[WWI] Added:Fokker E.I

[Douglas Jones]

Looks great! And a little 'literary' license if perfectly 
understandable. Make me itch to get start on my 1/4 E-III!! But at the 
rate I move I will be doing the build posthumously!

Doug

Thayer Syme wrote:

> At 10:52 AM 5/1/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> Thayer, any history on the crest markings you have on the cowl?
>>
>> Love the diving at you shot!
>
>
> That's one of my favorites as well, especially since I can hear the 
> wind in the rigging every time I look at it.
>
> The heraldic crest is a complete fabrication. Instead of trying to 
> research, document and get excited about markings for a model that was 
> already taking liberties with history, I decided to invent a little of 
> my own. Many years ago my great-grandfather registered a private 
> yachting burgee that has a white star on a dark green field. My family 
> still uses that flag, so I adopted it as an element for the crest. The 
> gryphon simply represents my son's name, Gryffin. Thus, very 
> literally, the crest reads "Gryffin Syme." His birthday is January 14, 
> hence the 01.14 on the side of the fuselage.
>
> While potentially offensive to serious historians, I figured the 
> markings were well within the scope of what was done at the time.
>
> Thayer
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