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Getting to know one another => Your Introduction => Topic started by: Des on April 13, 2012, 07:36:13 AM
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Welcome to the ww1aircraftmodelsforum.
This is the new forum home for WW1 aircraft modellers wishing to discuss WW1 models and modelling with fellow enthusiasts.
This forum is a logical extension of Des Delatorre’s WW1aircraftmodels.com website and has been created to meet an often- requested wish for a dedicated discussion forum on a site solely dedicated to WW1aircraft models.
Those of you familiar with the Great War In the Air Forum will know that Des was also co-owner of that site and Moderator of the modelling boards. What is not widely known is Des and co-owner Andrew had a major policy disagreement on the future direction of the GWA site. Des pushed for growth in the modelling coverage while Andrew- who is not a modeller- was uncomfortable and preferred his vision for the GWA as a history-focussed site. It was a conflict of history vs models. It became evident the two directions were not compatible.
The fact is the GWA forum is an aviation history site and its models coverage is an afterthought rather than a primary focus. Hence the need for a web forum for WW1 modellers where models and modelling is the sole focus of the site.
So, a warm welcome to the ww1aircraftmodelsforum. This forum will be a unique site dedicated solely to WW1 model aircraft. It is a forum that has been built by a modeller for modellers, We hope this will become your new home for discussing WW1 models and your participation is encouraged.
Feel free to discuss all aspects of WW1 aircraft models and show your work.
Now, please come in, make yourself comfortable and meet new and old friends in the new forum home for the exciting world of WW1 aircraft models……….
Des Delatorre (Owner and Administrator)
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Hi Des,
I'm pleased to see you host your own modelling forum as it's a logical extension of your web site which sets the standard for Great War aviation modelling. I wish you all the best for this new endeavour!
Cheers,
Chris
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Hi Des
Congratulations on starting your own WW1 aircraft modellers forum! This is a natural complement to your existing website and I'm sure it will be very popular with modellers worldwide.
My very best wishes for the future of this forum and I am delighted to be a member and I agree with Chris- this site will set the standard for WW1 aviation modelling!
Very best wishes
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Hello Des,
Well, this is grand and I want to wish you the very best on your new forum. I count it a privilege to be a member of this forum headed up by one of the leading Ambassadors for the builders and manufactures of WWI scale model aircraft. This is going to be fun and I will be expecting to see old and new friends here.
All the best,
Paddy :)
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G'day Des,
Congratulations on the new forum!!
I've followed your site for quite a while and find it very, very inspiring. Your work, enthusiasm and explanations are great!
With all the rich experience of yourself and the growing number of forum members to inspire me (a relative newcomer to modelling) I might just get my Roden Fokker DR.1 project back up and running..... ::) ;)
Cheers and thanks,
Andrew
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What a pleasant surprise. World War One modelers have never had it so good. I must build something new to establish some credibility on the street.
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Hello, Des!
Congratulations on your new Forum. I'm glad to be part of it: thanks for the invitation! I've been chewing away at a few other projects recently, but the WNW SE surfaces every now and then, fixes me with a baleful glare, and dares me to start. One day, one day...! ;D
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Congratulations, Des, and thank you for starting this forum. Very nicely done, mate.
Cheers,
Bud
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Hi Des,
Wish you well on your new venture and look forward to dropping by on a regular basis.
All the best,
Ray R.
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Hello Des. Thank you for the invitation to this modellers' forum. I am very glad you have set it up so quickly. Good luck with this new enterprise!
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Thanks for the invitation to join your forum Des and congratulations on getting the Forum up and running.
I have a lot to learn from all of you and am really looking forward to participating here.
Sean
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Good luck Des, sorry to hear about the spat on GWIAA, looking forward to contributing here :)
Regards :)
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What ho Des - thank you for the invite. I'm looking forward to seeing some inspirational stuff on here :)
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Hi Des, glad to be a part of a WWI model forum dedicated to WWI modellers.
Cheers
Pete.
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Hello Des,
Thanks for the invite and it is an honor to be here!
Ken :)
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Great to find you well and starting up this forum Des. This gives another reason to visit one of my favorite places.
Sean
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good to be here i saw that things were getting a little dromey elsewhere so here we can be ourselves and have a forum dedicated to the main reason most of us joined a forum in the first place, to learn and communicate with other ww1 aero modellers and check out all the wonderful builds going on worldwide.thanks des.....scott
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Thanks Des. This was needed and youre just the man to run it!!!
