Model Forum / General / Models / December 2004

The "New" page of their website is much shorter than previously. Only one day's
worth of new stuff. Does anyone know if they're having problems?
Ed
No matter how high or great the throne,

Hi, I have the following open/complete kits:Tam # 20021 1/20 Benetton
ford b188 Tam # 20036 1/20 Benetton b192. Hasegawa #23007 1/24 Cabin
reynard 890, revell of ger. # 07211 1/24 williams renault fw19, Heller
# 80790 F1 JS 11 1979, Heller F1 RE 20/23 1980. Thanks for any help you

I'm looking for the issue number of Fine Scale Modeler that contained a very
nice diorama of a ditched Do 217 (I believe) and an RAF Rescue Launch that was
taking the survivors on board. The article discussed casting the sea in quite
some detail. I've searched the FSM indexes, ...

My friends dad was recruited by the OSS from a Boston college.
He was loaned by the OSS to the RAF where he flew with a Polish Squadron.
Later in the war he was dropped into Poland to help the resistance.
He ended up with wings from the Polish Air Force, RAF and U.S. Air Force.

My wife just removed the wiring from an old electric blanket before passing
it on to a local charity. Since the controller didn't work, there was no
need for the wiring. Being the curious sort, I took a piece of the heating
wire and stripped it to the copper element and lo, there ...

I read that the best basecoat for alclad II laquer is an acrylic gloss
black, but which brands are best? Tamiya, Gunze, PollyScale? And which
ones are better avoided?
Thanks in advance

I asking this here because I've found there is a considerable body of
basic computer user experience here. A friend who also uses Netscape has
suddenly found that he can receive e-mail but cannot send. Every time he
clicks on the send button, his computer disconnects from his ...

Does anyone have any of the above surplus to requirements or know of
reasonable source.
many thanks
Charles

My friends dad was recruited by the OSS from Boston MA. He was later loaned to
RAF where he flew with the Polish Squadrons and then flew with the US Air Force
after the war. He has wings from the Polish Air Force, RAF and U.S. Air Force.
There is a fine line between "Hobby" and ...

This new one is terible. And I'm being nice.

Well, Bill Shuey was right. The lid blew off. Fortunately it blew off
during a pressure test after I had convinced Dad that it might not be
safe, so no one was leaning over it and no one was hurt.
I went over for lunch today, and talked him into following the advice

(ORANGE BEACH, Ala.) December 1 -- A Blue Angels pilot safely ejected
Wednesday from his jet during a training flight over the Gulf of Mexico, the
Navy precision flying team said.
The F/A-18 Hornet went down at 2:45 p.m. local time off Perdido Key, a

Looking to buy Revival (Italy) 1:20 scale metal model cars.  Must be in MINT
condition .  No broken parts, chipped paint, etc.  Looking specifically for
any Mercedes and Auto Union pieces.  Will consider others.  E mail me what
you have for sale and prices.

I need some small chain (roller chain) for a 1/8 scale 1908 race car I
am building.  I remember seeing ads some time ago for 1/8 inch pitch
chain, but cannot find it now.  Small Parts and other suppliers do not
seem to have anything smaller than 1/4 pitch, which is too big.  Any

I've been doing model engineering in metal for a few weeks now, and want to
tell you all about it. You'll all probably all know all about all this, but
anyway.
F'r instance, I was just taught how to grind a tool to cut a thread on a