Model Forum / General / Models / February 2007

Is a piece of plate glass any use as a surface plate?  It looks to be
about 8mm thick.  I know someone who's getting rid of a fish tank and
realised I could do with something a bit flatter than my workbench
surface but not necessarily the last word in accuracy.

just got the Trumpeter Panther - says to use Insignia white on leading
edges, etc.
How is it different from plain old flat white?
Craig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-y7rSXJKNM
Can Mach3 do one of those?
Regards,
Tony

I've been seeing these lately on ebay, but nobody ever seems to open
up the box.
I'm curious whether these are new tools or recycled ones.  Has anyone
who can tell the difference opened them up for comparisons?

Well...just to let folks whom are following in on the state of progress
with my U-boat build, I'm fiddling around with planning to close up the
hull.  I've finished fitting and painting the upper pressure hull, and
I'm working on installing the forward torpedo tube parts into the ...

All,
I am working with a Flight Path PE conversion set for the Revell 1/32
Tornado.  This is my first venture into PE.
I have been using CA to attach the PE to the plastic.  The cast

...up on ABMS.  Just a couple of quick ones of where I currently stand
with the decking (hole cutting complete).

Not counting the year or so they sat partially built on the shelf, but
finally they are put together.
Now painting them is another issue. That will probably never happen,
but at least I don't have to worry about losing any pieces over time.

I understand it's supposed to be 1/100 scale, but can anyone tell
me the dimensions of it? Just the basic dims would be fine.

I have just managed to load this program which appeared in MEW
recently.
Bought an ancient laptop for the purpose.
Has anyone had a go in their workshop and if so, what are the findings

no one has built the 1/200 b-52? i can't believe it. please
help, anyone, someone....YOU!

Due to problems with my regular guys, like the trivial details of operators
licences, I am on the lookout for someone with a truck no larger than a 7.5
ton fitted with a hiab that can do a round trip from Enfield, North London,
to a private address just past Oxford, then to ...

There was a thread a whle ago that said it was hard to find Babbitt - here's
some, from the US, 4 days to go.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MANGANESE-BABBIT-BAR-SYRACUSE-SMELTING-WORKS-RARE_W0QQ
itemZ250088124241QQihZ015QQcategoryZ413QQcmdZViewItem

I've got an American design for a gantry crane. Very nice design by
all accounts but it's all in US steel specifications. Most are easily
translated but the main RSJ (to use the generic term) is speciifed as
a "6" 12.5 lb/ft beam".  Machinerys Handbook fleshes out the detail

I use x-acto knives in my HS graphics class to cut stencils. Where can
I buy #1 knives by the dozen and #16 blades? I thought Home Depot but
they had a Stanley for $4. I've been searching Ebay w/o luck.
Thanks, Ron