Model Forum / General / Models / January 2007

The shop near me just got a whole bunch of new Airfix 1/24" Spitfires,
ME-109E's, and Mustangs.  They want $50.00 for each one.  I know nothing
about these Airfix kits.  Are they any good as compared with the new
Trumpeters for example?  jim

Yesterday I spent quite some time (unusually) as a passenger on a
motorway journey and my mind wandered to looking at the forest of long
tapered lamp posts wondering how the heck they make them.
So how do you make a steel pipe of perhaps 30 foot length with a 2:1

Hello group I am after some thoughts.
I have a Genlab high temp oven, similar to this shown at
http://www.genlab.co.uk/high_temperature_ovens.htm it was for welding
rods to heat them or dry them prior to use.  It has a temperature

I'm looking for a cross-reference table that matches Gunze Sangyo
Aqueous acrylic colors to Mr. Color enamel colors.  So far, a websearch
has not turned up what I'm looking for.  Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,

Ok...the Type VIIC/41 showed up today...
...and I've got about 90% of the flood holes in the port side hull
opened up on my first Type VII.  Not a bad afternoon's work.  Makes a
big improvement in the look of the kit.

My early model (with oil sight glass) super 7 clutch has started to slip
badly. I have attempted to remove the shaft and examine the clutch. Despite
my efforts and a large hammer I can't get the shaft out of the
clutch/pulleys. I have a manual but its from a later model and I ...

...1/72 Revell Type VIIC/41 and GATO subs are on their way to my house.

Does anyone out there know where to get reasonably priced showcases?
Either plastic or glass & wood or pvc.
I have a series of ten carriers in 1/350th scale that I am building, the
first completed being the Trumpeter Lexington CV-2. As there is a lot of

In this auction that's ending tomorrow, there's a cool book that's not
getting a lot of looks. Could it have been posted better?  Here's the
URL so you can see the listing itself, and the item in question is the
B-24 book by Al Lloyd:

In reponse to the posts on P-61 and P-38 gloss black night fighters.
When WW II started most countries went with a flat black camouflage for
aircraft operating at night. Most realized this was not ideal so the Brits
and Germans switched to light greys from their day schemes for ...

Does anybody know this website for ship model plans?
http://www.bestshipmodels.com
Kind Regards

I want to turn a 3mm x 50mm bolt into a hook bolt, whats the best way of
bending it without weakening the metal, I'm presuming heating it first but
advice would be appreciated.

are 50 years old? damn, i remember everett hale on the news
reels talking about them while some combat footage played.
anyone need newsreels and everett hale explained?

idk much about global warming or anything, but just today
something was announced. At TodaysHotNews.com , it reported : Arctic Ice Shelf
Broke Off Canadian Island - December 30, 2006 - The New York Times: The breaking
of the 41-square-mile shelf of floating ice appeared

Well... Looks like there is a Hobby Lobby in Louisvile, right next to
Jefferson mall. Now I get to see what all the chitter chat is about.
Went in yesterday. Fairly impressive. Found the Trump 1/350 Lex one
unmarked, one marked 99.99 and one marked 69.99. Went home and got the 40% ...