Model Forum / General / Models / August 2006

Sorry, this is a bit longish…
My Bridgy has a rattly head. Its not a Vari-speed, just the common or
garden variety J-head with a 2-speeder on it.
I finally got some time to myself this afternoon, and wired up the

I am not a complete newbie but more of an occasional model builder. I
own an iwata eclipse airbrush which I use only with Tamiya acrylics for
easy clean up.
I use krylon in a can as a primer and recently heard that better

I've got to do the final tightening of some cylinder heads tomorrow.
I've been using a torque multiplier but for some of the bolts there's
no good way to secure the reaction arm & it's been getting damaged.
(it's the type designed for waggon wheel nuts which uses a second

I'm looking for an on-line source that sells 1/48 resin jet intakes for
planes like the A-7 and F-16. I've heard of "Seamless Suckers", but
have not been able to locate an on-line source.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Can one use a 3 phase motor as a 3 phase generator?
A rotary phase converter gets a normal 3 phase motor spinning using
essentially 2 phases by using an artificially generated second phase
via a capacitor, and the motor generates the third phase.

what british seaplane looks like a walrus except for being a
puller, not a pusher? supermarine didn't make it, did they?
the fuselage looks identical, well in the 20 second scene i
saw it did.

Greetings all.
I need your help, I know there must be a good update/detail set for the
Iteliari F-22 in 1:48 scale, please let me know where I can get one?
thanks

Does anyone know why these kits have parts to install a 4 bladed prop? I
thought only the P-63 had the 4 bladed prop.
Steve

Tonight I was reviewing some old Blue Angels photos, and came upon the
F-11 Tiger.   It served the Blues for quite a while, and that got me
thinking:  why hasn't the Tiger taken off (pun intended) with modelers
like the Phantom or Crusader?  Seems like it's the forgotten USN

I have an old 12 volt generator driven by a JAP engine. Connection between
motor and generator is like two cups outside diametre 55 mm, distance between
them 8 mm, connected with a spring innside. Outside it was a hose or sheet of
canvas covered with rubber fastend with hose ...

I pre-ordered one last week after I saw the little ad in FSM.  Also
bought the 1/144 version to use as a trial build before I tackle the
big one.  Any comments or suggestions on the smaller kit would be
appreciated.  Once I start I'll put photos up on my website.

We are rebuilding some chargers for a customer, where the mains trannies are too
low on voltage, so they will be scrapped.
They are going to be rebuilt as 3-phase and we have no immediate use for a big
240V 110V output transformer, so if anyone has a need for about 11kVA at 110V on

Hi l have just bought a 9x20 lathe which as had the motor taken of and the
wires
disconnected and the mains lead taken of also the wiring diagram had been
lost

I can't find the color BURNT IRON at any of my local hobby shops and
they've never heard of it. The kit I'm putting together calls for it
when detailing the headers of a car.  I'm going to have to make it, but
what does it look like--roughly?

Has anyone gotten their hands on this?  How does it compare to Eduard's
model?