Model Forum / General / Models / January 2007

Gentlemen,
I would like to wish all of you a "Very Merry Christmas" I hope you all get
what you wished for and enjoy what you didn't expect :-))
I hope the "New Year" starts with a bang and is all you want it to be, we

Just some light hearted nonsense, but I know J.S claims to have not seen
the workshop floor for a while ;)
But this week I think I may have a beater!   Anyone do any better?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fdosdesign/temp/big_mess.jpg

I am just starting the Classic Airframes Curtiss BF2C.  The kit has an
empty ring below and behind the engine cowl.  In previous Hawks this
was the location of an oil cooler.  An empty (drag producing) ring
protruding into the airstream makes no sense to me.  Did CA just forget

i put a picture of the other side of the stash closet in the
pic group. i know i'm a lightweight for collection size.
but i do have some fun stuff.

I was looking at the box pics at Hobby Lobby and the underhood detail looked
meager at best - really unimpressive in the pictures considering it's a new
mold benefitting from the current technology and attention to detail.
Anyone with the kit care to give a run down on the good, ...

Anyone interested in helping?
Check this out, I'm going to report on my model building and ask for
your comments about my progression.  If you have any idea's that can
help, please reply here in this Google Newsgroup.  I'll try and take

Watched Patton recently and was curious if the 111 was really used as
shown in the movie, as
strafing convoys, troops, etc..... or was it just that there were no
German fighters, real or replica

I've got a watchmakers lathe that's lived under the bench for the requisite
period and now I want to put it to use.  I have a motor but no belt, but there's
some belting on eBay at
<http://cgi.ebay.co ...

have just purchased from local educational establishment a harrison
jubilee wood lathe - although in very good order indeed there are a
couple of problems
1] the motor is 3 phase ( as are the safety  switches etc)

Is 'our' Andrew Mawson the same as ebay "andrewmawson" ?
Peter
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Peter & Rita Forbes

Anyone know what the allen screw is for in the centre of the shaft that the
blade fits on, and where the large retaining nut is on an old, and I mean
old, Super Brown saw.
Another thought is why do they make so many groaning noises and what can

I need to drill eight 5/64" holes up to 1.5" long in a gunmetal casting
(part of a model kit I was bought for Xmas !). The holes are steam
passages so dimension is not critical, but there is not much scope for
wandering off line, and a broken drill down the hole would be v bad

I propose to use card and some paper for a scale model.
I was wondering about painting the finish.
Some of the decorative touches I thought I might do on
paper and glue on the curved surfaces, and for simple

Has anyone ever used 'Rhino Glue' for plastic modeling?
It is a cyanoacrylate based cement and can be mixed with baking soda to
make a filler.
They also have a fast dry putty.

i resized and reposted. let me know if they fly ok.