Model Forum / General / Models / March 2007

for me the following:
AT-6 Texan,
P-39 Airacorbra
A-26B Invader

or other interesting stuff that I need to visit while I'm there? My big
trip away has FINALLY come to fruition (old timers may recall that I
mentioned it a couple of years ago), and I've got 7 days in Vancouver and
on Vancouver Island, from the 30 March.

I have to make a holder for a prototype piece of kit, my choice of
material is a plastic as it needs to be RF transparent. I need to be
able to turn, mill, bore & thread it without great difficulty. The
material properties needs good UV resistance as the item will be used

this 5 year old eMac is on its deathbed.....
your bookmarks have at least got my modeling world back online. just
doing it around 90% slower than before, which, with dial up, is a
close second to geologic time.

Trumpeter's 1/48 Wyvern. Having finished my Academy F16 (and never again
will I build one), I looked to my small but perfectly formed stash for
something nice to build. Now, a couple of weeks back I picked up the Trump
Wyvern in 1/72 and 1/48, so, being a bit of an FAA nut I ...

Having sprayed my modified part with Halfords acrylic car grey primer to see
what imperfections I still have, I now need, 5 days on,  to get the darn
stuff off again to apply more filler, and super-glue an e-brass item to the
structure. Scraping away with a curved 10 blade in a ...

hi all i new here but i would like to know how one can vacuum mould
models from taking mould of models to remake them for one's self. i am
good mould make and would like to try make some vacuum models.can you
help.

I got one of these a month or so ago. The turret itself is undrilled
at the moment, so i still need to do this. What's stumped me is set-
up, is there an easy method of setting it up so it is central in the
spindle each time I want to use it, I can't see any obvious way of

Subject line says it all.  I have the old kit #B9 but inside it has
P-40N Warhawk instructions.  I know they're basically the same kit but
would like an actual copy of this kit's instructions if possible for
decal placement.  Will pay any copy/postage costs.

I'm in the process of building an Aurora HH-3 Jolly Green Giant. I'm trying
to make amends for the botched job I did as a kid (I overglued the rotors
and screwed up the hoist. Have the orginal square box, very cool.
The kit has a shield of some sort that fits in front of the ...

Other than coating the sinker in paint, would there be anything nasty?

I'm in the need of a 1hp 4 pole three phase flange mount motor.
I see that a fair number of people do foot mount motors for reasonable
(skinflint tight) prices, but flange mount is a bit less common. Does anyone
know of a cheap source of same or can I hang a foot mount motor from ...

Couldn't resist it.  Italeri Kit No. 6425  5 cm Pak 38.   Box
illustration at
http://cgi.ebay.com/Italeri-6425-1-35-5cm-Pak-38-With-Servants_W0QQitemZ15009037
4619QQcategoryZ2589QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
Finished it in two days.  Will like to pose it in towing position

I'm planning on assembling a Zvezda Pz.IB in the near future.  I don't
particularly want to use the rubber band tracks supplied with the kit,
but I don't have enough familiarity with the aftermarket suppliers to
judge which would be the best replacement.  This is as complete a list

I picked up a nearly new Grip-Tru chuck for my Myford at an auction
sale a while back. Between the time I looked it over, and the time I
bought it, it got separated from its outside jaws.
 Longshot odds, but does anyone have an orphaned set around?