WWI Digest 3637 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Steve Hustads Models Again by John_Impenna@hyperion.com 2) Re: New member to the list by "Steven Perry" 3) Re: New member to the list by CoolSpadLuke@aol.com 4) Poor Polish pilots according to Vihonen by "Grzegorz Mazurowski" 5) RE: Admitting Defeat by Myles Miller 6) Re: New member to the list by "Rick Milas" 7) List works strange today by "Grzegorz Mazurowski" 8) List works strange today part 2 by "Grzegorz Mazurowski" 9) Re: List works strange today part 2 by "Steven Perry" 10) Re: List works strange today part 2 by CoolSpadLuke@aol.com 11) Re: New member to the list by "Tom Solinski" 12) RE: Ausgezeichnet! Jager Miniatures by Todd Hayes 13) Odp: New member to the list by "Grzegorz Mazurowski" 14) New updates by "Matt Bittner" 15) Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII by CoolSpadLuke@aol.com 16) Re: Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII by "Tom Plesha" 17) The Battle Axe 1:32 Fokker D.VII by Todd Hayes 18) Re: New member to the list by ibs4421@commandnet.net 19) Re: Poor Polish pilots according to Vihonen by ibs4421@commandnet.net 20) Re: The Battle Axe 1:32 Fokker D.VII by CoolSpadLuke@aol.com 21) RE: new updates by Neil.Eddy@dhs.vic.gov.au 22) Re: New member to the list by Neil.Eddy@dhs.vic.gov.au 23) RE: valve springs by Shane Weier 24) Another update by "Matt Bittner" 25) Re: New member to the list by Todd Hayes 26) Re: New member to the list by "Tom Plesha" 27) Re: Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII by "P. Howard" 28) I'm Back by " David Layton" 29) Re: Nieuport propeller by "mdf@mars.ark.com" 30) Re: The Battle Axe 1:32 Fokker D.VII by "Brent Theobald" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:27:43 -0400 From: John_Impenna@hyperion.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Steve Hustads Models Again Message-ID: Hi Folks, Does anyone have an email for Steve Hustad?? If so, can you ask him if it is okay to pass it on to me? I wanted to ask him a couple of questions regarding his Albatros models on the site...Does anyone know which kits these are??.It doesn't appear he is subscribed....TIA.. Regards, John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:31:42 -0400 From: "Steven Perry" To: Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: <005c01c12b49$74de0980$59b65c18@tampabay.rr.com> HI Vaso Welcome to the List from St.Petersburg, Florida. sp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:30:40 EDT From: CoolSpadLuke@aol.com To: Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: <54.199efac8.28b57071@aol.com> Welcome Vaso, You come with good references. I believe Lubos referred some of us to your work earlier - - very good! I'm looking forward to seeing more when your club's site is completely up. VBR, Mike Kavanaugh ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:21:13 +0200 From: "Grzegorz Mazurowski" To: Subject: Poor Polish pilots according to Vihonen Message-ID: <011201c12b50$62e16040$0200a8c0@x.pl> ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Vihonen > poor Polish pilots had found out hard way that > they are not combat aircraft. > > Jan Hey man!!! Polish pilots poor ?!?! 8. June 1940 5 Polish Caudrons attacked 15 Bf 110 and shot down 5 without loss. Next day in fight against big bombing raid escorted by Bf 109 Poles shot down 2 Bf 109 and Do 17 with loss of 3 pilots. You can say, that it was 3:3 result for that day, but you must remember that Cyclone engine was 450 hp, and Messerschmitt 109E3 over 850. Pilots from Cyclone squadron were evacuated to Britain and fought in Battle of Britain, and later some of them, with another Poles (total number was 13 pilots), were sent later to Africa as a Polish flight (so called Polish Fighting Team) in 145 Sq RAF. Brits were smart enough to give to Poles not worst, but best their planes: AFAIK PFT was the only Allied flight in Africa using Spitfire Mk IX (another used Mk.V). In two months of early 1943 13 Polish pilots scored 25 Germans with loss of only one pilot, who was captured. Their flight scored more kills than any other Allied flight, and even squadron at that time in their Wing. Greetings Grzegorz _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:40:38 -0700 From: Myles Miller To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: RE: Admitting Defeat Message-ID: <4.1.20010822143328.009f7600@mail> >From: "Shannon Mark" >To: >Subject: Admitting Defeat >Well, I have to face two facts -- the first is that I will not be able = >to finish the Albatrii I was working on for this weekend's Austin Scale = >Model Show, there are just too many details that I cannot and will not = >rush. Mark, I'm sorry to hear this - I was looking forward to seeing the collection of your Albitrii dominating the display tables. ( hey, bring back your SE5a for another round ! I'd like to see it again.....) Myles ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:31:47 -0500 From: "Rick Milas" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: Welcome! This is a great list to be a part of. Great people and lots of great information. Thank you for the address of your modelling page. I was unable to see the models (I'll check back later), but I did see the profiles. Really enjoyed the A/H Albatros and the B----9's. Rick Milas >From: Václav Hochmuth >Reply-To: wwi@wwi-models.