Model Forum / General / Models / March 2005

When I asked about what to clean phot etch with, I thought I was through.
Now, someone has mentioned prime painting the photo etch before I use it.
Does it need to be primed?
What else do I have to do to get the photo etch ready for use besides

Ya know, I think ol Dave from ipms has a depp desire to pick the corn
form my sh.t!
ProMedeller#33393

Are there any kits of the F-4D in 1/72 that are either out or forthcoming?
I have ordered the Cutting Edge sheet for the D and would like to do a pair
of Ds. Hasegawa supposedly has done the D and Fujimi as well, are there any
out there? TIA.

Hello.  I bought one of these and was looking through the box last evening.
The instructions call out, as most do, paint numbers for various parts.
However, I can't seem to find the paint code anywhere on the instructions.
I even looked at the decal placement guide thinking it ...

J&L are offering the 'Engineers Black Book' for eleven quid. Has
anyone here seen it?
It looks as though it could fit the bill for something small
enough/inexpensive enough to have kicking around in the workshop,

During the current kitchen refit, we bought a new sink on ebay and picked it up
from Milton Keynes this morning. It didn't have a tap with it, and had a single
hole for a mixer tap.
We had looked at the DIY shops and thought they were a bit pricey, so we

Hi, all
I just purchased the Morris Mini Cooper Racing 1/24 Sports Car Racing Series
NO.130 kit.
Has anyone built it ?

I'm contemplating the option of adding material to the combustion
chamber of a cast iron cylinder head with welding.
Will it work?
What rods are best?

It's either waaaay to late.  Or I have had Soooo very much Coffee and
Chocolate that I may very well have exceeded the safe limits for the
average days doseage by a large margin.  
Well the point is I can not seem to think straight right now.  So could

But it seems the buyer needs to get his wife around the idea that the
Stationary Engine / Model engineering hobby is one she can enjoy too. Does
the panel have any
tips I can give him to get his wife's approval?

How about a 1/32 or 1/24 Skyraider.
that's all.   thx for listening.
Craig

Having grown up with balsa and plastic, I have a question regarding
"vacuform" - how are kits made in this format? I am looking into getting my
first kit in this format; do parts come on sprues, or what?

To those that observe the occasion... whether it be Christ, spring time or
the egg/bunny thing that marks your calendar. Me- I'm a triple threat.  ;-)
WmB

does anyone knopw the finished dimension of a minnie flywheel? i a
considering using the casting for something else but nned to know th
O/D
many thank

Hey everyone
I had looked around for a way to paint cast iron parts for the Tamiya
1/12 Yoshimura Hayabusa  bike and GSX 1300R bikes I'm building,
and came up with some suggestions that really didnt work for me. What I