Steve
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Looked at your site. Those are beautiful models. oops this post was for Przemol
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Hello Des:
Found out about the site from our good freind Greg Jouette. Glad to see a site dedicated to modelers. We are all historians to some extent but modeling is our passion, so good to see a site dedeicated to that end.
Best wishes and success
Mark
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Great to see you take the logical step. A shame what caused it but I'm sure the seed planted here is going to flourish. I'm looking forwards to a great future seeing so many familiar friendly faces already here before me. A great thanks to Stephen Lawhead for pointing the way from Aeroscale quite selflessly.
Keith
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Looks like we got the cream of the crop. Let's us do try to get along!
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Seems like a Family reunion!
Jim
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Des, I'm glad to see this develop, and I'm sure this will serve a great many people. Thank you, very glad to be here.
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Greetings from the "Snowbelt"! I just found the forum and am looking forward to a long and productive relationship! I have already found much useful information for my projects. I am the duly "appointed " prez of a small but active modelling club in southwestern Ontario Canada and build mostly anything (ships, trucks, spacecraft) but mostly aircraft, and especially those darned biplanes with all the strings!
Good luck Des.
Carry on.
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Hey Des,
Always loved your models and I'm glad to be a part of this forum now--
Lyle
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Hello Chaps, great to be part of the show!
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Hello and welcome Rayos.
Andrew
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Hello Rayos and welcome to our new forum, hope you enjoy your stay here and we all look forward to seeing you post some of your work soon.
Des.
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Why did it take me so long to find this site? I've noticed it's been getting a little quiet on GWIA, this might explain why! I look forward to sharing and learning from the best of the best!
Ian
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Why did it take me so long to find this site? I've noticed it's been getting a little quiet on GWIA, this might explain why! I look forward to sharing and learning from the best of the best!
Ian
Hi, Ian,
Glad to have you with us. Nothing wrong with GWIA, but I think you'l find that this is a site significantly more dedicated to the modelling aspect of WW1 aviation. Hope you enjoy yourself here! :)
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Hello guys great to be here, was wondering where Des whent looking forward to post here!
Ron
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So glad you finally found us, Ron.
Cheers,
Bud
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Hello friends of WW1 history and modelling !
Some months ago I came into contact with Des through his website ( very well programmed it is!) and shared some photos
from german Museums with him.
I started kit building around the age of five in 1969 ( a Roland C II Walfisch or an Albatross - moulded in red styrene - Airfix 1/72) and came back to the hobby in 2001.
But it was more than only modelling: it strung my historic string an therefore modelling and gaining historic knowledge
went hand in gloves.
My interest in military items comprises not only aircraft but weapon systems in general, politics and geopolitics.
I had and have the chance to meet soldiers from WW1 onwards to the present day ; this gives insight in real world occurences.
Kit building to me is a creative process. I like the aesthetics and the design especially with aircraft. I like to put in my abilities
and enjoy the progress of them. While enjoying the slowing-down-process during a kit built I also imagine the scenery and
context of the model.
Until now my one and only WW1 aeroplane built is the Roden 1/32 Fokker Dr. I in the colours of M. v. Richthofen.
kind regards, Gunther
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Hello and welcome Gunther
Andrew
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Gunther,
History, Military History, WWI Aircraft and those who flew them, we got it all. Welcome and hope you enjoy!
Cheers,
Lance
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Welcome and enjoy Gunther!!
Steve
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Hello from South Africa.
I joined yesterday and have spent most of the last day looking at the forums etc and all I can say is its great so much information and superb modelling.
Recently I decided to go back to WW1 aircraft modelling, something i started around 50 years ago in my youth. Back then it was 1/72nd.
I have looked at 1/48th but 1/32nds seems more suitable to these old eyes, currently working on the Roden DrI. I can see i will have a good many questions.
Was very pleased to see our locally preserved SE5a, I was involved with its restoration so will post some information in the appropriate place and will also post some photos of my efforts.
Best regards and glad to be on board
Bruce Green
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Hi Bruce,
Welcome aboard.
You're in splendid company ;)
Looking forward to seeing your DR.1 when complete.
BVB
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Hello Bruce and welcome to the forum, I'm so glad to see you here and I look forward to seeing photos of your Dr.1
Des.
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Welcome and enjoy!!!
Steve
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Hi Bruce, welcome aboard! Hope you'll post pics of your Dr.1 build; this kit is in my queue as well.
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for the welcome. I did try and post some photos of my DRI but struck some p[problems which I will check out a little later.
Spent most of the day on the Roden big brother version, not sure where to stop with the detailing. 1/48th is still very much on the to build lists.
