[WWI] O/T Stutz was: Going to England

[Brad & Merville]

Dave

   There's a photo of Vernon Castle, in uniform, driving his yellow Stutz 
down the main drag of Deseronto in the summer of 1917 in "Dancing in the 
Sky" by C.W. Hunt.  Dont know if it's a '14 but it must be pretty close. 
"Dancing in the Sky" is currently available in paperback at the local 
Chapters, not a bad overview of the "Imperial Royal Flying Corps".

Cheers
Brad

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David C. Fletcher" <dcf at mars.ark.com>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Going to England


> Karen Rychlewski wrote:
>
>> ... Civitavecchia is an interesting old town; leave yourself time to see 
>> it. Also, it's quite near Bracciano/Vigna di Valle and the Italian Air 
>> Force Museum–are you going to try to get there? Alternatively, Tarquinia 
>> is just up the road from Civitavecchia and has a good little museum of 
>> Etruscan finds from the tombs surrounding the town: one of my favorite 
>> places in Italy. And just off the Autostrada between Rome and 
>> Civitavecchia is the town of Cervetri with a necropolis of above-ground 
>> Etruscan tombs. Great stuff!
>
> Only one evening in Civitavecchia but I lived in Rome for six months, so 
> I've been to Vigna di Valle, crawled around the Etruscan tombs, Hadrian's 
> Villa, Pompeii and Paestum and been in the excavations under the Vatican, 
> etc.
>
> Quick go OT!  I just acquired a 1:16 scale 1914 Stutz model at a garage 
> sale.  I can't find any military use for it, so I think I'll try for a 
> 'barn find' look.  Who's good at simulating faded paint and rust?
>
> Dave
>