Model Forum / General / Models / September 2005

I have a samll lathe similar to Chester Conquest.Has anyone carried out
a modification to the swivel on the top slide. I find it a chore
everytime I need to swing the top slide over I have to wind it back to
access the screws. I have looked on the net but without success

heller are showing a 'new' HMS Hood in 1:400 scale. Is this a new kit or a
re-issued old one and any comments on the quality.

Hi Troops:
    Does anyone on the Eastern side of "The Pond" know if the used kit
dealer who advertises in Scale Aircraft Modeling as "Kingkit" is still
in business?? I have tried his address, http://www.kingkit.co.uk and

I have a variety of tools driven by single phase AC motors. Most seem t
be powered by variants of the Crompton motors with a large capacitor o
the side.
I want to control their speed rather than use different gearings via

I'm building a set of RAF related dioramas. One such scene depicts a shop-up
Defiant and the turret gunner being carted off in an ambulance. The question
is: How did the turret gunner get in and out of the plane?
Cheers.

A friend was telling me that he read in a book on the P-38 that it was
such a good design that there was a proposal in the '60s to put it back
in production with turbo props & a redesigned wing, for ground attack.
I've never seen anything along those lines, but that doesn't mean

The Macchi 200 appears to have a copper leading edge to the engine fairing.
Does anyone know why?
John Cusack

I need the following made:
a 150x12mm stainless steel rod, threaded M12 at one end (for 30mm) and
at the other end, I need half the rod milled flat for 50mm with two 8mm
holes drilled through the rod at 30mm spacing.

Has anyone ever released a conversion kit for; or has anyone written
a decent article about "kit bashing"; the uniquely intriguing T-55/M18
hybrids that were seen in Bosnia:
http://geocities.com/gvhtexas/t-55-m18.jpg

Hi. I'm using Tamiya Titanium Silver for a natural metal finish (I use
acrylics only, no enamels). I've read that people sometimes prime
enamel bare-metal finishes with gloss or semi-gloss black. Why is this?
Would it be appropriate for an acrylic finish, or is it something

I've got a very nice hydrauic multi-bore collet chuck. Very useful
having collets from 1/8- 2".
However the chuck leaks oil. A lot. Before I venture inside to find
the O ring that's died has anyone taken one apart before or even got

I needed to cut some trunnion blocks, clutch operating shoes,
whatever, out of a 5/8" thick ring of bronze that I'd turned up. How
to do it?
Hacksaw would have been tedious, the Chinese 4 x 6 metal bandsaw was

Ok I just got an Alps 1300 and am looking to play with it
a bit. Does anyone know of any good vector graphics
based decals available for download on the net?

I'm an airbrush newbie and recently got a cheap Model 1500 airbrush
from Harbor Freight. In an earlier thread I saw mentioned that they
don't last too long, and in other threads wear issues were mentioned
for other airbrushes as well. Since there are generally no rotating or

There was some earlier discussion about the history of the USAF
gunships. Here's some history to help set the record straight.
Ed Robbeloth
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