Model Forum / General / Models / June 2004

Many moons ago (a good 25+ years) I recall seeing a built 1/35 M3 Lee tank
kit that appears to be glued together along the "seam line" of the chassis;
unlike most kits today where the lower chassis are molded in one piece. Does
this general description ring a bell to anyone? Not ...

I am looking for 3 stepper drives for a small CNC mill I have built,
something like the PVP192 from Alzanti.com, but I have had no luck
contacting them by email or phone for over a week now. Are they still in
business? Where can I order these drives and how much do they cost? Or

Looking closely at pictures of Fletcher class destroyers, it appears
that late in the war ammunition for the 20mm guns was stored along the
inside walls of the gun tubs. However, early war pictures don't show
anything at all stored in that location. So where was the ammo for the

got the june flyer today.

anyone have the ohka kit?

Already got a response at ML, but was wondering if anyone had a little
more detailed knowledge of the kit.  Things I'd like to know:
How good/bad is the detail? Or is it a matter of missing detail?
Raised, scribed, or nonexistent panel lines? How dimensionally

the icm pzk II ausf l?
it looks nice. any easy way to assemble track?
never done single links.
i like the box art with the chernobil 5km sign. was that

Hello,
Any info regarding the origin of Italeri 1/35 UH-60L Blackhawk ???
Is it of Academy origin may be ???
Any reviews of Italeri 1/35 UH-60L Blackhawk available on-line ?

Anybody have one they're not going to build?

Long story short: When they say super glue is an extreme eye irritant,
I assumed they meant don't get the actual stuff in your eye. Little
did I realize the fumes are just as bad! Not a fun experience.
Anyway, before I will even consider using this stuff again, I want

i mixed spider john koerner up with spider robinson.
sjk writes and performs good music.
sr writes mediocre scifi.
ymmv.

so how do you use foil to mask a canopy?

Hi, I'm looking for some good drawings so that I can scratchbuild this sub. I
have some side and top views, but need some cross sections/cutaways to get the
shape right.

I'm building an Airfix 1/72 British 25lb field gun with quad vehicle,
and since these kits are rather sparse on details, I need help.
A pair of headlamps are shown on the box illustration, but none are
included in the kit. I will therefore have to create some from

RC/Ertl Buys Playing Mantis (Polar Lights)!
Just in case anyone is interested, supposedly RC/Ertl have bought Playing
Mantis (Johnny Lightning, Polar Lights, etc...). No official word yet but
there is a lot of action over on the Polar Lights and Johnny Lightning