Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004

Just got back to the UK from a business trip to the US in the San Jose
area & called in the San Antonio Hobby Shop:-
http://www.sahobby.com
If there is anyone in the area who would like a laugh, & to purchase a

Anybody have a link to a good decription of the symptoms and
treatment, (if any),  of AMS? I think I've got it.
WRF
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I'm trying to build the P-47N of Italeri, there are some difficulties about
the wing fuselage joint, but after putting them together with a lot of
Tamiya putty, I got a surprise there is an angle between wings and fuselage
nor great as on a Sabre but easily 5 mm on the length. You ...

My Italeri 1/72 kit only gives exterior colors.
seats, console, walls, etc.....
why would they leave all that out?
Craig

DUNCAN SAID  
"80A sounds like a lot for a domestic workshop - are you running a
furnace/kiln or something like that?"
Things like plasma cutters and 14cfm compressors dont half draw

Hi,  I'm retired because of a disability and new to Model Engineering and
need help. I always wanted to buy a Myford lathe which I have now managed to
get, but I need drawings for a simple model stationary engine to get me
started, Does anybody know (I'm also new to this area) of a ...

Evening all,
I've just learned from another group that Netto will be flogging off
digital vernier gauges at £9.99 from tomorrow (Monday).
I have *no* clue how good (or bad!) they'll be, but the price is

Need to adjust the clasp/half nuts on my Myford super seven. How do I go
about this?

When sheet metal is cut in a shear, the sheet is bent up and down on either
side of the cut.
Guillotines and shears are rated on the thickness of mild steel sheet they
will cut, and for stainless steel in a guillotine you de-rate by a half, the

I have been recommended to use this for gloss finishing my aircraft. Can any
one tell me where to get it in the UK?
TIA
David

I am in the process of making a vertical mill slide for my boxford. What I
plan to do is to use an angle plate bolted in place of the toolpost. I am
trying to make it using the lathe that I have got, rigging up temporary
working surfaces. (I had planned to make a small miller years ...

Are there any special techniques I should consider when painting clear
parts?
I looked at a sample picture of a finished RX-7 scale model and it seems
that the guy used an airbrush to make black shades on the sides of the

Does anybody know where I can find reasonably good photos of the cables to
the control surfaces of the Hindenburg? I'm building the Revell Germany
1/720 kit and would like to add as much detail as possible. Any other
exterior detail photo sources would be appreciated also. Thanks.

Is the paint in the cab black or green like the exterior?  also iI understand
that the frame and underside are black.
Tanks
Gill