Regards
Bruce
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Spent most of the day on the Roden big brother version, not sure where to stop with the detailing.
Hehe welcome to the club!
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Welcome back to the WWI modeling fold, Bruce, and welcome to the forum. Very lovely SE5a you have there. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Cheers,
Bud
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Hello and welcome Bruce - looking forward to your DR.1 photo's ;)
Andrew
edit - and of course I missed them the first time... ::)
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Hi Des
Thanks for the add to the WW1 aircraft models forum.
Cheers
Fred
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Hello Fred and welcome to the forum, it is so good to see you here.
Des.
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Hello,
Happy to found a forum for these nice planes, I started building these planes when WNW started and I was retired 2 years ago after 40 years working on aircraft with an aspirator (jet engine) I hope to built a lot of these models.
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I'm very happy to to have found this website. It's top notch articles and information is inspiring. I am looking forward to learning as much as I can. I have a number of kits from the "Great War" that I now look forward to doing.
Thanks and very good luck,
Steve
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I checked all of the posts to make sure I had not introduced myself previously. I think my memory isn't what it used to be, but I'm not sure.
I got hooked on WWI models as a kid in the 1950s. Went on to other modeling subjects, then the Navy, marriage, jobs and kids took over. About fifteen years ago I googled scale modeling on a whim, and that, as they say, was that.
I've been a deep water sailor, wood cutter, stage production and sound lackey, old-school programmer, engineer, anthropologist, climber, and book addict, and author. Among other things not to be mentioned here.
I used to compete, mainly in California. I enjoy it because it improves my skills and teaches me that judging is subjective and not to be taken seriously. I have also judged a number of IPMS USA show competitions. I help out the IPMS National organization by reviewing models, books and related modeling do-dads from time to time.
I am reducing my little stash now, focusing on Wingnut Wings kits, a few select ship kits, especially American Civil War ironclads and submarines, and a Caldercraft wood model from Nelson's Navy. I have a very few "special" kits I am keeping that aren't WWI or Civil War but my goal is to get all of the Wingnuts Wings kits that interest me, and build them slowly with each one a bit better than the last.
I intend to bracket my Wingnuts Wings collection with the Fokkers: EI, EIII, E IV; D.VII (Fok), (Alb), (OAW) and F. And, of course, some other aircraft in between.
I am very glad to have found this forum. I was about to give up on the others I have visited from time to time. I see that it is informative, courteous and fun.
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Welcome to the forum again eindecker, you did previously introduce yourself but it was a while ago, easy to forget, here is the link to your first post;
http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=856.0
I hope since the time of your first introduction you have met a lot of friends and picked up a few hints and tips, looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Des.
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Welcome back to the forums eindecker :)
Terri
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Glad to have you back on the team. Welcome! ;D
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Great to be back and indeed nice to meet old friends from the GWA forum (and before..). Apologies for not dropping in earlier but there 're reasons.
Des, thanks so much!
Take care
Rento
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Hello Rento and welcome to the forum, great to see you back, I'm looking forward to your participation with the forum and its members.
Des.
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It has been a while since GWA, hasn't it? Great to see you here: welcome! :)
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Hello Des
I found you courtesy of Ray via Windsock. Happy to be here. So much to learn, but wonderful to have enough time at last, even with just one pair of hands.
Christo
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Hello Christo and welcome to the forum, I'm looking forward to your participation with the forum and its members.
Des.
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Welcome, Christo! It's a great site with a lot of inspiration... Regards, Marc
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I am so glad I found this site. Thanks for accepting me. I love the hobby and look forward to learning from you all.
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Hello Bramsdal and welcome to the forum, I'm looking forward to your participation with the forum and its members.
Des.
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Hi Des,
I'm glad to have discovered your wonderful site, and look forward to learning lots of new and valuable things. I've been modelling for 50+ years, and now that I've a) retired, and b) become captivated by Wingnut Wings, I'm in hobby heaven.
Russell Brown
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Hello Russell and welcome to the forum, so glad to see you here, please feel free to ask as many questions as you like, we have some very talented members who are all willing to share their knowledge, I'm looking forward to seeing your work post on the forum soon.
Des.
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Hi Russell! Welcome to the site! A double whammy! Retired and a love of WW1 aircraft modelling (esp WNW)! Enjoy! Marc.
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Thanks for accepting my invitation... i am glad to be part of this forum..
