[WWI] Added:Port Victoria PV2 and more!

[Steve Cox]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

Answering a lot of questions at once:
Dave
The PV2¹s aren¹t quite in a completed state, they don¹t have any control
wires, and one is missing the serial number.

Cosford went very well, although I had to clear the car of snow before we
set off. The show was so popular the museum was turning people away at one
point, and telling them to come back later as the car parks were full.We had
a fairly continuous stream of people by, and I handed out lots of GWICC
Œbusiness cards¹ so hopefully the site will get a lot of new visitors, even
if they don¹t join the list.

The GWICC tables were next to Janet¹s South Atlantic SIG tables. On her
display ( which won best in show) was a Spi**ire in Falklands Islands
presentation markings, as the islanders donated enough money to buy 10
Spi**ires during WW2. This aircraft, Falklands Islands II, was flown by the
guy that built the SS4 blimp in the middle of the GWICC display, so Janet
would tell the story to her visitors and send them on to me, or I would tell
the story and send my visitors on to her. This aircraft gave the pilot a red
mark in his log book, as he broke one undercarriage leg off landing in rough
weather. His name is David Denchfield, he¹s not on the list, as he doesn¹t
have a computer, but he¹s a proficient modeller, and the blimp is an
eye-catcher. When I took the blimp back to him last week he showed me some
lozenge fabric that came off the spars of the LVG C.VI at Shuttleworth when
it was refurbished.   The rest of the models on the table were mine and Hugh
Beyts, roughly half and half.

I did have one guy stop and chat for a long time, and he¹s now trying to
find me a Sopwith Schneider to convert to a PV1.

On one of the dealers tables opposite us there was a framed piece of fabric
from a DH4.

Diego
You try handpainting an arrow through all those struts and you¹ll be wobbly
too   :)
In those days I assembled a model, and then painted it.

Warren, I don¹t build that many models, I just photograph a lot at once.
regards
Steve
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  If I didn't spend so much time on line
    ‹‹ I'd get some models finished
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From: "Hooper, Dave" <Dave.Hooper at clarks.com>
Reply-To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:31:38 +0100
To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Conversation: [WWI] Added:Port Victoria PV2 and more!
Subject: Re: [WWI] Added:Port Victoria PV2 and more!

Hi Steve 

It's nice to see the PV2's in a completed state, and very nice they look
too. Must get mine started.

I was interested to see a completed Maquette DH9a (and a well made DH9a
at that). That's one kit I regreted spending hard earned cash on and it
currently resides in the 'probably will never be built' pile. Especially
as CMR have a DH9a listed for release this year.

How did you get on at Cosford? Who exhibited on the GWICC table with
you? I'm sorry I haven't seen those photos yet as the company is
currently blocking hobby sites between 8am & 5pm.

Regards

Dave



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Sent: 13 April 2008 14:09
To: wwi at wwi-models.org
Subject: [WWI] Added:Port Victoria PV2 and more!


   Steve Cox sent in photos of his
Port Victoria PV2,
See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Cox/Allied/index.html#PV2
Port Victoria PV2bis,
See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Cox/Allied/index.html#PV2bis
De Havilland DH9A,
See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Cox/Allied/index.html#DH9A
De Havilland DH4,
See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Cox/Allied/index.html#DH4
De Havilland DH9,
See http://www.wwi-models.org/Images/Cox/Allied/index.html#DH9
or see news.
Sincerely,
WWI Web Admin


 


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