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Back on the 4th May.
Everyone stay safe!

dropped by our only remaining hobby shop(Hobby Warehouse) yesterday evening
only to find a sign on the front door stating they have closed thier doors
and are moving all the remaining stock to the Hobby Warehouse in Ft Myers
thats about 100 miles south, that leaves us here in ...

I've been going through the decals and have found some goodies that are
of no use to me.  Firstly, let me say that these are remnants from a
deceased modeller.  He was one of those guys like me who use bits and
pieces off sheets so nothing here is 100%.

...long time passing
Apologies to Pete Seeger, and Peter, Paul and Mary.
I used to be a rabid scale model builder. I'm talking 25+ years ago when
I had to give up my "toy room" to my then 2 year old daughter. I stored

All this talk about the "good 'ol days" and paint got me to looking
through some of my stuff.  I've found a metal Testors paint rack, the
one with the military colors on top in bottles, and spray cans at the
bottom.  Its been slightly modified to accomodate other things such as

subject says it all was helping the wife build her a model pickup when she
advertently got glue smeared on the windshield I have sanded the affected
area down but where the glue attacked the clear plastic it still shows like
a scar no matter how much I sand it, will future fix ...

   Seems to me that these two types were built off the original X-1
frame.  Any good references to these two out on the 'net?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Put loads of pics up on the binary site.
I leave tomorrow early(tue)
I havent built a kit for a year, and im not good with a airbrush yet, so my
skills are not too good, i hope he really likes it, i did it for his BD, the

New to the group. Can anyone tell me where I can find a scale model
kit of the Martin P6M Seamaster? Also, any Special Ops aircraft, e.g.,
MH-53 Pave Low, MH-60 Pave Hawk, Ac-130U Spectre gunship?  Thanks for
any and all guidance.

I downloaded the following from Walther's.com today:
Paint Stirring
Before starting any painting project, make sure your paint is
thoroughly mixed in the jar.

didn't see this myself, but a buddy of mine's house in on a hill and kind
of overlooks most of the Marine base here. He just called me and described
seeing an F-18 intercepting a light plane that was getting close to base
airspace this morning, firing off four flares as (I guess) a ...

These guys and gals really put on a great show-contest-swap meet Saturday
4-22-06.  As for myself, I had a really good time, and the Seattle crew
treated me with courtesy and respect.
Hip, hip, hoorey.  Hip, hip, hoorey.  Hip, hip, hoorey. (throwing his hat in

what can you tell me about this company?
Necomisa

I've tried to post some pictures on alt.binaries.models.scale but
something's going wrong.
I see the first (0/1) post, but I don't see the posted pictures.
I use Xnews.

I am looking for some advice on non standard counterbore bits.
We have a job at work which has a 3.3mm hole which has to be
conterbored (flat bottom) to 6.5mm.  The depth is only 1mm as its
sheet metal.  The usual technique is to use a flat bottomed 6.3mm