WWI Digest 3323 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Rigging question by "Sandy Adam" 2) Re: But I'm alright physically for the most part... by Witold Kozakiewicz 3) Harleyford by "TOM PLESHA" 4) RE: First tank attack was RE: Passchendaele by "Michael Kendix" 5) Re: Harleyford by LEONARDPeterL@aol.com 6) Re: Harleyford by "TOM PLESHA" 7) Re: Cat Booby Trap by "Allen H Besser" 8) Re: Cat Booby Trap by Al Superczynski 9) Re: Cat Booby Trap by "TOM PLESHA" 10) RE: Cat Booby Trap by "Ray Boorman" 11) RE: Cat Booby Trap by "Gaston Graf" 12) Re: Cat Booby Trap by "Steven M.Perry" 13) Off topic - cats - NOT! by "Matt Bittner" 14) Re: Cat Booby Trap by RadspadMike@netscape.net 15) RE: Cat Booby Trap by "Jay M. Thompson" 16) Re: RE: Cat Booby Trap by PolTexCW@aol.com 17) the love for models and mouse busters was RE: Cat Booby Trap by "Gaston Graf" 18) RE: RE: Cat Booby Trap by "Gaston Graf" 19) link to WW1AVIATION.COM... by "Gaston Graf" 20) Re: RE: RE: Cat Booby Trap by PolTexCW@aol.com 21) Re: Off topic - cats - NOT! by Al Superczynski 22) Re: link to WW1AVIATION.COM... by LEONARDPeterL@aol.com 23) Re: Cat Booby Trap by "Steven M.Perry" 24) WWI model list by Phil Bytheway 25) Cats by MAnde72343@aol.com 26) Re: WWI model list by MAnde72343@aol.com 27) Re: WWI model list by Dennis Ugulano 28) Re: WWI model list by Al Superczynski 29) RE: First tank attack was RE: Passchendaele by Shane Weier ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 10:42:30 +0100 From: "Sandy Adam" To: "AAA - WWI Modelling List" Subject: Rigging question Message-ID: <001d01c0d090$d124ece0$14e8b094@sandyada> >You may have missed an earlier question directed your way about the Short 184 from >TC: Have the wings sagged since you finished the model? I've been alarmed by >some of the movement I've noticed in the CSM W.12 wings. Apologies for missing this question - (and thanks Lance). I have to say the TC 184 is rigid in its monofilament cat's cradle and has not warped or sagged in any way - this is probably also partially due to the fact that it sits in a glass cupboard in a fairly stable, coolish, environment. Other main thing though is that the TC wings were very thick to start with and even after extensive thinning, are still too thick, so lots of strength there. However mono is great stuff - On Friday, I dropped the BM 2F1 Camel as I took it off it's shelf, to put it in box to go to Scottish Nats. It did a front somersault (metal engine) and landed upside down (on foam filling) about two feet lower. Aaargh.. followed by phew... - not a scratch!!!! All due to mono strength I'm sure. I note Lance's alarm about the CSM W12. CSM wings are wonderfully thin - but even in the box I've noticed warping developing on some of them, some problem with Tom's. Yet, other thin resin wings are impervious to warps - Hippo, Passchendaele, KAE, for example. The resin formula? Sandy PS I can't read all the messages just now so anything that needs a reply, please send direct. Ta. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:22:56 +0200 From: Witold Kozakiewicz To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: But I'm alright physically for the most part... Message-ID: <3AEC07A0.170AA053@bg.am.lodz.pl> Brian Nicklas napisał(a): > > Hi gang, > I had the misfortune of being the victim of a red-light runner yesterday Good to read that you are ok. And don't bother about car, better lose 10 cars than single finger, > As soon as I stop shaking I'll try to build a model... This could be the best for you. I allways rest sitting near next OT project. :-)Take care. -- Witold Kozakiewicz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 09:32:36 -0400 From: "TOM PLESHA" To: Subject: Harleyford Message-ID: <000501c0d0b0$dba4b540$d3434c0c@tom> Hi Everyone- I've finally found the Harleyford: Marine Aircraft 1914-1918 War Recon & Bomber 1914-1918 War Fighter Aircraft 1914-1918 War on e-bay and was high bidder. They were not inexpensive, but it was the only source I've found anywhere, including searching the internet book dealers, etc. Tom ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:50:53 From: "Michael Kendix" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: RE: First tank attack was RE: Passchendaele Message-ID: >From: Shane Weier > >Blighty - ORIGIN first used by soldiers in the Indian army; Anglo-Indian >alteration of Urdu bilayati "foreign, European" Shane: I should have guessed it'd be that. Other Hindi words ahve been adopted into the english language as slang - e.g. char (tea), wallah (bloke/person). Thanks, Michael _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:10:07 EDT From: LEONARDPeterL@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Harleyford Message-ID: <65.138782f0.281d88cf@aol.com> In a message dated 29/04/01 14:31:20 GMT Daylight Time,=20 APPMAN@worldnet.att.net writes: << Recon & Bomber 1914-1918 War >> That's the rarity. My copy cost me =A355, about $80 in funny money cheers Peter L ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:29:58 -0400 From: "TOM PLESHA" To: Subject: Re: Harleyford Message-ID: <000501c0d0c1$40b45700$8c434c0c@tom> Thanks Peter- I don't feel bad now. They cost a bit over $200 U.S. for all 3. I'm waiting for the seller to let me know the post charge. