Model Forum / General / Models / March 2005

I need to repaint an RC truck that I bought at KMart.  The body is made of
thick polystyrene and not lexan.  I have very limited time to finish the
project and am wondering if there is a way to prep the body for new paint
using chemicals instead of sandpaper.  The truck has lots ...

After an anxious few weeks watching the weather etc., we finally had a
window of opportunity to get the Beaver turret mill collected from
Coventry and taken home.
We've had the trailer out almost continuously in the past few days,

Just watched it with my German chick, had a bit of discussion..........went
ok, she doesnt really agree with my views, like the Queen shouldnt have gone
to Dresdon or that the Germans were invited to last years VE day aniv.  But
shes been helping me with a few model things, her ...

You'd think I'd know the answer to this having served in Enterprise for
about three years, but, ya gotta remember, I worked in the hole.
My pictures of aircraft all have tail codes of "NG".  I've gotten some
Trumpeter aircraft that have tail codes of "NV".  I know in WWII and Korea,

Well, I have read some reviews of the kit, and I can deal with the learning
experience of poor fit and such. (I am learning to love putty :)) However,
I cannot for the life of me figure out how the kit designers meant for the
display stand to actually support the model.  If I put ...

Wait a minute and read this
----- make money with 6 dollars ,easy money no bull I found this on a
bulletin board and decided to try it. A little while back, I was
browsing through newsgroups, just like you are now, and came across an

Some LAZY S.O.B. is selling his birds droppings on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5564780040
&rd=1

Sure looks to me that when AOL dropped newsgroups, the number of posts
really started shrinking

I'm thinking of getting a Soba (or Shobha) rotary table - a 6" one complete
with tailstock and dividing plates.
If anyone has used a Soba table, what is the quality like? Any gotchas?

   Does anyone know if the intake splitter plates on early Hunters (F.4's)
were painted Green/gray, or were natural metal as quoted in the Revell 1/32
kit?
Regards,

Would anyone out there know of a source for the Compass Rose resin set
for the Dyna-Vector 1/48 scale Westland Wyvern kit??
                            Bill Shuey

Does anyone have oil/grease details for a bridgeport M head.  I'm just
finishing putting one together and would like to know what to put in
it, and where -there don't seem to be any obvious oil/grease points.
Regards

Have you seen the MSR for this model, $129.00. Are they trying not to
sell this model ?

A friend called to say he had some old Matchbox decals that had become glued
to the little cover sheet of waxey paper and wanted to know if they could be
salvaged. Has anyone had any luck salvaging the decals? Personally, I would
pitch them and do an alternate scheme but he wants ...

Are there any aftermarket decals for the P-40s that flew in the Philippines
in 1941-42? 1/48 preferred. TIA.
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