Model Forum / General / Models / October 2004

If I was gonna buy the new Trumpter 1/32 kit, is there any real
obvious difference btwn the two versions...for display purposes...
thx - Craig

I'm thinking of starting a weekend build competition, you can build any
topic, be it aircracft, armour, car, bike etc in any scale, 1/72, 1/48, 1/25
etc.
The winner would be judged by a rating system on the user gallery. The model

Friends,
   The British SAMI magazine of Oct.'04 p.965 has an advertisement for "Les
Bombardiers Sovietiques SB-2"/"the SB-2 Bombers" Éditions TMA; Paris @ £41
incl. postage to the U.S. which is about US$74.00....  Does anyone have a

I'm looking for a 14.5 mm reamer, preferably with a No.1 Morse taper shaft.
Any ideas?
Where do people get their lathe tooling?
Thanks,

Does anyone have or can you recommend a source that has a good cross section or
interior shot of the B-47 crew stations.  I am working on the Hasegawa 1/72 kit
and need interior shots.
regards,

I go to this little local thrift store sometimes with my wife and I always
look for plastic while there.  I pick up the odd car kit but not very
often.  So, what do I see there today?  Oh my God!  A Tamiya F-117, Panda
F35 and Italerie F-22, all in 1/48 and all still sealed!  All ...

In Detailing Scale Model Aircraft by Mike Ashley and probably other
places, you get a picture of an aircraft (a Skyraider in this case) with
folding wings fully loaded with ordnance on the hardpoints including 3
bombs on each folding section--seems unlikely to me, even though I ...

Some woman wants a DIE CAST of a 57 Fury (acc to google) from that fil
Christine, never seen the film myself, i said i didnt like S King movies so
she called me a poof.
She said she didnt want a kit.

Want to add a firebomber to my F7F family. Anyone have a tank to part with?

Does anyone have a spare large centerline fuel tank, as used by USAF OV-10s (as
opposed to the smaller tank used by the early Marine versions?  I'd like to get
one for the Academy OV-10 I'm making.  There's one in the more recent Hasegawa
OV-10A kits.

My fellow modelers:
Vess Irvine has come to r.m.s. with the avowed purpose of changing opinions
and votes in the upcoming US Presidential elections toward John Kerry.
Every fiber of his body is driven to that goal.  Today I attempted to change

I recall seeing a photograph somewhere of a crash-landed Spit with
D-Day markings laying in a French field with a convoy of Shermans
trundling past. At the time I thought it would make a good diorama
subject but I have never been able to find a copy of the photo again

Anyone know where I might find a detail set for the nakajima Ki 45 Nick?
 I've Googled to no avail.
Resin or photo etched, either one.
Thanks,

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