[WWI] How did you get here

[J.R. Boye]

 Merry Christmas Everyone!

   Gabe, that makes perfect sense. Compared to the boxy D. VII, the lines of the Albatros are positively sexy :-)

      I got in when I was home sick from school in 1964. My mom came home with a Revell Albatros and DH-2 to keep me busy. I had read the Gurney book right before that (it was in the school library) so I was fascinated by these planes. I found the DH-2's layout particularly intriguing. After that, I couldn't get enough and it's lasted the rest of my life....

                            J.R. Boye




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From: Gabriel Limon <arglim at msn.com>


 After school my brother and I were in our local 5&dime (remember those), I found an Aurora Albatros and he picked up the Fokker DVII.  I was hooked, he wasn't.
 
Gabe






> From: dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar
> To: wwi at wwi-models.org
> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:05:43 -0300
> Subject: Re: [WWI] How did you get here
> 
> > Another angle, how'd you get here?
> 
> My cousin was an avid modeler and when I was 6 or so I got an Airfix
> Albatros D.V as a Christmas present. It was lilac! My cousin helped me to
> assemble it (we must have spent about half an hour). We built it with the
> pilot unglued, so he can jump in -or out- during flights.
> After that, I got hooked and built many models, mostly WW2, but also Tamiya
> soldiers and all the WW1 revells I could find.
> During secondary school, as usual, I left modeling but still loved aviation.
> Years later, I quarreled with my ex girlfriend and went to the beach on
> vacations... I found an old bagged Sopwith Camel in a beach kiosk and built
> it using a pocket knife and contact glue... When I returned home I started
> collecting and building WW1 airplanes again!
> D.
> 
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