Model Forum / General / Models / August 2006

i forgot the retard preloads group replys. my bad.

Kit Review: Dragon Models Limited 1/35 Scale '39-'45 Series Kit
Number 6183; M4A3E8 "Thunderbolt VII"; 633 parts  (431 in grey
styrene, 160 "Magic Link" T66 tracks, 18 clear styrene, 12 steel
springs, 11 etched brass, 6 brass tubes, 1 turned aluminum barrel);

Does anyone use a portable air tank for airbrushing?
I have both a small Badger air compressor in my work room and a CH 4
gal. air comp. in the garage. I don't particularly like the sound of the
Badger loudly humming away while I am doing some intricate painting.

I just started this.... anyone want to contricute?
http://scalemodels.wiki.com/index.php?title=Home&token=1155610998#attachForm
Lance Mertz

I want to get some lights rigged up over my lathe in the workshop.
have a big fluorescent light fitting that I'd like to use. I've rea
that "strobing" could be a problem, but has anybody ever actually had
problem? Is it that dangerous?

I've been away from home for a couple of weeks and I've been unable to get
any modelling in.  Quite honestly, I'm suffering from withdrawal symptoms!!!
Anyway, I'm home now and I'm raring to get started on another model.
As a change from the usual F-4s, F-16s and Spitfires, I've ...

I'm musing on a cnc project and quite like the look of an old Boxford
CNC as a starting point.
Are they so geared towards education that they're not much use for
anything else or are they a fair starting point? If so what sort of

Hi has anybody built a small press brake??? I have a number of small
aluminium components that need bends with a wide variety of bend
radius's that really suit the use of a pressbrake rather than a folder,
if anybody has a design or knows of one I would be very gratefull

A friend of mine has to relocate out of state due to finanical and health
reasons. He asked to to help sell his collections of models.
He has numerous military plane models fully assembled and painted, and he also
has some NASCAR models assembled and fully painted.

the auction description caught my eye.
where were all the three way action figures when I was a kid??  :-)
Craig
http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPERMAN-BATMAN-CORRUPTED-SUPERGIRL-free-shipping_W0QQitemZ1
50022180653QQihZ005QQcategoryZ2480QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

finally got a matchbox privateer for a fair price.
build or sit on?

I am having a little difficulty masking straight lines on the hull of a
ship kit I am working on.  It is a 3 color application and with all the
curves of the hull I can't seem to get everything to look straight.
Anyone have any tips or secrets to share?

I have an old Revell 1/48 P-39, The Cobra II Racer edition.Manufactured in
1962.I just opened it for the first time in it's life.It is amazing how
glossy the plastic finnish is.The decals are inperfect condition except they
are yellowed from age. How do I bleach them out? I have ...

I've only built the old Monogram P-39.
Whats the P-400????
Still waiting for Trumpter to crank it out in 1/18 or 1/32 !
thx - Craig

looks like they ditched the preorder section.
this months had a couple of things though,
the staaken and the pegasus dh2. good prices.
has anyone bought that staaken and what are gegaus kits