Model Forum / General / Models / September 2006

Hey all!
Got into a discussion with a firedn recently about Airfix models.
He claims that airfix is such a low quality that they ought to
just quit and get out of the business.  I countered that although

I ready to paint my Ki-43 in 1/72 scale.But the Nakajima paint is very
diiffecult in Humbrol .Maybe someone of You can help me.H.149 seems to be to
bluish.Correct.It seems to be more greenish.I looked at J-com etc. but most
paints the most modellers used are Gunze or others.

Hi gang,
    Well, it looks like the 1/35 scale model of the 80cm
  Krupp railroad gun is on track. Now, I know everybody will
  want at least one of these kits, so you can find the info

I felt sure Rotagrip had a website, maybe I was mixing them up with
RDG.  Does anyone know for sure as google fails to turn up anything.
I accidentally found this though!
<http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co ...

I've just got my first milling machine up and running.  It's a
Dore-Westbury which I've been restoring/improving for the last 3 or 4
years.
The TIR on the spindle, measured using a DTI either on the external

For a real-time signal monitoring and logging application, I am loking
a small, low power and light weight microcontroller board. This board
will be carried on a remotely piloted model airplane. As the airplane
flies it will collect data from various sensors and save them to a SD

This little press followed me home from the auction today ..
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fangorn/pics/dscn4094.jpg
I hadn't seen anything like it before, but it seems to combine
the action of a flypress (the flywheels can make about 3/4 of a turn)

Looking for a set of decals for the 1/72 Monogram B-52. If you have a
set for sale or trade, please drop me an email.
Thank you,
Jeff

Gentlemen,
Hopefully somebody can help, I'm trying to identify an engine for a friend.
It is a four stroke horizontal open crank IC engine. Twin fly wheels, spark
ignition and petrol powered. The cylinder is water cooled from a tank.

Heads up gents:  CAM Decal 48-005.
Very bad error!
Decal sheet 48-005: VF-74, has Ltjg John Koch as pilot and Lt Chuck Heatly
as RIO. They should be reversed. I was the Ordnance Officer in VF-74 at the

Your views please.
I ordered some special components from an engineering company in East
Anglia.  Very efficiently they produced the goods and sent them via
Initial City Link.

I thought £30 for a 5/8" ID ball race was expensive until I read the
earlier thread - but it seems a lot to me for a tiddler (its an entire
weeks beer money !).
Its a 5/8" ID, 1 9/16" OD ball race in the gearbox of my Meddings. Its

I need to purchase a new air compressor for my air brush.
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks,
Dick...

I  am starting the Lex (the old Lex, Trumpetter's 350 scale version).
While it is a very nice kit, the color info is a bit sparse.  They
cover hull, deck etc., but that is about all.  I am searching for
detail colors.  All of the pics I can find of the Lex are either B&W,

I just recently started giving modeling a shot.  I've always had an
interest in ships and had always wanted to start building one so today
I finally bought one: the Revell USS United States.  Which can be seen
here: http://tinyurl.com/nac28