0100 From: "Hans Trauner" To: Subject: Re: What got you Started? Message-ID: <002c01c0a4de$ea48abe0$30a172d4@custom-pc> >I was sitting here at the old PC and I wondered what got you all into World >War One Modelling Easy: Revell's box tops! Do you remember the Albatros D.III, bright red, flying unter the Zeppelin? The Fokker E.III firing tracer rounds plus the guy in the left corner looking upwards? Voss's flying over the downed D.H2? The Ni28 ... and so on. Today's box tops are boring, the best nowadays are form Eduard, graphically pleasing with their black framing. But compared to the old Revells they are spiritless. In my personal view ( 35 years ago!) Airfix' leaflets tops took place 2, printed in paper, they where prone to be foldea and thrown away, but their 'in action' scenes where great also. When I got older, I discovered that WWI models where something special. In the '70's is was possible to have a COMPLETE collection of every type ever made, a thing you can't get with WWII or kerosin burners. And, at last, a very german reason : No swastikas. I did occasionally Messerschmitts and things like this, but I never liked to be a member of this sort of Hermann-Goering-fan-clubs often encountered. Hans ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 14:03:05 -0600 From: Ernest Thomas To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: calling all instrument rated pilots Message-ID: <3AA29F78.1E02C956@bellsouth.net> Hi All, Sorry for using the bandwidth like this, but I wanted to ask all the pilots who can file IFR a question: Have you ever experienced a vacuum failure(loss of attitude and directional gyros) in IMC? If so, what did you do about it? Please respond off list, and promptly if possible, as I'm collecting info for an anticipated school paper. Tia, E. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 15:22:43 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Help scanning a vac kit Message-ID: <3AA2A414.70A9B8A5@earthlink.net> Michael Leave the lid open but put a piece of black paper or poster board over the vac sheet and the rest of the scanner bed. FWIW, if you have something dark in color to scan, do likewise using white paper/board. For 3-dimensional things, try putting a 'tent' or 'quonset (sp?) hut' over the model in the appropriate contrasting tone. It's important to have the whole scanner bed covered. Unless color is important, scan in greyscale mode, and if detail is lacking in the shadow areas, play with the grey-scale map adjustment if you have one; otherwise play with brightness and contrast. Dame Karen Michael Kendix wrote: > i have a Canon FB 6200 - lightweight thin scanner with a very thin lid. I > cannot get decent clarity when I try to scan a vac sheet. Any advice as to > settings, or other tricks etc? > > Michael > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 15:46:20 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: We are not alone Message-ID: <3AA2A99D.BF4468DD@earthlink.net> Well, guys, lemme tell ya... The several replies referring to shoes, needles, yarn, and I would add, jewelry and makeup, collected by women is accurate. This is not a 'guy' thing at all. Have you ever read about a person found dead in a house filled with newspapers, boxes, cats, and other junk to the point of having narrow tunnels to get around?--almost invariably, it's some old lady. I have an aunt like this--if her house ever caught fire, it'd burn for a week. I also am a 'hoarder' but in the last two years I have tried mightily to divest myself of some of the 'stuff'. I just sold 400+ science fiction/fantasy paperbacks I had purchased back in the late 60's and 70's. (Anybody want a collection of 60's and 70's LP albums on the theme of 'country blues'/early black blues?) My mother rolls her eyes and throws up her hands when she comes to visit; says I get the packrat gene from the Polish side of the family, not her Scandinavian Lutheran (ref: Garrison Keillor) side. My kit collection totals nearly 500, with very few duplicate kits or planes in that heap. (And stay tuned, some of them will be going on sale soon...) My best friend, Lithuanian Ernest from Boston, and my second best friend, Schramm von Physics Wizard, are also packrats--but they're both photographers by inclination so it's maybe excusable. I think, actually, packrats tend to find each other in this life. But I have heard it said that Americans who lived through the Depression and knew the grinding poverty of the times tend to accumulate 'stuff'. I think there's some truth in this: my grandmother during the last 20 years of her life, would take all her Christmas presents and tuck them away at the bottom of the drawer or under the bed to "save them for good." BTW, the aforementioned aunt inherited granny's collection. Haven't you ever heard it said "He who has the most stuff wins." Dame Karen ...proud of her Polish packrat propensity... LEONARDPeterL@aol.com wrote: > My bet is that better than 90% of listees will admit to being hoarders. > Lofts, sheds, work rooms, full of kits we bought fully intending to build and > still do when we get around to it. Frequent postings including the phrase > "near the top of the pile" support the view that there are others near the > bottom. My heap includes kits bought over thirty years ago. > > Speaking to an angler friend it seems