[WWI] The color of Voss's cowl

[Andy Bannister]

With all due respect Jim, I don't recall anyone here asking you to be the messenger. As many have said, the Voss cowl debate has gone on for years on this list and I'm sure most of us debate it goodnaturedly and enjoy poking fun at the controversy whenever it inevitably resurfaces. However I think the comments were for this list and this list alone. If anyone wanted to argue the toss with this fellow we would have done so on his site personally. 
Andy

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> From: Jim Landon <thegreatlandoni at hotmail.com>
> Date: 2008/08/29 Fri AM 12:09:50 GMT
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Subject: Re: [WWI] The color of Voss's cowl
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> << If you want to follow it further that website was: http://www.flickr.com/photos/centuryimaging/1438074497/ >>
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> The fellow has posted his rebuttal to all you guys' comments.
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> I'm just notifying you. Don't shoot the messenger (me).
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> From: thegreatlandoni at hotmail.com
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:21:26 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WWI] The color of Voss's cowl
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> That was fun. I have compiled all your comments (without signatures) and will paste the compilation on his web page momentarily. If you want to follow it further that website was: http://www.flickr.com/photos/centuryimaging/1438074497/
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> From: reason108 at hotmail.com
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:04:54 -0500
> Subject: Re: [WWI] The color of Voss's cowl
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> From: hopeandmercy at sbcglobal.net
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
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>        The Over the Front article of years ago proved that the wheels were overpainted as well (paint brush marks show up on the tires)- so if the cowl, then the wheels......
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> Yes, I came to that same conclusion after my own experiments trying to determine what color the cowl could be.      
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>   Someday technology (or the cowling turning up stashed in some old basement) may answer this question, but today is not that day.
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> Agreed.  This recent 'analysis' also looks like a case of starting out with a conclusion(yellow) and working backwards to justify it. I wish I had a black and white photo of something(where I already know for certain what the colors were) to send him to see if he can come close to figuring out the colors. An ortho photo of my brother's old Lotus would be perfect as it was yellow with BRG bumpers. This whole Voss cowl issue is beginning to sound like the Bigfoot issue. 
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