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I visit HS frequently, and you just have to 'filter out' the whining, and p=
ay attention to the 'real' builders,=C2=A0 who either don't sweat the minor=
stuff, or correct it on the spot, just like most of us. The rest=C2=A0ARE =
whiners (maybe that should be spelled=C2=A0weiners), like a=C2=A0former mem=
ber of one of the clubs I belong to, who would bitch about=C2=A0the problem=
s with inexpensive kits, and bitch about the price of newer, better, more d=
etailed ones, I got to thouroughly dislike having the guy around, but he is=
a species of modeler too frequently encountered, better known as a**holes.=
=C2=A0=20
Merrill=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Michael Moore" <maxwinthrop at yahoo.com>=20
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>=20
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:21:12 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central=20
Subject: Re: [WWI] "Wingnuts Mania"=20
If one "hangs out" on HS routinely,=C2=A0one will recognize the voices and =
come to=C2=A0one's own conclusions as to how dire the situation is based on=
what voice is being heard.=20
Mike=20
--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Nicklas, Brian <NicklasB at si.edu> wrote:=20
From: Nicklas, Brian <NicklasB at si.edu>=20
Subject: Re: [WWI] "Wingnuts Mania"=20
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>=20
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 3:13 PM=20
Well said Buz!=20
I sadly lost my copy of Brad Hansen=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CWorld War One in Pla=
stic=E2=80=9D when I moved from Florida to Virginia 22 years ago.=20
(=E2=80=9CThree moves is as good as a fire=E2=80=9D and all that)=20
But my memory of that book makes that statement almost flat we have it so g=
ood right now.=20
I don=E2=80=99t have an Eldon Match-Kit Albatros to directly compare, but I=
know an Eduard kit is light-years ahead.=20
Dekals, PE, kits of all sorts, ref materials =E2=80=93 Yay!=20
- =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Brian=20
From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Beh=
alf Of pezo8481 at bellsouth.net=20
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:02 PM=20
To: World War I Modeling Mailing List=20
Subject: Re: [WWI] "Wingnuts Mania"=20
Steve,=20
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 I totally agree with you.=C2=A0 Although I think t=
he guy who has the problem with the kit was "half way" joking.=C2=A0 Howeve=
r, I'm sure as more of these WINGNUT kits come out and into the hands of mo=
delers we will=C2=A0soon hear more=C2=A0nitt-picking critiques of these kit=
s.=C2=A0 I'll just defer the critics to the early volumes of WINDSOCK magaz=
ine to adjust their perspective of=C2=A0today's WW1 models.=20
Buz (WW1 modelers today never had it so good!)=C2=A0=C2=A0=20
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div style=3D'font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>Brent,=
friend, you probably never met the guy, he was a member of the figure/armo=
r club, but his whining still echoes in my memory. There are legitinate bit=
ches about some kits, but not all of them, and nit picking bugs me, a bit m=
ore than I would like, maybe. This is a HOBBY, it's supposed to be FUN, and=
as StE has pointed out the challenges make it more interesting and fun, wh=
ining and nitpicking just drags it down. FWIW</P>
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<P>Merrill<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: orc51o at gmail.com<BR>To:=
"World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org><BR>Sent: We=
dnesday, April 29, 2009 3:10:11 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central<BR>Subject:=
Re: [WWI] "Wingnuts Mania"<BR><BR>
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Hey Merrill! How about a 30 minute disertation of Braniff airlines brown? S=
heesh! You'd have thunk it was Vo=C3=9F cowl or PC10.<BR><BR>I miss the old=
Aero Historian crowd.</P>
<P>Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry</P>
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<P>I visit HS frequently, and you just have to 'filter out' the whining, an=
d pay attention to the 'real' builders, who either don't sweat the mi=
nor stuff, or correct it on the spot, just like most of us. The rest A=
RE whiners (maybe that should be spelled weiners), like a former =
member of one of the clubs I belong to, who would bitch about the prob=
lems with inexpensive kits, and bitch about the price of newer, better, mor=
e detailed ones, I got to thouroughly dislike having the guy around, but he=
is a species of modeler too frequently encountered, better known as a**hol=
es. </P>
<P> </P>
<P> </P>
<P>Merrill<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Michael Moore" <max=
winthrop at yahoo.com><BR>To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at w=
wi-models.org><BR>Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 2:21:12 PM GMT -06:00 =
US/Canada Central<BR>Subject: Re: [WWI] "Wingnuts Mania"<BR><BR></P>
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<DIV>If one "hangs out" on HS routinely, one will recognize the voices=
and come to one's own conclusions as to how dire the situation is bas=
ed on what voice is being heard.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 4/29/09, Nicklas, Brian <I><NicklasB at si.=
edu></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Nicklas, Brian <NicklasB at si.edu><BR>Subje=
ct: Re: [WWI] "Wingnuts Mania"<BR>To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" &=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-F=
AMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">Well said Buz!</SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-F=
AMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">I sadly lost my copy of Brad Hansen=E2=80=
=99s =E2=80=9CWorld War One in Plastic=E2=80=9D when I moved from Florida t=
o Virginia 22 years ago.</SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-F=
AMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">(=E2=80=9CThree moves is as good as a fire=
=E2=80=9D and all that)</SPAN>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-F=
AMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">But my memory of that book makes that state=
ment almost flat we have it so good right now.</SPAN>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-F=
AMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">I don=E2=80=99t have an Eldon Match-Kit Alb=
atros to directly compare, but I know an Eduard kit is light-years ahead.</=
SPAN>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-F=
AMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">Dekals, PE, kits of all sorts, ref material=
s =E2=80=93 Yay!</SPAN>
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FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'"><SPAN>-<SPAN style=3D"FONT: 7pt 'Tim=
es New Roman'"> </SPA=
N></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY=
: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">Brian</SPAN>
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a', 'sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMI=
LY: 'Tahoma', 'sans-serif'"> wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces=
@wwi-models.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>pezo8481 at bellsouth.net<BR><B>Sent:</B>=
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B> World War I Modeling Maili=
ng List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WWI] "Wingnuts Mania"</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV=
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<P class=3DMsoNormal>Steve,</P></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal> I totally agree with you.&nbs=
p; Although I think the guy who has the problem with the kit was "half way"=
joking. However, I'm sure as more of these WINGNUT kits come out and=
into the hands of modelers we will soon hear more nitt-picking c=
ritiques of these kits. I'll just defer the critics to the early volu=
mes of WINDSOCK magazine to adjust their perspective of today's WW1 mo=
dels.</P></DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal>Buz (WW1 modelers today never had it so good!) &n=
bsp;</P></DIV>
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