Model Forum / General / Models / March 2005

I recently needed some specialist wire (0.1 mm enamelled copper, with
self-bonding coating), and came across The Scientific Wire Company.
Very helpful, fast, and happy to do small orders.  They do a huge range
of stuff, some of which will be of interest to model engineers (e.g,

    Has anyone out there had success in registering for the new Hyperscale
forums and if so, could you contact me off line. I have been trying to
join but I seem to be doing something wrong and the watch dog program
will not allow me to register.

I need to make some REALLY thin wires for some masters I am making and
was told to use Miliputt. How is this accomplished using the obvious
"rolling" technique? Can this be done with regular epoxy putty or does
Miliputt have a special "quality" to it?

Some friends of mine here in England wish to repaint a Broussard back into
its original colours and are having a spot of trouble in working out what
the exact colour of the airframe should be.  They have decided to go for a
European based French Air Force scheme, but we cant ...

In a recent issue of Scale Models International something jumped out at
me.  On the top of page 63 in the Dec 04 issue it says "reach nearly
three million active hobbyists a year for less than...."  I was
stunned.  Three million?  How can that be, are there that many of us

Just to start out a new thread and get the whole modelling
thing going...
What are the two biggest purchase f'ups you've ever done?
First, what is the worst purchase you've ever made, _NOT_

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Going to do my first epoxy/urethane/resin kit. (What are they made
of?)
It is A&V Resin 1/72 DFS 346D and then maybe Anigrand XB-43.
What glue works best for these kinds of kits. Any tutorials on-line?

Another Computer question:
    I believe there are a number of computer literate people on here so I
am asking this question.
    I am wading through the results of upgrading from Windows Me to Windows

Went into the workshop tonight to saw off a length of aluminium bar on
the band saw, but the band saw wasn't there!  Ater staring at the
stand that it was sat on last night with an impending feeling of doom
I had to face the inevitable conclusion -BURGLED!!!!

I have a resin-cast tire which was obviously cast from some vinyl model
tire.
I would like to know which model the original vinyl tire came from.
Here are the details:

Just in time to detail the various bays of the fantastic Tamiya 1/32 F-16,
here is a photo walk around of several unbuttoned Vipers for your reference.
Check it out at Cybermodeler Online (www.cybermodeler.com).

What can people tell me about the ML10, what to look out for its
disadvantages etc.
Thanks.
John.

tell me there's a 1/48 of this little gem?

so one can get those blocks of paraffin in the canning supply section of
the supermarket and use one as a working surface to glue on.  Also, a well-
waxed dowel doesn't get stuck to either.  (I'm so excited I just had to
share.)