[Richard T. Eger]

Dear Max,

I'm sorry, but I can't buy your explanation. Your questions have a predominant theme of wanting to know operational details, which has nothing to do with building models. Your questions are so detailed that you are clearly drawing them from one or more sources. The impression I was getting was that you were writing an article or book and were using the TOCH! membership as your free private source of information.

Many in the TOCH! membership have done extensive archival research, so a lot of what you get is the sweat off of their brows. Some will quote from a published book or article, while others will give you the information without any referencing whatsoever, meaning that you have no way to judge its voracity.

My recommendation to you is that you build up a library and/or go archiving yourself so that you are contributing as much as you are getting.

Regards,
Richard