WWI Digest 3795 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: Airbrush by "dfernet0" 2) RE: Different techniques same result was RE: RE: Attention Plea by "dfernet0" 3) Polish Albatros by "Neil Eddy" 4) Thingies by "Neil Eddy" 5) RE: Thingies by "dfernet0" 6) Re: Airbrush by "fraser" 7) RE: by "fraser" 8) RE: by Crawford Neil 9) RE: Name of thingy by Dennis Ugulano 10) Re: Airbrush by Balzer Mr Gregory P 11) Re: Question to the list by Mark Miller 12) Re: Airbrush by "dfernet0" 13) RE: Thingies by Shane Weier 14) RE: by "Steven Perry" 15) RE: by =?iso-8859-1?B?TWFydO1uIEjpY3RvciBBRkZMSVRUTyBFQ0hBR/xF?= 16) RE: Name of thingy by Diego by "Grzegorz Mazurowski" 17) acrylic paint fragility by "Michael Kendix" 18) Today in history - the Italian front by "a.casirati@cornali-trasporti.it" 19) RE: Today in history - the Italian front by Crawford Neil 20) Roden Fokker DVI by NodalPoint@aol.com 21) RE: Question to the list by "Gaston Graf" 22) Re: Belgian Nieuport 11's by "Muth and Zulick" 23) Re: acrylic paint fragility by "Steven Perry" 24) Re: wanted suggestions for reading by "Muth and Zulick" 25) RE: Name of thingy by Sanjeev Hirve 26) Re: by ERIC HIGHT 27) RE: Thingies by Ray Boorman 28) Re: Airbrush by "Lee M." 29) RE: wanted suggestions for reading by "Graham Hunter" 30) Die-Cast Fokker DrI by "Hans Trauner" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:27:03 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: Re: Airbrush Message-ID: <01a001c15310$d1725e00$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Gregory! > I have been told that C02 "freezes" the paint So am I. A friend uses a CO2 tank for his airbrushing, but he said that the trouble is the pressure at wich the gas is in the bottle. His experience is that when the tank isn't 100% full he has less paint beading. He also has a valve and gauge to manage output pressure. As Lee said before, it isn't an expensive device and helps a lot. > industrial C02 is "dirty," and that the bottles require inspection. ALL bottles require inspection, at least once a year or so. The safe move here is to buy a new bottle, because there's less risk of gasket wear and there will be no goo inside. About dirt in the gas, there's nothing that a reliable CO2 provider will put in the bottle, and in any case, a good filter and moisture trap will solve the issue. HTH D. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:29:54 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Different techniques same result was RE: RE: Attention Plea Message-ID: <01a601c15311$37436e40$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> And is also fascinating the fact that even when you do a thing in a certain way succesfully, someone can write about a different approach, and when you try it, the task becomes easier than ever! This list is great ain't it? D. ----- Original Message ----- From: Crawford Neil To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 8:19 AM Subject: [WWI] Different techniques same result was RE: RE: Attention Plea > > It's fascinating how we all do things in different ways, and > usually end up with a good result anyway. It was the same > thing with the wing-ribs we were talking about yesterday. > Seems to me that the most important thing is to DO something. > /Neil C. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 21:36:56 +1000 From: "Neil Eddy" To: Subject: Polish Albatros Message-ID: <001601c15312$336eca20$832c32d2@mannock> Karen; As an admirer of your previously posted work I must admit my jaw dropped when I saw the Polish Albatros - What can I say but......Hats Off! Neil E. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 21:39:48 +1000 From: "Neil Eddy" To: Subject: Thingies Message-ID: <002201c15312$99e7b320$832c32d2@mannock> Diego; The thingies you described - Can someone write to Ray Rimmel - we need a Datafile Special on these elusive artefacts......: ) Neil E (searching for the Australian Thingy) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:48:34 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Thingies Message-ID: <01d301c15313$d2b13f40$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> > Neil E > (searching for the Australian Thingy) Search no more. They were just the british ones but used upside down. D. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:35:10 +0200 From: "fraser" To: Subject: Re: Airbrush Message-ID: <005301c15313$e0bf4500$61dc7ac3@fraserinprague> Slightly different tack...How about a 'pony' scuba bottle and just air fill it at the nearest diving emporium...assuming you're not writing from the Gobi... All gas gets much colder as it decompresses, but whether at 10 - 20psi icing would be a problem, hmmm. Fraser ----- Original Message ----- From: Crawford Neil To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: [WWI] Re: Airbrush > I'd like to tap in to your experience, > > and ask if you > > would be so kind to contact me off list to answer some > > questions, unless > > everyone wants the hear about C02 systems. > > > > TIA, > > Greg Balzer > > > Yes please, it's about modelling so OT. > /Neil C. > (perfectly satisfied with my 25 year old Badger compressor, > but still interested) > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:48:09 +0200 From: "fraser" To: Subject: RE: Message-ID: <005401c15313$e2181e40$61dc7ac3@fraserinprague> Thank you, I'm ancient and been building models on and off since about 1956 when I coated a yellow and red piper cub in glue...it cost 10c US...We've only been in Prague since July. Rio de Janeiro for 4 years before that... My reimmersion in plastic and in particular WWI subjects coincided with a first visit to a Prague model shop and sight of Eduards 1/48th offerings. I've always wanted to build WWI aircraft as the colour schemes and look of the things is so amazing but I've never been much into 72nd and nowadays my ageing eyes just won't do it...How anyone produces the detail on some of the models I've looked at in the galleries at 1/72nd leaves me open jawed.