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do they have a Web sight to view there decals ?

start the plans for the room additions!
first part of their reply is to the design of the pilot for the upcoming
P-40
the rest is just too much to take...

I'm a noob at the lathe and milling thing and am thinking of buying a small
one - i thought it would be good first to read a book on the subject. Any
recommendations?
Cheers,

Those of you who know and love Chronos may be interested to know that
they're moving to Dunstable next month.
I dropped by today and found (amongst other stuff) their 3 and 4 quid
"as seen" rummage boxes.

I've been doing some experimenting with an airbrush, a cheap Badger 200.
One thing that bugs me is the amount of paint it uses: I can hardly
paint a single 1:144 aircraft with one tinlet of Humbrol paint (suitably
thinned). This means frequent refills of the airbrush, usually when ...

In the instructions for the NX 01 they refer to a painting tech. called
"Aztecing" just what is that, and how is it
done???  Can it be done with an airbrush?  IF so HOW???
Digital_Cowboy

Before I start looking around for a large lump of metal and some
dovetail cutters,  does anyone now of the location of a raising block
for the vertical head on a Centec 2A mill which I could purchase.  I
would like another two to three inches height to allow the use of a

Anyone got a "Hammer & Sickle" engraving in a CAD file?
It's needed for a fairly minor windup.
Cheers!

I'm building a 70's Airmodel vacform of Horten IX/Gotha 229. There are
ridicilously few parts, of which only the two flying wing halves are
useful, the instructions are also comical.
I see some the more obvious shape flaws: the canopy doesn't resemble

Just finished a reading a book about the Great White Fleet, the
Russian Baltic fleet that sailed around the Horn, ( and through the
Suez) to get it self wiped out by the Japaneses around 1905. Got me
wondering if any body had ever kitted the dreadnoughts of that era.

Back 10 or 15 years agon there was a guy selling kits and accessories
for kits via ads in Fine Scale Modler. His name was Koester (hope the
spelling is close).
What happened? Did he burn out or die or what. Just curious.

Enter the trivia contest on www.cybermodeler.com and good luck!

I have started making some kits of sport gliders and sailplanes (not
military/troop carrying gliders). There seems to be two major
challenges, finding the kits and placing the orders (over the
internet). I have successfully ordered a Horten IV and a Blanik from

I have the recent boxing of this kit in which this decal is missing from the
sheet. AM sent me a replacement, but it was for the F3F-2 and does not fit the
-1 panel. I called AM again and they said there never was a decal for the -1
kit and I should just try to drybrush the panel. I ...