Model Forum / General / Models / April 2006

For those of you into making PCB's (printed circuit boards) I have put
another sacrifice to the moving house deities up on ebay, a Mega full
process system:
tp://tinyurl.com/gjvku

I just got the new IPMS Journal.
I quit the club in the early 80's because of the political bull$%#@
I just joined again in july hopeing the people have gone beyond the
little petty whining. My-god look at this issue the guy that was the

The pending house move is forcing a radical disposal of lots of good
stuff, but here is something someone might like to 'take up the reins'
with. It's my prototye bench top Induction Furnace:
http://tinyurl.com/mbmsp

The discussion on scraping a bed prompts me to ask about my Super-7
spindle.
Very early in the life of this machine, now over 30 years old, the
spindle, um, got slightly damaged - on the conical bearing surface and

I am currently undertaking a project in association with the V&A and
One Dot Zero Moving Image Festival.  I am trying to find either an
individual or a club that would be able to help me make a model
aircraft out of an old typewriter.  I have the type of plane/shape I

Hi Troops:
    I am using Netscape 4.7 for news and e-mail. I suspect I have
accidentally changed a setting somewhere as suddenly everything that
comes in has all attachments stripped off. All I am getting are the

just noticed on their website that you now can download the March
flyer.  too late for that one, but we should check it out in April to
see if this is a new thing for them. Might actually increase their
business if we can get the flyer before the 3rd week of the month....

I'm trying to do some build ups with my son and we need some information
on superdetailing engines, cockpits, etc. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

Does anyone have any advance word on this?  I saw the ad for it on the back
cover of the latest FSM.  It says it's highly detailed but I've heard that
from manufacturers before.  Has anyone got any definitive info on this
(hopefully) soon to be released kit?

Today it has been announced by the Humbrol Marfleet company in Yorkshire
England that all TSR2 models recently sold to model enthusiasts around the
world have to be recalled.
The UK Government has intervened in the production of the model stating that

While Googling this group I came across the following message posted by
Bob Lessels in 2000:

I have an ML7 with a worn bed that could do with a regrind; the worst worn
area in the bed measures at 0.495", so, according to the Myford website, the
saddle doesn't need regrinding. Myford haven't updated their dates for
service, the last date shown is July 2004. I did find ...

Just got myself the Minicraft 1935 Morgan Super Sports and the engine is
horrible chrome (I remember em being rusty cast Iron), anyway - whats the
latest thoughts for removing this stuff ??
If all else fails, I'll paint over it, but I can forsee problems with that

Got a beater 1/8 scale Sting Ray on Ebay, and a beater 1/8 scale C5 (?)
Vette. Figured out of the pair of them it shouldn't be hard to put
something together. Turned out I was right, because ****the chassis on
the two are identical***!!! Doesn't seem quite accurate to me.

Today sprayed Floquil Grimey Black, thinned 50:50 and carelessly spilled
some on my Levi's (blue jeans). I completed the session and cleaned my
airbrush, then put my pants under warm water and scrubbed vigorously
with Gojo Hand cleaner for painters.