Model Forum / General / Models / March 2006

Thanks to my flight back home being 2 hours late, I caught the History
Channel's Save our History program on the Aleutian Island activity in
WW2 and the use of the PBY Catalina.  It was pretty interesting.  Which
of the available models would make a good representation of that

Having been bamboozled by all the industrial specs for neat cutting
oil can someone suggest one that is suitable for general machining  on
my lathe - mostly mild steel but not exclusively.
Then I need to find someone in London or Suffolk that sells it.

Has anyone here had experience of the Dremel Workstation 220 and managed to
get it to be half useable?  
The construction seems to be quite fair until you get down to the sliding
dovetail which is very sloppy meaning that its claim to be "For Precise

The lubricator for ROB ROY is described in the book, but I can't find any
drawings for it.
I have the set of six drawings but no lubricator, also the handpump and many
of the boiler fittings.

I have been building aircraft for many years.  Now I am looking at build a
ship.  I have a Trumpeter 1/350 Arizona.  Any hints, tips, and paint color
references particular to that kit and ship would be most helpful.
TIA

someone is selling 11 aurora kits on ebay.
nice shape. what i drool over is the b-25. i know it
wouldn't rate highly today, but it was a childhood fave.
it was the first kit i actually built seriously. i spent

best book i ever read about that campaign was the thousand
yard stare. forgot the author.

Are the old model kits sold on eBay still able to be painted and built?
I had heard that the styrene of these old kits has degraded to the
point that paints and glue often don't adhere properly.
I realize that actually building an antique kit destroys the "collector

I have been looking on the Internet for at way to print either stickers
or decals that will withstand a washing machine. And you seam to know
and awful lot about these matters.
    Is there a way of doing way to print either stickers or decals that

Some kits, sometimes rare, on ebay:
- Accurate Miniature B-25B 1/48 :
http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6046772602&rd=1&sspagename=STR
K%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
- Revell Douglas C-47 Skytrain 1/48 :

I'm about to enter the paint phase for the Hasegawa 1/32 Stuka. The
instruction sheet
contains properly dimensioned masks for the splinter camo. Since this
is the first time

I'm looking for advice on Metal tracks for AFVs.
I'm interested in buying some, never used before,  cant get locally, so
would have to send off for them.
They're a lot of money especially when I don't know what I'm getting.

I'm building both academy and airfix banshees
There is a big difference in lenght of the two models, also the position of
the landing gear doors in inverted.
On the airfix they are placed inside of the gear legs which correlates to

Does anyone know where I can find fairly detailed drawings or
blueprints for the Supermarine S6B Schneider Trophy aircraft? I've
been all over the web, including the RAF and British Science Museum
sites, with no real success. I'm trying to help a customer who's a

I didn't see anyone else mention this, but in a press release, it appears
that Roll Models will be taking over the Walron line and keep the goodies
going.
They still list the punch and dye set specifficaly.  Check it out yourself