StephenLawson

Greetings all; Sorry for the long delay... I have been experiencing sign on problems...Seems to be fixed now. Ok for the question...Corn Willy has been answered. Red Dog is in fact a fast playing card game but its origins predate WWII by about fifty years that I can trace back. Here are a couple of instructors from the 3rd Aviation Instruction Center at Issoudon France in 1918 engaged in the game. Even though it took two tries I'll spring for two free CD's from my site gents. One for each correct answer. PM with your snail mail addresses here first. Then to go to my website and choose your topic. Just send me an e-mail from there and identify yourselves.

I'll give you half for the corn willy! The Red Dog is still up for grabs.

Anyone correctly identifying these topics and providing correct descriptions will be offered a free CD from my website.

Coming to the end of this run we make a stop in North Dallas TX. In an industrial park a quiet unassuming little place. Squadron's front door Then to a quiet rural bed and breakfast Hobby shop in Pennsylvannia. Tell Barry I said Hi! Rosemont Hobbies front door

Photographed on the the very western front a mile above sea level a local fly- in. Ok it is a 1/48 scale fly - in.

Thanks Stogieman for the kind words. Now on to Great Britain! My old friends at Model Aircraft Monthly are beginning a series on WWI aircraft. Panzerman will probably recal that these grand people gave this old plugger his start into hobby magazine publishing back in 2000. Looks like their using some of my materials again. I believe that they have 4-5 more in hand. Sampublications here While we are here in Merry Old England you have simply got to stop off at Hannants! They have some great kits and reasonable prices. Hannants here

Eduard just keeps pumpin em out!!! The Royal Class Fokker D.VII kit # R0002 three complete kits with 12 decal options. Eduard models

Here is my review on the kit. Eduard kit #8096

Here is a bit of fun. Though no WWI stuff. Argentinian decal company

Here is a model of a real aircraft. Eduard's new 1/48 scale mold of the Fokker E.V, kit #8096.

Greetings all; Sorry for the long absence. Shift change form days to graveyards has my sleep pattern a bit mixed up. The organization I volunteer for has changed the website and while still under construction you may find a few items of interest. The Lafayette Foundation

Greetings all; Heading for the Czech Republic you are garuanteed a good time. Eduard For a world wide view of Models on a grand scale. Armorama

Greetings all; I have just received this kit and thought I would do a quick preview here before I do a review. In my opinion, The new Eduard kit is a hundred percent improvement over the former "early" slush mold issue that Eduard did back in 1992-93. 1.The exploded view instructions are great. The rest of the kit appears to be very well tooled. The average modeler can pick this kit up and get very decent results. It fills the void in the Fokker D.VIII line up left by DML / Dragon's neglect. 2. As Eduard has proven they can exceed our expectations with a kit that has almost everything the modeler could want in one box. That is great plastic with two options for wing variants, optional photoetch and precut decal lozenge and a comprehensive slick paper magazine for instructions. 3. Eduard continues to struggle with their lozenge decals colours and the four colour lozenge here is a step back from their Fokker D.VII kit decals without the speckles. back to B- 4. It provides markings for 4 colour schemes. Three of which have been available in either kit or aftermarket forms previously.

Greetings all were doing another layover in Colorado...due to snow. Here is a great little site hosted by an IPMS Judges Grand Champion winner. Derek Brown and he has some great detailing items and resin engines for sale. Mostly WWII some WWI. Buffie's Best

Greetings all; For a nice little helps thread on building WWI era kits try this; WWI kits Hints & Tips For Beau Coupe links on the subject of WWI aviation; manufacturers, clubs, magazines and etc... WWI modeler site ...links

With you and Panzerman I feel right at home.

Now for one of my favorite sites. Right here in Colorado. The Lafayette Foundation And a quick stop down in Aeizona Tell Eric I said hi! Copper State Models

Put on your Mucluks and heavy winter coat. Welcome to Finland IPMS Finland And another fellow Stingbagist from Finland, Mikko's page

Here is IPMS Switzerland. Click here. With a layover in St. Louis Click here.

Here is IPMS Ottowa Canada. Click here

Greetings all; Just thought I would show you some interesting links. The first has some interesting builds in their gallery. On page 3 I think there is a U-boat or some such thing. Targets with Treads... are pages 4 and 5. IPMS Chile

I would say that your a devouted fan of DC comics and a enthusiast , devotee and deep seated research fiend for the the subject of "The Hammer of Hell." You are the winner. Go to my website choose the CD kit review and send me here or at the website your address.

"In a dogfight, indecision can be fatal. The sky becomes a whirlwind of twisting planes and tracers. Instinct guides your hands. You and your machine meld to become a creature of the air. You dive, weave, set yourself up for a kill, and all the time, there's no time to think. Your whole body is an exposed nerve, sensitive to the subtlest maneuvers of your elusive prey. If you are attuned with your machine, and with your target, you will suceed in your mission. But if you are not -- if you have even the slightest moment of hesitation -- then it is you who becomes the prey." The first correct posting wins you one free CD of any kit review / build on my site. You must use the person's full known name and rank at the time he is credited with the statement. My Webpage

From the trenches of France - news of another lost son By Jonathan King February 9, 2006 French, British and Australian officials have begun searching for information on an unidentified World War I Australian soldier whose remains have been found close to the former Hindenburg Line near St Quentin in northern France. Experts from the National Institute for Research in Preventive Archaeology, who found the remains, reported a "rising sun" badge of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces. The remains were found in a mortar hole 50 metres from a trench on the Hindenburg Line. They believe he was killed in 1918, because he carried a coin from that year, and could have been an officer, because he had bullets used in British firearms issued to officers. The senior curator at the Australian War Memorial, Peter Burness, believes the man was among victorious forces that finally broke the Hindenburg Line at the battle of Bellicourt on September 29. Mr Burness believes he was in the 3rd or 5th Australian Division commanded by Melbourne's General John Monash, who was also commanding the newly arrived 27th and 30th American divisions in a triumphant attack. He said so many Australians were killed that General Monash needed to bolster their numbers with inexperienced American troops who he had been asked to train - as he had done since the July 4 battle of Hamel. "But talk about going out on a real high note," Mr Burness said. "This soldier was killed in the battle that broke through the notorious Hindenburg Line and sent the Germans running - it was the second-last battle Australians had to fight before the war ended in November." Although it is unlikely archaeologists will find any identifying "dogtags" when improvements in the weather enable them to remove the remains from the site, officials from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission need to establish his identity before planning an appropriate burial service. The Minister for Veterans Affairs, Bruce Billson, said that "if a positive identification is made" the department will invite any next of kin to attend a military funeral at the nearest war cemetery. But "if the soldier cannot be identified, he will be buried at the war cemetery as 'An Unknown Australian Soldier of the 1914-1918 War"'. Mr Billson said officials will be "examining the uniform, weapons and any personal items found at the site". If he was an officer, Mr Burness believes the search can be narrowed down.