(bow, scrape). SWMBO thinks I'm building my Nieuport 11 for a planned painting, I am, but... BTW any suggestions for turnbuckles? Ta Fraser ----- Original Message ----- From: dfernet0 To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 11:56 AM Subject: [WWI] RE: > Hi Fraser! > Welcome to the list from Argentina, you'll enjoy our madness. There's other > listees from the czech republic and one of us is the US distributor, so I'm > sure that the MD info will appear. > Tell us, what do you like to build? Wich scale? > D. > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:54:41 +0200 From: Crawford Neil To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: Message-ID: Welcome from Sweden Fraser, easiest way to do turnbuckles is just thinned white glue, applied with a small brush to the rigging. Then paint gold. Fine for 1/72, in 1/48 it would depend on how badly AMS-afflicted you are. /Neil C. Ps. Do you like french aeroplanes? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:55:32 -0400 From: Dennis Ugulano To: "wwi@wwi-models.org" Subject: RE: Name of thingy Message-ID: <200110120755_MC3-E303-2918@compuserve.com> D, You have entirely too much time on your hands. What an imagination. Uggie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:55:43 -0400 From: Balzer Mr Gregory P To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Airbrush Message-ID: <47637867E285D5118FAE00B0D0D1C97668C548@TECOM03E> D- Interesting. So what you're recommending is to fill the tank to less than 100% to prevent paint beading?? It would seem logical that some sort of output pressure gauge is required, as most tanks far exceed the 15-20 lbs pressure that we paint at. As far as a moisture trap, I thought that was one of the purposes for going with C02, to avoid the hassle of moisture splattering your project? I was hoping to simply go with a bottle, a gauge, the required step down couplings to mate the airbrush hose to the tank and away you go, am I missing something? Greg -----Original Message----- From: dfernet0 [mailto:dfernet0@rosario.gov.ar] Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 7:22 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [WWI] Re: Airbrush Gregory! > I have been told that C02 "freezes" the paint So am I. A friend uses a CO2 tank for his airbrushing, but he said that the trouble is the pressure at wich the gas is in the bottle. His experience is that when the tank isn't 100% full he has less paint beading. He also has a valve and gauge to manage output pressure. As Lee said before, it isn't an expensive device and helps a lot. > industrial C02 is "dirty," and that the bottles require inspection. ALL bottles require inspection, at least once a year or so. The safe move here is to buy a new bottle, because there's less risk of gasket wear and there will be no goo inside. About dirt in the gas, there's nothing that a reliable CO2 provider will put in the bottle, and in any case, a good filter and moisture trap will solve the issue. HTH D. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Oct 2001 05:14:15 -0700 From: Mark Miller To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Question to the list Message-ID: <20011012121415.2035.cpmta@c012.sfo.cp.net> On Fri, 12 October 2001, "Matt Bittner" wrote: > We also know that images are best - to cover all grounds - at 800x600 however, Mark's renderings are normally larger than that in size. > Should we keep the images at original size, or resize them smaller? > Hey Matt If the size thing is a problem - don't sweat it. You lose detail, but I think the single plane images could take the reduction without too much loss. If that's what you want just tell me and I'll do it for you. I might be able to meet the size requirements by cropping out some wing tips, etc... I could probably bump up the compression a little and save some space as well. I feel a little guilty dumping all that work on you. The structural stuff is a little more problematic. You lose alot when you reduce it because the whole thing is essentialy detail. The latest images I've rendered are huge (5000 pixels across) because I'm trying to retain bolt level detail. If I could get a size variance for these images it would be helpful :-) anyway I'll try to help however I can Mark Miller Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:20:14 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: Re: Airbrush Message-ID: <01ec01c15318$3f777b40$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Gregory! > So what you're recommending is to fill the tank to less than > 100% to prevent paint beading? Or to make sure that your CO2 provider doesn't fill the tank too pressurized. My friend fills it at the local gas station, at the Fire