Model Forum / General / Models / January 2007

Does anyone manufacture 1/32 Russian or Italian WWII Warbird kits?
Thanks in advance

Gentlemen
I have just bought a '16' insert size Stellram threading toolholder from an
Ebay vendor, with 13 assorted inserts thrown in.
I can identify 11 of them readily, but two puzzle me (and also the bloke who

Airfix makes a 1:72 kit for the British Vosper motor torpedo boat.  
Has anyone built this kit?  I am wondering what would be involved in
changing this from a torpedo boat to a gun boat.  Has anyone tried
it?  Does anyone know of a kit to build a 1:72 motor gun boat?

I received my copy of the above set in the post today and I have started
separating some of the pieces to see how well they fit.
I am unsure about some of the excess resin that surrounds the air intakes.
Do the flat pieces that are under the upper and lower edges of the intake

This guy seams to have solved all the problems with small waste oil
heaters ..
being able to adjust his to burn miniscule amounts ...or a lot ..
saved me a lot of head scratching ..

I`m considering buying a indexable end mill and Arc Euro seem to have
some at good prices.  I`m interested in the R8 1 3/4" but I notice
that the spare inserts have been out of stock for a while and I was
wondering if there is a commercial equivalent which is commom enough

Apologies for the for sale notice.
I've just stuck this up on fleabay in case anyone's interested:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170076383740
Cheers,

I wonder if the more electrically knowledgeable than me can advise me on a
question/problem
The landlord of the yard where my workshop is has realised that he is paying
all the electricity bills, he's not that quick, as I only ever had 2 bills

Those of you with views on the 'part P' electrical regulations may be
interested to hear that there is a petition for it's repeal on the No
10 web site.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Part-P-Review/

...on ABMS, if anyone cares to take a look.

Anyone know who manufactures Lifecolor Acrylic Paints.
I know they are or were made in Italy.
I'm looking specifically for the manufacturer's website address.
I  would appreciate any help.

I've got a dore-westbury mill, and have just acquired a nice 3"
Abwood swivel vice to put on it.
However, the slots in the table aren't conveniently placed for
the vice mounting points. This isn't the first time I've had

Someone was looking for a source of thin spanners the other day.
Rambling around the web I found a source:
http://www.springmasters.com/clips.html
AWEM

I'm getting hold of a 6" 3 jaw chuck soon to use on my crummy Warco 300
lathe, so will need to make up a back plate adapter. I was also
thinking about making it adjustable like this design while I was at it:
http://warhammer.mcc.virginia ...

Does anyone here find the Revell colors really annoying? I am trying
to match up Revell numbers to maybe FS numbers? Trying to get an
equivalent to Revell 314 and 371. These colors are to be mixed 50 50.
Does anybody have an approximate match to maybe an FS color? Any help