Model Forum / General / Models / June 2006

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200831,00.html
And I was impressed to learn the 1930's Tarzan's Cheetah was still alive a
few months ago!
Now this is pretty wild.  Imagine all of the history that has passed by

Are there any such products with the sole purpose of thickening paint?

I started turning up an idea I had, without properly planning it
through. I have two perspex disks, approx 4mm thick and about 45mm dia.
They need to be mounted either side of an aluminium  ring, of similar
dimensions. The thing is, the ally ring has a wall thickness of about

One big question is WHAT shade of blue the Operation Calender Spitfires
were painted on the Wasp. The Encore Channel is showing a documentary
on John Ford, about his wartime work, including the footage of Torpedo
8 he edited into a memorial for their families. Stills from it appear

interesting read.others thoughts?
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Don't know whether this is the right group, but it is to do with model
engineering. I am making a small oscillating steam engine - 12 mm bore
x 16 mm stroke. This is my second. For the first one I used graphite
string to seal the piston. For my present engine I was wondering about

-a real /wind-tunnel/ model of the shuttle that never was-
http://tinyurl.com/njam7
Or search ebay collectibles/aviation for "mcdonell douglas shuttle" (I
misspelled "McDonnell" in the ebay description, so you need to misspell

With no formal training, I am sure I must be making hard work of this. I am
trying to set up a swivelling vertical slide on the cross slide of my super
7. Whilst the reference mark on the vertical swivelling surface is a clear,
and hardly marked

Please note we've tried to make our online store even more customer
friendly.
Ranges are now grouped by scale and range (decals, kits etc)
http://www.freewebs.com/blackbirdmodels

Topical a while ago, spotted on ebay.
     Centec 2A Milling Machine (myford) Item number: 762953862

Gentlemen,
I need to join a handful of short (18mm long) stubs of 6mm diam.
stainless bar to another longer piece of bar - i.e. make a load of
little butt joints. Elsewhere in the project I've made do with mig

I don't like asking questions if the answer can be found from say the
official manuals or from a huge collection of information which I have
collected.
I have a front bearing which is pouring oil through despite being

Are all their stores the same?.Size wise,inventory wise?.Or does each
stores stock vary alot?.

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What is happening with Fujimi?
In the UK, Fujimi kits are becoming rather difficult to acquire. The
Hannants website has them all listed as "Limited availability", yet up until
recently it had a couple of kits listed as "Future Releases".  I have read