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Subject:	Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build.contests
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:41:59 GMT
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Hi Ben, I didn't know that Richthofen also flew a bi-plane. Your model is very nice and it is in fact lots of fun to transfer the "set of the year" into a own creation. Do you know the Fokker DR I from Vancouer / Canada: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=90237 Or my personal version of that plane: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5190 Let's go for a big "Model Team" Planes and other historic stuff ... Regards from Germany, HoMa

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		Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
(...) Nice triplanes! How is the comma tale made, exactly? I don't konw of enough pieces to fill it in and make it solid. Thanks, George (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)

		Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
(...) I do admit keeping the wheel design, although without cross bracing like the Sopwith Camel has, and the upper wing is almost identical except above the cockpit. (why change what works best?) The cockpit was also much more difficult because of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)

		Re: Red Baron's Albatros DIII
(...) Yeah, I thought he flew a tri-plane as well. Here's my own minifig-scale version; (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.contests)

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		Red Baron's Albatros DIII
Hi everyone, I want to share my most recent creation: Manfred von Richthofen’s Albatros DIII bi-plane. It is my second entry in the ISCC contest. Pictures of the plane can be found here: (URL) tell me what you think of it. Thanks, Ben Ellermann (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !

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