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Howdy, I am fairly new to plastic modeling. Flew RC for years and even built a 1/4 scale Albatros DVa. I never got up the nerve to fly it. Sold it to a friend who also decided not to fly it. Last I heard it was on display it Oklahoma City. I now live in the Texas Hill Country about 60 miles NW of San Antonio. I have taken up building plastic WW1 planes again. I have completed my all time favorite, the Albatros D.Va and a Fokker D.VII. I have plans for three more (on order) and then we will have to see what comes up next. Glad I found your forum and will be checking it out in the future. I need to see what all is covered on your site. Thanks for being there.
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Hello and welcome from another Texan. I think you will find this one of the best sites and forums on the modeling internet. Questions are always welcome.
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Howdy, I am fairly new to plastic modeling. Flew RC for years and even built a 1/4 scale Albatros DVa. I never got up the nerve to fly it. Sold it to a friend who also decided not to fly it. Last I heard it was on display it Oklahoma City. I now live in the Texas Hill Country about 60 miles NW of San Antonio. I have taken up building plastic WW1 planes again. I have completed my all time favorite, the Albatros D.Va and a Fokker D.VII. I have plans for three more (on order) and then we will have to see what comes up next. Glad I found your forum and will be checking it out in the future. I need to see what all is covered on your site. Thanks for being there.
Hello and welcome from San Antonio.
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Donscoin,
Well, I'm not from Texas but have been there, lovely country! Welcome to the best Plastic Model Site on the Net, I know you'll find it both enjoyable and valuable. Can you post a photo or two of that 1/4 Scale Albie? I look forward to your contributions.
Cheers, and greetings from the Great White North!
Lance
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Hello and welcome to the forum, I'm looking forward to your participation with the forum and its members.
Des.
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Hi everyone, I'm new to thjis forum, but old to ww-1 aircraft. I used to live near Rinebeck N.Y. and used to go to old rinebeck airdrome. They put on a show that was terrific they had the aircraft from the movie "those magnificent men and their flying machines". Anyway it's good to be here . ;D
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Hello Pappy and welcome to the forum, looking forward to your participation with the forum and its members.
Des.
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Welcome Pappy! Glad you have joined us.
RAGIII
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Hi everyone,
newbee here, I plan on buying the wnw roland c II late war. What i would like to ask is the color on the bottom of the fusalage, and the bottom of the wings white or light blue. I look forward to hearing from the board members. Thank you :(
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Hello everyone and thank you for joining the group
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Good morning from Mexico!
Dear friends, wishing you a great day I want to thank our moderator for accepting my request to belong to your group, my name is Victor Garcia and my nickname is Cuauhtli, I am 47 years old and I am a model since I was 8 years old, I live in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico, I currently belong to an armed club called "Cahuamos" belong to the SMJ of IPMS, the intention to participate in their forums is to share my WWI projects, start to build 4 Nieuport 17, 2 in 1/48 scale and 2 in 1/72 scale, all of the Eduards brand.
I will be attentive to your comments!
Best Regards
Victor Garcia
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Bienvenido Victor, you have found the friendliest (and best) WW I site. Looking forward to seeing your projects.
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Victor, welcome from San Antonio, Texas. This is the BEST and FRIENDLIEST forum you will ever find.
James
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Welcome to our group Victor, relax and enjoy all the great benefits this Forum provides!
Cheers,
Lance
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Welcome to the WW1 forum Victor. I hope you find much here to enjoy and help your modelling hobby.
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Thank you very much for the welcome! I hope to learn a lot from all of you!
I would like to publish my first work, do you have any suggestions on how to do it?
Regards!
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Hello,
thank you for joining the group. I live in Poland. Aviation from the First World War is a new experience for me :)
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Welcome to the Forum Cazadoor. I hope you find plenty here to help you with your WW1 modelling.
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Welcome, Cazadoor! Enjoy the site! ATB, Marc.
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Welcome Cazadoor, I know you'll enjoy both experiences, WW.1 Aircraft Modelling and a very friendly, informative, and helpful Forum!
Cheers,
Lance
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Hi,
my name's Mark, and I just wanted to say a quick hello and thanks for allowing me to join the Forum!
Cheers,
Mark
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A warm welcome to all the new members.
Cheers,
Bob :)
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Hi Mark
A warm welcome to the Forum!
cheers
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Welcome to this very special Forum Mark, and I look forward to seeing your contributions here!
Cheers,
Lance
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Hi chaps,
Many thanks for your kind words of welcome! I'm looking forward to taking part on the Forum!
Cheers,
Mark
Welcome to this very special Forum Mark, and I look forward to seeing your contributions here!
Cheers,
Lance
Hi Mark
A warm welcome to the Forum!
cheers
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia