[WWI] be greatful was Flyboys: Gotha Bomber Sequence

[Tom Mason]

DV,

It was an M.S.. I think it was an M.S 230, but I am not sure.

T.O.M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Vosburgh" <dkvosburgh at hotmail.com>
To: <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] be greatful was Flyboys: Gotha Bomber Sequence


> And what exactly *was* the a/c Stachel was flying at the end? An M.S. as I 
> recall, they've got one very much like it down at Rheinbeck ---  
> enschuldigen sie, Rhinebeck. It was a beauty, in any event.
>
> Anybody up for a Rhinebeck get-together before the end of the season?
>
> DV
>
>
>>From: Eduard Werner <edi.werner at gmx.de>
>>Reply-To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
>>To: wwi at wwi-models.org
>>Subject: Re: [WWI] be greatful  was Flyboys: Gotha Bomber Sequence
>>Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 21:55:07 +0200
>>
>>Póndźelu 04 septembra 200614:59, Diego Fernetti pisaše:
>> > Mr. T!
>> >
>> > > BTW went to a community art festival yesterday and a local artist 
>> > > that
>> > > specializes in aircraft painting did his first OT work Voss' last
>>flight.
>> > > The SE-5's had sweepback like a tigermoth, and the F-I had  a YELLOW
>> > > cowl! When I asked why yellow he said he read up on the issue and 
>> > > that
>> > > there wasn't enough proof to make it red or yellow so he went with
>> > > yellow.  I asked what about the Fokker factory green?   He said he'd
>> > > never heard of that possibility.
>> > > So much for research.
>> >
>> > First: Blue Max featured several "SE5as" with sweepback? Why? Because
>>these
>> > were converted Tiger Moths!
>>
>>There were Tiger Moths fighting on both sides! The Germans usually 
>>featured
>>one Dr.1, one D.VII (with the engine upside down), one Pfalz, and the rest
>>were Tiger Moths. The English had SE5as "padded" with them. The icing was
>>that brand-new airplane Stachel was supposed to fly at the end of the 
>>movie.
>>And I must confess, all these things pretty much spoiled the experience 
>>for
>>me ... To me, this is like reading a book full of typos. :(
>>
>>Flyboys looks a bit like "Crimson Skies" going historical, but it's 
>>definitely
>>nicer than the "Blue Max". I'll probably go for it.
>>
>>Edi
>>
>
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