Val Kraut wrote:
some people may dump on lindberg, ignoring the fact they do make a lot of
kits
others don't. their jn4 kit is the best around and reasonable.
i like the 1/72 german kits because you can make them as well as your
talents
allow. some of them are packed 2 to a box for 10-12 bucks.
if you want to build easy 100 dollar kits, fine. i want to practice my
scratch
building on harder kits that don't cost a left nut.
the people at lindberg do listen and respond to emails. so don't kill of
another model company with indifference.

I didn't mean this as a shot at Lindberg in particular. In Fact I just
purchased multiple copies of Linberg re-releases that I originally did when
they first came out. Not exactly new high tech - but with a little work
build into a passable result. others in my opinion should not again see the
light of flouresents in the local hobby shop - yet if people enjoy them and
they sell - so why not. My gripe was with how the companies react to the
hardline modelers.

         Val Kraut

    That's because we're the luatic fringe.  We buy models because
that's what we do.  We do not represent a mass market.
    The same situation applies to Star Trek.  When the studio puts out a
film, they really don't care if they don't follow established canon.
It's their product and they'll make it the way they think will sell
tickets and let us Trekkers fret over the non-compliances.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

that's what we do. We do not represent a mass market.

some people may dump on lindberg, ignoring the fact they do make a lot of
kits
others don't. their jn4 kit is the best around and reasonable.
i like the 1/72 german kits because you can make them as well as your
talents
allow. some of them are packed 2 to a box for 10-12 bucks.
if you want to build easy 100 dollar kits, fine. i want to practice my
scratch
building on harder kits that don't cost a left nut.
the people at lindberg do listen and respond to emails. so don't kill of
another model company with indifference.

I didn't mean this as a shot at Lindberg in particular. In Fact I just
purchased multiple copies of Linberg re-releases that I originally did when
they first came out. Not exactly new high tech - but with a little work
build into a passable result. others in my opinion should not again see the
light of flouresents in the local hobby shop - yet if people enjoy them and
they sell - so why not. My gripe was with how the companies react to the
hardline modelers.


Val Kraut


i know val, you're a good guy.

"Don Stauffer" <stauffer at (no spam) usfamily.net> wrote in message
news:4ae9a093$0$48226$815e3792 at (no spam) news.qwest.net...
Sir Ridesalot wrote:

Hi there.

I think that any military Lindberg kit and a positive response is an
oxymoron.

Cheers from Peter
I recently finished the Lindberg Civil War cannon. I thought it was great.
I showed it to a civil war artillery expert yesterday. She pointed out
that the limber seat covered with leather is not correct, it should have
been copper covered. And the hooks for the buckets were incorrectly
placed. To me these are very minor errors. The kit is generally quite
accurate with very good detail.

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.

I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it - which
way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about it?

WmB


Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative comments

On Oct 30, 2:12=A0am, William Banaszak <vze3z... at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:
The Old Man wrote:
On Oct 29, 10:03 am, Don Stauffer <stauf... at (no spam) usfamily.net> wrote:
Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Hi there.
I think that any military Lindberg kit and a positive response is an
oxymoron.
Cheers from Peter
I recently finished the Lindberg Civil War cannon. I thought it was
great. =A0I showed it to a civil war artillery expert yesterday. =A0Sh=
e
pointed out that the limber seat covered with leather is not correct, =
it
should have been copper covered. =A0And the hooks for the buckets were
incorrectly placed. =A0To me these are very minor errors. =A0The kit i=
s
generally quite accurate with very good detail.

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.

Lindberg came out with the Dornier Pfiel, the Heinkel Salamander and
the Messerschmitt Komet years before anyone else bothered. Their kits
have generally good entry-level offerings and a reasonable starting
point for some serious kitbashing.
And who else has produced a He.100D?

=A0 =A0 I thought MPM has done one. =A0Am I in error? =A0As for Lindberg'=
s, I
liked it and have built a few of them over the years.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If MPM made one, I've never seen it sold locally. I've bashed a number
of the Lindberg 100s, besides the actual test aircraft, a couple of
"front line" fighters (never got that far) and several of the design
prototypes that included a contra-rotating prop and swept-forward
wings, usually done as front liners as well.

On Oct 30, 2:20=A0am, William Banaszak <vze3z... at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:
Val Kraut wrote:
some people may dump on lindberg, ignoring the fact they do make a lot=
of
kits
others don't. their jn4 kit is the best around and reasonable.
i like the 1/72 german kits because you can make them as well as your
talents
allow. some of them are packed 2 to a box for 10-12 bucks.
if you want to build easy 100 dollar kits, fine. i want to practice my
scratch
building on harder kits that don't cost a left nut.
the people at lindberg do listen and respond to emails. so don't kill =
of
another model company with indifference.

I didn't mean this as a shot at Lindberg in particular. In Fact I just
purchased multiple copies of Linberg re-releases that I originally did =
when
they first came out. Not exactly new high tech - but with a little work
build into a passable result. others in my opinion should not again see=
the
light of flouresents in the local hobby shop - yet if people enjoy them=
and
they sell - so why not. My gripe was with how the companies react to th=
e
hardline modelers.

