Model Forum / General / Models / June 2004

I've just acquired one of these -  whilst it hasn't been abused it is
grubby and has been somewhat unloved  - as dividing heads sometimes are.
Does anyone have a manual/parts breakdown since some stripping is going
to be needed and this may help.

Check out the link below:
http://www.tamiya.com/english/scale/beginner2/cut2.htm
I want to know why the 2nd method is the right way to cut from the sprue
with a side cutter? I haven't bought a side cutter yet coz I've been doing

I might have asked this before, but what was
the maximum speed a Stuka, Ju-87, could
obtain just before bomb release? I know its
gull wings could handle a train load of stress.

I'm wondering if any of you will be attending the model contest on
September 11th in Arlington TX?
I've only been competing for a short time, but hope to make it to this
one, as I've got a few I'd like to enter.

just picked up a copy of the history of the Canadair North Star and the
latest FSM with the preview on the C-54....
and the 300+ plus kits in the stash get pushed back by one more new
project...

Hey all, this is a question I've been asking myself for a while now
since I finished my last project.  I bought a reveel thunderbirds F-4
set off of Ebay and proceeded to build it.  The decals weren't the
way they should have been so I bought specific Thunderbirds F-4

First time poster. I've really enjoyed searching old posts about kits
I remember seeing over the years growing up, in various hobby shops.
When I was a kid, my grandparents used to like to buy me a kit to
complete when visiting. I think I had a couple of copies of the

I have a Doolittle B25 (AM kit) in 1/48th. I would really like to make
an RAF Mitchell in 1/48th. Can anyone recommend a model and some
decals as I can't find anything (probably because I am not sure what I
shlu8ld be looking for - grin).

A friend has given me a mains electric motor from a washing machine.
Its the type with a commutator, brushes and a wound stator. It has a
connector block with 6 contacts on it - can anyone suggest how this
should be wired up to connect it to the mains?

Can anyone here help me?
I have just completed my first model engineering project, Tubal Cain's
beam engine 'Mary'  and I am planning my next project.  I want to
build a 5 in gauge loco and it looks as if the Simplex is a good

A few years back, I scratchbuilt an Il-102 in 1:72 scale.
Someone emailed me about it recently, so I dug it out and photographed
it....
The results are at -

Does anyone know if AM Tech has ceasaed operations?  Also now that Polar
Lights has been bought out are they still planning to produce model kits?
Stan Parker

I'm new to modelling and I'm about to attempt my third aircraft kit. It's a
Japanese Zero (Tamiya 1/48) and I'm attempting to do it in a very worn
state. I painted the aircraft aluminium and sealed that with car lacquer
(from Halfords in the UK) so I could abuse it well without ...

Just got back from Mojave (about 150 mi away, roughly) and the first
suborbital flight of Spaceshipone. Somebody needs to do a 1/32 scale resin
of that baby- it's fairly small. Got to see my first Alpha Jet, too. They
are using an ex-Luftwaffe one as a camera ship for Discovery ...

I posted a picture of an airplane I am not able to identify on alt.
binaries.models.scale.  Picture was taken at a recent airshow and posted on
a digital photo site.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1024&message=9274050