Model Forum / General / Models / October 2006

I'm doing a multi-engine plane with Pratt & Whitney R-1830 engines.
I believe the Model Master "Engine Gray" 36076 is a pretty good
match for the crankcase.  Can anyone suggest a color match for the
cylinder heads? TIA

one of the things I've been making recently is a 20mm steel axle, 124mm
long.
in the interest of making it lighter, I drill it down the middle; ideally,
I'd have tapered holes, 3 degrees (roughly) on one side and 10 degrees on

I know nothing about these .
Someone wants me to build them a wind generator
He says his mates built one with air bearings .
He dint know how ..but it has them etc....he says.

Yes, I know I said that I wasn't going to buy any more kits...
But, I'm looking for a bit of a challenge that I can build in slow time in
parallel with my normal builds. When I build jets, they are in 1/72, so I'm
thinking of something in 1/48. My abiding memory of working on ...

Does anybody marke an ER40 lathe collet chuck?
I know that Arc Eurotrade do an ER32 version here:
http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/en-gb/dept_195.html
But an ER40 would b e better

Suggestions for a good kit of a 109E/F in 1:32 scale?  Also who makes a good
instuction book for such a kit?  jim

Anyone have a Miss America racing Mustang kit or decal sheet they'd
wanna part with?
Thanks in advance,
Gene DiGennaro

The Red Chinese have MiG-21 copies called F-7s.  Do they have a
'Fishbed' codename?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Something to lighten the heart.
Posted on rec.crafts.metalworking by Ignoramus2943
http://aistigave.hit.bg/Logistics/
Welcome to the real world!

I'm in the process of getting my original ML7 ready to sell, since the old man
left me his long bed 7b.
Being a conscientious sort, I'm giving it a clean up and overhaul before
passing it on to anyone else.

car body for rat rod. bucket t, model a, other old ford or
whatever partial kit  body you have. other ok if hot
roddable.

Seems like the former king of model design and production, Tamiya, has
really been left in the dust by upstarts like DML and AFV, and probably
Trumpeter. Yes, Tamiya kits still fit the best and have the best
engineering, but at what cost?

Encylopaedia of Military Models by Thomas A Young, Huynh-Dinh Khuong,
Claude Boileau, original owners inscription,otherwise a good copy.Large
format 204 pages.
THE book on model kits for the enthusiast. Covers it's subject in huge

I have two 2" discs of 1/2" aluminium which need to slide (roundwise) against
each other in a high vibration environment.  I also need them to be electrically
insulated from each other and I thought the ideal thing to accomplish both these
goals would be to coat the touching ...

Has anyone here had real experience of converting star-wound motors to
star/delta?
I'm swapping my CVA lathe to inverter drive. I thought I had the job
cracked, I had a spare motor of the same power and nominal frame size