WWI Digest 4052 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: FSM OT by Neil.Eddy@dhs.vic.gov.au 2) RE: ebay Bidding by Ray Boorman 3) Re: Ludemann resins by Karen Rychlewski 4) RE: ebay Bidding by Ray Boorman 5) Re: ICM by Ray Boorman 6) RE: ebay Bidding by Ray Boorman 7) Re: Missing List Member by Ray Boorman 8) Re: Lone Star Junkers Info and More by Todd Hayes 9) AW: airbrush help by MLawder@t-online.de (Martin Lawder) 10) Plea for help! by "David Watts" 11) Re: AW: airbrush help by James Fahey 12) Re: Lone Star Junkers Info and More by Crawford Neil 13) Re: Missing List Member by Nigel Cheffers-Heard 14) My last post on eBay bidding by "Mike Franklin" 15) Re: Missing List Member by Crawford Neil 16) Gaston by Tom Gourdie 17) Re: AW: airbrush help by KnnthS@aol.com 18) Re: SWMBO wants to build a kit! by KnnthS@aol.com 19) RE: ebay Bidding by Crawford Neil 20) Re: ICM by Matt Bittner 21) Re: ICM by Crawford Neil 22) RE: Flying Leatherneck Ninacks by Matt Bittner 23) Re: SWMBO wants to build a kit! by "ZELNICK, KENNETH T" 24) Re: airbrush help/Mr Kit Paint by "Tom Plesha" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 16:20:10 +1000 From: Neil.Eddy@dhs.vic.gov.au To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: FSM OT Message-ID: Well Done Guys! Even more so, given the rarity of OT content in FSM lately. Maybe the FSM focus group I was on for four months earlier last year is bearing fruit. After four months worth of questionaires complaining of their lack of good OT content, maybe the worm begins to turn.... All the Best Neil E VMA324Vagabon ds@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Sent by: wwi@wwi-model cc: s.org Subject: [WWI] FSM OT 09/01/2002 03:12 PM Please respond to wwi --part1_f2.14d9b83f.296d2a85_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi gang, just glancing through my recently arrived FSM GreatScale modeling 2002 issue tonight and noticed two very well done OT models. These were beauties were done by our own list members Jack Gardner & Lance Krieg. Jack did a very nice rendition of the Toko Hansa Brandenberg W.29 and Lance built a sweet looking Aeroclub F.E. 2b. Nice Job fella's. I have both these kits on the shelf and can only hope I come close to what these two fellows put out someday. Best Regards, Jon --part1_f2.14d9b83f.296d2a85_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi gang, just glancing through my recently arrived FSM GreatScale modeling 2002 issue tonight and noticed two very well done OT models. These were beauties were done by our own list members Jack Gardner & Lance Krieg. Jack did a very nice rendition of the Toko Hansa Brandenberg W.29 and Lance built a sweet looking Aeroclub F.E. 2b. Nice Job fella's. I have both these kits on the shelf and can only hope I come close to what these two fellows put out someday.

