Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004

Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Hall just off Hiway 12 west.  This is a well
run contest with lots of good models.
We will be vending there with Yellow Tag discount specials with 20% off items
so marked.  So come on in and have a great time.

Hi. I'm typically an aircraft modeler but need a break and am going to play
in the armor space for awhile. Does anyone have a neat technique for
painting the rubber portion of tank road wheels? Thanks...

I have several sheets of 1/35 street signs, danger warnings, propaganda,
etc. from Dio-Art and Custom Dioramics.
Am not sure if these types of signs would have been painted directly
onto the brick or stucco walls or mounted onto wood/metal bases  or

OK,
I have a great Badger 360 airbrush and a Paasche compressor with a
regulator...and I still cannot seem to get a good "spotting" effect. I am
looking for the best way to get dark spots dots on a lighter background with

Just got the Monte kit #38187, that comes with a custom motorcycle and
trailer. Kit seems good, with a few extra parts. I'll do mine as a
convertible, shape of the body screams for that. Did anybody notice the
horrendous atomic meltdown of the kit pictured on the box cover?. Is a ...

Has there been any reports of anyone getting this kit? According to PL
that it is now shipping. Anyone got theirs yet?
William

In a 2002 issue of Military Modelling, Steve Zaloga discussed the
different shades of Olive Drab.
Can anyone tell me which issue it was?
Thanks,

Seems to be some stuff going here:-
http://www.henrybutcher.com/en/saledetails.asp?SaleID=3353&S=18
Mark Rand
RTFM

Back between 81 to 84 I had a model spacecraft kit......black plastic,
similar in shape to an A-Wing fighter, probably 1/24 scale- it had a 2 piece
pilot figure and a large clear canopy, the one feature I remember well was
that it had combo rocket launcher / engine pods that ...

I'm intend to build xf-92 model, but I have enough of white on x-planes.
I,ve seen this picture:
http://www.edwards.af.mil/gallery/images/yeager-planes/xf92a-4_072.jpg
(taken from http://www.edwards.af.mil/gallery/yeager/cover.htm )

I build and collect small jet engines: pulsejets, gas turbines, and other
athodyds.
Just reaching out to see if there are any more nuts like me :)
Al Doyle

I was told they built a Flintstonemobile, and was wondering if it might still
be available other than that damn eBay
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your
eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to

Can anyone suggest where I can get a single 5/32 x 32 tap? I have a single
hole to tap out so don't want to buy a set as it will cost more than the
item I need to tap is worth! I'm sure I had one somewhere but can I find it?
Thanks in advance

im gonna do a 1/33 model of Boeing/Bell V-22 Osprey. I already gathered some
pictures, info and stuff but i do need some more detailed specifications
about construction,blueprints, drawings, some pictures - everything.
I wonder if anybody can help me to get info about this descent ...

Won a couple of kits off a German seller, it seems he made a error when he
selected to ship outside his own country,
Hes willing to sell to me, but his English is really bad, about the same as
my German so i guess he could offer to by me a drink and want to sleep with