Model Forum / General / Models / December 2006

To all members of this newsgroup, all staff at Chester UK wish you all
a very Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!
Regards
Chester UK

I picked up a '67 Dodge Coronet & was wondering on a boss color,I had
one for a few years in the 80s,it was hemi orange,but the previous
owner riveted a landau roof onto it & it looked goofy.I'm talking
about a model here,not another full size car!.

It was announced today that NO slot machine parlour will be built in
Gettysburg, Pa.  Whew!
I know there are some here who might want to know about this.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Kit Review: Armoured Brigade Models 1/35 Scale Update Set No. ABM011;
Early M3 Lee Delux Update Set; 130 parts in grey resin; price US $60.00
Advantages: fixes all of the most egregious faults with the Academy M3
Lee kit; includes both ABM's suspension and turret sets as well as

Greetings all,
I'm on the lookout for a meaty transformer as the basis of a single to 3
phase converter for 3 to 4 HP
This could be an auto transformer 230 in -415 out

Does any company makes this one in 1/48 scale?
Doing a SR-71A Blackbird kit.

I'm up at my Mum's place and have been for the past two weeks. Therefore,
I'm not doing any modelling.
Flippin' 'eck!  It's sheer torture!  Modelling cold turkey is *not* nice.
The withdrawal symptoms are horrific.

To save re inventing the wheel. Has any tried to take digital verniers a
part and use them on plan steel bar to make read outs, if so did it work

OK - we've had an FGA-9 and an F-6, what about a T bird?

Guys I have a Boxford training lathe in my shed going to waste. It has a
four jaw chuck, all the bits and bobs, it workss 9or it did two years
ago when I had it). It is three phase powered and I want it gone coz
it's simply too much lathe for me and my uses.

Andrew,
I have some Mikron charts for you but your email is bouncing, can you
send me an up to date email
AWEM

12/29, 10pm
Dogfights: 08 - Death of the Japanese Navy
"In one of the most amazing yet lopsided naval battles in history, a
mighty Japanese fleet led by the Yamato, the biggest battleship in the

Can someone tell me how the head and gill portion of this fishing lure
is painted? Is the head painted with three seperate stencils?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Muskie-musky-lure-Novak-lures-glide-baits-GR_W0QQ...
thx

An IPMSStockholm.org posting this week indicates that Heller has
addressed its financial problems and is up and running again.  I was
encouraged by reading this news but still had some doubts.
That is until yesterday.  I heard that Heller had released two new 1/72

Hey  all
Had some trouble finding the correct shades, nothing has come close..
HUmbrol/Tamiya paints i have access too, and the new Revell.
cheers