Model Forum / General / Models / November 2006

This is not at all in my field or scale, but has anyone seen the Tamiya
IJN Yamato sectional kits?
They look to be about 1/700 (I forgot to check) and they come as seven
(IIRC) seperate kits, each a vertical cross section of one part of the

Probably a hopeless task without specialist welding services and as yet I
haven't even got the thing to bits to see where the crack is. However if
it's accessible and the whole thing doesn't look paper thin can anyone on
here, preferably not a million miles from Slough, have a crack ...

Does anyone know of an online table of minimum bend radiuses for eg silver steel
rod ?  I need to put some tightish bends in some 2mm ss and just wondered how
tight I should go ?
Thanks,

Dear all, I am thinning out my collection in preparation for a
move. Below is a list of kits, detail sets, decals, and baooks. For
those kind people who can help take off some kits, I will throw in
decals/sets/books for free. Please contact me at

i see many pictures of 60-70's tanks with what look like big
searchlights on the main tubes. both rooshan and allied.
are those lights or sighting systems? don't see them today,
so i'm guessing they're for aiming.

All this talk of gears has made me want to learn about how to make them.
I found some reasonable references for the theory and terminology
(http://www.epi-eng.com/GBX-GearDesign.htm and
http://www.salemcompany.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi (click through to

Is free to good home on a simple frame with a car alternator.
Was a runner but would bet the carg needs cleaning by now.
May even keep someones lawnmower going.
Blackburn area if no takers by Monday evening will scrap.

There is a fabled way of checking and setting the headstock alignment
of a lathe to the ways which was discussed years ago on various groups
that became known as 'Rollies Dads Method'. I can find references to
the phrase but not a description of the method - does anyone have a

I almost got rid of all my stuff.  But I still have a bunch of basic
modelling tools left, because I just can't bear to part with them.  And
so it happens that a retiring AF pal of mine knows a guy.  This guy is
also retiring.  He's a big Wild Weasel fan, so my buddy wants to

Hi Troops:
    My ISP has become steadily less and less satisfactory in recent months.
First, I have dial-up and they do not have anything faster available in
my area. Nest, the e-mail server has been down about two days a week for

A local college has offered me a G200 for a very good price (cheap)
would like to use it for surface grinding small parts, anyone had an
experience with these machines, are they suitable for surface grindin
?  Davi

Other countries had insignia on all four wing surfaces, why did the USA
do otherwise?
Craig

I've been tempted to get one if the price is right, and now it's at least
better ($34).  I'm a big bent-wing fan, but I already have three Revell
kits, and a cockpit PE set for one of them.  I've had the Trumpeter box
open, and there seems to be quite a bit in there for detail ...

A big part of me wants to get the new 1/72 Gato, but there's this
practical consideration that's bugging me - so let me ask those of you
who have purchased and are building your Gato:
Where are you going to display that monster?

I'm still messing around slowly putting my Marlow miller back together.
On advice from Pat Martindale I took the damaged back gear along to my
local precision engineers shop to see what they could do. Answer
nothing - joy! Here's the problem: