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I've been researching '60's USAF fighters and keep
coming across references to them being painted in
'anti-corrosion grey' but I haven't ever seen an FS

I was recently given three Watson "Service" microscopes. All have
various parts of the condenser assembly missing. One has just the
diaphragm missing, another has the diaphragm and lens missing, and the
third has the diaphragm, lens and carriage missing. I'm hoping to repair

Hi all - Moving house soon, so de-lurking to ask for help from you
knowledgeable folk with constructing a workshop at the new place.
Have googled the groups and found lots of useful stuff (mostly
American) but still have a few questions (that I also posted to the

I was under the impression the AMT 39 Ford Tudor was a new kit.
It seems really, well, primitive, if it is: metal axles, faint, low-def
detailing, especially on the interior tub.
If you compare it to the 41 Woody kit, it seems almost like a

I have tried several times in the past to have a look at this newsgroup
and while the mirror copies on the web provide the content I failed
every time I tried to subscribe direct.
As it turns out I have never had to set up the 'bt news' path since none

I'm working on a lindberg diesel tug and so far it's gone pretty.  I
would like to wind up with a semi / low gloss finish.  The paint as it
is now is a little too glossy.  I was thinking of a final spray coat of
dull and then buffing it a little.  Is this the best approach or is

What is the most effective way to remove factory paint from a diecast NASCAR
model?
Thanks for the help!!

i've told you guys i paint tape for canopy framing and have
heard about painting decals and cutting frame members. can i
get a step-by? i have troubles with very thin decals and it
seems that tiny frame members could be very hard. are there

Found a tiny black enamled P-38 pin (with no pin, maybe an earing?) in
my driveway yesterday. Have lots of aircraft pins, one for every type
that I have flown or flown in (other than airliners) or crewed. This
one was not from my collection nor was it one of my wife's earings.

I need a V belt (Z range) for a machine I'm building.
How do I work out the size I need from the pulley sizes and spacing?  I
want to avoid a trial and error approach, which from past experience
will involve buying several.

The Brit F-4s have an extra set of air bleed doors on the flanks on the rear
fuselage. I am in the process of completing a Fujimi FGR2. I have painted
the relevant parts and now need to attach them. Apart from the canopy, the
rest of the model is complete.

When I was a young child growing up in the late '60s, my father was very
much into scale modelling.  At one point, he had both a F-100 and F-104.  I
know my dad built alot of Lindbergh and Hawk models, and I can vaguely
remember a drawing of the model in sideview on the box tops ...

I just read a post on boycotting zionist moddeling. What a bunch of
anti-semites we hjave here.
Hey, this made me think of an old tune
My father was a Nazi

Hi has any one a contact for This firm as I saw them at Harrogate and need
some work done

To provide me with a bit of a break from building acres of F-4s and
Spitfires, I quite fancy building an F-15.
Which 1/72 kit would you recommend, Academy or Hasegawa?
I know that the Academy one is half the price of the Hasegawa one. However