Model Forum / General / Models / October 2006

Hi all,  I have a chester super 3 in 1 lathe, I`m having a problem with
oil leaking from the head stock where the spindle comes out of it. (
front and back). I contacted chester today and was told to pack it with
cardboard !!!  the chap said it was`nt worth an engineers time to come

I'm pondering the question of whether I need a bigger welder. I
currently have a Cytringan "Bantam" 180 A oil-cooled machine. It's
almost identical to the more common Pickhill and Oxford "Bantam" sets.
Perhaps users of these British oil-cooled machines could give me their

Am finishing a Tamiya T-55A and splurged for Friuel tracks. They look great
& work better, but I'd like to ask the armor types out there how they paint
their tracks and get some good advice :-)
How about it? Any gems of wisdom?

Anybody got a picture of a P-47 Thunderbolt in a non standard or
bizzare paint scheme?  If so, send me a picture.  I have one on the
bench that is ready for paint and I'd like to do something different.
Thanks.

2 and a half weeks, 3100 miles....no crashes
hope everyone is ok, loads of pics
www.julianhales.co.uk
bye

Hey--this is fun.
I listed the original old Revell kits as a lot of three.
http://tinyurl.com/juva5

The saga with my Holbrook C10 continues and I'm beginning to accept that
it must be the motor. It's a 3 speed motor rated at 2HP but is a monster
and is buried inside the machine. The rating plate says it's a British
Thomson-Houston (BTH) KVZ4120. It has an 8 hole flange that ...

I have a good friend in Europe that is looking for a *good* source for
military
figurines.  He is currently reading Shelby Foote's American Civil War
trilogy and I believe he would like to scale model some ACW figures.

I have been spending a lot of money lately on brushes, as I've just
started doing model ships.
I've been using paint thinner purchased at a local hardware store to
get paint off the brushes to reuse them when i need to use a different

I've been chasing a very elusive leak on the coolant plumbing for my
induction furnace, desperate to find it before I added the antifreeze
when it will only get worse. Very simple bit of 1" bsp pipework in
stainless. An elbow, a reducing bush, a brass non return valve and an

I'm finally selling it-- a sad day.
http://tinyurl.com/oqm4j
Paypal only.  Lower 48 only.

I'm thinking of doing a Matchbox Privateer with B-24 wings &
engines. I have the old Airfix & Revell B-24s in my stash, & of the
two, the Airfix kit's panel lines & detail would be more along the
lines of the Matchbox kits. Does anyone have the Academy kit &

I want to lost wax cast some small statuary in cast iron - this same
item I have previously cast in bronze using the following investment
casting plaster (which I still have a 50 lb bag of):
http://www.srs-ltd.co.uk/products_services/eurovest.html

While browsing I hit upon
http://www.extazaweb.sk/nascarpapermodels/index.htm
I checked the FAQ
But nothing about the paper weight or glue or what tools  to bend

    I have the Eagle's Talon 1/48 vac-u-form Kawasaki Ki-10 to the painting
stage. This afternoon I open the latest SAMI and guess what Fine Molds
next 1/48 scale release is going to be???
    It never fails, it's a *#&%^ curse, I tell you!