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Well I have nearly finished the Bill Bros C46 Commando just the lights and a
bit of varnishing to do then it's done. I think I could have finished it a
lot quicker if I hadn't been stupid and cut and repositioned all the dangly
bits.

Hoping to toss this together over the weekend. Realized the markings for
the tractor trailer combo are commercial. The "history" on the
instructions say Honest Johns were transported to military facilities
knocked down on commercial flatbeds.

Whats the deal to the UK, is it generally expensive or is it av Europe
price?
Also what is this in English?
Maquette Italaerei au 1/72°. En bon état, complète et non assemblée. Les

All,
Given the news today about Rutan's Spaceship one actually acheiving
space today I would think there will be some interest in kits of his
ship, the mothership and likely  a few other of the X-prize competitors

Following magazines are available for sale, email (stephen.raptor at
bt open world dot com) for further information.
Digital images of the magazine can be viewed at
http://www.bankaholics.com/ebay/2004_06/mag/modeleng1.jpg

Modeler Site July 2004 issue is on net !!!!
The Modeler Site issue of July is already on the net, if you haven't
still read the June
issue, go to the Back issues or look for the note you want to see in

I've accumulated quite a large number of B&S type gear cutters, and am
in the process of working out which ones are duplicated.
Those will be for sale for a reasonable fee,
(Reasonable to me, that is <BG>)

I had occasion to fly through Minneapolis the other day and while we were
taxiing out to take off, we passed the Minnesota Air Guard facility.  In among
the C-130's was a lone silver KC-97.
Anyone know if this thing ever flies??

Kit Review: Fruilmodel 1/35 scale track sets:
    Kit No. ATL-78; M2 Bradley/LVTP-7/MLRS track (early type); 365 parts (180
links in white metal, 180 white metal bolt heads, 4 white metal drive wheels,
and one length of wire); price $30.00

I've just finished sorting through some HSS gear cutters. The markings
on some are scarcely legible & I would like to re-mark them before
these details are completely lost. Any practical suggestions?
I've got one of those Burgess/Record type vibrating engravers, it will

Just picked up the new Airfix LCVP Higgins Boat Landing Craft from
Colpar Hobbies here in Denver.  From previous posts, this is new mold
in 1/72 (not 1/76) and it looks more Heller-ish than Airfix-ish to me.
The kit includes 83 parts, 3 boat crew figures and THREAD for the bow

Guys,
I finally found some MrSurfacer 500 and I was wondering if anyone
managed to airbrush it successfully. If yes, how did you do ? Thinned or
not, with what, what pressure, what nozzle size ?

I would like to try my hand at building 1/43 scale car kits, could
anyone give me a link to a good site on how to build resin kits?
Thanks .................................. Dennis

I'm currently attempting to build Revell's AVRO Shackleton MkIII, I
got myself the kits of war decal sheet so I can build 1722/P, but I'm
having some issues deciding on the colors. For instance, I can't find
the color of the insides of the flaps. According to the decal sheet,