Model Forum / General / Models / March 2007

I have been reading this forum for a while, and registered her
yesterday to post this.
I want to buy a four-jaw chuck for my Myford ML7, and have bee
wondering getting a nice used original Pratt and/or Burnerd of the typ

Does anyone have reliable and verified contact information for Whirlybird?
Thanks
Gondor

I use the J&L cheapie fine pitch ripper cutters, but having got through so
many I have decided to get some decent ones. Being tight, I often see on
eBay the flatted shank or Weldon style cutters, but don't seem to be able to
find a metric holder for these with an R8 taper. I want ...

I have a certain number of rules regarding adding kits to my stash, in a
desperate - and probably futile - attempt to prevent my Main Stash exceeding
100 kits.  So, I have a number of questions...
Conversion kits:  Kits that provide major components such as fuselages. Does

For years, I had a kit of the Revell P-47N and about a year ago decided to
build it.  Then I discovered that somehow or other I had taken out the decal
sheet and now couldn't find it.  I tried Revell but as the kit was out of
production- no dice.  I tried posting on here but no ...

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http://www.qinetiq.com/home/case_studies/defence/plastic_pank.html
plastic_pank is not a typo, that's the correct spelling of the site.

I saw one open box and it had vacuform parts.  Are they all like
this?  I've never worked with vacuform before.
thx - Craig

I was reading (gasp, shriek, horror) instead of building over the weekend,
stumbled on a reference to some German aircraft that tried a clear covering.
I had never heard a word about this before. One of the big problems was
moisture - in a rainy/wet environment the material ...

Hi there my digital Metabo Vernier will not zero it just wildly churns
through the numbers willy nilly. Is this a battery fault or should I be
sending it back on the warranty. It has been well  looked after as it was
special gift from my work colleagues when I was in Hospital after ...

I did this as a new message, 'cause some of these planes would be too
big for 1/32 (though I DO like 1/32).
I like to build more civil aircraft.  Since several mfgs are now doing
some airliner versions of German aircraft, how about more US aircraft

The question is as title : I have heard that titanium is difficult to machine
and I wanted to know what advice anyone here can give me on machining 6AL-4V
(Grade 5) Titanium rod on my Boxford ?  I mean things like cutting speeds /
coolant / feed rates and general aob.

How do the Lister Startomatic generators work? As I understand it,
when you put a load on (by switching on a light or plugging in a
kettle) it detects the fact, and electrically starts the diesel engine
by the 12v or 24v DC battery. This presumably means it must bias the

...what will IPMS think!?!?  I love it!
Page 31, but wouldn't page 3 have been more appropriate...

I have recently aqquired some gears which came with some Myford items
but are not Myford. they are 35,38,40, 45, 50, 55, 60 & 64 T. They are
all with the 5/8 bore and have a 1/8 keyway like the Myford items but
also have a 1/8 hole for a drive pin. They are  .345" wide where as