Model Forum / General / Models / July 2006

Are there any ship model kits that come close enough to the Black Pearl
to make an adpatation?

Just got my flyer, and must say that I am impressed.  All color and
with semi-gloss pages - nice.
Ray
Austin, TX

I've heard of people making a compression from an old refrigerator but never
seen such a beast. Anyone know of any plans on the web?

[Also posted in RCM]
Hi!
<singing>Like a virgin ... </singing>
Some years ago, I was convinced here that I want a shaper. Looking from

Some years ago I was given some adhesive to attach sanding discs to the
aluminium face plate of my linisher.
It was a water based adhesive, pink whilst wet but drying to a deep red
colour. It had to be applied to sanding disc and face plate, allowed to

I'm in the Midlands, can anyone suggest where I can buy a small,
refillable, bottle of argon?
Its for a rather specialised type of micro-welding machine, and it needs
to be small so that it can reside under the bench. The gas consumption

i believe this is it.
http://cgi.ebay.
com/Revell-Takara-Japan-1-80-F-89D-Scorpion-MIB_W0QQitemZ601
4182198QQihZ009QQcategoryZ1189QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZV

Just wondering if the Microscale System (i.e. MicroSet & MicroSol)
works with Hasegawa and Tamiya decals?  I usually use Mr. Mark Softener
but thought I might give Microscale a try.
Thanks in advance,

Gang,
In watching the new Superman movie, I was trying to identify the seaplane
that Richard White (actor James Marsden) flies to save Lois Lane. It looked
like a composite of a DHC Beaver, Otter and Norseman (with a metal

Does anyone know if there is a PA-48 Piper Enforcer model available,
and if so where?
Thanks in advance,
Tom

I'm pondering lathes ... I started out thinking about a new Warco
machine, but have now moved on to thinking about secondhand Super-7s.
Any Super7 I find is likely (I suspect) to be an imperial machine - how
well will this cut metric threads? I did find this comment on a webpage

What is happening to traffic?  Is it just that summer is here?  The last
few days the number of new messages has only been in the teens!  I can
remember when it used to be 150-200.  Even lately it has run 50-80.

As silly as that may sound, is there anything unique about the color of
the dirt/mud on the eastern front, c. 1941?  I'm building a KV-1B, and
I know there are very different colors here in the US depending on
where you are.  I'm not trying to get real anal about it all, just

There a chance of a huge wave of trolling coming here soon.

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