Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

There's a very cheap Chinese made chisel sharpening stone 8" x 2" x 1" I've
had in the workshop for maybe 10 years now that I use for linishing gasket
faces on heads and blocks and flatting cam followers etc. I think it cost
only 1 or 2 quid when I bought it but I can't recall where ...

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be able to rescue a
Qualters and Smith machine hacksaw from the skip.   It is in very
restorable condition.
The plate on it tells me that 'Qualters and Smith Bros. Ltd.' resided in

I don't hang around much here anymore but hope everyone is doing great.
I recently bought a revell germany S Boat and it is missing instructions.
Does anyone have these and would be willing to email a scan? Please email to
Licin@comcast.net.

Car model kits just listed on eBay:
AMT 5768-200 1968 Firebird 400
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6031182116
AMT Y902-200 1969 Ford Galaxie

Anybody know a nice friendly supplier of small quantities of steel wire
compression springs? I'm looking for a light spring, about 1/8" o.d., 1/2"
long and with a rate of about 3 lb/in.

This is my first post - please be gentle.
I have purchased a Myford ML7 (s/n 20206) and a small number of
accessories. The lathe has seen a lot of work but is in reasonable
condition with the former owner having replaced the leadscrew and

Hi Gang. I am ready to make the leap and purchase a set of punch and die
sets for cutting out 1/48 and 1/32 instrument face decals. The only source I
have found for the Waldron sets is Great Model Webstore and they only have
them as a special order item. I assume this will take ...

Fuzzy Posters --- 1/2 OFF!!!!

Seriously though....artists' paint brushes, as well
as artists' pastels --- 1/2 OFF.

The decals as supplied with my Revell 1/87 Big Boy Locomotive are all over
scale, several will not even fit - especially the loco numbers on the front
boards.  Has anyone come across a second source of decals for this kit?
There is also an error in the instruction illustrations for ...

For those of you in the know how do Eduard WWI kits stack up against Blue
Max in terms of overall quality?  Jim

A few weeks ago I read an article on the net describing how to convert an
electric toothbrush into a "power sanding tool" for plastic modelling.
Try as I might, I can't find it anymore. I don't even remember if it was an
one of the plastic modelling newsgroups or on a particular ...

According to a colleague of mine who takes the Telegraph it is reported in
there that Highbury business has been sold.
Its now a wait and see exercise to find out what is to become of ME and MEW.

is that british film on dvd? man, what great footage of
early forts.
are they d"'s? earlier

I have a half pint jar of what was probably fairly thin semi synthetic
engine oil (whatever was to hand at the time) which I dip small steel engine
parts in before storing them. However it runs off in a few weeks leaving
only the thinnest trace on the surface which damp can then get ...

We are now the proud owners of a decent set of inserted tooth cutters, up to 8"
diameter, the latest one of which we bought today on Fleabay. (In case anyone
wonders why we bought such large diameter, we have some cylinder heads to rework
for a customer)