Subject: Re: Cool Site.
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "holly maerz" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 01:44:01 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: holly maerz 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 12:26 AM
  Subject: Cool Site.

            Oi Steve,
                      I just Bookmarked your site. Very cool models. Keep it up.
   I don't normally build Military models because the majority of them are just too small. I stick to 1/24 and 1/25 scale. Every now and then I do find the odd 1/28 scale Aircraft. I found a Revell 1/28 SPAD XIII a couple of years ago to go with my Revell 1/28 scale Fokker DR1. I hope to get my hands on a same scale Sopwith Camel soon. I also have a Monogram 1/24 scale Rambo Huey Helicopter (still unassembled) and HAD a 1/24 scale Harrier Jump Jet(?) that I loved. All I have left of it is the engine.
   I don't know about you but when the first saw "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" back in 1966, I was hooked. Snoopy was my Hero. I eventually collected all of the Model kits and memorabilia.
   Okay, okay, back to the SPAD XIII. I had half of a plan for it but no Pilot. Then I found my Pilot but I didn't have a Helmet. Enter Revell's reissue of Dave Deal's Flt. Lft. RIF RAF & his SPITSFIRE. I bought two. After a lot of careful Dremel, filing, widening, filling, sanding, paint and Bare Metal Foil it fit. For the most part. On to the SPAD. Since I had already bought some '79 Pontiac Firebird Yellow which is the exact color used on Chevy Caprice Taxis in the 90's, it was a perfect match for my Pilot's plane.
  You can see where I was going with this model, can't you? 
  After paint, I had to make Decals to match Snoopy's Sopwith Camel with the addition of "Flt. Lft. Snoopy" on either side of the Cock Pit lid. The only other modification I had to make was to the Pilot's seat. Since the only figure I could find wasn't seated, there wasn't really a need for a seat, just a flat spot to have him stand on and adjusted to the right height so his nose clears. See attached photos.
    Sorry, I'm not that Computer Literate and I couldn't understand what you were talking about when you explained how to attach photos. The only thing I know about attaching that stuff to emails is the two spots on my at&t email, that Fotki thing and one or two others that have it set up so all you have to do is click on something and click on the picture in your file and it's done. Sorry.
   Here's something I found out, if I type into Google page "snoopy's spad XIII" then click on the "search"(?) button and click on "Images" all of the pictures of my SPAD XIII are there. I haven't tried any others like Bing or Internet explorer.
  I think that's funny and a little cool.
  I'll attach them to this and you can do what you want with them. It's not like anything is Copyrighted and after lucky heart attack number 12, how much longer am I going be around? Enjoy the pictures, have a good laugh about them, share them and whatever.
   This was a fun build.
     Thanks for the cool site,
         Mark.

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