Model Forum / General / Models / August 2004

I'm heading for the Nationals in Phoenix. Anyone else? Shall we meet for
beverages and yaks & yuks?
Cheers,
The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Yes the Phoenix bunch will be hosting THE FINAL NATS ever! See they are
way overbudget, completely underfunded, and undersponsored. They will
cause the IPMS to become so far into the red, that it will have to
close its doors!

thabk you! all of that is useable stuff.
especially like the pm kit. i will be ablr to use all of the
canopys.

Anyuone know the interior color of the Roland C-II?
Were there really lace curtins in it?
Stan Parker

Some time ago I was told that a suitable alternative to 1/72 items was
one of the toy train scales. I'm not sure now, but I believe this was
said to be "OO" scale.
It was also mentioned this scale is primarily popular in Europe (my

Received wisdom to date:
1. Belt drives produce a better finish than geared head machines
2. Belt drives better for novices,  accidents tend to leave both operator
and machine in recoverable state

Many of the chinese lathes are fully equipped for screwcutting,  but have
lowest spindle speeds of 140 - 150 rpm, which seems a bit odd.  Is it even
vaguely possible that a happy amateur could cut a decent thread upto a
shoulder at this speed?

Got my first batch of Hannants new Xtracrylix paint, yesterday and gave it a
quick test today on the cockpit of my Airfix Sea Harrier.
I have only tried hand brushing it so far but it covers really well, tries
quickly and looks good against my colour chart.

I just picked up the new Hasegawa Bf-109G-10 kit. Nice, even has a small
set of photo etch by Dragon in the kit. This now gives us the ability to
model all the G/K series in 1/32 scale. Has anybody seen a time table
for a proposed series of 109Fs??

Anyone seen any photos or diagrams of the area between the deck and
pressure hull?
SB

I wonder what the standard screw threads in a Vibroplex
are, bearing in mind its genesis of 100 years ago?
I imagine that it wouldn't be BA, as this was a Britland standard.
I've sorted through the junk box for this project and have located

Anyone know what brand carries the scale model the Honda & Toyota Sedans?
I'm looking for the stock versions not the race or modified types.

on the history channel today.
one hour is all aircraft, i dvr'd it for future paint
reference.
ain't this technology stuff cool?

Chaps
I need a source of imperial shim washers (1 9/16"OD) of  to pack out a
bearing in a  housing. I can track down metric shim washers but have
drawn a blank on the imperial sizes I need.

I'm in the process of finishing an ICM P-51A that I converted (more or
less) to an early Mustang Mk.I, and after all the surgery on the
wings, guns and ammo chutes I finally got to attaching the fiddly
bits. I wasn't sure whether to attach the flaps and main gear doors in