view my latest article in "WARBIRDS INTERNATIONAL"

[tom d. friedman]

check out my latest magazine article in the september / october issue of "WARBIRDS INTERNATIONAL" magazine, regarding the collecting of ww 2 silhouette identification memorabilia. it's entitled " WATCH THE SKIES, AMERICA!! " let me know what you think..... ignore my mug shot, i'm even wearing prison orange!! but please don't read the article on the toilet!! or wipe your keesters with it!! !!

please note my zip code is a typo error, it's 44089

[tom d. friedman]

what the heck?? doesn't anybody read magazines anymore?? some feedback would be appreciated, after all, i'm not mark twain!!

[Mgawa]

My answer does not mean to you as well this publication is not available here. Maybe readers are really enjoy and have no remarks. So you have done good work

[Michel Lemieux]

To be totally honest Tom......No.

I have not been to a mag stand in over 5 years easily

Not that I would not like to subscribe to some of them ( read family $ budget restriction here ).

Congrads on being published however sir.

[Warbird Kid]

Well I receive W.I.! And I've been doing it pretty consistently for the past few years now. I know allot of people here like Warbird Digest but I still think Warbirds International is one of the best long standing magazines around.

And to be honest Tom, haven't had a chance to read your article yet, but Im looking forward to it!

P.S. -Whats the deal with those extremely small scale silhouette models? They look almost 1/350 scale or something! That makes me kinda interested.

[corsair166b]

Likewise I have a 'trip report' in the current issue of Southwest Fly Fishing ....lots of writers on this forum writing about different stuff. My last warbird article was YEARS ago.

Mark

[Hal B]

Just got my copy yesterday, saw the article but haven't had time to read it yet, kinda busy with a B-17 that's visiting...

Congrats!

[tom d. friedman]

Well I receive W.I.! And I've been doing it pretty consistently for the past few years now. I know allot of people here like Warbird Digest but I still think Warbirds International is one of the best long standing magazines around.

And to be honest Tom, haven't had a chance to read your article yet, but Im looking forward to it!

P.S. -Whats the deal with those extremely small scale silhouette models? They look almost 1/350 scale or something! That makes me kinda interested.

they are amazing, & could fit into a cracker jack box!! or 1 of those plastic gum ball machine bubble containers, & they have the name of the aircraft under the wing!!! that's a quarter coin for size comparison. who can i.d. the little buggers?? pony for the winner!!

[tex-fan]

hey tom, got mine sat. read it yesterday. GREAT stuff man. i too, enjoy "father goose" [i own it on VHS] and have always been intrigued by those charts. reminds us that it took the WHOLE US to win the war. all the way from the boy scouts to the factory workers up to the fighting men on the ground. the CAF hanger here at Graham ,TX have scaled ship models on sticks in the factory box, whice is also neat. my hat's off to you guys who collect something this fragil, it's the OLNY way for that aspect of the war effort to be around for the future. also, great tips for preserving this kind of thing. [one more thing] tell us what else you've done in WI or AC so i can go back and catch up with your work. i didn't know we had a big time writer among us.

P.S. you ask us to check it out on aug 12th. i guess you have some inside pull with the magizine because the rest of don't get ours that early. of course, my name is on the outside of the magazine [on the shipping lable] not on the inside under "written by".

AGAIN: GREAT job. keep-em-coming.

[tom d. friedman]

tex-fan, thanks for the kind words. my articles are as follows, & they can be googled.

"PIONEER" PASSENGER" air classics, october 1998

"THE FLYING ORTNER BROTHERS" 2 part article air classics, may / june 2002

"COLLECTING WARBIRD INSTRUMENTS" warbirds international, december 2005

"TRENCH ART AN ADVENTURE IN COLLECTING" military trader magazine, may 2001 ( krause publications, iola wisconsin)

& now the current one. does 5 published articles make me an ace??


my more than patient wife does the typing, but i'm certain she is burning out!! i guess i'll have to take her on a cruise or something p.d.q.!! i do the research & drafts, she types the final hard copy for publication.

best, tom

[RyanShort1]

Well I receive W.I.! And I've been doing it pretty consistently for the past few years now. I know allot of people here like Warbird Digest but I still think Warbirds International is one of the best long standing magazines around.

And to be honest Tom, haven't had a chance to read your article yet, but Im looking forward to it!

P.S. -Whats the deal with those extremely small scale silhouette models? They look almost 1/350 scale or something! That makes me kinda interested.

they are amazing, & could fit into a cracker jack box!! or 1 of those plastic gum ball machine bubble containers, & they have the name of the aircraft under the wing!!! that's a quarter coin for size comparison. who can i.d. the little buggers?? pony for the winner!!

I don't get the magazine - but I think I know what you're talking about with the little airplanes. I've got three of them and they are in 1/432 scale - which is supposed to look like it's a mile away at approximately arm's length. They're really fun.

Ryan

[tom d. friedman]

ryan, you are correct as to scale size. you win a pony!! what are the 3 planes that you own?? nobody has attempted to i.d. my 3 in the article as of yet.

[RyanShort1]

ryan, you are correct as to scale size. you win a pony!! what are the 3 planes that you own?? nobody has attempted to i.d. my 3 in the article as of yet.

Anyone care to send me a picture of those three?
Mine are a Spitfire, Mosquito, and B-25. I'd like to buy more, but they're actually fairly expensive. I also have some pewter copies (off the orginal molds) and I think in that I have a B-24, B-17, P-38, P-51, Wildcat, and maybe one or two others. There used to be a guy who had the original brass masters for sale - wish I had the money.

Ryan

[tom d. friedman]

the little buggers are expensive, & rare!! my 3 cost 40 bucks with shipping. yes, i over paid but i just wanted to own a few examples.

[tom d. friedman]

6 day & nobody can still i.d. the 3 mini models in my article?? top right corner page 55. maybe it is back to school time for some of you!!