Model Forum / General / Models / June 2004

 I am in the Pacific NW.  Recently the regional news has been full of articles
about the Stryker brigade now in Iraq.  The most recent news I saw, had what I
think was a Stryker after an RPG attack, the article was about a local death.
 Anyway, I'm wondering about a few things.

I recently read that the wreckage of a W.W.II Brewster Buffalo had been
found in Western Australia in 1998. There was a proposal to re-build her
for museum display. Anybody down South know the status of this
proposal??

Kit Review: Dragon Models Limited 1/35 Scale ‘39-‘45 Series Kit No. 6244;
Sd.Kfz. 171 Panther A Late Type (60th Anniversary of the Normandy Campaign
1944-2004); 485 parts (463 in grey styrene, 12 sections of white styrene sheet,
8 etched brass, 1 turned aluminum barrel, 1 steel wire ...

This may be a very remedial question that every modeler knows the answer to
but is there listed somewhere the colors of seat belts used in aircraft in
WWII? I have been using masking tape "as is" (because it was handy) for
several years for non-contest" entry models but would like ...

Hello, I am in the planning stage of building a diorama involving a New York
City R27 subway train.
The dimensions of each train car would be 6 feet long and 1 foot wide and high.
I was thinking of using some type of plaster.  Once I create a mold of a side

I read this item with some sadness.
It has been with sadness too that I have read some of the ensuing comments. I
am reluctant to enter into a debate the history of which I know little.
However as a parent who lost a 15 year old child very suddenly and unexpectdly

Hello to our friends in RMS,
HobbyLink Japan is about to try something new, and I'd like to ask for
the help of our modeler friends here.
Since I got back from the Shizuoka Hobby Show in mid-May, I've spent

Some time ago on this NG it was suggested, by John Stevenson, that we should
shun Airy.  This meant no-one responding to any of his posts, under any
circumstances.  Given the most recent outburst I feel we should all get
together and do this.  As several people have correctly ...

I have just got a model horizontal boiler. It's about 3" diameter and 11"
long with three fire tubes under the shell.
the covers at one  end have the letter S on them, so it's probably a
Stewart.

Ok, right now as it stands I have the following in my modeler's toolbox:
a three handle/multi blade X-Acto knife set
three different sized razor saws (one was purchased seperate, and the other
two are the X-Acto set w/heavy duty handle)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=64811&item=3821126200&rd=1
These start at about $10,500
Zero feedback, expensive new item with details cribbed from the
manufacturer's website.

Whilst fitting the DRO to my Kerry lathe I investigated the source of
the backlash in the cross slide. I guessed that I'd have to measure up
for a replacement feed nut but no, that's been done. It's the
feedscrew that's worn. The nut replaced by a previous owner fits

We were expecting Mike Chrisp (editor of ME) to attend our 50th
Anniversary, this weekend at Guildford MES .
However, an email was received from Mike that his son died
unexpectedly at university last week.

If D-Day Had Been Reported On Today
by William A. Mayer
Tragic French Offensive Stalled on Beaches (Normandy, France - June 6, 1944) - Pandemonium, shock and sheer terror predominate
today's events in Europe.

Just wondering if anyone knew of good hobby shops in Frankfurt.  I'm
interested in 1/48 modern jet aircraft.
Thanks,
Gilles