Model Forum / General / Models / August 2005

I have the following kits (unbuilt) for Sale within Singapore. Giving up
hobby.
http://home.pacific.net.sg/~superon
If interested please drop me an email or sms me91075922.

Ive just built a small 3DFoamy F15 and have set up elevons (ie
elevators do both pitch and role) and flaperons (ailerons do both pitch
and role)
...this was achived by mixing channels 1=>2 & 2=>1 (which gave the

Some months ago there was an article in either MEW or ME (I think MEW)
by a chap who was driving a fastish spindle off a vaccum cleaner for
(I think) engraving.
Search as I may I cannot track down the article - can anyone out there

hi Gang,
I have been seeing winners in several categories from the nat's
Still curious what won best of show and best diorama.
thanks in advance

I need to make a few intercooler hoses.
I built  a bike for someone who made his own silicon hoses, he worked
for a company that made silicon hoses. The stuff the hoses were made
from was in sheet form. He wrapped a steel former, which I made I made

Then could you please check a few things on the Bell X-1 on display
there ?
I believe it's the first one, XS-1 n°6062. I'd need the following info :
- X-1 6063 has two small scoops at the rear. Am I correct in assuming

Can anyone tell me please, are all the parts included to build a 'C'
BF110 from the Fujimi kit of the 'D' (kit# 28) as well?
Thanks very much,
Ian

Not sure if this is the best group for this question so apologies if
it is not.
I have recently aquired a Dremel 395 high speed drill and the
associated "drill press".

Up in alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation, a guy by the name of Waldo Pepper
is posting pdf copies of Squadron books, and similar type books.  If your
isp has a decent retention, then there are quite a few up there for you to
pick up.  I just found it the other day, so I don't know how ...

Hello to all, as you will gather I'm a new poster to this group.
Enthusiasm, or a mid-40's 'I'm bored' crisis has finally overcome me
and I've taken the plunge to start a small model workshop in my garage,
so I've just bought a new 10x22 chinese lathe from Chester and a VMC

I keep seeing sets of these (reduced shank drills) at very reasonable
prices cf taper drills and I wondered if anyone here has any experience
of them in a model engineering context ?  One possible drawback that
occurred to me is with a shank of around 12mm an eg 20mm drill is going

Header says it all, really.  Any of you fine gentlemen know of any in 35th?
Need two little blue frogs for a dio I have in mind.
Thanks as always
RobG

Hemmingway do a kit (poly-V drive belts and new pulleys) for the
"Myford VMC" mill that is advertised as giving a 50rpm bottom speed in
place of the standard 160rpm.  Has anyone here used this and have any
comments ?  I'm also interested to know if it reduces or increases the

The 3 phase motor on my Jones and Shipman 310 went *puff* this morning
and the room filled with smoke. Not good.
How special are grinder motors? Some sources will tell you that
they're precision balanced and a standard motor won't do. I'm always

Hi all,i guess this post applies mostly to US posters.Does anyone have the
gouge on how to get a copy of the current FS595B from the US Goverment
Printing office? Or would I do better to try and get it from Meteor
Productions?I'm looking to get the set for a 3 ring binder.Thank ...