Model Forum / General / Models / June 2006

 I'm new to this group, having developed a newfound appreciation for the
modeling kits of my youth, probably because I recently turned 49.  I notice
a lot of them are being reissued lately.  I just completed a vinyl Michael
Keaton "Batman Returns" that I found on eBay.  Probably ...

This group is dead.  Any boogle players left behind?

I like Dullcoat a lot. It is a very good product. But, i model all year
long. Dullcoat is especially bad in the Winter in a closed house. I
have no way to vent it out of the house. The smell is strong and maybe
good for the lungs, It makes you run out of the house and take alot of

I'm about to embark on building LBSC's Pansy and I've been thinkin
about making a simple brazing hearth for boiler construction and sa
this at Argos:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3454787/Trail/C%24cip%3D36581.D
IY%2C%2Bgarden%2Band%2Bcar%3EC%24cip%3D36647 ...

just getting back into the modeling business and experiencing some of
my long term problems one of which is painting the framework and
crossbeams on aircraft canopys.  most recently i completed a 1:48 ch-53
and was extremely displeased with the result both in the paint job and

Could someone enlighten me as to what I'm doing wrong here....
I thought a coat of Future would protect my undercoat from
getting eaten up by my wash... what am I doing wrong?
1) I painted my model (testors - model masters). Let it dry a few days.

Having now bought my "last" (wife's description) machine for a while,
I've been pondering the purchase of a set of Slip Gauges. For those
lucky enough to have a set do they get much use or are they just good
to look at? I have seen sets of "gauge blocks" are they a cheaper

Having agonised over the replacement of my small bench mill for a
considerable time the decision has finally been made and the deed done.
Beer tokens have been passed to John S (the least cynical trader I have
ever met by the way) and a Bridgeport is now resident in my garage

For me it would be the F-100 Super Sabre, the SAAB Viggen, and Jaguar
(both French snd English), EH 101 Merlin, Mirage F-1, and Tornado
GR1/F3. Can you imagine what these kits would be like if Hasegawa or
Revell came out with new kit designs for these planes? I drool just

I need to make up four 3/4" BSP copper tails (so 1.041" o/d) for the
ends of the feed pipes for my induction furnace but my recent
experiences machining copper were very mixed, with apparently
identical looking bars varying from horrid sticky stuff to nice crisp

Vaguely engineering I guess.
SWMBOs oven door is falling apart. On inspection the bottom hinges (top down
opening door) are fixed to the glass of the door with adhesive which has
come adrift. The remaining bits are pliable rather than brittle.

When I got my Herbert Flashcap lathe some years ag now it came with an
airchuck fitted.
This I took off and fitted standard 3 and 4 jaw chucks.
So if anybody can find a use for the old chuck it is free to anybody that

Just stopped to say hello while searching around for Ship Builders
group.  I started with the plastic Revell 1/96 scales of the
Constitution and the Cutty Sark.  After careful study,  I've used
AutoCAD in the past to lay out hull designs...tried my hand at cast

Has anyone tried using carbide wood router bits on steel? Any reason why
they should be different from carbide milling cutters in use? land and face
rake angles maybe different or non existent?