Model Forum / General / Models / August 2004

Hi, I am building my first wooden ship model.  It is a San Fransisco
Galleon.  The instructions are terrible, so I rely mostly on the
pictures provided.
Anyway, I have planked the outside of the ship and need help planking

After meeting at the Sequoia Conference Center for the past 9 years it
suddenly, and without prior notice, closed it's doors on August 1st.  We have
had to scramble to find a new meeting location on two weeks notice.
We will be hosting our August 20 meeting at:

anyone seen the movie?  curious as to what plane that is/was.  had an
undercarriage with a huge # of wheels and lots of green house glass in
the nose below the cockpit
Ideas?

thinking of installing on of them instead of the usual 40 gal tank.
hot water on demand! and with two kids it would mean the end of cold
showers...
anyone offer comments, etc.???

I'm looking for a small piece of mild steel,  preferably free cutting for a
project,  2-1/2 x 2-1/2 x 1-3/8 (inches).
When finished it's supposed to be a four way tool post.
It's an exercise in marking out,  milling, drilling and tapping.   Not

Does anyone know of a definitive book (or, more preferably, a website) where
the subject of aircraft markings and colour schemes are dealt with as a
whole rather than on a plane by plane basis? My interest is primarily in the
WW2 period. It would be a great help when researching ...

got mine today.

Anyone out there able to tell me what the two little flip up doors on the
wings, upper side, just out from the wing root and towards the trailing edge
are used to indicate? Is it the flaps extended or the undercarriage? I would
like to display them open, more detail, but would like ...

for those who like lists....no pics unfortunately.
Craig
http://www.marchfield.org/rouen01.html

forwarded from:
Peter Young, Florence
Last Wed we were in Colo Springs for the AF Academy graduation;
featured speaker was George W Bush.  A little long winded, but the

whats thedifferance? got both, just used green to fill around a t bar roof
on a camaro where i dont want one.
whats each good for?
cheers

I have the old Mono kit of the B-29 that I am anxious to built but first I
have some questions that need answering.
Considering the size of the finished aircraft what are your suggestions
about the best way to display it?

Hi. I have an old Aztec airbrush with acrylic paint dried on the inside
I have tried to run Windex through it but it is clogged...
Will soaking it in Windex do the trick?
Is there some other product I can try before tossing it in the trash?

I visited one of my local hobby shops (Dutchess Train & Hobby Center) and
picked up a copy of Polar Lights NX-01
Enterprise.  It was priced at $50.00, but they were having a 20% sale, and
I got an extra 5% thrown in on top of it.  I

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When is this kit going to be available again? I've been waiting forever!!!!
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