by Mr.1/72 » Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:20 pm
Please pardon the "Mr.1/72" moniker. Someone tagged me with that awhile back and it has stuck as a user name. My name is Thomas A. Young, Tom to my friends. I am co-author of Encyclopedia of Military Models 1/72, first published in France in 1985, followed in English in the U.K. and U.S. in 1988 and also in Italian in 1988.
I am presently working on my second book, WWI/72, Modeling the Great War in Constant Scale, a solo effort as my original French partners are no longer involved in the hobby. My purpose here is to request help in finding some of the more difficult to find subjects. At the moment I am digging deeply into Skybirds with good, but not great, results. I have color box art for the Fokker D.VII and black/white box art for the Nieuport N.17 only and seek box art, preferably color, for all of the other WWI kits.
Also on hand are color photos of built models of the Fokker D.VII, Dr.I, LVG C.V, Nieuport N.17 and SE.5a. I could use color photos of any of the other WWI models. Also on the want list are photos of Skybirds accessories and figures, especially showing clearly box and package art. I have some, but not many. I do have the wonderful book by A.G. Sinclair which has helped enormously with the listings.
Possibly easier to find has been box art for the Skybirds '86 WWI kits, but I still need several. So far on hand are the Alkbatros C.X, Aviatik C.III, Halberstdt D.II, Lloyd C.V and LVG C.II. Any others would be greatly appreciatede.
Happy modeling,
Tom Young