that this is not restricted to > modelers. Anglers will go into the tackle shop for a pint of maggots and come > away with fifty quids worth of exotic lures, floats and tied flies. These > will be placed lovingly in the favourite tackle box and never ever go near > the water. > > My question is; Is this a guy thing or are listees of the female persuasion > similarly afflicted? > > cheers > > Peter L ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:03:40 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Union Jack Message-ID: <3AA2ADAD.FC648D39@earthlink.net> A modeler by the name of Andrei Koribanics did a page of Union Jacks and early red/white roundels in 1/72 in 1990. He issued it in the US under the name 'Commemorative Aircraft Series' and the sheet was called 'WWI British Aircraft Markings, 1914-15, No. 1'. To my knowledge there never was a 'No. 2' or any other decals made by Andrei. There's also an informative sheet included with it which explains "right-reading" and "left-reading" Union Jacks so one can get them on the correct side of the airplane. The largest UJ is 7/8" x 1 3/8" (sorry, rest of the world, as you know, the US is still metrically impaired...) and the smallest is really teeny. My recollection is that he did these to compliment some company's issuing a BE2a kit; but the memory fades... Barry von Rosemont may know more about these decals and whether they're still available. Andrei, BTW, was one h*** of a modeler back then; I believe he turned to scratchbuilding 90mm figures after that and then I lost track of him. Dame Karen Todd Hayes wrote: > Steve, > > A company called Czech Six did an unscaled sheet of > Union Jacks. You might be able to get them still from > Sopwith Hobbies. Sizes listed include 1/2 and 3/4". > > Todd > > --- "Steven M.Perry" wrote: > > I have my Sopwith Cookup entry Tabloid painted now > > and it's time to think of > > decals. > > > > I'm modeling Cmdr. Gray's RNAS # 394, (formerly the > > Army's #167). I want to > > do it ias it appeared (or would likely have > > appeared) when he raided the Zep > > sheds. > > > > The time frame is about right and a painting (I > > know) I saw showed Union > > Jacks on the lower wings. Does anyone know for sure > > on this question? Anyone > > know of any Union Jack decals between 3/4 and 1/2 > > inch long (1.25 - 3 cm) > > > > There were Tabloids fitted with bomb racks, but the > > one photo I have of 394 > > doesn't show one. Does anyone know if Gray used bomb > > racks on his raid? > > TIA > > sp > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:15:13 -0500 From: "Steven M.Perry" To: Subject: Beginning new project Message-ID: <000701c0a4f0$34e800e0$c7f2aec7@default> I'm starting on the Merlin AEG G.IV. This is one of Merlin's less than sterling efforts, that being a major attraction in addition to the very cool shark mouth markings offered by A/G. "Very chunky" pretty much sums up the kit with a "pitted" tossed in for the white metal. The fuselage halves hit 1/8" thick in places not to mention being warped slightly to seperate at the nose and tail. The wings are also very thick even for a bomber, so all the detail will have to be recreated including the double false ribs in between each of the full ribs. Bullying all that styrene into a model is just what I need as a stress reliever. This will be a long term project to work on in between shorter ones. So far I've just cleaned up some parts and plotted a battle plan. Most likely the frst assault will be on the wings. I'll keep y'all posted. sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 16:33:39 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Albatros C.XV Message-ID: <3AA2B4B3.9CD5AE27@earthlink.net> --------------185A48B73BAA705BD33CBE9D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit on the subject of the C.V/16: Sierra kitted the plane (C,V/17) in both scales; the drawing of the cockpit is generic. His reference was Scale Models, July 1979. Windsock did a kit review of the 1/72 in Sep. '95, and the 1/48 in Sep. '96. There is a photo of the rear cockpit with a Becker cannon installed in Over the Front, Summer, 1992. In WWI Aero, May 1998, there is an article by Dan-San Abbott with 3-view drawings for the B, C, and J series Albatrii ...phew! Dame Karen Witold Kozakiewicz wrote: > Hi > One of the Polish firm has just made resin Albatros C.V/16. Sorry but I > forgot its name. PART has prepared PE set for this model. I'm not sure > if this kit is available but first it should appear on Jadar website. > Next one will be Albatros C.XV. Resin wings and fuselage are ready but > we need drawings and/or pictures of interior structure. > Thanks for any information, url, or even text description. Any help will > be appreciate. > TIA > -- > Witold Kozakiewicz --------------185A48B73BAA705BD33CBE9D Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit on the subject of the C.V/16:
Sierra kitted the plane (C,V/17) in both scales; the drawing of the cockpit is generic. His reference was Scale Models, July 1979. Windsock did a kit review of the 1/72 in Sep. '95, and the 1/48 in Sep. '96. There is a photo of the rear cockpit with a Becker cannon installed in Over the Front, Summer, 1992. In WWI Aero, May 1998, there is an article by Dan-San Abbott with 3-view drawings for the B, C, and J series Albatrii
...phew!

