Model Forum / General / Models / June 2006

Was in State College,Penna,over memorial weekend,& Nittany Hobby is
getting bare in the model kit section.Visited around a year ago 7 the
shelves had the same kits,depressing.

Well I think I`ve sorted this out.
Used a syringe with a large blunt needle (from an inkjet refill kit) to
remove some of the original "oil" .
It was very thin and had a smell of a spirit not a plane oil.  Would`nt mix

Hurrah,
Im so excited I had to share...
I can do flat :)
Ive got my shaper running, had to make a new tool post for it and r

I am trying to put together a bi-monthly news letter to send out. Any
suggestions on how to do this so it can be received and viewed and not
regarded as spam  by the spam blocker programs . I tried to send an
experimental one out yesterday and most address bounced back. Even had a ...

Can anyone help. I want some small metal gear wheels for a 2:1 speed
ratio, say 12 and 24 teeth or 15 and 30. I would like them to fit say a
3 mm or 4 mm shaft. I am making a steam engine from K Harris's book on
Model Stationary and Marine Steam Engines and need to make a gear box

I just noticed that these are being offered.  That's the first time in
this scale, isn't it?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

On a much-loved twin-tub washing machine the brake lining on the spin
drier side is detaching from its metal band. The band covers about 2/3
of the circumference of the brake wheel, which (from memory) is about
4" diameter and 3/4" wide. The brake operates once per spin cycle,

With the coupon from their site. You've a day to find it, print it, and
to come up with another excuse for being late for work on monday.
Any new sightings?

I need to cut some m12 x 1 external threads in inconel which has been
hardened. HSS and carbide don't work well, diamond and CBN are about the
only materials that will cut it cleanly.
I have some diamond tips, but they are not meant for threading, although

I am finally at the point of installing the gun deck on the 1/96 USS
Constitution, however during a test fit, the hull bows outwards thus
leaving no where for the middle section of the deck to rest on.
So far using a hot water bath has not corrected this, nor has using a

Not thats it's that important chaps, but I finally got my new Warco
lathe installed  in the workshop today :)
Need to sort a few things out, like stiffen the floor, but all seems
ok. - I hired a block and tackle in the end to get it on the stand.

Just to prove I finally made it out of the armchair:
This is one component of a mod to add a "boring and screwcutting" speed
range to my sieg C6.
http://www.btinternet.com/~steve.withnell/lathe/pulley/Bpulley.jpg

Watch out for e-bay seller 7216karl.
I was bidding on a jacobs chuck, no bids after 6 days until mine, then
within an hour 3 more bids from the same person, who had apparantly
bought the exact same item from the same seller 2 weeks before.

Group,
I have a Badger 200 airbrush used for scale models.  For the last few
years I have been using Testor's propellants but as one knows the cost
can add up quickly.  I went to buy a Testor's mini compressor but the

PPP:  I just returned from Beijing with 1/350 model of a Jiangwei
class frigate (Hull number 112)  picture
http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/showphoto.php/photo/13745/cat/171/limit/recent
The second is a slightly smaller ship without the Jiangwei's stern