Model Forum / General / Models / October 2006

Need boxes for the following:
Aeroclub Fokker D.VI, Bristol Scout D.
Air Lines B-25 and decal.
L.S. Yokosuka Willow floatplane.

Earlier this year the subject was raised of meeting up for a few
beers/tall stories on a evening, based around this show as it was
fairly central UK venue for most on this NG.
SWMBO mentioned this over breakfast the other day and asked if we were

Has anyone come across Midlands Pneumatics Ltd of Wolverhampton -
google draws a blank ? Probably gone out of business - taken over,
fled to China etc. My furnace tilting cylinders (3" bore 12" stroke
double acting 1" rod) needs new rod seals. I'd hoped that they were

www.nenevalley-railwaybooks.co.uk is now believed to be the largest
independant transport book website in the UK with over 10,000 books
listed and many more items still to be listed. The website offers a
secure online shopping basket and most modes of payment, including

Going to Missouri for T'giving & will try theirs out ther,being  in a
different area has excitement,you may discover new models,but,i'm not
holding my breathe,could be the same old sh.t from last year.But I'm
keeping a stiff upper lip!.

I am rebuilding a tilting 'furnace body' ie an induction furnace coil
unit with crucible mounted in it so it tips just over 90 degrees to
pour the molten metal. Tilting is by a pair of double acting pneumatic
cylinders acting in parallel, with the air controlled by a single

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,217073,00.html
The world's gone absolutely mad.
WmB

Just got mine today.  Kudos to Don Stauffer for getting "Old 16" in the
magazine.  Nice profile on Cookie and Super Al's grail is on the last
page.  Wonder if R-M still have the moulds for those?  I'd probably buy
a couple sets if they ever re-released them.

I am contemplating a winter project concentrating on the Harrier in its
various marks and using the excellent decals available from Sky Decals.  
I am interested in obtaining views on the most accurate 1/72 scale kits
of the following  marks.  GR.1, GR.3, GR.5, GR.7, Sea Harrier ...

Although I have about twenty projects large and small that nee
attention I'm starting to think about a biggee. I'd like to make a 5
GWR Castle (or King), but I can't find a kit from the usual supplier
(Reeves, Blackgates, Brunell). There seem to be plenty of designs fo

Does any manufacturer make a 1/48 scale P-47 kit depicting a
P-47D-16-RE razorback?  I have the older Hasegawa 1/48 P-47D (kit
number Jt57 from 1998) which purports to be a P-47D-15 or a -20. I know
there were some differences in the -15 and -20 on the wing pylons but I

I`m just about to complete a small project at home on my Warco VMC
mill and I need to use a slitting saw for the first time.
It will be a 3" saw  1/16th Thickness with 28 TPI made from HSS.
Hoping to pick above up from Warwickshire on Sunday and I will visit

A bit of a long shot, but does anyone have an operator terminal
(keypad) for an Altivar 58 inverter drive gathering dust? To swap for
beer vouchers etc. Or maybe even to borrow for a few days?
RS do list them, but as an 'extended range item' (and they're 30 quid

To complete a Monogram 1/32 F3F-3, I need a set of wings.  From any release
of the
F3F-3 or Gulfhawk kits would do nicely.  I can trade, buy, whatever.  I will
of course

Never been touched-25$ (I will never get around to building it)
weighs about 6 lbs from zip 32311
If interested email me:
castvee8@aol.com