Model Forum / General / Models / August 2004

As you walk into the site (over 1/4 mile from the car-park- UGH!)
you pass the miniature railway run by the Wimborne SMEE. This is
a 5 inch gauge railway and is fully signalled using solenoid-controlled
semaphore signals. They use reed relays with FG magnets mounted on

I came across this nifty bit of software for converting measurements whilst
looking at stepper motors. was having fun comparing the holding torques as
some were in metric some in imperial. it converts length, force, torque and
many many more. I don't know if your already sorted out ...

The RAF version not the US, purchased decals at the Nats and now need the
kit. I'm looking for the one with the retractable landing gear, not the
version with the fixed gear.
Thanx!

A friend of mine is thinking of disposing of a collection of 1/72
Airfix and Frog aircraft kits - every package type - every aircraft
since just after the penguin series.  This is hundreds and hundreds of
kits.  Other than him doing the ebay and dealing with dozens of people

Does anyone have this new model of the "tomahäwk or heard any good reviews?
Thanks,
bill

I'm almost done with my Hasegawa P-26, but the scale makes it necessary that I
represent the spacers correctly.
How were they arranged?  Did the rigging go through the spaces?  Did they sit
on top of the rigging?  I cannot tell from the Squardron book.

The sandable GLUIT Aliphatic White resin glue from PICA had seemingly
vanished.
The web site says they are "moving".
I have not found a "hard" drying aliphatic glue to take its place but

I notice Revell has released a new Su-27 Flanker-b and Zvezda an Su-30
and Su-35 in the past few months.  Anyone got a look at these yet, can
offer any advice?
Ken, surely you have pounced on these already :)

I'm building a 1:144 Minicraft kit of the SHAR, but the instructions
are hopeless. The colors aren't specified more than "blue" and "gray",
and I don't have/can't find any photos I can match the colors to. What
colors would give good results for the top (blue) and bottom (gray) of

I currently have no completed models which were done with super glue.  The
reason is: I once sandwiched a few plastic model parts together with it.  It
seemed like an absolutely ideal bond for a short while.  I let those parts
sit for a few days.  No big deal...  I didn't do all the ...

Saw some of these in the local cheap-and-nasty store today, and they
looked, well, cheap and nasty - or at least the boxes did. Anyone have
any idea what's in them?  Cheap-and-nasty rip-offs, good rip-offs, legit
re-boxings or something really foul?  Thinking of the F117A to do in ...

decided to finish my Alaska 727 by Heller, the instructions in b&w have a
color reference section with numbers but I cant find anything that lists
what colors each number is supposed to be, anyone know where I can find one?

Just a couple of quick questions.
Do the kangaroos face forward or back and are they legs inboard or outboard
on Australian a/c?
B 47s look gooood in Aussie colours....

Group:
Although for the most part, I don't really post all that much here, I
thought
I'd just say that for now I will be leaving this group.

Whats the value of a clean Super Adept lathe,  complete with face plate,
four jaw chuck,  single phase motor,  but requiring a counter shaft
assembly?  (The countershaft pulley matching the lathe is included,  but no
"motor side" pulley's.)?