Subject: Re: April Fools article
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "al petrie" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:23:49 -0800

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From: "al petrie" <[email-masked]>
To: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:17 AM
Subject: April Fools article

> Gallery Template #02
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> Trumpeteer 1/32 Scale Wildcat Competition
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> by "Anne Onimits"
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> Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here
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> After the recall of their widely criticised 1/32 scale F4-F Wildcat,
> Trumpeteer has been busy attempting to correct the deficiencies. As a
final
> attempt to produce the most accurate kit available, Trumpeteer has opened
up
> prototyping to the modelling community at large. All is required is that
you
> drop them an email (link at bottom of article) and they will send you
> several blocks of a typical density styrene. You can then carve out the
> basic outer shape of a "correct" F4-F Wildcat, using whatever resources
and
> data you have availble. The person with the most accurate shape will be
> rewarded by having their name engraved inside the fuselage mold. Every
> accurate F4-F kit will then carry their name inside.
> Trumpeteer reserves the right to utilise the work of several persons,
should
> no one individual achieve accuracy of the entire aircraft. Hopefully, this
> will set the trend for future modelling ventures, with the expert ability
of
> the modellers being utilised to issue correct kits.
> Email at ams/[email-masked]
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> Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here
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> April Fools!
> Photos and text © 2003 by "Anne Onimits"
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