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Harleyford > In a message dated 29/04/01 14:31:20 GMT Daylight Time,=20 > APPMAN@worldnet.att.net writes: > > << Recon & Bomber 1914-1918 War >> > > > That's the rarity. My copy cost me =A355, about $80 in funny money > > cheers > > Peter L > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:20:00 -0400 From: "Allen H Besser" To: Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: <002e01c0d0d0$a0d89f60$9b58143f@compaq-computer> Mark: Glad to see there's another cat lover out there. This thread seems to have contained only those who hate cats. I've got two and they're my family since my divorce and my daughter's wedding and cross-country move. Al Besser -----Original Message----- From: Mark Shannon To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap >I have had cats in the family for just about all of my life. > >Bullet, A.K.A. the Bull was a very large grey tomcat who was an ace in a day. That house had a shelf over the top edge of the cinder blocks in the stairwell of the basement, and that is where the models were set for display. The Bull went for a walk along that shelf, and casually knocked off all the models that got in his way. He stopped when he reached the ones my father had built. I miss that cat, though he had a full feline life. > >Candy was a long-hair blue-grey cat. She was known for making sure the family noticed her in the evening. One evening she got on the mantle in the family room and pat-by-pat inched off a small sailing ship model I had there. When it dropped, she looked over the mantle edge with an obvious 'well what do you know, sure fell down, didn't it?' look. > >Spitfire was another grey 'Sylvester-marked' tomcat. He ate the barrels off of bomber guns and sat in model boxes. > >The current pain in the modeling is Folgore, a medium-haired tabby with no discernable brain. His obsession is with my Napoleonics figures - he is refighting the battle of Waterloo and the French are winning. We just don't have enclosed display space for them, and putting them high up seems to be the attraction. > >I have to be alert when my hobby room door opens, cause either he or Hurricane (Maine Coon Cat mix female) try to find out what's 'Behind the Green Door', and Folgore in particular is very interested in trying to climb inside the display case - to the extent of trying to open the door and ignoring dousing with a spray bottle - thank heaven for child-guard latches. > >I love my cats, but they can be real hazards to modeling sanity (whatever that is) > >.Mark. > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 12:35:59 -0500 From: Al Superczynski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:25:08 -0400 (EDT), Al wrote: >Glad to see there's another cat lover out there. This thread >seems to have contained only those who hate cats. We have seven (!) of the fur balls. Had eight till earlier this month when one of our favorites succumbed to old age...... :( Al ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:51:27 -0400 From: "TOM PLESHA" To: Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: <000501c0d0d5$044954a0$e5404c0c@tom> We have 2 of them. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Superczynski" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 1:42 PM Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap > On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:25:08 -0400 (EDT), Al wrote: > > >Glad to see there's another cat lover out there. This thread > >seems to have contained only those who hate cats. > > We have seven (!) of the fur balls. Had eight till earlier this > month when one of our favorites succumbed to old age...... :( > > Al > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:22:50 -0700 From: "Ray Boorman" To: Subject: RE: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: Up until my son was born we always had two or three cats. I dont think anyone who posted is a cat hater at least I'm not. I have been known to use some words that dont fit in polite company around our cats. Especially lately since Rosie aka lil Fokker has taken to licking decals and photo's. I'm pretty sure she hates Central Powers Aircraft because of the lozenge decals, must some taste to them she likes. Of course there some exceptions. My wifes favorite cat a hulking huge english tabby who she thought wouldnt hurt a fly, took great joy in trying to rip my hands to shreds whenever she asked me to take him to the vet. Lil monster would wait till she left the room, then turn into a feline spitfire......... Ray > -----Original Message----- > From: wwi@wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi@wwi-models.org]On Behalf Of TOM > PLESHA > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 10:53 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap > > > We have 2 of them. > Tom > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Superczynski" > To: "Multiple recipients of list" > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap > > > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:25:08 -0400 (EDT), Al wrote: > > > > >Glad to see there's another cat lover out there. This thread > > >seems to have contained only those who hate cats. > > > > We have seven (!) of the fur balls. Had eight till earlier this > > month when one of our favorites succumbed to old age...... :( > > > > Al > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:04:34 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: > > Up until my son was born we always had two or three cats... Now tell me what happened to the cats AFTER your son was born? I hope you don't belong to that kind of people who throw animals away like old toys only because they fear the cat might "do something" to their child. No offense intended, but this statement of yours is ringing the alarm bells in my head. Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:20:06 -0400 From: "Steven M.Perry" To: Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: <001101c0d0e1$66e0c740$97f0aec7@default> Three of the four wastewater facilities in the city have various numbers of stray cats who are fed by each shift and hence fatter than the average feline. Our facility doesn't have any cats, we do however, have a nine foot alligator......... sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:27:14 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Off topic - cats - NOT! Message-ID: <200104291924.MAA03885@gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net> Me, I'm a dog lover. Always have been, always will be. Anyone see the movie _History of the World Part I_ with the "catapult"? Anyone on a unix box and get the jokes delivered when logging in or out? 101 ways to skin a cat - way number 12, superglue and a toothbrush . To keep it semi on topic, I ended up winning a Roden Gotha *with* PART p/e from the Des Moines contest raffle yesterday. Much better than watching some airshow... ;-) Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:28:36 -0400 From: RadspadMike@netscape.net To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: <31887A38.5E51C3C2.3E0364A1@netscape.net> sp wrote: > Our facility doesn't have any cats, we do however, have a nine foot > alligator......... Obviously the reason you don't have any cats. I don't suppose you have any dogs either. Are the employees accounted for regularly? ;_) Mike K. __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:27:18 -0500 From: "Jay M. Thompson" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: RE: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: It's a losing battle trying to keep the cats out of the modeling room- there's nothing more offensive in the world to a cat than a closed door. Their role in life is to monitor everything that's going on, to ensure no unapproved activity is occurring. Realizing this, my deal with my cat Mittens was that she was allowed in the modeling room, only if she would sit on my lap. That way she could watch everything that I did and occasionally offer helpful advice. If she got off my lap and decided to take a more active part in the activity at hand, out the door she went. Unfortunately, I lost her to cancer this past summer. My new cat (Tonkinese), Takita, is a young and very busy girl who has currently committed her whole being to killing everything and anything that moves, may have moved in the past, or which may move at some indeterminate point in the future. She's also somewhat less graceful than Mittens was at this point, her entry into a room usually consisting of continuing to run at full speed until she crashes into something. But she's a little sweetheart, and I think I'll be able to teach her how to become a successful part of the modeling team. Now if I could just come up with a way to train them to cease shedding at the entrance to the modeling room . -----Original Message----- From: wwi@wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi@wwi-models.org]On Behalf Of Allen H Besser Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 12:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap Mark: Glad to see there's another cat lover out there. This thread seems to have contained only those who hate cats. I've got two and they're my family since my divorce and my daughter's wedding and cross-country move. Al Besser -----Original Message----- From: Mark Shannon To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap >I have had cats in the family for just about all of my life. > >Bullet, A.K.A. the Bull was a very large grey tomcat who was an ace in a day. That house had a shelf over the top edge of the cinder blocks in the stairwell of the basement, and that is where the models were set for display. The Bull went for a walk along that shelf, and casually knocked off all the models that got in his way. He stopped when he reached the ones my father had built. I miss that cat, though he had a full feline life. > >Candy was a long-hair blue-grey cat. She