Model Forum / General / Models / April 2005

I couldn't easily get hold of marking blue,  but discovered a recipe in
SParey for an acidulated  copper suplhate solution which works quite well.
The recipe is really easy - a couple of teaspoons of copper sulphate in a
medicine bottle of water  and make acid with a few drops of ...

..or is it that everyone has forgotten that you know have to pay to
use the Berlin newsfeed?
Regards
Charles

Found some Mr Surfacer today at the store. Figured I'd try it since the
acolytes always seem so pleased with it. Got 1 bottle of 500 and 1 bottle of 1000.
Only used the 500 so far but HOLY COW! Where has this been all my life.

Does anyone have a method of removing the chrome finish from Trumpeter
parts?
I have the Chevy Nova kit and I want to remove the chrome from the exhaust
system.  So far I have tried brake fluid, chlorine bleach, liquid plumber,

I need a couple of 10-24 UNC x 3/8" screws for a repair job I'm doing but I
can't find a source apart from buying a huge quantity from WDS.
Can anyone help me out with a couple of these, 1/4" long would probably do,
anything longer is fine too, preferably pan or cap head but I'll ...

Is there anybody around that has any opinions/experience on using a
dremel for sanding of putty on plastic airplane models?
Have been working on some old Italeri BF-110 1/72 set and been getting
somewhat crazy from hours of sanding and sanding in order to deal with the

they have stores there?

I have some 7.2 megapixel photos of an M60A3 tank parked at our local VFW
(Post 2866, St. Charles, MO) that some armor enthusiasts might find
interesting.  Does anyone know if there is a not-for-profit reference photo
listing site that might be interested in them?  The photos ...

         I am looking for the instructions for painting Italeri kit #73
Henschel Hs-129 B-1 in the North African markings if someone could
e-mail to me. I am short of references for this version of the Hs-129.
    Thanks in advance,

I'm still pursuing this daft idea of the electro-hydraulic tram!
I have now acquired a more powerful gear pump that gives me flow rates
coming out of my ears, the mounting holes are the same (gear pump/
electric motor) but the splined coupling isn't.  In fact the splined

I have opened the box on this one recently and I have my suspicions
about one of the colour schemes provided.(and off course its the option
I wish to model!)
The 80 Sqn F24, Based at Kai Tak(Hong Kong)in 1951 is called out as

Anyone got the building instructions for a 40 size funscale spitfire
sold by Dynaflite some years ago. i have the kit and the plans but no
building instructions. Help Pleeeeeease!!!

As some of you will remember my workshop was broken into a while ago
and several items were stolen.  Not surprisingly the police have not
recovered anything, but the insurance company have come up trumps and
replaced everything.  They have companies that buy the goods for them,

A friend of mine in the business area showed me this link.  I have copied
the text for us modellers to look at.
Feed from www.reuters.com/business
Premier toy and model manufacturer Tamiya has agreed to merge with its main

I'm doing some kit-bashing and have several parts that need to be a
different color. I don't want to paint them because the paint will wear
off in places. Is there a way to "DIE" the plastic a different color?
Some of these pieces are white if that matters.