Model Forum / General / Models / January 2007

Can anyone identify this, or tell me anything about it please? How might it
compare with an X3?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320075322834&fromMakeTr
ack=true

I am wanting to do a hanging display of a C-47 with a stick of airborne
jumping.  My problem is....where to find or how to make parachute
canopies.  I've thought of trying to make a mold form then use a heat
gun to shape bits of plastic grocery bag but I don't know the right

Looking for M4 nickel plated brass washers.
Seem to be out of stock or discontinued on RS site.
RS Stock no. 483-0653    No Stock
RS Stock no. 526-524 Discontinued

I wonder if anyone has any ideas about dismantling the drive shaft on
an old saw bench.  It is obviously quite old, as I bought it about 30
years ago and it is a flat belt drive.  On the frame it says  Acrow
Walden  (as in Acrowprop ?)

I'm building the Model USA L-19/O-1 Bird-Dog but I want it to look like
the one's I used to ride when I was in the national Guard - OD with US
Army , not US Air Force.
Where would I get this decal?

I'm thinking about building the Fowler Superba ploughing engine by John
Hainings.  Does anybody have the relevent Model Engineer magazines that
have the series on building this engine that they could copy for me?
I believe that he also designed a suitable balance plough to go with

Ends today, Saturday, January 27; still some good buys to be had:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZskyway777QQhtZ-1
MINT Airfix BAC TSR-2 TSR2 1/72
Collectible K&B Albatros C.III 1/48

anyone have pictures or descriptions of these ac's colors
pre and wartime?i got the academy kit and wonder what the
options are.

Contest organizers are increasingly putting contest info and entry
forms on line.  This is great, as it allows competitors to fill out
entry forms before hand, instead of doing it in line at registration.
Since most contests have seperate sheets for each model, this can be

Came into this show at the end,but,this stuff was great! they were
interviewing a WW2 hellcat pilot on his manuvers & such,the computer
graphics didnt look like one of thos stupid video games that are  all
the rage.This show is available in dvd,I'm not an avid fan of

Is there a tool that you have started using that you now find essential?
A few months ago I bought a scriber. I've had ordinary metal-working
scribers before, but this one is produced by Bare-Metal and is specifically
designed for scribing panel lines.

Gentlemen (and Ladies of course)
I have a male threaded component with what seems to be a 3/16" x 28tpi
thread using my UNF pitch gauge and digital caliper.
When I originally tried the identication, I only had the female part and

Kit Review: Tristar Limited Edition 1/35 Scale Kit No. 35028: German
Panzer I Ausf. A Early/Late Model; 574 parts (520 in tan styrene, 48
etched brass, 6 clear styrene); retail price about US$50
Advantages: reworked and more complete kit, all parts now provided by

I have some fire bricks, free to a good home. They came out of strorag
heaters and would make good brazing hearths.
4@9x61/2x3" thick
4@81/4x75/8x2" thick, Dave, Whitley Bay-North East U

I have been asked to check out a couple of large TIG welders and I need
to install a new bigger capacity circuit than I have at the moment!
Unfortunately the MCBs in my three phase distribution box are physically
different from those easily available from many sources.I can get ...