Best Regards,
 Jon 


              

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If you have received this email in error or have other concerns regarding this transmission, please contact the Department of Human Services System Administrator at Postmaster@dhs.vic.gov.au _________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 21:20:46 -0800 From: Ray Boorman To: Subject: RE: ebay Bidding Message-ID: <20020109052344.OQMI16355.priv-edtnes09-hme0.telusplanet.net@ray> I have been thinking about this and even asked someone in our legal department at work. Now bear in mind there expertise is in contract law and banking as it relates to computer fraud and the internet. However they made two points. If we were price fixing then this could be construed as illegal. We are not doing this though. We at most are being courteous to each other and agreeing to not compete against each other, for a variety of reasons one being to not overpay for something, but since we don't know what the item will ultimately be sold for we are not impeding the auction or price fixing. What we are doing happens everyday in real life and is in no way illegal. Now if we had a closed auction that only we knew about and we agreed one person would bid only then this is illegal. Hopefully I have described the legal nicety. Now if we did the opposite as in bid to push the price up to make more money for the seller then that would be illegal and also does happen in real life. As in a rigged auction. Ray On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 15:22:32 -0500 (EST), Nigel Rayner wrote: >Al wrote (re dibbsing and all that): >>It also may well be in violation of eBay's User Agreement in that >>it could be construed as "interference with an auction"... > >Just a thought - could this expose the site and Al's employer (the >university) to potentially adverse legal consequences? Something we >should >think carefully about. > >Cheers, > >Nigel R > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:26:10 -0500 From: Karen Rychlewski To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Ludemann resins Message-ID: <3C3BD472.952A3E9A@earthlink.net> Knut Erik Hagen wondered: > ...just have to figure out > which version of Ludemanns Tauben that is closest to the one we had in Norway. > Pictures of "Start" (Etrich Rumpler Taube 3C rebuilt as 3F) are on the > wwi-org site if someone has a Ludemann Taube to compare with. First, thanks for a reason to peruse the 'Norwegian Taube' page; I just have to ask: what in the world is that doughnut shaped object attached to a tank in the last two photos of START. Did the Norwegians invent 'blue ice falling from the sky'? Luedemann makes two Rumpler Tauben that I'm aware of; the one very, very close to the Norwegian START would be the 'Etrich-Rumpler Taube 1911'; without the floats, of course--nice kit: very thin wings and tail, one piece fuselage and many teensy parts obviously cast on a different day from the Nieuports. What colors were the stripes on the wings? And what's the significance of START? Is this Norwegian for "Men"?? Dame Karen (whose mother is Danish, thus qualifying her to needle other Scandinavians) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 21:36:38 -0800 From: Ray Boorman To: Subject: RE: ebay Bidding Message-ID: <20020109053937.KFLP13519.priv-edtnes03-hme0.telusplanet.net@ray> Ok this is getting a bit silly, so lets split the subjects up a bit before we lose the pin in the haystack. 1) The original discussion was that Mike didn't want non sellers stating anything about ongoing auctions of interesting OT items on ebay. The logic being that it could cause the price to go up, which is true in one respect. Most didn't agree with this. So far so good and I didnt think we have entered into anything contentious or illegal as yet. 2)Next some listees, me included stated we didn't as a practice bid against another list member. Again if we wish to keep to some gentlemens agreement this is not a problem and is in no way illegal since its a choice issue. If this was an issue then Ebay should not publish the bidders alias. As in a secret auction. Up until last week this is how the list had dealt with all ebay items. A sort of good natured non compete agreement was sometimes being abided to. 3 Lastly and here is where there could be some problems. If I say to the list I want so and so item and I am going to bid this much stay out of my way, you could and its still very vague say we rigged as far as our group was concerned the auction. I dont think we should do this and I agree with Michael and others. However consider this we are a small group so its not as if ebay was a private auction therefore we really are not price fixing, but still its bad manners if nothing else. Points 1 and 2 are not illegal and in fact as Mike originally said can push the prices up not down. Since the item may not have been bid on at all. At worst we brought the seller