Extinguisher shop. They have -I guess- a not very sophisticate equipment. > As far as a moisture trap, I thought that was > one of the purposes for going with C02, to avoid the hassle of moisture > splattering your project? Good question. I've seen him using one, but never really asked if he has catched something while using CO2. > I was hoping to simply go with a bottle, a gauge, > the required step down couplings to mate the airbrush hose to the tank and > away you go, am I missing something? I don't know exactly how are called the devices in english, but it's useful to have a "lever" valve to regulate the pressure, and a water trap and simple filter right outside the bottle. There's nothing too fancy, my friend mounted all in a small homemade carriage and drags it from the garage to the modelling desk. D. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:30:22 +1000 From: Shane Weier To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: Thingies Message-ID: <7186131CB805D411A60E0090272F7C7102BCD612@mimhexch1.mim.com.au> Diego says: > > (searching for the Australian Thingy) > > Search no more. They were just the british ones but used upside down. See - as a non English native speaker you have interpreted it slightly incorrectly. As well as being British and inverted they're a bit rough round the edges and rather longer Shane ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you receive this e-mail in error, any use, distribution or copying of this e-mail is not permitted. 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Afflitto ----- Original Message ----- From: fraser To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:37 AM Subject: [WWI] > > Good Morning from a new recruit, > Does anyone have a contact adress for Martin Digmayer? I gather he's a Czech > and I've seen pictures of his propellors. I'm living in Prague at present > and would like a prop or two without having to get them sent from the States > (long way for a prop to fly...from here to there and back again) > Thanks > Fraser > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:16:16 +0200 From: "Grzegorz Mazurowski" To: Subject: RE: Name of thingy by Diego Message-ID: <007a01c15320$13d6fd00$0200a8c0@x.pl> Dieguito! I wanted to protest, that you missed Polish connections of that 'thing', but in last line there is: Polish name Lempicka. I know family Lempicki, nice people, and beauty girls! And your idea about Mrs Lempicka - so, not bad at all, Friend! ;-) You know that another Polish woman, Maria Walewska was Napoleon's lover, and she even had son with him, who was officially given aristocratic title. G. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:15:27 From: "Michael Kendix" To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: acrylic paint fragility Message-ID: I know that some of these issues have been discussed previously so I apologize for any repetition. This directed at the chemistry expert(s) (Mark?) but anyone else please feel free to contribute. 1. To prevent airbrush clogging when using acrylics, I use a couple of drops of acrylic retardent. BUT I'm wondering whether acrylic retardent makes the paint job fragile and contributes to the paint pulling up when masked? 2. Does adding Future to the acrylic paint help to strengthen it and help prevent paint pull up after masking? 3. Does adding Future help prevent clogging of the airbrush? Michael _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:12:38 +0200 From: "a.casirati@cornali-trasporti.it" To: "Wwi Modeling List (Posta elettronica)" Subject: Today in history - the Italian front Message-ID: <43EB244779F3D411966E0060082C59E906F1D0@SERVER1> 12th October 1916: the eight Isonzo Battle ends on the Italian front. Alberto Casirati ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:27:26 +0200 From: Crawford Neil To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: Today in history - the Italian front Message-ID: Can you tell us a little more Alberto, did either side make any worthwhile gains, or was it a similar kind of stalemate as the western front? /Neil C. > -----Original Message----- > From: a.casirati@cornali-trasporti.it > [mailto:a.casirati@cornali-trasporti.it] > Sent: den 12 oktober 2001 15:24 > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [WWI] Today in history - the Italian front > > > 12th October 1916: the eight Isonzo Battle ends on the Italian front. > > Alberto Casirati > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:30:41 EDT From: NodalPoint@aol.com To: Subject: Roden Fokker DVI Message-ID: Hi, Picked up Roden's Fokker DVI and wanted to know if there were any opinions on this kit. There is some nice looking lozenge with the kit but when I was playing around with the sprues I put various pieces over the lozenge decals and the decals seemed bigger that the parts (wing, fuse, etc.). Other than that, it looks nice. A bit of flash but crisp, thin detail. Anyone built this? Thanks, Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 03:33:41 +0200 From: "Gaston Graf" To: Subject: RE: Question to the list Message-ID: Matt, the best format to use for the web is still jpg because the newer png is not always supported. It depends on the size you want the images to be available to the user. If you have disk space I would suggest you to provide a smaller preview that is linked to the big size file for download. If you don't have the space to host big files then you should use the biggest size that still loads fast enough at a 56k modem connect because not everybody has an ISDN line or faster. Jpgs can be compressed a various ratio but the more you compress it the more image quality you loose. Best is to try what compress ratio works best, allowing the shrink the files without loosing visible image qualitey. I am usually editing my pictures with Corel Photopaint but before I upload them I load them into PaintShop Pro and save them again. For some reason, PSP cpmpressed the files better than Photopaint does, often shrinking the files a lot. hope this is useful to you ;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 Matt > Bittner > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 12:25 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [WWI] Question to the list > > > Okay, here it is. We all know Mark Miller's stunning 3-D renderings. > We also know that images are best - to cover all grounds - at 800x600; > however, Mark's renderings are normally larger than that in size. > Should we keep the images at original size, or resize them smaller? > While we are growing short on disk space - which resizing would help - > I still like to see the renderings in the original size. Plus resizing > would also help bandwidth in that since there's less of an image, > there's less of it to download. > > What does everyone think? Oh web master, what do you think? > > > Matt Bittner > WW1 Site Assistant Editor > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:51:13 -0400 From: "Muth and Zulick" To: Subject: Re: Belgian Nieuport 11's Message-ID: <007a01c15324$f6b268e0$0100005a@ptd.net> Todd Yep...got the sheet. The one I plan on doesn't have any unique markings other than the fuselage roundel being located almost directly under the cockpit. So, I'm saving the BR sheet for another one! I like the Americal Belgian colors, so plan on using them for this one/ Mike Muth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Hayes" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Thursday,October 11,2001 4:36 PM Subject: [WWI] Belgian Nieuport 11's > FYI, > > Blue Rider does decals for 3 Belgian Nieuports in > 1:48. Two are 11's and one is a 16. > > Todd > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:52:48 -0400 From: "Steven Perry" To: Subject: Re: acrylic paint fragility Message-ID: <006f01c15325$2e9cae00$61e82341@tampabay.rr.com> > 2. Does adding Future to the acrylic paint help to strengthen it and help > prevent paint pull up after masking? It seems to in my experience., but I still don't rest easy until I get a sealing coat of straight Future over the painted surface. > 3. Does adding Future help prevent clogging of the airbrush?' Not completely, but it cloggs less than thinnng with water. Thinning with windex retards clogging some too, but it takes longer for the paint to dry. sp ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:01:45 -0400 From: "Muth and Zulick" To: Subject: Re: wanted suggestions for reading Message-ID: <009001c15326$6de87ca0$0100005a@ptd.net> Are there books of similar nature on WW-I aircraft, books that include > history, technical description and narratives of its pilots. Sanjeev: Here are a few suggestions: Rise of the Fighter Aircraft by Hallion. I think this might be a Smithsonian Book. Traces the development of fighters in WWI. Enough technical stuff for me plus an easy to read and understand narrative. They Fought for the Sky by Quentin Reynolds. First WWI book I read...a good overall history. No Parachute by Arthur Gould Lee. More of a pilot's autobiography, but the guy writes real well with a nice sense of morbid humor. hth Mike Muth ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 10:10:07 -0400 From: Sanjeev Hirve To: "Wwi-List (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Name of thingy Message-ID: <5F935CCBFB73D511BA2000B0D079E11E01C757@cyberexch01.internal.evincible.com> Diego, "I hope that this made it clear for you, Sanjeev." Er, yes, absolutely... I think. The Balkan country you talk of, is of course, Mold-ova. This country was invaded because it tried to dominate the world thingy market with egg-shaped connectors. Thank you SSH ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:04:44 -0700 From: ERIC HIGHT To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.0.20011012070227.020940c0@pop.amug.org> --=====================_19765613==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed fraser, here's marty's address: MARTIN DIGMAYER KLANOVICKA 43 PRAHA 9- HLOUBETIN 198 00 CZECH REPUBLIC make sure you say hi from me when you talk to him!! regards, eric At 01:37 AM 10/12/01 -0400, you wrote: >Good Morning from a new recruit, >Does anyone have a contact adress for Martin Digmayer? I gather he's a Czech >and I've seen pictures of his propellors. I'm living in Prague at present >and would like a prop or two without having to get them sent from the States >(long way for a prop to fly...from here to there and back again) >Thanks >Fraser --=====================_19765613==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" fraser,
here's marty's address:                             
       MARTIN DIGMAYER
            KLANOVICKA 43
            PRAHA 9- HLOUBETIN
            198 00  CZECH REPUBLIC
make sure you say hi from me when you talk to him!!