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [WWI] New member to the list >Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:38:10 -0400 (EDT) > >Hi all >just let me to introduce myself. My name's Vaso (a nickname from Vaclav) >and >I live at Slovakia (perhaps somebody knows this country...) I followed the >advices from few members of this list and decded to join it. I hope it was >a >good decision :-) >I like to build mostly everything that flew until late 1945, with a special >interest in original subjects (pre-war early planes and interwar racers and >record aircraft) I think that Lubos has mentioned here some of my models. >They could be seen on the new page of our modelling club at >http://kpmpresov.host.sk The page isn't yet completed but I hope it will be >up tomorrow at 8.00 CET. The page is mostly in a slovak language, but there >are also some english captions. And don't forget to visit the profiles >section... > >Vaso > >P.S. Excuse some mistakes, my english is not perfect (peut-etre je connais >mieux la langue francaise...) > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:47:49 +0200 From: "Grzegorz Mazurowski" To: "wwi lista" Subject: List works strange today Message-ID: <013401c12b54$17bb90a0$0200a8c0@x.pl> Hi all! Today list works strange. Mails are coming completely not in chronological order. Answers are coming earlier than questions. At first I thought that I've configured Outlook to sort mails not in coming time order, but it is al right. Actually, mails are COMING to my mailbox not in proper order. (my comp. is online all the time, on a cable) Also mails I've send to list are coming strange: one almost immediately, and one after 5 hours. It doesn't look like problem with my computer, and it is only todays problem. Earlier all was OK. Anyone's noticed something like that? Grzegorz _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:09:21 +0200 From: "Grzegorz Mazurowski" To: "wwi lista" Subject: List works strange today part 2 Message-ID: <014d01c12b57$19b31380$0200a8c0@x.pl> I've just received Diego's mails from 14.01 (question about Amodel SPAD - many answers for that I've already got!) and second from 19.03 (RE: New model on web site). And Steven's answer for my mail about Polish pilots I've got immediately. Help, please! Grzegorz _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:20:39 -0400 From: "Steven Perry" To: Subject: Re: List works strange today part 2 Message-ID: <001d01c12b58$add94ba0$59b65c18@tampabay.rr.com> > I've just received Diego's mails from 14.01 (question about Amodel SPAD - > many answers for that I've already got!) and second from 19.03 (RE: New > model on web site). And Steven's answer for my mail about Polish pilots I've > got immediately. > Help, please! > Grzegorz I sent you a message direct, but it seems the List messages are taking longer. From what little I understand of the Net, they probably took two different routes, One from Fla to Poland and the other from New Hampshire to Poland. Each route through a different set of servers. One of the servers on the route from NH to Poland is probably down or running slow, so list messages are taking longer. Least thats how I had it explained to me once when I was experiencing similar problems. These things are usually trmporary in nature. hth sp I'll send this message to you direct right after I send it through the list, LMK which gets there first ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:21:24 EDT From: CoolSpadLuke@aol.com To: Subject: Re: List works strange today part 2 Message-ID: Apparently the List Gods are not happy. If you review the message traffic today, you will find it has dealt mainly with micro-scale pulpit French aircraft models, hardly substantial fare for the list deity. Even Allan, the List Master knows this, just look at the scale he's currently working in. Sorry, gang, I guess we just have to live and learn. . . only some of us have further to go. :-)) In a message dated Wed, 22 Aug 2001 6:05:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Grzegorz Mazurowski" writes: > I've just received Diego's mails from 14.01 (question about Amodel SPAD - > many answers for that I've already got!) and second from 19.03 (RE: New > model on web site). And Steven's answer for my mail about Polish pilots I've > got immediately. > Help, please! > Grzegorz > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:37:22 -0500 From: "Tom Solinski" To: Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: <015a01c12b5b$0294a980$a6a20d41@Solinski.okcnc1.ok.home.com> Howdy from Oklahoma Vaso! Your english is far superior to most of us trying any Eastern European language. Your profiles on your site are beautiful! Keep up the good work! But.. the links to your aircraft pictures are broke Enjoy the list Tom S ----- Original Message ----- > http://kpmpresov.host.sk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:07:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: RE: Ausgezeichnet! Jager Miniatures Message-ID: <20010822230724.56768.qmail@web11105.mail.yahoo.com> Quick releases are very unusual for Tom's. He's also doing a Spad 11, Roland D.VIa, and Roland D.VIb. All in 1:48. Fortunately, Tom's Modelworks kits are not too expensive. The prices should be US$25-30. Come on Eduard, 1:48 SPAD VII's PLEASE! Todd --- Tomasz Gronczewski wrote: > > You're in luck. Tom's Modelworks of California is > > working on a 1:48 Albatros C.XII in resin. No > release > > date yet. > > Todd, > > great news! I am happy of both pieces of > information. First, Albatros C.XII > shall come. Second, it won't come soon. Now my > budget is totally exhausted > ;o) > > Cheers, > > Tomasz > > > --------------------------------------------------- > http://POCZTA.interia.pl/ - sa powody by korzystac! > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:20:55 +0200 From: "Grzegorz Mazurowski" To: Subject: Odp: New member to the list Message-ID: <002b01c12b61$18b63160$0200a8c0@x.pl> Hi Vaso! Welcome! I've enlisted 3 weeks ago and I'm very happy addict now. The list is better even than chocolade! I'm from Poland so I know exactly where is Slovensko. I've been on Babia Gora two weeks ago and we went to Slovensko for a beer. Kelt is veeeery gooood! Grzegorz Warsaw, Poland _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:27:12 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: New updates Message-ID: <200108222325.QAA10363@avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net> Just updated the site. E sent in images of his latest Blue Max builds and Mike Muth sent images of a new Fokker D.VII and Aviatik D.I. Excellent job, all!! Matt Bittner WW1 Site Assistant Editor ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:46:22 EDT From: CoolSpadLuke@aol.com To: Subject: Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII Message-ID: Steve Perry keeps trying to use logic to explain why list messages are not being posted chronologically. I will try to appease the list gods this way. I received the Bluprint 1/24 scale Fokker D.VIII a few days ago and must say that it is impressive. Vacform, resin, white metal and some PE. Parts galore! I don't know if I will bother to count them. I am still just looking it over, trying to identify parts and where they will go. Also, reviewing the instructions, which are rather terse but seem to cover everything - - just don't skip a line or you are in real trouble. There are several 11X17-inch sheets of enlarged photo copies and diagrams showing assembly steps. They are two-sided, so I went to Kinko's and copied them all to one-sided in case it happened that I needed to use both sides of a sheet simultaneously. The resin isn't finished as smoothly as most I have encountered in other kits, but I don't see a problem. It should sand down easily. I like the way the kit is designed, using a metal (not PE!) cage/frame, much the same as the actual aircraft, with vacform covering. The vacform parts look good to me. The instructions recommended painting the vacform with primer before removing the parts, then sanding the parts down to the primer. I sprayed them with gray enamel primer and it covers real well. I know I'm going to like working on the wing, it's huge! There are two 11X17-inches decal sheets of lozenges (top and bottom). I had to search for a place to put them where they wouldn't get messed up. I like the colors and there seems to be ample material to make up for minimal mistakes. I scaled up the Fokker E.V/D.VIII drawings by Phillip Drews in Scale Aircraft Drawings and am waiting until I get the Fokker D.VIII Windsock datafile which is/has been reprinted. I ordered it from Albatros several days ago with some other stuff, along with the reprinted Fokker E.III datafile. All the Albatros' publications listing says is, "reprinted in 2001". Does anyone know if the reprints of nos. 15 and 25 are currently available. I haven't had much luck communicating with Albatros. I order and they send, usually much later, what they have. I tried calling them and got an answering machine (during business hours in England). I recently bought a Sony Mavica 10X which, the salesperson assured me, will take good close-ups of models. I will take pictures of all the parts, then construction as it continues and post all on my website if I ever get it up and going. I'm no better at completing websites than models! Sorry for using up so much bandwith. Seemed necessary to throw some 1/24 scale medicine into the list works. VBR, Mike Kavanaugh ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:54:55 -0400 From: "Tom Plesha" To: Subject: Re: Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII Message-ID: <000501c12b65$d803bf20$2cfdfa18@mcmb1.mi.home.com> Mike- The kit sounds quite good, please keep commenting. I think that you will enjoy the Mavica, its quite forgiving but it will certainly do close-ups. Later Tom S.E.MI. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 7:49 PM Subject: [WWI] Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII > Steve Perry keeps trying to use logic to explain why list messages are not being posted chronologically. I will try to appease the list gods this way. > > I received the Bluprint 1/24 scale Fokker D.VIII a few days ago and must say that it is impressive. Vacform, resin, white metal and some PE. Parts galore! I don't know if I will bother to count them. I am still just looking it over, trying to identify parts and where they will go. Also, reviewing the instructions, which are rather terse but seem to cover everything - - just don't skip a line or you are in real trouble. There are several 11X17-inch sheets of enlarged photo copies and diagrams showing assembly steps. They are two-sided, so I went to Kinko's and copied them all to one-sided in case it happened that I needed to use both sides of a sheet simultaneously. > > The resin isn't finished as smoothly as most I have encountered in other kits, but I don't see a problem. It should sand down easily. > > I like the way the kit is designed, using a metal (not PE!) cage/frame, much the same as the actual aircraft, with vacform covering. The vacform parts look good to me. The instructions recommended painting the vacform with primer before removing the parts, then sanding the parts down to the primer. I sprayed them with gray enamel primer and it covers real well. I know I'm going to like working on the wing, it's huge! > > There are two 11X17-inches decal sheets of lozenges (top and bottom). I had to search for a place to put them where they wouldn't get messed up. I like the colors and there seems to be ample material to make up for minimal mistakes. > > I scaled up the Fokker E.V/D.VIII drawings by Phillip Drews in Scale Aircraft Drawings and am waiting until I get the Fokker D.VIII Windsock datafile which is/has been reprinted. I ordered it from Albatros several days ago with some other stuff, along with the reprinted Fokker E.III datafile. All the Albatros' publications listing says is, "reprinted in 2001". Does anyone know if the reprints of nos. 15 and 25 are currently available. I haven't had much luck communicating with Albatros. I order and they send, usually much later, what they have. I tried calling them and got an answering machine (during business hours in England). > > I recently bought a Sony Mavica 10X which, the salesperson assured me, will take good close-ups of models. I will take pictures of all the parts, then construction as it continues and post all on my website if I ever get it up and going. I'm no better at completing websites than models! > > Sorry for using up so much bandwith. Seemed necessary to throw some 1/24 scale medicine into the list works. > > VBR, > Mike Kavanaugh ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:25:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: The Battle Axe 1:32 Fokker D.VII Message-ID: <20010823002557.63940.qmail@web11105.mail.yahoo.com> ... is on the way according to the Squadron site. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:39:27 -0500 From: ibs4421@commandnet.net To: Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: <00c001c12b6c$125f91c0$243dfad1@esther> Vaso! Welcome from the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the USA! Warren (Who is selling stuff to Looney-Bay idiots at a frenetic pace. . . I'm in the money. . . I'm in the money . . for OT kits and books and datafiles . . . . . ) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:42:35 -0500 From: ibs4421@commandnet.net To: Subject: Re: Poor Polish pilots according to Vihonen Message-ID: <00dc01c12b6c$815b6f40$243dfad1@esther> Grzegorz, I do not think that he meant "poor" as in a bad pilot, but "poor" as in pitiable for having to fly such a bad aircraft. Warren ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:48:11 EDT From: CoolSpadLuke@aol.com To: Subject: Re: The Battle Axe 1:32 Fokker D.VII Message-ID: <149.51f5e4.28b5accb@aol.com> Todd, I'm not sure I know what that means. On the way from Battle Axe to Squadron (which is what I think the Squadron notation means) or from Squadron to us? If the former, do you suppose it is coming by "surface mail"? If so, what is all the excitement about? . . . I may not even be here by then. Mike Kavanaugh In a message dated Wed, 22 Aug 2001 8:28:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Todd Hayes writes: > .. is on the way according to the Squadron site. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:57:59 +1000 From: Neil.Eddy@dhs.vic.gov.au To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: RE: new updates Message-ID: Mark; Just to add my complements to the growing list of admirers - these are great builds. I am happy to see that the EE Morane builds into a nice model as I have one in the cupboard (along with everything else....) All the best Neil E. mflake@tarrant county.com To: Multiple recipients of list (Flake, Marc) Sent by: cc: wwi@wwi-models Subject: [WWI] RE: new updates .org 23/08/2001 12:06 AM Please respond to wwi List: Just wanted to thank all those who complemented my Morane and armored car pictures. The history of the "H" was drawn from material provided by the good Monsieur Bittner. Marc Flake(waiting for the pictures of 7 Camels and two SE 5s to be developed) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:30:05 +1000 From: Neil.Eddy@dhs.vic.gov.au To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: Hi Vaso; Welcome to the list! You'll find it full of good people, good humour and even good modelling tips too! All the best from Australia Neil E. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:07:17 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: valve springs Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7102BCD49A@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Ken says: > My kids recently developed an interest in guitars, so I > should be able to > try out the guitar string technique in the future. The trouble is, that first you have to suffer *their* guitar string technique ;-) Shane (However, we fathers can be pretty forebearing!) ********************************************************************** 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 International ++61 7 38338042 ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:12:28 -0500 From: "Matt Bittner" To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: Another update Message-ID: <200108230210.TAA03620@hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net> Just added "real" images of the RAFM Fokker D.VII. Thanks, Jan! Matt Bittner WW1 Site Assistant Editor ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:07:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: <20010823030725.12727.qmail@web11106.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Vaso, Slovakia? Isn't that somewhere east of the U.S.? Todd --- Václav_Hochmuth wrote: > Hi all > just let me to introduce myself. My name's Vaso (a > nickname from Vaclav) and > I live at Slovakia (perhaps somebody knows this > country...) I followed the > advices from few members of this list and decded to > join it. I hope it was a > good decision :-) > I like to build mostly everything that flew until > late 1945, with a special > interest in original subjects (pre-war early planes > and interwar racers and > record aircraft) I think that Lubos has mentioned > here some of my models. > They could be seen on the new page of our modelling > club at > http://kpmpresov.host.sk The page isn't yet > completed but I hope it will be > up tomorrow at 8.00 CET. The page is mostly in a > slovak language, but there > are also some english captions. And don't forget to > visit the profiles > section... > > Vaso > > P.S. Excuse some mistakes, my english is not perfect > (peut-etre je connais > mieux la langue francaise...) > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:18:43 -0400 From: "Tom Plesha" To: Subject: Re: New member to the list Message-ID: <000501c12b82$5070d800$2cfdfa18@mcmb1.mi.home.com> Hi Vaso- Welcome aboard from Michigan. Went to your site, very nice profiles. Later Tom S.E.MI. > --- Václav_Hochmuth wrote: > > Hi all > > just let me to introduce myself. My name's Vaso (a > > nickname from Vaclav) and > > I live at Slovakia (perhaps somebody knows this > > country...) I followed the > > advices from few members of this list and decded to > > join it. I hope it was a > > good decision :-) > > I like to build mostly everything that flew until > > late 1945, with a special > > interest in original subjects (pre-war early planes > > and interwar racers and > > record aircraft) I think that Lubos has mentioned > > here some of my models. > > They could be seen on the new page of our modelling > > club at > > http://kpmpresov.host.sk The page isn't yet > > completed but I hope it will be > > up tomorrow at 8.00 CET. The page is mostly in a > > slovak language, but there > > are also some english captions. And don't forget to > > visit the profiles > > section... > > > > Vaso > > > > P.S. Excuse some mistakes, my english is not perfect > > (peut-etre je connais > > mieux la langue francaise...) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:39:58 -0500 From: "P. Howard" To: Subject: Re: Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII Message-ID: <002801c12b85$4a3c6000$42928ece@phoward> Mike, IMHO, I think you'll find the Drews drawings to be closer to photos of the EV/DVIII than the ones in the Datafile. Of course the Datafile photos are invaluable... Paul H -----Original Message----- From: CoolSpadLuke@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:48 PM Subject: [WWI] Bluprint 1/24 Fokker D.VIII >Steve Perry keeps trying to use logic to explain why list messages are not being posted chronologically. I will try to appease the list gods this way. > >I received the Bluprint 1/24 scale Fokker D.VIII a few days ago and must say that it is impressive. Vacform, resin, white metal and some PE. Parts galore! I don't know if I will bother to count them. I am still just looking it over, trying to identify parts and where they will go. Also, reviewing the instructions, which are rather terse but seem to cover everything - - just don't skip a line or you are in real trouble. There are several 11X17-inch sheets of enlarged photo copies and diagrams showing assembly steps. They are two-sided, so I went to Kinko's and copied them all to one-sided in case it happened that I needed to use both sides of a sheet simultaneously. > > The resin isn't finished as smoothly as most I have encountered in other kits, but I don't see a problem. It should sand down easily. > >I like the way the kit is designed, using a metal (not PE!) cage/frame, much the same as the actual aircraft, with vacform covering. The vacform parts look good to me. The instructions recommended painting the vacform with primer before removing the parts, then sanding the parts down to the primer. I sprayed them with gray enamel primer and it covers real well. I know I'm going to like working on the wing, it's huge! > >There are two 11X17-inches decal sheets of lozenges (top and bottom). I had to search for a place to put them where they wouldn't get messed up. I like the colors and there seems to be ample material to make up for minimal mistakes. > >I scaled up the Fokker E.V/D.VIII drawings by Phillip Drews in Scale Aircraft Drawings and am waiting until I get the Fokker D.VIII Windsock datafile which is/has been reprinted. I ordered it from Albatros several days ago with some other stuff, along with the reprinted Fokker E.III datafile. All the Albatros' publications listing says is, "reprinted in 2001". Does anyone know if the reprints of nos. 15 and 25 are currently available. I haven't had much luck communicating with Albatros. I order and they send, usually much later, what they have. I tried calling them and got an answering machine (during business hours in England). > >I recently bought a Sony Mavica 10X which, the salesperson assured me, will take good close-ups of models. I will take pictures of all the parts, then construction as it continues and post all on my website if I ever get it up and going. I'm no better at completing websites than models! > >Sorry for using up so much bandwith. Seemed necessary to throw some 1/24 scale medicine into the list works. > >VBR, >Mike Kavanaugh > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:47:46 +0800 From: " David Layton" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: I'm Back Message-ID: <20010823034746.3131.qmail@earthlink.net> After a month off list, I am back with a new internet etal. My new service gives me a handful of mailboxes so the WWI list now has a dedicated mailbox. Good to be home. -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://webmail.earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:55:04 -0400 From: "mdf@mars.ark.com" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Nieuport propeller Message-ID: <3B847E98.FC4549@mars.ark.com> Do you have a picture or dimensions of the prop? A Nieuport logo on a prop would be unusual for a WW1 type as they used props from one of several manufacturers. They did make props for the early types though (2N comes to mind - everything except the fabric was made by Nieuport, including plugs, distributer, coil...etc) Mike Knut Erik Hagen wrote: > > Hei, > > I went to NTM (Science Museum in Oslo) today, and found that they had a > propeller with Nieuport logo on display. > The strange thing is that there never was any Nieuport aircraft in Norway. > Our Army Air Arm ordered a Niuport fighter from France during WW1, > but received a crushed Hanriot instead. > So my question is: Were Nieuport propellers fitted to other aircraft that > could have been delivered to Norway or is this a souvenir brought back from > France? > > Eders > Knut Erik ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 03:56:13 +0000 From: "Brent Theobald" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: The Battle Axe 1:32 Fokker D.VII Message-ID: Howdy! I have it on good authority that the kit is in the building. However, they are still putting them in boxes. They are supposed to be shipping on Friday. Later! Brent >From: CoolSpadLuke@aol.com >Reply-To: wwi@wwi-models.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [WWI] Re: The Battle Axe 1:32 Fokker D.VII >Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:51:29 -0400 (EDT) > >Todd, I'm not sure I know what that means. On the way from Battle Axe to >Squadron (which is what I think the Squadron notation means) or from >Squadron to us? If the former, do you suppose it is coming by "surface >mail"? If so, what is all the excitement about? . . . I may not even be >here by then. > >Mike Kavanaugh > >In a message dated Wed, 22 Aug 2001 8:28:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Todd >Hayes writes: > > > .. is on the way according to the Squadron site. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 3637 **********************