Tim K et al, I just got home from a pleasant evening with the Thursday Night Irregulars and have had my first chance to get a quick look at my newest purchase....
Gentlemen, here are the other two scans of the new Vega kit. Cheers, Jim...
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Alain Bourret
alain.bourret@...
Apr 1, 2005 2:11 pm
Hi Jim, Tim and everybody, The MPM box art painting showing the Vega with compressed legs gives me the same feeling than those heavily bomb loaded models with...
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knuterha@...
Apr 1, 2005 3:12 pm
Hei, D-1422 was a historic aircraft, before being re-engined for von Grünaus flights, it had been used by Polar explorer Roald Amundsen on his attempt to...
hi Alain, Jim and all, Jim, thanks for the sneak peek at the new Vega, pity about the decals. I'm sure it is frustrating to Tim to know he provided MPM with...
Hi all, the LF Monocoupe looks attractive, although it has a cowled engine; I prefer the uncowled version. Does anyone know anything more about this one? The...
Hi Guy's, Just got some great news! Williams Bros. is back in biz and announced seven new kits due out in 2 weeks. The new kits will all be in 1/72, 1/48,...
Hi Jim and all, Pity that MPM got the decals wrong for G-ABGK, especially since I emailed just a few months ago reminding them of the correct colors. I can...
hi Tim, Once again, sorry MPM didn't listen to you. I guess it will be up to this super group to get it right! The fuselage window sounds like it will be no...
Shame on you Corkey! :) cheers, tracy ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. ...
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Lars & Angelika Opland
zdk@...
Apr 1, 2005 5:23 pm
Corkey, you scamp! This is worse than Bill Matthews announcing worldwide a Frog kit swap in England...& you sucked me in for a moment there, but the list was...
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Alain Bourret
alain.bourret@...
Apr 1, 2005 6:40 pm
Hi everybody, I really have a problem with my computer and I don't know how to solve it. I sent a message to Tim yesterday at HIS address but I realised that...
Dear Knut Erik, May I infer from your message that you have a copy of the Nowarra book? If so, is there anything in it that helps with the colors of the ...
Alain, Tim K et al, The fuel tanks in the new vega kit are drums. No credit is given to anyone for anything in the instruction sheet's "History" or "Camouflage...
Hi, The book "Flying boats and seaplanes since 1912" by Kenneth Munson shows on the frontpage and on page 46 a picture of D-2053, which is refered to as...
Sorry, please read: Dornier Do J IIb Bos. The fingers were faster than the brain ... Regards Rob ... From: Rob Mulder To: wingsofpeace@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Corkey - It's great news that Williams have survuved, and that they are producing new kits. Can you say which of the kits in your list are in which scale? Bill...
Lars - He sucked me in too, as you'll see by my posting. And that on the night when the subject of our monthly IPMS meeting was "April Fool"! Wish it was true,...
In a message dated 4/1/2005 6:05:28 P.M. Central Standard Time, billmatthews@... writes: Lars - He sucked me in too, as you'll see by my posting. And...
The Lockheed issue of the IPMS-USA Quarterly was entirely the work of my one-time good friend Bill Kelly. I haven't heard from him this many years; the last...
Hi Jim and all, For it's record setting flight from London to Capetown in 1931, G-ABGK was fitted with the 'saddle' style cabin fuel tanks and the first two...
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Lars & Angelika Opland
zdk@...
Apr 2, 2005 1:29 am
Hi Alain & All, What little I have on Pilgrim interior detail can be seen in this & the next photo. The door's overall shape is unusual enough. This is pilot...
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Lars & Angelika Opland
zdk@...
Apr 2, 2005 1:31 am
...such as it is...(dang; thought I had another closer than this. I know where to look for it tomorrow...). Gillam's Pilgrims at Valdez; looks like...
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Renald Gravel
r.gravelle@...
Apr 2, 2005 11:02 am
Hi Bob and Jim, The Nowarra book confirms that scheme (there is a coluor plate on page 80). Cheers, Renald ... From: Rob Mulder To:...
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Alain Bourret
alain.bourret@...
Apr 2, 2005 1:54 pm
Hi Lars, Thanks for these new Pilgrim shots. I think I would build this aircraft just to show this unusually shaped cockpit door opened. It is also very...
hi all, the new Internet Modeler is up: http://internetmodeler.com/ Look for a 1/16th scratchbuilt Salmson (not our era, but really impressive) as well as...
Gentlemen, From "that scheme", I presume, Renald, that you mean the orange and black scheme. How then do we explain the apparent very light colors on the...
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knuterha@...
Apr 2, 2005 8:31 pm
Hei, D-1422 and D-2053 were two different aircraft. D-1422 was built by CMASA as #37 in 1924 and later carried the identities G-EBQO and D-1422. Used by Roald...
