Model Forum / General / Models / October 2005

Pardon the interruption. After some 50 years any hopes of completing
this model are gone so it is off to eBay. Item number: 6005013267
The scale question was asked by someone looking on eBay. Can any one
help to clarify the question, what scale is this truck?

I bought a Badger airbrush last month,havent used it yet,been hand
brushing with shitty results,going out of the areas,bumping one color
onto another.does the airbrush give a good accurate control for small
areas?.I'd like to use the hand brush for touch ups if possible,thanks

I am restoring a 1950s Winfield lathe, and it has simple oil holes in
the headstock for the mandrel bearings. I thought about turning up some
oilers to go in the holes, with lids to keep muck out. Is there a way
to meter the flow down to a drip feed, I have heard about wicks, but

I am looking for the big kit that goes together with the t-rex.
Dan Beavers

...of oil please. Bit of a long shot, but I need some oil for my
milling machine -mobil vactra would do nicely.  But it comes in 25L
drums from the oil supplier I spoke to, and while it isn't hugely
expensive 25L would last me a lifetime (and there would probably still

While prowling the local Hobby Lobby during the 1/2 off plastic model sale I
couldn't resist a mismarked Academy 1/32 scale Iraqi Freedom F/A-18C even
though 1/35 scale armor is my current preference.  My question concerns the
great number of load-out options for the F/A-18.  Is ...

thick wall 350 block- D port heads- timing cover- wire looms- balancer-
alternator/ps brackets- ps pump- RAM AIR I-II-III NODULAR IRON CRANK
standard uncut- hi perf clutch fan for A/C GTO- nodular iron armasteel
connecting rods- 1970-72 455 HO WINDAGE TRAY KIT- much more

Can anyone tell me whether or not the A model had airbrakes.  It
appears to me from pictures that I have seen that there weren't any.  I
am wanting to back date Academy's 18C to an A model flown by the RAAF
and I was wondering what other differences there were.

This is a tangential question derived from an earlier topic string. Who have
been actors who have served in the armed forces? I will start off:
Don Adams
John Agar

Don't forget -it's another scrapheap mega challenge tonight.  Channel
4 at 6pm, this time they have to build a locomotive (I believe the
three teams are building steam, diesel and electric versions).
Regards

Help.  Lost the instructions for Hasegawa A6M2B Zero 1/48 scale kit #
09143.  Could anyone scan and email me the instructions?  My address is
Yman66@yahoo.com
TIA

OK... if you want the whole story first....  My wife is an exchange student
here in Istres, France at the French Test Pilot School (EPNER) as a Test
Flight Engineer in their helicpoter program.  Basicly, the USAF thought they
would send us to the south of France instead of ...

Daft question this, but here goes: How close can you get to a finished model
before you're unhappy with the result? I'm sat here looking at a Zero I
'slammed' together within 24 hours. It's 4 foot away, and it looks pretty
good. At 2 foot, the illusion is falling apart. Anything ...

   I have an old Airfix 1/24 Harrier kit, and the paint reference it gives
for the interior is Airfix G14, described as Dove Gray. Could anyone give me
the Humbrol or Model master equivalents for this colour?
Thanks in advance,

Kit Review: Dragon Models Limited 1/35 Scale '39-'45 Series No.
6264; Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. E 3-in-1 Kit; 1,062 parts (541 in grey styrene,
288 "Magic Track" links, 187 etched brass, 23 clear styrene, 10
preformed steel wire, 5 DS plastic, 4 preformed brass 2 turned brass, 1