was known for making sure the family noticed her in the evening. One evening she got on the mantle in the family room and pat-by-pat inched off a small sailing ship model I had there. When it dropped, she looked over the mantle edge with an obvious 'well what do you know, sure fell down, didn't it?' look. > >Spitfire was another grey 'Sylvester-marked' tomcat. He ate the barrels off of bomber guns and sat in model boxes. > >The current pain in the modeling is Folgore, a medium-haired tabby with no discernable brain. His obsession is with my Napoleonics figures - he is refighting the battle of Waterloo and the French are winning. We just don't have enclosed display space for them, and putting them high up seems to be the attraction. > >I have to be alert when my hobby room door opens, cause either he or Hurricane (Maine Coon Cat mix female) try to find out what's 'Behind the Green Door', and Folgore in particular is very interested in trying to climb inside the display case - to the extent of trying to open the door and ignoring dousing with a spray bottle - thank heaven for child-guard latches. > >I love my cats, but they can be real hazards to modeling sanity (whatever that is) > >.Mark. > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:33:32 EDT From: PolTexCW@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: RE: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: <63.15626a14.281dc68c@aol.com> In a message dated 4/29/1 3:07:41 PM, ggraf@vo.lu writes: << Up until my son was born we always had two or three cats... Now tell me what happened to the cats AFTER your son was born? I hope you don't belong to that kind of people who throw animals away like old toys only because they fear the cat might "do something" to their child. No offense intended, but this statement of yours is ringing the alarm bells in my head. >> We have five cats. When my son was born, we threw him away like an old toy. Is that better, Gaston? John PS The boy refused to leave. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:36:39 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: the love for models and mouse busters was RE: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: It seems to me that many modelers share the love for the mouse & model busters. We too have 7 of them. Sometimes they drive me crazy and I get a strange feeling that could drive me to feed them all to Alf... Paulie loves to sleep at my back when I take a nap and I love to feel his warmth and the slight vibration of his purring, but he's the dumbest thing that was ever born in the skin of a cat. If there is a booby trap somewhere in the house you can be sure Paulie finds it - you'll hear it, no doubt! He's looking like a half painted Garfield - big, fat, white with some orange but there's wasn't enough paint left to give him a uniform coat of orange. He's my favourite of the cat gang. Ronnie is a smart cat who reminds me a lot of Sylvester but his skin is something like olive+black tiger over white - it's no real grey tiger, more like olive. He has a big pink nose and loves to sleep on my scanner, which is something I could kill him for, especially when he is drying his wet and dirty skin there and the scanner afterwards looks like taken from the mud at the Western front. Another special of Ronnie is his tail which he bends in the shape of an "?" rather than setting it up straight like an antenna when he becomes curious about something. Also he drops from his mouth when I pet him. The poor fellow was thrown away by some §$%&*!@ humans together with his siblings. It was a frosty November day in '89 as he was found by a friend of my wife. She found him on a walk in a cardbox on a field where he had spend already a night in the cold and brought us the box. The kitten was 3 and about 11 days old - three little skin bags with bones. Fortunately I was able to save Ronnies life as well as the life of his sister Betty, but their poor brother died the day after despite of taking them all to the vet. I mixed them a special baby food and fed them by hand with a disposable syringe every two hours, even at night, until they was strong enough to eat themselfs... Yes the humans are an ugly breed... It is because humans throw away animals like trash that we have 7 cats instead of only 2 we started with. Other people found them and knew we love cats so they brought them to us, mainly because this was the easiest solution for them rather than taking the responsability themself to care about them. But one thing is sure: In my next life there won't be cats! Also no pooch, no bunnies, no Guinea pigs, no horses, no wife, no kids - just aircraft and women ;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 Al > Superczynski > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 7:42 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap > > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:25:08 -0400 (EDT), Al wrote: > > >Glad to see there's another cat lover out there. This thread > >seems to have contained only those who hate cats. > > We have seven (!) of