Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

Man ,one of the more decent model companies & their websight is anemic
looking,no new items,WHERE do you BUY them?.

James Garner and Donald Pleasance (sp?) appeared in the movie Great Escape,
and flew a German Trainer.  Single engine, low wing, side by side trainer
with a large greenhouse canopy.
Can anyone identify this aircraft?

Many thanks to Tom, Tim & Peter for the valuable information, The size I
was after was 5/16" x 2" or 1 1/2"
4 required.
Regards Rotty

a short time ago there was some discussion about the emhar
ww1 stuff. i ordered a 1/35 mrkiv male and the hermaph.
i seem to remeber the tracks being cited as crapola. is
there a solution? were there any other areas of contention.

Better news on Military Modelling,
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/business/media/s/146/146180_future_takes_over_
highbury_house.html
Future are well established publishers of a range of hobby related books.
I'm still trying to work out how you rack up debts of £25m?

Having recently bought a 1947 Boxford 'Precision' lathe I did a minor
stripdown to see why there was a lot of backlash in the longitudinal and
traverse feedscrews.  No surprise, they were both very (very) worn. They are
both 20tpi left-hand threads, thread angle is impossible to ...

How much do I thin the Model Masters Enamel to use in my Air-Brush I
have the following paints I want to use.  RLM-02 and RLM-71 and RLM-62
and RLM-65. Would somebody please help me with what I have to do to
spray them.  

Does anyone know if aluminium bronze is suitable for lathe headstock
bushes ?
I am refurbishing a 1950s Winfield lathe (don't ask why - I just AM)
and have acquired a spare headstock with nicely made new bushes in ali

I am looking for a set of drawings and a flywheel to complete a set of
castings I have for the 60cc Centaur gas engine, the flywheel has
curved spokes and is 7" diameter by 7/8" wide.
I already have the relevant issues of model engineer in which the E.T.

Just listed on eBay:
Aurora 583-250 1951 (or 1949?) Mercury Woodie Mod Squad Station Wagon
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6031179005
All proceeds benefit the Atlanta Center for Psychiatric

His site was one of my favourites buts its gone now and there are so
many things I still wanted to read there - any body have a copy of his
projects and info.
Does anybody know what happened ??

i have replaced a 1.5hp with a 3hp dual phase motor with 2.2kw 230v
invertor. however the new motor does not have any real difference in
power capabilities. under a reasonable load the motor slows
considerably until load removed. the load is not excessive. i have the

Does anybody know of a set of plans for a working model forklift ? Or
where people that have built them hang out online ?
thanks
Tim

Can anyone recommend a cheap source for the Iwata Eclipse HP-CS airbrush in
the US?
Thanks,
Chris