Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

    Is there a site where I could find out the aircraft type and
manufacturer from the registration number/letters/code?
    ie:  N95DR
    Thanks all.  cheers   -   Jim.

Not very eco-friendly I know, but I need to loose about 17KW of water
borne heat for short periods of time - maybe 30 mins or so in bursts -
any suggestions? It will only operate VERY intermittently - perhaps 20
times a year for 30 mins a time.

Has anyone heard any news on this machine yet, or have any interesting
links for further information.  A ballpark figure on price would be nice.
                  Joules

Requesting help, the 2 bearings (7205) on the outboard end of the lath
spindle, which way around should they go ? As they came out does no
look right, they have probably been changed several times during th
life of the machine. TIA

Has anyone authored a book on it?  I have looked at the instruction
sheet that is included by default, and as a result have requested the
original Heller sheet from Airfix/Humbrol.
The instruction are quite abstract, and I acknowledge that the box does

I appreciate all the help with my previous posts over the past few months.
This forum is proving to be very helpful!
And now for one more dilemma to see if the crowd has an answer.  I'm a
homebrewer and I keg my beer -- which is driven by a C02 tank.  I'd like to

I have just aquired a secondhand Eclipse magnetic chuck 10" x 5". It
has a hex socket plugged fill hole for oil top up. Does anybody know
what type of oil and how much to fill up?
Regards

I received for Christmas the Naval Fighters #41 on the Grumman  F-111B. I
have been thinking about building a model of one for several years and
recently bought a 1/72 Hasegawa FB-111A to form the basis of the model.
The book covers the subject in wonderful detail though.......... ...

I picked up Monogram's old Me262 the other day here in Germany.
I usually build more modern jets but this one is about to become part
of my growing collection of early jets. So I am not an expert on
Luftwaffe aircraft.

Hi. I'm taking a break from military subjects for awhile and will be
building a few airliner kits. Are there modeling sites anyone could
recommend that are dedicated to this subject? Thanks...
david

Can anyone help me,
I have a old Myford lathe ML7 No. K26243. The Gearbox has no.QC1339
My
question is:

Looking to buy a 1/48 scale WW II USN Carrier Deck segment to display a
Dauntless.
Respond to richardnicoletti@sbcglobal.net
Thank!

Is there such a thing? I dont mean VFD where speed can be altered, just
a simple soft-start for single phase motors.
Peter

Anyone know of a cross index for Tamiya spray/bottled paints, in particular
the bottled acrylic equivalents of AS-13 USAF green, AS-14 USAF olive green,
AS-15 USAF tan, and AS-16 USAF light grey?  I am working on a Vietnam era
Phantom II and prefer to use an air brush rather than ...

Thinking of the Panzer, Stug, or Hummel in that order.  And will build
as a static kit.
anyone build one of these monsters and can comment on if its worth
$240?