regards,
eric




At 01:37 AM 10/12/01 -0400, you wrote:

Good Morning from a new recruit,
Does anyone have a contact adress for Martin Digmayer? I gather he's a Czech
and I've seen pictures of his propellors. I'm living in Prague at present
and would like a prop or two without having to get them sent from the States
(long way for a prop to fly...from here to there and back again)
Thanks
Fraser

--=====================_19765613==_.ALT-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:35:48 -0700 From: Ray Boorman To: Subject: RE: Thingies Message-ID: <20011012144058.VJKD14200.priv-edtnes12-hme0.telusplanet.net@ray> Nah, the Australian thingy is exactly the same as the English thingy, they just re-label it, put the same amount in a bigger container, put some XXX's on the front. Then they swear its way better than those Pom thingies. Oh and they probably give it some weird new name like digerydoo, or vegemite or some such...... Ray On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:31:21 -0400 (EDT), Shane Weier wrote: >Diego says: > >> > (searching for the Australian Thingy) >> >> Search no more. They were just the british ones but used upside >>down. > >See - as a non English native speaker you have interpreted it >slightly >incorrectly. As well as being British and inverted they're a bit >rough round >the edges and rather longer > >Shane > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:33:16 -0500 From: "Lee M." To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Airbrush Message-ID: <3BC71B4C.4063B52B@x25.net> That is a great way to get all the neat dust and pollen in your paint. As well as all of the condensed atmospheric water that will condense out as you release the air. Nothing will freeeze at 20 pounds PSI release pressure. Can not happen. If you exhale in a forceful manner it is close to that pressure. Silly rumor and not worth hearing. Lee M. New Braunfels. Tx fraser wrote: > Slightly different tack...How about a 'pony' scuba bottle and just air fill > it at the nearest diving emporium...assuming you're not writing from the > Gobi... All gas gets much colder as it decompresses, but whether at 10 - > 20psi icing would be a problem, hmmm. > Fraser > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Crawford Neil > To: Multiple recipients of list > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 1:09 PM > Subject: [WWI] Re: Airbrush > > > I'd like to tap in to your experience, > > > and ask if you > > > would be so kind to contact me off list to answer some > > > questions, unless > > > everyone wants the hear about C02 systems. > > > > > > TIA, > > > Greg Balzer > > > > > Yes please, it's about modelling so OT. > > /Neil C. > > (perfectly satisfied with my 25 year old Badger compressor, > > but still interested) > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:30:47 -0500 From: "Graham Hunter" To: Subject: RE: wanted suggestions for reading Message-ID: <000c01c1533b$402dbe00$fa0101c0@grahamh> < To: Subject: Die-Cast Fokker DrI Message-ID: <004501c1533c$10bf4c00$d3ac72d4@FRITZweb> Caution! Die Casts! Not for the serious modelbuilder! Don't read any further! Ladies and Gentlemen, strolling trough a model-shop, specialized in model railroads, I found a 1/48 scale Fokker Dr I by Model Power. As I do have a penchant for die-cast, I could not resist and bought it. It's an all black Jacobs Version. I looked at model power's homepage ( www. modelpower.com, go to products, then to 0 scale aircraft) and found the Jacob's plane as the only acceptable version. The most amusing version is Oswald Boelke's Fokker Dr I. No joke. The die-cast is heavy. It's 1/48 and matches the dimensions quite perfect. It's not flawless, but has nice details like complete rigging incl. aileron control cables. The engine does not turn. The pilot wears a headset. The only missing paint detail is the second set of Balkenkreuze on the top side of the lower wing, but Microscale's version matches well. The devil's does not show any red or grey colour, but it's not impossible to add it with a steady hand. It's a good desk top model for the bureau, sturdy enough to withstand the cleaning staff. Hans ( P.S. My favourite die-casts in my collection are a burgundy-metalic Aviatik D.I, formely from Edison and a pea-green Ansaldo Ballila) ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 3795 **********************