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Val Kraut

=A0 =A0 That's because we're the luatic fringe. =A0We buy models because
that's what we do. =A0We do not represent a mass market.
=A0 =A0 The same situation applies to Star Trek. =A0When the studio puts =
out a
film, they really don't care if they don't follow established canon.
It's their product and they'll make it the way they think will sell
tickets and let us Trekkers fret over the non-compliances.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

That all-red me262 I saw online isn't canon?!
not even doctrine!

WmB wrote:
"Don Stauffer" <stauffer at (no spam) usfamily.net> wrote in message
news:4ae9a093$0$48226$815e3792 at (no spam) news.qwest.net...
Sir Ridesalot wrote:

Hi there.

I think that any military Lindberg kit and a positive response is an
oxymoron.

Cheers from Peter
I recently finished the Lindberg Civil War cannon. I thought it was great.
I showed it to a civil war artillery expert yesterday. She pointed out
that the limber seat covered with leather is not correct, it should have
been copper covered. And the hooks for the buckets were incorrectly
placed. To me these are very minor errors. The kit is generally quite
accurate with very good detail.

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.

I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it - which
way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about it?

WmB


Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative comments
are above- other than that she really liked it. I think I will redo the
limber lid to make it copper covered.

Lindberg came out with the Dornier Pfiel, the Heinkel Salamander and
the Messerschmitt Komet years before anyone else bothered. Their kits
have generally good entry-level offerings and a reasonable starting
point for some serious kitbashing.
And who else has produced a He.100D?

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:54:55 -0700 (PDT), The Old Man
Braungart at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:


Lindberg came out with the Dornier Pfiel, the Heinkel Salamander and
the Messerschmitt Komet years before anyone else bothered. Their kits
have generally good entry-level offerings and a reasonable starting
point for some serious kitbashing.
And who else has produced a He.100D?

Found a bunch!
Special Hobby in 1:32
HiPM in 1:48
Special Hobby in 1:72
The 1:32 would be sweet but no doubt costs a mint...

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.
I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it - which
way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about it?

WmB


Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative comments
are above- other than that she really liked it. I think I will redo the
limber lid to make it copper covered.

any chance of pictures? i believe i built one when i was 8 or 9. i'm sure it
was nowhere near as good as your build. perhaps i should try one now that i'm
a bit better.

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.
I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it - which

way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about it?

WmB


Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative comments
are above- other than that she really liked it. I think I will redo the
limber lid to make it copper covered.

any chance of pictures? i believe i built one when i was 8 or 9. i'm sure it
was nowhere near as good as your build. perhaps i should try one now that i'm

a bit better.

Sure. I usually like sun for model pictures and we are having some bad
weather- October has been one of rainiest in history. But next week is
supposed to be nice. I'll post them in photos section of group web site.
great, just give us a heads up and off we go. i may do some pics of my older

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.
I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it
- which way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about
it?

WmB

Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative
comments are above- other than that she really liked it. I think I
will redo the limber lid to make it copper covered.

any chance of pictures? i believe i built one when i was 8 or 9. i'm
sure it was nowhere near as good as your build. perhaps i should try
one now that i'm a bit better.

Sure. I usually like sun for model pictures and we are having some bad
weather- October has been one of rainiest in history. But next week is
supposed to be nice. I'll post them in photos section of group web site.

Don Stauffer wrote:
someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.
I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it
- which way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about
it?

WmB

Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative
comments are above- other than that she really liked it. I think I
will redo the limber lid to make it copper covered.

any chance of pictures? i believe i built one when i was 8 or 9. i'm
sure it was nowhere near as good as your build. perhaps i should try
one now that i'm a bit better.

Sure. I usually like sun for model pictures and we are having some bad
weather- October has been one of rainiest in history. But next week is
supposed to be nice. I'll post them in photos section of group web site.

We've had 8 days of sun for the whole month here in Pennsylvania.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
we had half a day of cloud that stayed until the middle of the second day.

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.
I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it
- which way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about
it?

WmB

Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative
comments are above- other than that she really liked it. I think I
will redo the limber lid to make it copper covered.

any chance of pictures? i believe i built one when i was 8 or 9. i'm
sure it was nowhere near as good as your build. perhaps i should try
one now that i'm a bit better.

Sure. I usually like sun for model pictures and we are having some bad
weather- October has been one of rainiest in history. But next week is
supposed to be nice. I'll post them in photos section of group web site.

Don Stauffer wrote:
someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:

Lindberg has a long history of producing both wheat and chaff.
I remember a while back when you had a few painting questions on it
- which way did you eventually go and what did she have to say about
it?

WmB

Greyish green (except for bronze barrel. The only two negative
comments are above- other than that she really liked it. I think I
will redo the limber lid to make it copper covered.

any chance of pictures? i believe i built one when i was 8 or 9. i'm
sure it was nowhere near as good as your build. perhaps i should try
one now that i'm a bit better.

Sure. I usually like sun for model pictures and we are having some bad
weather- October has been one of rainiest in history. But next week is
supposed to be nice. I'll post them in photos section of group web site.


Whoops, I confused the newsgroup with one of my Yahoo modeling
discussion groups. No web site for this group. I suppose I will have
to ftp pics to my own web site. I haven't done that in several years-
hope I can figure out how