[WWI] WWI Digest, Vol 30, Issue 13

[Dave Calhoun]

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> Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 11:30:31 -0300
> From: "Diego Fernetti" <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
> Subject: Re: [WWI] how much is your collection worth?
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> Lance!
> > On the otherhand, where does one find a museum or other qualifying
> > institution interested in kit-built models smaller than 1/24th scale or
> > so?
>
> It depends on the character of the model exhibits. Larger museums may like
> bigger models of certain subjects, but I've also seen many collections of
> 1/50 or even 1/72 models, as long as they are significative of a time
> period, a certain evolution of aircraft or a specific branch of service.
In
> smaller models, the aim seems to be related subjects more than highly
> detailed individual models.
> D.
> Now if you are donating a highly detailed Claudia Schiffer, I guess
they'll
> take it as small as it comes.


My local model club has done a couple of displays for the new England Air
museum at Bradley Field in Windsor Locks CT.  All models were done in 1/48
scale, and are installed in glass display cases.  The first one was a
display for the Tuskeegee Air men, which had a large number of WW2 aircraft.
The second display, that I was heavily  involved in was the lafayette
Escadrille display, part of a larger exhibit including books, medals, and
other Lafayette memorabilia. The kits that we built were the Nieuport 11
(Lufbery's)  Spad VII (Thaw's) Nieuport 28 (Lufbery's) Albatros D.III, Pfalz
D.III and Fokker DR.1.  All kits were purchased by the museum, we built them
as a donation (did not realize that we could use them as a tax deduction).
I also did a 1/24 scale Nieuport 17 (Lufbery's) for a nomnal fee that
basically covered my materials, nowhere close to the time required unless I
was worth about $2.00 an hour!
Dave