Dame Karen
 

Witold Kozakiewicz wrote:

Hi
One of the Polish firm has just made resin Albatros C.V/16. Sorry but I
forgot its name. PART has prepared PE set for this model. I'm not sure
if this kit is available but first it should appear on Jadar website.
Next one will be Albatros C.XV. Resin wings and fuselage are ready but
we need drawings and/or pictures of interior structure.
Thanks for any information, url, or even text description. Any help will
be appreciate.
TIA
--
Witold Kozakiewicz
--------------185A48B73BAA705BD33CBE9D-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:39:27 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: VAMP Order Update Message-ID: <20010304213927.57145.qmail@web9006.mail.yahoo.com> The VAMP order has been shipped to me. It should be here this week. I'll get them sent out as soon as they arrive. Todd __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:56:20 -0500 From: "TOM PLESHA" To: Subject: Re: Beginning new project Message-ID: <002a01c0a4f5$f32c8da0$e8474c0c@tom> Hi Steven- AEG G.IV , my next large major project also. I've got the Sierra kit. I have not layed out my plan yet, but this aircraft will need a comprehensive one. I've the data file, squadron bombers and some other miscellaneous references. If any info I have might be useful let me know. TP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven M.Perry" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 4:18 PM Subject: Beginning new project > I'm starting on the Merlin AEG G.IV. This is one of Merlin's less than > sterling efforts, that being a major attraction in addition to the very cool > shark mouth markings offered by A/G. > > "Very chunky" pretty much sums up the kit with a "pitted" tossed in for the > white metal. The fuselage halves hit 1/8" thick in places not to mention > being warped slightly to seperate at the nose and tail. The wings are also > very thick even for a bomber, so all the detail will have to be recreated > including the double false ribs in between each of the full ribs. > > Bullying all that styrene into a model is just what I need as a stress > reliever. This will be a long term project to work on in between shorter > ones. So far I've just cleaned up some parts and plotted a battle plan. Most > likely the frst assault will be on the wings. I'll keep y'all posted. > sp > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 09:00:28 -0800 From: Shane & Lorna Jenkins To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: We are not alone Message-ID: <3AA3C62C.7332591C@tac.com.au> Ernest Thomas wrote: > > LEONARDPeterL@aol.com wrote: > > > My question is; Is this a guy thing or are listees of the female persuasion > > similarly afflicted? > > How many women do you know that can get by with only 3 pairs of shoes? > > E. Strangely enough I only have 3 pairs of shoes ........... boots on the other hand :-) Mistress Lorna ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:17:45 -0500 From: "Brian Nicklas" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Union Jack Message-ID: Union Jacks are available from: http://www.airwaygraphics.com Listed as MX-002 (military, misc scale). Available direct or from various suppliers. Brian ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:21:42 -0500 From: "Brian Nicklas" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: sanding pens redux Message-ID: I was in the local "Pep Boys" auto parts supply (US & Canada, I think) and found the Nic-Sand brand "Nick-Sander" for $3.99. This comes with three glass fibre sanding tips, one in the pen and two spares. The ones I saw at two other stores (Trak Auto & Auto Zone) only had one tip for the same price. Looks like a very handy tool, as was pointed out on the list not too long ago. Brian ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 14:03:55 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: What got you Started? Message-ID: <200103042223.OAA14978@mail.rapidnet.net> Oh, I've finished models. .. they have just been ships and figures .. one of which was almost OT. Thanks for the thought. Bob ---------- > Bob, > > So what if you haven't finished a model in almost five years. Your profiles > will still be around and remembered long after any plastic you complete has gone > to the big sprue yard in the sky. > > Alvie > >> Bob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 14:23:06 -0800 From: "Bob Pearson" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: What got you Started? Message-ID: <200103042224.OAA14989@mail.rapidnet.net> Say what? Bob ---------- >From: "Brad & Merville" >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: Re: What got you Started? >Date: Sun, Mar 4, 2001, 9:07 am > > Brad > who recently managed to restore a Spandau to the accumulation of my family > heirlooms. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:36:56 -0500 From: "Brian Nicklas" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: We are not alone Message-ID: >>Strangely enough I only have 3 pairs of shoes ........... >>boots on the other hand :-) >>Mistress Lorna With a prefix of "Mistress" I guess a boot collection shouldn't surprise us... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 18:53:21 -0500 From: "Steven M.Perry" To: Subject: Re: Beginning new project Message-ID: <000a01c0a506$4c62bce0$aef3aec7@default> > Hi Steven- > AEG G.IV , my next large major project also. Excellent choice ;-) I've got the Sierra kit. Another excellent choice. Looking forward to comparing notes as we go. Tom: Does the Squadron book have a photo of the shark mouth G.IV? sp ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:09:18 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: What got you Started? Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7101748D05@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0A508.853ECA20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Andy asks: > I was sitting here at the old PC and I wondered what got you > all into World War One Modelling. I built my first model - an ot Airfix kit - in the early sixties, and my first OT model some time soon after. In April 1968 my grandparents gave me "Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter" (I still have it, inscribed) and I was hooked. By the early 70's I'd built every Airfix OT kit and had started to convert, embellish, correct and scratchbuild, thanks particularly to the examples of Ray Rimell and Harry Woodman in Scale Models. About then I discovered vacforms too - Geoff Prentice (also in SM) being my guru - so a huge range of *kit* subjects started to become possible. By mid 80's it was "if only I could get decent drawings" and more photos (and more, and more and more) Luckily that's about when Windsock came along - Rimell again. In all that time I never built an Aurora kit - they weren't sold where I lived, then I standardised on 1:72 and wouldn't build one if I had seen it, and now I can't imagine why I'd bother. Funny thing, because on the other side of the big water they're virtually everpresent. Summary - I owe my OT lunacy to Airfix, WE Johns, Ray Rimell, Harry Woodman and Geoff Prentice 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 ********************************************************************** ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0A508.853ECA20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: What got you Started?

Andy asks:


> I was sitting here at the old PC and I wondered what= got you
> all into World War One Modelling.

I built my first model - an ot Airfix kit - in the early = sixties, and my first OT model some time soon after. In April 1968 my grand= parents gave me "Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter" (I still have it, i= nscribed) and I was hooked.

By the early 70's I'd built every Airfix OT kit and had s= tarted to convert, embellish, correct and scratchbuild, thanks particularly= to the examples of Ray Rimell and Harry Woodman in Scale Models. About the= n I discovered vacforms too - Geoff Prentice (also in SM) being my guru - s= o a huge range of *kit* subjects started to become possible.

By mid 80's it was "if only I could get decent drawi= ngs" and more photos (and more, and more and more) Luckily that's abou= t when Windsock came along - Rimell again.

In all that time I never built an Aurora kit - they weren= 't sold where I lived, then I standardised on 1:72 and wouldn't build one i= f I had seen it, and now I can't imagine why I'd bother. Funny thing, becau= se on the other side of the big water they're virtually everpresent.=

Summary - I owe my OT lunacy to Airfix, WE Johns, Ray Rim= ell, Harry Woodman and Geoff Prentice


Shane






  



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