Model Forum / General / Models / July 2006

I’m looking at buying a (new) small lathe for making gadgets and wotno
in support of my other hobbies. I don’t anticipate any heavy work an
will probably be mostly working with aluminium or thin steel, up t
perhaps 12" in length.

Anyone still here that takes on the daunting task of working on the old  
frigates?

My thoughts for everyone here at home at Home & abroad as well who will
celebrate the 4th of July. I hope that you have a very safe and well
planned out Holiday.
If you're going to be on the road plan for lots of extra time because of

i have reading over your shoulders for a little while now, im not in any of
your leagues so i have kept quiet and just read all the info that you all
contribute to each other, some of it way over my head but some sinking in.
ok my problems. i was a wood man until i found that ...

Scale Model Wiki is a new resource for all modellers. It differs from
most other modelling web sites in that anyone can contribute to it and
it belongs to us all. I created it initially as a way of recording
information that I would find useful, articles in magazines, locations

Yes, also got it a couple of weeks ago. It is about 1000% improvement in
every way.
Gary Anderson

so once again I attempted to pack light, then the wife got involved.
As usual we did  not touch 90% of what she packed for us.
I tried to explain that Anaheim is a big city and that we could
probably find whatever we needed there if the case arose.....

I keep hearing rumors, but has anyone actually received their "new"
IPMS Journal in the mail?
Greg Reynolds, IPMS

I wonder if anyone has any specific experience of fitting an extended
cross-slide to a Myford ML7? I had been searching for one for a while
and recently found one for a sensible price on the homeworkshop.org.uk
pages. I came to fit it this evening, and hit a slight snag - namely

    Lots of good stuff, as usual!   :)
<http://www.internetmodeler.com>
    Or <http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/july/contents.php> if the
above brings up an old issue.

a while back someone posted the heller email for missing
parts. if that was you, may i have it again?tanks....

I'm in a real fix trying to locate a 1:96 scale or larger Flying Cloud.  
Prefer to be plastic for a rush order.  Can anyone help me locate or link  
to any manufacturers/vendors.
Thanks to all for helping.  This was just proposed today.

I have posted some details of a chunky old lathe on
http://uk.geocities.com/iron_museum/mystery
I think it is past saving, and probably dates back to 1900 to 1920.
Tony Griffiths is also stumped. If anyone knows what it is then I would

Kit Review: Dragon Models Limited 1/72 Scale Armor Pro Series Kit No.
7251; Sd. Kfz. 181 Ausf. E Tiger I Mid Production w/Zimmerit; 86 parts
(57 in grey styrene, 24 etched brass, 2 pre-formed brass, 2 tracks in
tan DS plastic, 1 section of twisted steel wire); retail price about US

anyone have them for a revell f89d?
tanks.