Ray Rimell and Albatros Productions, Ltd., welcome all scale model enthusiasts that drop by here, especially those with a passion for WWI aeroplanes, and who may enjoy scrolling through a selection of images from a lifetime of model publishing: Scale Models; Battle; Military Modelling;Voyager; Wings;Sea Classics International;Airfix Magazine; Model Boats; PKC and ultimately, WINDSOCK Worldwide;my personal albums of model favourites down the years…
My thanks to all of you who have posted your encouraging comments , I much appreciate the feedback and look forward to expanding this blog over the next few years. Please continue to check our regularly-updated Albatros News page for latest developments.
Well – what a pleasant surprise! Good luck with this new venture, Ray!
regards, Richard
Ray, I can’t tell you how gratifying it is to see our lozenge used to such stunning effect – look forward to seeing more!
Regards, Richard
Hi Ray,
Thanks for bringing us this blog.
I look forward to reading many updates.
Best regards,
Bob
This IS a pleasant surprise! I’m very happy to have another source for good information. Thank you Ray!
Good luck with this Ray,
all the best for this venture.
Regards
Paul
Very exciting! You can’t have too many WW I aviation web sites.
Ray – I have been a fan, downunder in Australia, of many of the publications listed above and of your work.
Good luck with this website.
Kind Regards
Hi Ray,
As a long-term fan, it’s great to see such a highly-respected modeller as yourself undertake this new venture.
All the very best to you and Angie!
Cheers!
Derek
Ray, your new blog looks good. I’ve bookmarked it for future visits, and I look forward to your future blog posts. Thanks for your great work over the years. Look forward to more from you. Take care.
Bob
Nice Ray, glad to see your blog!
I’ll be reading
It’s good to see you expanding your WW1 airplane activity, good luck with that! Hope to visit this blog often.
Hi Ray. Congratulations on your new blog page. I’ll be checking in here frequently.
Russ
My ‘ero!
Hello Ray,
Well done. Is there a way to E-mail you a .jpeg file? I think you might like to see some recent ‘experiments’ in 3D imaging of WWI models.
Ray, Great job as always , keep up the wonderful work in helping all of us out here in the WW I model world. Allways My Best Walter
*Right Click* Add to Favorites. Good luck with the Blog Ray. I will be following daily.
Cheers
Mike
Hi Ray
Good luck with your new site. Wow – some of those archive shots in The Vaults don’t half bring back happy memories!
All the best
Rowan
Well Well Well! Looky who has an exciting new ‘net presence!
Good to see this!
Hi Ray and Angie, I’m the Irish guy who reviews the magazines for C&C. Great stuff as the reviews say, keep up the splendid work. Two things to point out; I know this is going back a good bit but re the centre photo on page 12, Vol 10 number 6, they were not shot down by M Kinkel, Jasta 8 on the 24/4/17 but on the 29/4/17 by Ltn E Wissner Jasta 18.
Secondly, at one stage I did feel sorry for our 1/48 scale brethern but now I am getting a bit jealous! When can we expext to see a FE2b in 1/72 by one of the main manufacturers????
Finally! A blog worth reading! Good luck, Ray.
I just found this site last night. It’s the sip of water a thirsty person needs to get to the next bi-monthly oasis. Added to favorites in a heartbeat.
Excellent site Ray ! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talents !
Long live the Pfalz D.III !
I’ve been bitten badly by the WWI modelling bug, so it’s a pleasant surprise to stumble upon this blog. Duly bookmarked for more visits just as soon as possible. Looking forward to taking the grand tour.
Ah, so you’ve decide to take the plunge into the “interwebs”.
How do you have time for this?
Just so you know, I’m still here. I’m still in the game, albeit in the background, and I’m in “hard slog” mode on a certain project I’ve been threatening to do for about twenty years . . .
Ray,
I am impressed with your website. Your Zeppelin page reminded me of your book about the Zeppelins, where you used some of my great uncle, Capt William Walden Hammond’s now famous aerial photographs of LZ48, some of which I inherited. I have more.
Vicky
Ray, I have been collecting your Windsock Datafiles and Specials since #1. You’re efforts have been appreciated by me for all these years. I am bookmarking this site. Best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Dear Ray,
My name is Ilya Sobolev, I am one of the two new owners of the Copper State Models Ltd. My business partner and I have bought the CSM in Sept. 2011 from Eric Height and currently we are trying to revive it. We have quite few news (including new 1/48 kit to be released soon- Salmson S.M.1) and I would like to ask wether you would be happy to publish the news from us from time to time in the Windsock. If so, what would be your T&C? By the way, the CSM is now based in the U.K.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Take care,
Ilya Sobolev
Hi Ray,
As an enthusiast of WW1 Aviation just like to say that i enjoy reading your blog + the Datafiles can ask if you are doing a re-print of the Hannover this year ?
All the best to you and Angela
Geoff
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