some business in other words. Point 3, I agree its close to fixing, its not illegal since Ebay is a public auction not private, but its not a good thing to do imho. Clear as mud eh, Ray On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 15:53:03 -0500 (EST), Michael Kendix wrote: >>From: "Nigel Rayner" >> >>Al wrote (re dibbsing and all that): >> >It also may well be in violation of eBay's User Agreement in that >> >it could be construed as "interference with an auction"... >> >>Just a thought - could this expose the site and Al's employer (the >>university) to potentially adverse legal consequences? Something we >>>should >>think carefully about. > >I agree with Nigel. I thought it was Sandy Adam who'd warned about >the >practice of "Ringing". While I understand the feelings of some >folks, I >think we really ought not to do this. I have never used eBay but it >seems >the desired outcome of some listees was to reduce the amount paid, >in some >cases, by coordinating their bidding. I don't know the law but if I >were >selling something, I might feel aggrieved. > >Besides, this is outside the primary purpose of the list. > >Look at it this way. Suppose the University of New Hampshire >President >receives a complaint from some allegedly aggrieved person. What do >you >think his inital reaction might be? Maybe, suspend the list >activity >pending an investigation? > >Michael > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 21:40:02 -0800 From: Ray Boorman To: Subject: Re: ICM Message-ID: <20020109054300.PFRO16355.priv-edtnes09-hme0.telusplanet.net@ray> Great news if its true and I really hope it is. We might get a HMS Hood after all. (Hood is OT or close imho). Now what do I do with these six I-16's I just bought... ;0) Ray On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:35:16 -0500 (EST), Shane Weier wrote: >This morning (my time) On rec.models.scale Paul Boyer posted a >statement >from ICM-USA which says: > > >"ICM-USA president Michael Lipovich has heard the rumors that his >Redwood >City, Calif.-based is going out of business, but he says they are >³completely incorrect.² >³I have a lot of people calling with the same question, but no >company going >out of business is coming out with 100 new items in a year,² >Lipovich says. >He adds the confusion may have come about due to the Ukrainian-based >parent >companyıs decision to open a subsidiary in Russia, but under a new >name, >which has not yet been announced." > > >I hope that this is correct and that for once Earl has got it wrong - > in any >case it fits very neatly with Witolds news. > >Shane ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 21:45:59 -0800 From: Ray Boorman To: Subject: RE: ebay Bidding Message-ID: <20020109054857.RZZG20752.priv-edtnes10-hme0.telusplanet.net@ray> Al, we are not rigging an auction here. As Shane said what we are doing is deciding not to compete with a buddy. That is not illegal and is not whats meant by the Ebay rule. On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:42:03 -0500 (EST), Al Superczynski wrote: >On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:26:47 -0500 (EST), you wrote: > >>...eBay doesn't seem to enforce this rule on behalf of >>buyers so I'm fairly certain they wouldn't do it on behalf of >>sellers either > > Hey, don't shoot the messenger! I'm just pointing out possible >pitfalls where list members might fall astray of eBay's rules. It's >always possible that they may decide to enforce them so do we want to >take the risk? > >Al > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 21:55:24 -0800 From: Ray Boorman To: Subject: Re: Missing List Member Message-ID: <20020109055820.DSQG2242.priv-edtnes04-hme0.telusplanet.net@ray> On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 23:00:52 -0500 (EST), ibs4421 wrote: >langauge thing. That is one reason I choose not to use the German I >learned >in college, I'm afraid I'll call someone's grandmother a toilet seat. > >Warren Back when I was in my teens I had a girlfriend who's parents were from Essen. Anyway on first introduction to her parents I tried my very meager German on her Mother, basicly I meant to say "you have a very nice house". Somehow, nerves or whatever got the better of me and I said you have a "small Sh^&t house". To which her Mum said in perfect English perhaps you might want to learn German before you try insults! ... ;0) Ray ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 22:23:34 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Hayes To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Lone Star Junkers Info and More Message-ID: <20020109062334.41048.qmail@web11104.mail.yahoo.com> I'm surprised it went so cheaply. For E-bay, $7 above retail is excellent. If someone had told me five years ago, that I would willingly pay $100 for any kit, I'd have told them, "You're nuts! Over the Edge I go!! --- Rory Goodwin wrote: > Uh...as unofficial list tightwad, I'm going to have > to offer an > unsolicited reality check. For 65-72 bones, it > ought to be an all PE > 'stripdown' kit with white metal engine, bits, and > clear stryene > corrugated skinning - a 'visible' D.I. > -Or else be an RC kit which will actually fly. > > Just MHO... > > Todd Hayes wrote: > > > $72 isn't bad at all! That's surprising. Mine > comes > > with lozenge decals too, by Aeromaster. The PE is > > absolutely gorgeous and extremely extensive. > > > > Todd > > > > --- Brent Theobald > wrote: > > > Howdy Todd, > > > > > > >Do you know what the J.I kit went for on e-bay? > I > > > >bought mine from LSM for $65. Btw, the kit > number > > > is > > > >LSM0107. > > > > > > Yup! It went for $72. I remembered it being a > > > mid-range expensive kit from > > > Lone Star but the one on Ebay came with some > lozenge > > > decals too so I thought > > > it was on the high side of a fair deal. > > > > > > I wonder if the guy who won it will build it and > if > > > he will apply the > > > lozenge decals? > > > > > > Later! > > > > > > Brent > > > > > > "You can run, but you'll only die tired..." > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print > > > your photos: > > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:41:11 +0100 From: MLawder@t-online.de (Martin Lawder) To: Subject: AW: airbrush help Message-ID: Hi, I´ve just airbrushed Misterkit clear doped linen for the first time on the Eduard Nieuport 11. I undercoated first with an acrylic white plastic primer spray tin (Halfords car paint). For the Misterkit I added about 30% distilled water (2 parts paint to 1 part water), this was sprayed on at about 1 1/2 bar, or lower, with a 0.3 mm nozzle internal mix aibrush. The paint covered well, dying quickly with an even sheen (some acyrilics dry a bit granular when sprayed with too high a pressure, in my opinion). I´ve also tried brush painting with the Misterkit paints, but I´m not so successful with this. Any hints for brush painting Misterkit ? Cheers......Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: wwi@wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi@wwi-models.org]Im Auftrag von ibs4421 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2002 05:05 An: Multiple recipients of list Betreff: [WWI] airbrush help Listers, I have still not decided whether or not I will attempt to use my airbrush or not on this Fokker F.1 . I plan on using Misterkit, amongst other acryllic paints. In the opinion of those in the know about such things, what air pressure would you recommend for spraying acryllics? All of the advice I have gotten so far tells me to thin my paint (I hear windshield washer fluid works well) to the consistency of milk. Is this not so? Warren ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 02:41:34 -0500 From: "David Watts" To: "W. W. I Group" Subject: Plea for help! Message-ID: Hi all, I have a proposition. I have a gentleman in San Carlos, California that has some WW1 relics for sale, and I need someone to inspect a LMG Spandau I'm negotiating purchasing from him. We have a price, I just need to get details such as if the gun is matching in serial numbers throughout, are any parts missing or damaged, and what has been done to deactivate the weapon. The thing is the gent is 88 years old, and can't get the gun down from the ceiling to describe it in detail to me, and I'm in Indianapolis. Once there, I have a toll-free number that can be called to give me the details. I can offer $50 to someone to take a ride over and see what's what. He is 25 miles south of San Francisco. There are some other items he has for sale I would like some details on as well when you are there. I only ask that I be given first right of refusal on a couple of things, and then you are welcome to negotiate on any other items he may have for sale for yourself. Thanks for any assistance, Best wishes, Dave W. P.S. Going to bed, so will be a while before I reply back. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 20:57:01 +1300 From: James Fahey To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: AW: airbrush help Message-ID: <004101c198e3$3a97a760$3c9aa7cb@computer> Martin wrote: > I´ve also tried brush painting with the Misterkit paints, but I´m not so > successful with this. Any hints for brush painting Misterkit ? I used Misterkit acrylics for the first time about a week ago, brush painting British CDL on two DH2s over an undercoat of Humbrol matt white. It didn't cover perfectly but a second coat will finish it (tonight). As other Listees have noted on this topic, your undercoat needs to be symphathetic with the Misterkit colour you are using. My brush painting of PC10 over matt white Humbrol didn't go so well and I would use a darker colour undercoat next time. I used a chisel-ended brush - some Listees have found a pointed brush worked better. I am sure a good quality brush would also be advisable. Call me old fashioned, but I just prefer brushes to airbrushes. Cheers James ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:04:14 +0100 From: Crawford Neil To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: Re: Lone Star Junkers Info and More Message-ID: > Huh, I must have my Junkers aircraft confused too. I thought the J.I > (furniture van) was completely covered in corrugated > duraluminum. Therefore > wouldn't need the lozenge... > > I have to digging in the refs again... Woo hoo! :-) > > Later! > > Brent > The rear fuselage was fabric covered, usually in the same colour as the rest of the plane, but some of the nicest paint-schemes have the rear in lozenge. And I'm talking about the biplane monster, hope thats what this is about! /Neil C. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:03:53 +0000 From: Nigel Cheffers-Heard To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: Missing List Member Message-ID: I have been in terrible trouble before by ploughing on with badly chosen words in a foreign language. Gaston does the same, and if you understand the subtlety of irony in English humour, it is very easy to get it wrong, and make it an insult. (See the bother I get from Americans on rms!) I too have spoken and corresponded off-list with Gaston, and he is a good chap with a heart in the right place. N > >I think I understand his problem. He knows more English words than >he truly understands. > >Lee M. >New Braunfels, TX -- Nigel Cheffers-Heard photography + design tel: +44 (0)1392 87 58 57 fax: +44 (0)1392 87 74 97 mobile: 0771 261 4514 nigelch@cheffers.co.uk www.cheffers.co.uk Laburnums, Bridge Hill Topsham, Exeter EX3 0QQ, UK ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 00:33:51 -0800 From: "Mike Franklin" To: Subject: My last post on eBay bidding Message-ID: <000701c198e8$5e681a80$6fedfc9e@picker> Ladies and Gentlemen, As both a buyer and a seller on eBay, I say 'price fixing' is both wrong as well as against the rules. I suggest we all behave like adults, ladies, and gentlemen, and play the game as it is meant to be played, highest bidder gets the cookie. We all have more kits than we can build in our lifetime. We buy more because we want them, not because we need them. If you want it enough, you will pay the price, whatever it costs. Always at the expense of other things you want, and sometimes at the expense of things that you need. That is the nature of life in our consumer society. $72 is not too much to pay for a kit if I think it's worth that, and if I can afford it, and I can. It is not your place to pass judgment on what I do with my money. If you are a "tightwad" and can't get it together to have some money to throw around chasing after what excites you, butt out and get a life. Please note that my position on this issue of 'gentleman's agreement' is as follows. On items I am selling, I will refuse to complete the transaction with anyone who calls 'dibbs' on the list and enters into an agreement with others to stifle bidding to keep the final price artificially low. I paid good money for these items I am selling, and I want to recover my investment. Don't conspire on items I'm selling, and don't conspire on items I'm bidding on. Don't do it at all. Decide on what you want, decide how much you are willing to pay, grit your teeth and place your bid. I read the list messages late at night in digest form off the web page, so I can't enter into the fray in 'real time'. So please excuse my belated replies to the discussion. Mike Franklin Bellingham, WA USA "No man is so hated as he who will drive the speed limit" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:55:13 +0100 From: Crawford Neil To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: Re: Missing List Member Message-ID: > > > >I think I understand his problem. He knows more English words than > >he truly understands. > > > > >Lee M. > >New Braunfels, TX > Yeah, but enough is enough, he's been causing flame wars for the last year and a half, (on average once a month). There are lots of other listees who don't write perfect english, but still manage extremely well. Respect for the various nationalities on the list is something that Gaston has sadly lacked, this latest digging at the Brits was just one of many, in fact what he's said about the French has made me madder. /Neil C. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:44:42 -0000 From: Tom Gourdie To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: Gaston Message-ID: The main problem here is that Gaston constantly goes off-topic and then proceeds to denigrate other nationalities and air political views etc which have nothing to do with a wwi interest list. I don't think it is anything to do with his first language not being English since we have many friends on the list from Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Poland, Italy etc who don't land up insulting people on the basis that they are using a language which is not their native tongue. I agree with Neil C. Digs at other people in terms of nationalities and their heads of state are simply not appropriate or relevant to this list. 