Model Forum / General / Models / November 2006

Thinking of buying a bench grinder, nothing fancy, and one of these:
http://www.screwfix.com/sfd/i/cat/25/p1401925_x.jpg
Would I be wasting my money (the clamp is about £8.50...). I'm looking
to sharpen HSS bits with the occasional cobalt one...?

does anyone knows what is the colour of F-4 ICE/ MiG-29 radome/nose. It
looks like sand or something like that.

Hey, all.
I find I'm curious about this sub model. I haven't done a real model in
a long time, and am considering grabbing this kit.
I went looking for photos of a completed one on Revell's site, and

Can anyone tell me what model (variant) of the C-130 is depicted by the
1/48 Italeri kit.  It's NOT the gunship and it's NOT the J model. From
what I can see in a photo, the color scheme depicted on the top shows
white over natural metal. Thanks.

Anyone going from Warrington to somewhere in the south/ south
east/east  in the near future? (Warrington to Suffolk or London would
be the ideal)
I have a small load in need of some car boot space.

I want to buy some more toolholders for the Dickson QC toolpost which came
with my Boxford 5" AUD, the body of the toolpost is 73mm square, 56.5mm high
and is marked 'S0/M  NB'
The only information I have found so far (on the Tony Griffiths site) only

Kit Review: cyber-hobby.com 1/35 Scale Kit No. 12 (Dragon Models
Limited 1/35 scale '39-'45 Series Kit No. 6350); Tiger I Early
Production "Michael Wittmann";   1,053 parts (625 parts in grey
stryene, 188 etched brass, 216 "Magic Track" links, 1 turned

a friend of mine says he used to have some drawings for a simple gaug
one loco with an oscillating cylinder laid horizontally between th
frames. now he has a lathe he cant find the drawings or even remembe
what it was called.

Greetings, gentlemen.
I am in the process of retiring and setting up a workshop. I have a
little theoretical knowledge of model engineering gained from reading,
but my practical experience occurred forty years ago! I would really

There is a picture on the binary page and I will add a post there
showing another project using this method.
Using an acrylic emulsion to transfer an image has been discussed here
before. The first poster said to use an acrylic varnish found in art

One of the million and three projects I have on the go is to convert the
old ML7 over to 3 phase using one of those new fangled inverter things.
I picked up a 3 phase 1/3 horse motor off Peter Neill at the weekend
(thanks Peter!) and have been having a look at the windings on it, ...

How many of you here are old enough to remember Barney Baxter?
http://www.toonopedia.com/b_baxter.htm
Barney was a favorite of mine when I was a kid and in the Sunday funny
pages Frank Miller always included an airplane that wasn't a

I am working with an engineer in the USA who has problems cooling a large diesel
(9 cylinders 24" bore 29" stroke) and we have now got down to checking the 'new'
radiators.
I have done some figures but I'd like my maths checking:

In the current auction, which I'd already posted here, we have an item
that's very unusual, and I don't know quite how to portray it. It's a
whole bunch of ship model fittings in brass, wood, etc. I'd imagine that
if each item were sold separately, it would cost a fortune. But as ...

I'm trying to finish a Bradley for a friend whose son spent a year in Iraq
driving a Bradley, and just left Monday for a tour in Afghanistan.  I've
got a set of metal tracks, but can't find any documentation on what colors
to use for a scale finish.  Suggestions please!