the fur balls. Had eight till earlier this > month when one of our favorites succumbed to old age...... :( > > Al ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:41:45 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: RE: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: > > We have five cats. When my son was born, we threw him away like > an old toy. > Is that better, Gaston? > > John > > PS > > The boy refused to leave. Lucky you! Lucky for the big pond separating us, making it impossible for me to park a 120 ton Diesel locomotive on your head... :oP Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 21:52:48 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: link to WW1AVIATION.COM... Message-ID: Is this link already known to the list http://www.wwiaviation.com/toc.shtml? Rocco Gioffre send it to me because he found information there about German balloons he wants to model for his MPEG video. Gaston Graf (ggraf@vo.lu) Meet the Royal Prussian Fighter Squadron 2 "Boelcke" at: http://www.jastaboelcke.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:50:11 EDT From: PolTexCW@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: RE: RE: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: In a message dated 4/29/1 3:46:20 PM, ggraf@vo.lu writes: << Lucky you! Lucky for the big pond separating us, making it impossible for me to park a 120 ton Diesel locomotive on your head... :oP >> You'd have to deal with The Boy first. John ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:55:54 -0500 From: Al Superczynski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Off topic - cats - NOT! Message-ID: On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 15:29:31 -0400 (EDT), Matt wrote: >I'm a dog lover. Got three of those too. All my cats and dogs are big buddies as long as none of the outside cats tries to go in *their* back yard... ;-p Al ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:00:50 EDT From: LEONARDPeterL@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: link to WW1AVIATION.COM... Message-ID: It's been around for some time but disappeared for a while, possibly changed it's URL. I do have it on my links page though (http://www.escadrille.mcmail.com/links-frame.html) cheers Peter L ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:03:51 -0400 From: "Steven M.Perry" To: Subject: Re: Cat Booby Trap Message-ID: <001901c0d0ef$e5415880$97f0aec7@default> > sp wrote: > > > Our facility doesn't have any cats, we do however, have a nine foot > > alligator......... > > Obviously the reason you don't have any cats. I don't suppose you have any dogs either. Are the employees accounted for regularly? ;_) Oh yes, although I have taken to putting on a wig and funny glasses like the Assistant Director wears and feeding the gator regularly ;-) sp ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 14:10:52 -0700 From: Phil Bytheway To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: WWI model list Message-ID: <907BC1780991D411A7F5006008AFAEC6DA94@PIONEER> I'm Phil Bytheway of Seattle WA.... currently 48 and working as an Electrical Design engineer for Teknologic (thus the email). I used to do WWI modeling when I was in high school and college... but work, marriage, etc has taken a front seat until the bug bit recently (ever happen to any of you, hi). I joined your group to get "fired up" again... but I obviously missed a lot since I faded away in the early '70s. I'm mostly interested in modeling 1/72 WWI aircraft and was wondering if anyone has a list of all the kits produced and/or available. I've been doing some ebay "looking" but really feel the need for a complete list (like I didn't know there was a Martinsyde Elephant out until I read it here!!). I'm hoping to acquire and built a 1/72 model for all possible aircraft of the period... would like to include those that only made a brief appearance to those that were popular (I think I have, maybe, most of those kits already??). Yes, I have a cat... and, so far, she has not done any damage to models... even though a number of stacks of related paperwork have become horizontal vs my verticle method of organization! Thanks for all your great comments... etc... the blood is moving in the "right" direction now!! phil bytheway ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:16:25 EDT From: MAnde72343@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Cats Message-ID: <95.a165a56.281ddea9@aol.com> --part1_95.a165a56.281ddea9_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I like cats, but am glad I don't have one, I have noticed that anything that looks even remotely like a bird gets their attention, sooner or later, and I don't have any closed cabinets for display, battered models are not much fun. Merrill --part1_95.a165a56.281ddea9_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I like cats, but am glad I don't have one, I have noticed that anything that
looks even remotely like a bird gets their attention, sooner or later, and I
don't have any closed cabinets for display, battered models are not much fun.
Merrill --part1_95.a165a56.281ddea9_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:29:33 EDT From: MAnde72343@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: WWI model list Message-ID: --part1_c6.14ea7038.281de1bd_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Three or four years ago, it would have been easy to list the 1/72 W.W.I kits, now, between the eastern Europeans and the resin explosion, it would run to pages, Eduard has released the Albatros DV/Va and the Fokker Triplane in 1/72 in the last year, they're world class kits. Roden (formerly Toko) has released may W.W.I kits in the last few years, not perfect, but better than almost everything released in "the old days". Czech Resins are still around, but still hard to get, and there are now about a half dozen (I think) resin kit makers doing W.W.I subjects. The list has a data base on kits, I haven't checked it in a while, and so don't know how current it is, the last couple of years have been good times for Great War modelers. Merrill --part1_c6.14ea7038.281de1bd_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Three or four years ago, it would have been easy to list the 1/72 W.W.I kits,
now, between the eastern Europeans and the resin explosion, it would run to
pages, Eduard has released the Albatros DV/Va and the Fokker Triplane in 1/72
in the last year, they're world class kits. Roden (formerly Toko) has
released may W.W.I kits in the last few years, not perfect, but better than
almost everything released in "the old days".  Czech Resins are still around,
but still hard to get, and there are now about a half dozen (I think) resin
kit makers doing W.W.I subjects. The list has a data base on kits, I haven't
checked it in a while, and so don't know how current it is, the last couple
of years have been good times for Great War modelers.
Merrill   --part1_c6.14ea7038.281de1bd_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:33:50 -0400 From: Dennis Ugulano To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Re: WWI model list Message-ID: <200104291734_MC2-CE2E-2F03@compuserve.com> Phil, You have come to the right place to get fired up again. You have joined with the most knowledgeable but probably the craziest group of guys and gals you will ever meet. Welcome to the 1/72 scale side of our group. There will be those of the other scale who will try and persuade you to their side. Resist. >> I'm hoping to acquire and built a 1/72 model for all possible aircraft of the period... would like to include those that only made a brief appearance to those that were popular (I think I have, maybe, most of those kits already??). << If you have not built since the 70's, you have 30 years to catch up on. Just a brief history. Vacuforms in the 80's, short run injection in the 90's and now injection mold and resin from the former Soviet block nations for the new century. We will gladly guide you through this maze of kits that you have missed. There are many web sites where we show off our work, especially the main web site of the group. But a word of caution. when you ask a question, be prepared for a barrage of replies. It happened to me and I haven't been right since. This welcome is from the middle of Calif. Dennis Ugulano email: Uggies@compuserve.com http://ronnieuggie.com/uggie/dju.htm Page Revised 4/22/01 "Each modeler will rise to their own level of masochism." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:40:21 -0500 From: Al Superczynski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: WWI model list Message-ID: <092petg303t3iju9nacqlagdnf7pr848ga@4ax.com> On Sun, 29 Apr 2001 17:20:18 -0400 (EDT), Phil wrote: >I'm mostly interested in modeling 1/72 WWI aircraft and was wondering if >anyone has a list of all the kits produced and/or available. Welcome aboard, especially since you adhere to The One True Scale! ;-p I don't know if there's such a thing specifically dealing with only WWI aircraft but Tom Young (Maiesm72@aol.com) maintains a data base of *all* 1/72 scale models. Al http://apollo.up-link.net/~modeleral ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:43:50 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: First tank attack was RE: Passchendaele Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7101748FB6@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Michael, > I should have guessed it'd be that. Other Hindi words ahve > been adopted > into the english language as slang - e.g. char (tea), wallah > (bloke/person). And of course - charwallah ! Amongst my other perversions (WW1 modelling, military history) I'm interested in etymology, so a question on the origon of a word will *always* picque my interest. Shane ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this e-mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this e-mail is not permitted. You are requested to forward unwanted e-mail and address any problems to the MIM Holdings Limited Support Centre. e-mail: supportcentre@mim.com.au phone: Australia 1800500646 ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 3323 **********************