Model Forum / General / Models / October 2005

please excuse the return of the rat. apparently it's off
it's meds again.

Gearing up to build the 1/72 Revell (Hasegawa) GR.7 kit and looking for
some bits to dress up the cockpit such as a resin seat.  I saw an
Airwaves seat for the GR.5 and am wondering if it would work just the
same for a GR.7.  Also do you suppose the Eduard fret for the Hasegawa

I have an idea there was some discussion touching on this a while ago
(Andrew?), but can't find it by looking back.
I've just successfully modified a BT30/ER32 collet chuck to be close
enough to QC30 to function without a problem in my Bridgeport. There's

Sad to have to report the death of Tommy Bartlett, a long time member
of SM&EE who died recently at the age of 99.
Tommy was a very active member, one time Supervisor of the SM&EE
Workshop, and was always devising alterations and modifications to

I recently purchased Superscale's F-16 sheet of the NM ANG "Taco's".
There is a problem with the sheet I hope someone can help me out with.
The plane on the sheet is 87-310.  What block is this plane, a -30 or -40?
The sheet says the plane is 86-0224 a -30 small intake GE engine.

...I think I just made the mistake of finding yet another way to waste
lots of time in front of the computer:
http://www.lego.com/eng/create/digitaldesigner/

just got the old airfix he-111
h-20 kit and it looks like that with some carefull work,
a little scratching and better decals, you can build a half
decent kit. are there any mojor problems or glaring errors

Anyone got any? ;-)
Seriously, is there anything that strikes you when you look at kits at shows
or from your own experience, that might apply - some little known tip or
what have you.  Not looking for Colonel Sanders secret recipe for model

I kid you not.  Go in and search for "Lot 1/48 1/72 Monogram Revell
Academy HUGE 29 in all"
Must $400 dollars worth of stuff in one lot (new kits)!  Current bid is
about 50 bucks and the auctions ends in 18 hours.

Oh where, oh where has my little  Polymath gone?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long,
Oh where, oh where can he be?

Hi all, having got fed up with looking for a mill thought I would
actually try and make something useful. Keen to have some sort of
Cutter Grinder so thought I would have a go at something like the one
JS has suggested (if he doesn't mind). I already have an old (unused)

ESM 72 Vol.9,#1 is almost ready. Ths issue covers aircraft kit
manufacturers from S.A. Models to Sword along wth all of our regular
updates for vehicles and third subject kits.
To date ESM 72 has listed 14,129 1/72 (and close) aircraft kits and

That will be suitable for my Eagle grinder. Foot mount, 1400-ish rpm,
ideal shaft size would be 5/8" but if not I can bore the existing
pulley.
Anybody have one I can liberate for reasonable beer tokens, or who

I am looking for some advice concerning using CO2 gas as an airbrush
propellant.
My concerns are as follows:
1. Pressure regulation: I believe the CO2 cylinders are pressurised to

Do you drill 1/72 gun? I mean a shallow (I imagine 3mm would be enough)
hole?
I've read about this in a modelling book but I think it referred to 1/35
models.