Model Forum / General / Models / February 2005

Recently decided to start again building Preddy's P51D Cripes A Mighty.
Decal sheet reference states that the best color for painting blue nose is
Floquil German Imperal Infantry Blue 303080 but this color seems to be
unexisting.Does anyone knows the modern ref nuber for this ...

Are there Kits of any kind out there for the NARN Battlecruiser from
B-5.  Even if the only one out there are garage kits , would there be
anything other that those limited ''plastic''  that have come out before
a few years ago.

I am selling the domain name: "LionelTrainMart.com".  If you sell
Lionel trains the benefits of owning this name are obvious.
The price is 1200.00 Euros (or about $1556.00 US dollars).  The
transfer charge I think is about $6.95 (US dollars) or maybe less.

Can anyone tell me if the TNC 151 actually DOES do cutter radius
compensation on circles?
My Heidenhain book gives the code for applying compensation but when I
do it it gives me an error message. ("path offset wrongly started" My

new dr this year, you lucky buggers.

One for the experts:
Can the (approximate) age of a Bridgeport Turret mill be ascertained by the
paint colour, assuming that it is original, or were they painted in random
shades of grey and khaki ?? I am looking at the Adcock & Shipley machines in

Fess up . . .
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/index.html

I'm machining some Rob Roy cylinders made of bronze. The steam path in the
cylinder goes through a right angle, so it has two drillings and a threaded
brass blanking plug.
Question is - how do I secure the brass blanking plug? Would Araldite be OK

Whilst somewhat on the subject of Hurricanes, I have a question.  A guy in our
modeling club said something to the effect that Hurricanes had an open cockpit
floor.  The way he said it, and the way I understood it, was that they were
indeed, actually open to the air, not just ...

I read all the new post on RMS yesterday and today there wern't any. Tonight i
see 6. Is it just me or is AOL filtering newsgroups? They filter everything
else which in some cases is good but this if thats what they are doing, is
going to far. There is for example a re: to a post by ...

I vaguely remember a reference (possibly in Model Eningeer) to a
replacement for double sided tape that was applied by warming the item
to be bonded, and removed the same way. I >>think<< it was intended
for veneering and the application at the time was holding flat sheets

Does anyone have a picture of his aircraft?
William

Do you know where I can find some photos of An-12 Cub and An-72/74
Coaler to add some detail inside the cargo bays of the Roden and
Toko/Eastern Express kits? I found some photos of the cockpits but
just a couple of the cargo bays.

I need info on the vehicles used by all sides in the north african
campaign in ww2. Just vehicle names and type numbers would do I will do
the rest thanks

Can anyone suggest online hobby shops for the above with good service and
prices. None of my local dealers handle Hasegawa kits.
Thanks
Carl