Model Forum / General / Models / March 2005

You can download a copy of 26th edition Machinery's Handbook (the
workshop bible) from here in PDF format. Beware it is a big file 269mb
so only for broadband users.
http://www.spanburgh.com/files/Machinery's Handbook 26th Edition.zip

Can any list members help me with a transport need?
I have a few bits and bobs (motor / small transformer / other odds &
sods - nothing too heavy) to move from a certain 'far from cynical'
traders establishment in Long Eaton to Bromley, which is SE London /

Just a question purely out of interest.
Why did Williams Bros choose this unusual scale?
Cheers
Steve

doing the tracks on the t-34 by your build review method and
they're going smoothly. individual link tracks really aren't
a big deal to do. thanks.

I been wanting to ask this question for a long time. I know Tamiya made some
figures for the Hamp kit. But is there anyone or any company that makes the
figures of a 1/48 scale Japanese Aircraft Deck Crew?
I wished they did make them.

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quality), go to www.handcraftedmodelships.com!!!
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Hi, does anyone know the exact colour used for the Lighnings based in
Germany in the 70s and 80s? I have been scratching around for a while
trying to find the correct shade of green, but have had no luck so
far.

Can someone cut and paste a table showing 64th of an inch in one column
and millimeters in the other to 4 decimal places?
ie
1/64   = 0.3962mm

Hi. I may need a small casting job doing.  I'm not sure yet. I've got
something called a water rower and it seems to me that the lock plate is
not designed to do the job it was meant to do.
If you go here you will see the lock plate (not in detail) and the

Did other countries use Japanese WWII aircraft?
craig
http://www.militaryhobbies.com/product.cfm?ProductID=6497

I recently purchased (admittedly, an impulse buy) a Tauro 1:35 scale
FIAT 3000 Model 21 tank kit.  I've found very little in the way of
reference material on the 'Net.  Does anyone have any color photos of
this beast?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello to all you Phantom Phlashers out there.  My Big E project is moving
slowly.  I'm going to order some Tamiya 1/350th scale Phantoms for the
flight deck.  The kit says they are F-4S.  I need F-4Bs.  What changes will
I have to make to the S's to make them look like B's, ie, is ...

just updated my site with a review of the big Tamiya kit
Enjoy
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Newbie question: I'm putting together a Tamiya 1/24 Honda Jazz. The kit has
masks for painting round the windows. Are these supposed to be adhesive (and if
so, how?), or are they just patterns to cut the required shapes out of masking
tape?