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If in doubt, please verify the authenticity of the contents with the sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 05:53:18 EST From: KnnthS@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: AW: airbrush help Message-ID: James writes: << I used a chisel-ended brush - some Listees have found a pointed brush worked better. I am sure a good quality brush would also be advisable. Call me old fashioned, but I just prefer brushes to airbrushes. >> I agree. Would add this: keep a wet edge and go. Have a bit of a plan as to where start and how get through some of the awkward spots and how finish. A larger brush works better, odd enough. A hyper point is not wanted so much as coming back to a point when needed. 'Spring' in the brush is essential as is suppleness. As per James-good quality is advised. Practice on a kit you aren't that worried about. Have a steady hand. For me a paint needs two things: Consistency and work-time. MisterKit has each. So do others, but MisterKit is something I look forward to using more often. Mix custom to suit. Ken ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 06:04:45 EST From: KnnthS@aol.com To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: SWMBO wants to build a kit! Message-ID: Shane warns: << Correct. And not a single word about "Size matters" >> I dint say a thing! I never did! I didn't.... -Sir Robin, buggering off and running away ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:23:05 +0100 From: Crawford Neil To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: RE: ebay Bidding Message-ID: > ssh > nb:fe2b > nr:Winged victory, by Yeates > Bet you're enjoying yourself with Winged Victory, A good story about Fe2's is "War Stories" by Derek Robinson, much better than Goshawk sqn, which Nigel (IIRC) was quite correctly critical of. /Neil C. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 05:46:48 -0600 From: Matt Bittner To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: Re: ICM Message-ID: <3C3C2DA8.6010702@sprintmail.com> Ray Boorman wrote: >Now what do I do with these six I-16's I just bought... ;0) > Just like me. I have a bunch - with more coming - and a whole lot of cool schemes for them (way beyond just the "green over blue" standard scheme). Me, I need the time for building them. :-) Sorry to keep this off topic, but the I-16 just barely is number two in my list of favorite aircraft, the Nieuport still coming in at number one. :-) Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:55:37 +0100 From: Crawford Neil To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: Re: ICM Message-ID: the Nieuport still coming in at number > one. :-) > > > Matt Bittner > > Thank heavens for that! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 06:21:34 -0600 From: Matt Bittner To: wwi@wwi-models.org Subject: RE: Flying Leatherneck Ninacks Message-ID: <3C3C35CE.5070304@sprintmail.com> GRBroman@aol.com wrote: >Hey Matt, feel free to twist that knife a little while you have it stuck in >there :). I don't know what's going on with that. I got a royalty check for >a previous book, but no other news. I'm going out to Baltimore the end of >the month, so I'll try to check on it. By the way, I checked the new >Fletcher book I have British Tanks 1915-18 and it is a new book. Some >pictures have appeared in print before, but there are a few new ones as well. > Hey, that's what I'm here for. Someone needs to keep reminding you you have a book due a few years ago. :-) The Fletcher book sounds like a must-have. Cool! Matt Bittner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 06:50:48 -0600 From: "ZELNICK, KENNETH T" To: "'wwi@wwi-models.org'" Subject: Re: SWMBO wants to build a kit! Message-ID: <15888960D28CD211AD1900105A24907803EC9530@ano-exs02.ano.entergy.com> Warren, What an intelligent and sensible wife you have! She has never built a model and yet can discern the Proper Scale! ;) I get a warm fuzzy feeling if my SWMBO slows down and glances at what I'm doing as she walks by the modeling bench. You're absolutely correct on the language differences. Comparing my wife's grandmother to a toilet seat was one fear that kept me from trying to learn Vietnamese. In that language, just changing the tonal inflection of a word can radically change its meaning. Regards, Ken Zelnick ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:28:44 -0500 From: "Tom Plesha" To: Subject: Re: airbrush help/Mr Kit Paint Message-ID: <000701c19911$900c3f20$2cfdfa18@mcmb1.mi.home.com> Hi Warren- FWIW I thin Mr Kit paint to about: 30% distilled water to 70% paint and spray between 15-18 psi, depending on humidity-temperature-etc. HTH Later Tom ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 4052 **********************