Model Forum / General / Models / September 2004

Was reading ME V98 p502, and article by K.N.Harris "Making Hand-Wheels
for Models" in which he gives his solution to protecting bright
steelwork from rusting.
He says wipe over with a greasy rag, NOT an oily one, as it is of

Are there any online reviews/previews of this kit?  I am looking for sprue
shots etc, and am interested in exactly what changes/deletions Zvesda made
to this kit when they reboxed it.  Any one know if they deleted sprues/parts
when they added the Canvas cover in their latest ...

Are there any 1/72 decals out there for the Gulfhawk Grummans?  Kim M

I have a kit on ebay, with a fixed price for shipping to the USA only.
I thought that was a pretty fail safe thing to disclose.
So what do I get this morning?  An email asking what the shipping
would

Despite losing our contracted venue, having to scramble to find another and
despite many rumors floating around that OrangeCon was off....I can  assure
everyone that OrangeCon 2004 WILL HAPPEN! - It's ON!!!!!!!!!!!!  October 17th.
A revised OrangeCon flyer as well as detailed ...

Anyone have a set, or know who makes/made these parts?
Thanks!

Anyone know if they're planning to release any in 1/24 scale (aircraft, Bf
109E in particular)? Saw on the net somewhere that they were in the
pipeline...
Graham 'Rip' Townsend

Getting ready to start my winter project, Revell's "Golden Hind" to be
displayed on a water base underway with full sail set.  I'm gonna need
a couple hundred additional rigging blocks to pull this off.  If anyone has
sprues of Revell blocks from their 1/96 scale line of sailing ...

I am building a Stuka kit and it depicts an 8 degree wing dihedral.
How can I accurately measure this to ensure that I set the correct
angle prior to cementing?
Thanks in advance.

I'm currently building the Revell 1/72 U-Boot.  Anyone got a site that
actually sells ship props?
Thanks'
SB

I am in the middle of building the Classic Airframes Meatbox T7 ,looking
forward to painting it in the semi-gloss black and dayglow orange FAA
colours. From past experiance I know that getting a good dayglow finish is a
bit of hard job what with all the white undercoats, gloss ...

scifi channel is running some great stuff labor day.
got a spindle of dvd blanks, a six of yoo hoo and some ho
ho's.

Hi;
I just bought the new Dragon 1/700 Tirpitz kit and discovered that
trees E & F seem to be cast in an almost rubber-like compound. They
have no noticable lack of detail except that they are very soft. We

Can anyone provide a technique or mathematical formula for determining
the parallel convex and concave arcs of a fuselage band where there is a
taper from one side to the other? It seems like there must be a formula
based on the angle described by the axis and the tangent edge of ...

ok dumb a.s question time
I'm building a kawasaki ninja and i'm trying to remove the detail
stickers from the blue cardboard - how do I do this?
Thanks