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Good People, I have made the art work for the Morane-Saulnier cowl logo in my Corel vector drawing program. Using this, I have printed a few copies in 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72 scales. These are printed with my ALPS Printer using the Gold Foil 'spot color' setting. Unlike the *.bmp picture you see here, there are NO jagged edges and no dots. Just a smooth solid image in metalic gold color. These logos are really perfect and can be read with the naked eye even in 1/72. I am offering these to the august members of this forum for the princely sum of US$2.00 for 6 of the logos in an

History, The first vacuform kits I remember were some rubber powered flying models, by I think Lindberg (probably wrong name), in about 1/20 scale. I built and attempted to fly some of these when I was in the 5th or 6th grade, circa 1956 1957. Right around this time Prince Valliant movies, and the like, were a rage. There was a lot of vacuformed toy body armour, helmets , breast plates and shin guards available to us middle class kids who were adept in wheedleing toys from our relatives. Ah memory, such a fallable medium. Mike

If you want to print your own decals, listen up, eh? Lately I promised to send some Corel files of the Austrian Sworl Camo pattern to somebody. Somehow I can not find hide nor hair of the details of this promise. If you are the person, or anybody else here wants a copy of these files, contact me by email and put Sworl in the subject line. guitar.guitar@earthlink.net I have both four and three color versions of the pattern so you can take your choice as you see fit. You can also use your choice of colors. Here are some low resolution bmp copies not to any scale. mIKE feeling generou

Here are some snapshots of four WW-1 Aeroplane Serial Number True Type Fonts that I have developed. Many participants of the Aerodrome Forum have tried them and so far they are a great success. You can use these fonts to create serial numbers for your WW-1 aeroplane models. You can get these fonts to install in your computer by sending me an email to guitar.guitar@earthlink.net and put ARC Font Request in the subject. I will send you the fonts by return email. Thanks, Mike Franklin in Bellingham, WA 98226

A well put together model, but, at the risk of being labeled an *&^()*(**, the stains on the upper wing are all wrong. The slots behind the engine nacells are exit ports for the inter-cooler air flow, not engine exhaust. The movie Memphis Belle, had this detail painted all wrong, and many pictures were published on the covers of aviation magazines at thy time. This had led to the wrong idea of what the wing upper surfaces should look like. If any staining is present, it should be streaming back from the solid bridge areas between the slots. The air flow from the intercooler outlet wou

There has been a natural metal B-17 flying around and over my house for the last few days. Very loud it is too. Mike the modelhound in Bellingham, WA 98226

[However, I have looked over some of the decal sheets offered for Tarheel Hal, and I think the Superscale sheet looks just about spot on. Review here: http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/decals/s...th/ss481120.htm I hope this helps. Good luck! I did purchase this decal sheet directly from Norris Grasser. In spit of a few errors, I will use it for the basis of my model. The most difficult to correct will be that the decals have the name Tarheel Hal on both sides of the fuselage, but the photos clearly show the name only on the Port side. Also the sheet misses the stripes on the wing py

Here are some pictures that were emailed to me by many kind people. First is a much clearer version of my first picture: Second and third, a couple of B/W pics that show a lot of added details of the paint job: I'm beginning to form an idea about what this plane might have looked like, my idea does not match any of the decal sheet instructions or artwork I have seen. The popular Warbird flying in the Tarheel Hal colors is very wrong in many points. Note the way the blue field overlaps onto the wing root, and the straight line where it meets the cowling. Note also the stripes on the

Thank you. I'm lookin for photos of the original Tarheel Hal, flying in Germany in 1945. This is the only photo I have up to now. The paint doesn't match the Warbird in many details. Mike

Title says it all. Please help, Thanks, Mike the modelhound guitar.guitar@earthlink.net

Maurice Farman "Shorthorn" Primary Trainer for many Allied airman. Mike the modelhound

I never heard a peep from jotter one way or the other. Mike "No good deed shall go unpunished."

I've got what you need. Mike

I have several sets of the Monogram decals. If these will help, email me your address and I'll post them off. Mike

Because I do not like to see what is "true" as defined by consensus. If you want to decree that this is a 'Monogram Classics, and Whatever Else We Approve, Group Build" then so be it. But if it is in fact a Monogram Classics Group Build, then I say that if a challenge to the claim of eligability is forthcoming, let the matter be resolved by evidence, not opinion. As a lifelong aeromodeler, kit collector and builder, maker of lists and amateur model historian, I can not recall ever having seen the Aurora Pfalz kit in Monogram livery. Either in person, in a picture, in print, in sh