Model Forum / General / Models / December 2006

Guys, I'm going to keep throwing this at you. I guess whether you like
it or not. I have some posts on the binary page of some success I have
had with the DecalPro black to white decal process.
Stewart

20% off on models, etc thru December....
Craig

Why are there Kates, Vals, Sallys and Bettys, but also Nates, Rufes,
Oscars, etc?  Females for bombers, male for fighters?  I suppose that
would make sense, a female creating more hell and havoc all at once in one
spot instead of a little here, a little there  ; )  As an aside, what ...

I have a Mitutoyo verical comparator ("Digimatic") with a stand I need
to get rid of due to pressure from my other half. In a previous life it
was used for gauge calibration and I'm very unhappy about putting it in
the bin. It's about 25mm range.

Looks as though an idea I had failed miserably today.
I had some thick wire, a bit like piano wire 3mm dia from radio aerial
whips as used on taxis., some form of stainless, quite flexable does not
bend easily and resists corrosion.

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At THS, our inventory mainly consist of 1:18 scale (L-10 inches x H-4

Sur ce nouveau site: http://www.espacetrevisse.com      vous allez
découvrir l'univers de Trévisse de façon plus complète mais
également d'autres artistes: Solange Bertrand, Andres.
Avis aux créateurs( plasticiens, sculpteurs...) de présenter leurs

How feasible would it be to do my own zinc plating?
I'm fed up carting around 40 odd mild steel plates 1000x80x6mm and then
waiting 3 days only to then have to pay £2 per length.
Bob

Just got the 1/28 Revell Spad and the side panel box art shows  a prop
with fairly decent wood grain
detail....
anyone found a way to make plastic props look like wood?  Now there

Did this ever happen to you?
Suddenly being able to easily do something that had always been a chore
until a minute ago?
I had a revelation last afternoon. I had decided that I'd go ahead and

Is it just me or does anybody else think the latest MEW is a rip-off?
As an enclosure with a mag maybe but to pay for what is basically just
an advert.....
Bah humbug say I

The title says it all really, the only slight hiccup is that I am in
perth (not perth scotland) so postage might be a touch expensive, but
thats a minor detail if anyone has one for sale ...
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Subject says it all.
Thanks,
Eddie
Arlington, TX

At long last, here's an arbor I made for cutting gears on my Mikron.
It's just a length of silver steel the same dia as the bore of the
gears I was making. In this case I have a collet of the same diameter
so it was easy.

When switching from metric to imperial, all that happens is the decimal
point moves over 1. Movement of a slide is still metric? To clarify... move
handle on table so dial moves between divisions, .020 mm I think. DRO gives
the same in metric, but 0.20 in imperial?