Model Forum / General / Models / February 2007

I have been having a very hard time trying to get excess putty off after
it has dried. I am using it to fill seams.
I have been using the following grit sandpaper:
2000

If I sell a stationary engine on eBAY comlpete with steam plant as a private
sale,  am I liable for the failure of the boiler and consequences?
I thought about simply tossing the safety valve so it can only be brought
back into service by the buyer fitting an new safety valve?

ok how does this sound.....
pt1   Fighters, eg Migs and SUs etc etc
p2 Helos...quite a few im sure you will agree
pt3 er....well vehicles and airbases etc etc

Building a 1/72 DH Mosquito, and want to include under-wing rockets.
Having trouble finding a reliable color reference for these.  Anyone
know of one?  I know it involves a couple of different colors, but
need to know which....

I've just put a late style knuckle head made by CST in Italy for the Astra
L4 range on eBay (item number 120089927597). It also comes with an adapter
plate that allows it to be mounted on Tom Senior horizontal mills. The head
has an almost non-proprietary mounting so could easily ...

Hi, I need to make a dozen items from one original, Only need decent front
and sides of an ammo box 10mm across, no undercuts, so impressing into a
substance or pouring something around it but not over it total, then pouring
in a casting liquid should suffice.

I have the B and the C/D versions.
Anyone know if they covered every variant of the B-17?
Were their kits made of the early versions?
thx - Craig

Thanks a lot Bill,
   I belive that's what I'll go for. I am in the process of making a series
of 1:32 scale P-47's from Revell, and am converting one into an "N". But no
decals are available for this, so it has to be looking at others.

Whats the best way to control this?.I have a ''back room'' in my
apartment,but its only like 12x5,there is a dryer duct line leading
outside,but I need a way to blow it into it,it's on the floor.Thanks.

I'm building Revell's 1/144 E-2C Hawkeye and want to finish it in
French Aeronavale colors.
The instructions indicate Revell's Hellgrau 76 but I can't find a
cross-reference for this color to Humbrol or any other paint line.

I know this one is way off-subject, but I also know how much knowledge
and experience there is out there in this group, so I thought it is
worth asking the question anyway.
I have a small boat in one of the marinas here in Milford Haven, and

Hi im tom im completely new to lathes and this forum......
I have been wanting a lathe for some time now but others things more
important have popped up and nicked my money :)  I am hoping to get a
lathe soon....it will mainly be used for making replacement parts for

Hi I am really really new to knowing airbrush. Doesnt even have an
airbrush yet as I dont know which type to get and how to even use it -
never seen one before except in pictures. I would like to get an
affordable airbrush if possible without a compressor (compressor is

I have this list, in order of use and purchase:
hand tools
vices
power tools - drill and angle grinder

I have a large ST 504 boiler I'm in the process of tidying. Inside the side
plates there's a 1/8" sheet of light-grey/off-white heat insulation. Is this
likely to contain anything I shouldn't be giving house room to?  The stuff
looks like original fitting and the boiler appears ...