Model Forum / General / Models / October 2005

hi all, im a newbie to this forum, i have a lot of interests, first an
formost is metalworking but r/c planes/cars are high on my list, a fe
years ago i built the mick reeves spitfire i think it had 58" win
span, last year i started to learn to fly at my local model airfield

I'm currently sat here building the Airfix Brewster Buffalo (well, trying to
build). Anyway, the instructions says to paint the inside of the cockpit
with Humbrol 151. The snag is that Humbrol no longer make colour number 151.
So the question is: What colour is 151?

on my cnc lathe I currently use a Kennametal toolholder with a DCMT
tip.  It works well, but I now need some more tools.  To expand my
range using these toolholders would be expensive -list at J&L is £44
+vat (less the usual haggling).  I noticed that Chronos have a set of

At the risk of asking how long a piece of string is can someone give me
an idea how many sticks of solder I am likely to use to solder this
boiler (1.5" scale). Any other advice would be appreciated.

Does anyone know of an aluminium supplier that would sell small amounts?
Sizes like 300mm x 300mm x 4mm?
Preferably a website, but anyone close to Birmingham will do.
Thanks

i'd like to airbrush shoes ,but i don't know which air brush to use ?
what whould you reccomend?
thanks

My box came without a decalsheet, and according to their website, they
do not stock any spare parts/decal sheets, so if it's not there,
you're screwed.
Would anyone have this kit, and be willing and able to send me a

Looking for Civil Air Patrol decals for use with 1/48 Cessna 172. Any
recommendations?
Thanks,
Erik

I saw pictures of russian Tu-16 Badgers painted in two tone with white
underside and gray topside surface. Does anybody know a close match for
the gray color?
thank you,

Warco's adverts give their VMC bottom speed as being 160 rpm,  but on
mine the lowest speed on the table (at 50Hz) is 190 rpm.  Does anyone
know why this is and has anyone actually measured the bottom speed ?
Thanks,

Need to ask. Does anyone make a resin cockpit for a 1/72 scale B-52 bomber?
One of the control colums was broken so I am asking.

I was building the Tamiya Williams F1 car, and needed to carbon fiber
many areas. I bought a sheet of carbon fiber decals (brand not to be
mentioned) and it was junk- the stuff just would not adhere.
I had just gotten a shipment from MicroMark of decal paper.  I scanned

I was at Gibralter trade center taylor saturday. They had an AMT 2 pack
of corvette kits '53 and '95 for $5 they had 25 or 30 kits on the
display. They also had an AMT 58 Edsel for $4 about 20 edsel kits.
Right near the red entrance.

I have to pop up to Glasgow for a meeting tomorow (Tuesday) and owing
to only booking my plane tickets today I've had to take what I could
get at short notice.  This leaves me with several hours (at least) to
kill in Glasgow -anyone suggest anything interesting to see

Shutup, crybaby.
"MattD.." <mattd145@gmail.com> wrote: