Model Forum / General / Models / February 2005

Chester have just started advertising this all-in-one machine on the
back page of ME.
For the life of me I cannot work out what they mean by 40mm vertical
and 70mm horizontal milling capacities - the size of cutters maybe?

I am just about to finish my first project, the Stuart V10 steam engine
My next project will be the 5" Sweet Pea 0-4-2, and I have alread
bought the necessary parts for a rolling chassis from Blackgate
Engineering.

Good evening everyone.
There is a lot of very useful information online and in print
concerning gear cutting (Ivan Law's book being probably the best
foundation stone on which to build), but I am having difficulty

OK, the Airfix kit is an original.
The Hasegawa kit is an original.
The Revell kit is a Korean copy of the Hasegawa kit.
So, what is the Kangnam kit? My guess is that it is the original Korean copy of

Anyone have an extra sheet or more of the decals used now or in recent past
on Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft cars?
Would actually spend real American dollars for same. More than a few weeks
ago, unfortunately.

Does anyone know where I could obtain an INT 40 to 2MT adapter. I have
a lot of lathe tooling (e.g. collet chuck, boring head)with 3/8 BSW
threads for a drawbar.
I have a standard one which takes tanged 2 MT drills, and has a 16mm

Just posted some photos on Webshots
http://community.webshots.com/album/268087738XNyIVa?172
ENJOY

Next week I'll go to Stuttgart (Germany) for a conference so I wonder
if there's anything interesting to do/see from a modelling point of
view.
Thanks in advance

Hey did the Boeing B-10 have the
norden bombsight?Did any of them
fly up into combat in the Phillipines
in the early stages of the pacfic war?

Strictly speaking, "Tufnol for dummy spring leaves".
A Google search has thrown up only one reference for pre-forming Tufnol
strip for use as (effectively) inert padding between the working steel
(or in my case hard temper P/B) leaves for model locomotive springs. The

    A friend, who is wintering in Mexico, the luck dog, E-mailed me a
request for a name.  I don't know and Google, probably to my incorrect
parameters hasn't produced a result.  What he wants to know is the name
of the form or figure as he describes it below. Engineers?  Any help

Ok...I'll kick it off...

      I have just purchased the Testors model 50204 Blue Mini Air Compressor
and I have run into a little problem.  This thing's output is terrible.  I have
had 1/4 full cans of air-brush propellant that put out more air then this
thing.  What in the blazes is wrong here folks.  ...

Does Tom have a web site?
        Bill Shuey

is the maquette wimpy the matchbox molds?
anyone built one?