Model Forum / General / Models / March 2007

All -
This seems to be the most popular pages on my site.  I could not find
these models anywhere.  Would you like to donate a picture of your
model?  I'll publish it with your name.  Include some info about the

The clearout continues... posted 10 more kits from my disposal list,
this time all from Airfix and MPC.  Some unusual ones like the Stuka
with "customizing" decals and chrome parts, and the Airfix Grumman
Duck and Commonwealth Boomerang.  All auctions end Sunday 1 April. You

After i checked out all of the commercial kits for CNC i decided to make my
own (couldn´t find much that would cost me less then 1500 euro).
Do you know any sites that has drawings of the machines, or photos for
inspiration ?

I´m looking for a cheap CNC machine.
I´m mostly into bying a complete kit i just need to screw together if thats
a possebility.
I´ve looked at the Proxxon MF 70 with an add on, so it becomes a CNC

I have a painted (used) Tamiya model that looks like a plastic toy and
I'd like to redetail..  I'd like to remove the decals and reuse them
(Russian patriotic slogans on a 1/25 SU100).  The thought that comes
to mind is just soak it in a bucket of water until the decals float

I have an old Atlas lathe well past its prime if it ever had one,
which came on the original cast iron stand. Having put the lathe away
as a "future project" the stand is just in the way, being a kind soul
I thought I might post here to see if anyone wanted to pick it up

anyone know of a date?  I want the 1969-70 version, the first bike,
not the "F" that everyone else seems to have out now....
not that I can afford to buy it, though.
wuz just 12 at the time and I was just discovering machines (and other

...I'm stunned.

I haven't bought a new model steam engine in a while - I've been
concentrating on F-4s and Spitfires!
But this will be my next purchase. The new Hornby rebuilt Royal Scot. A
thing of joy and wonder.

I starting to build a heat exchanger and need some copper pipe - I'm
having trouble sourcing it though and though I would ask.
I need about a meter of 2" and a meter of 1.5" copper pipe and a few
fittings. Metric equivalents would be fine :)

Gentlemen,
Could somebody point me to where I could buy graphite rod please10mm or 20mm
dia about a foot long.
Martin P

Well, I collected my new machine without any problem.  The tail lift
was a fantastic idea, which made life very easy.
Unfortunately I made the mistake of hiring an LDV van, which seemed to
be powered with an old lawn mower engine -driving through a 200:1

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Needs a tiny wiring repair but other than that it's fine. Lot's of

Dunno if this'll be good for an argument or not, but here goes:
My drill press is a Northern Tools 16mm capacity / 16 speed job -
similar to the Sealy/Clarke type, I think. Half-way between bench-top
and floor standing. I got it cheep from an auction cos the cut-out

I have seen many versions of the British Roundel in photographs and on
models, and their seems to be a lot of variation in the proportions of the
rings.  Is there a reference somewhere that shows specifications for the
various types and the periods during which they were used?  ...