Model Forum / General / Models / April 2007

Can you use a horizontal milling machine as a surface grinder?
Anyone got a BCA milling machine? Any good? What collets does it use?
Thanks

Finally sorted out the images and put them in seperate folders
over 800 images in total
Postage is free UK, 2 quid anywhere else.
cost is a fiver, thats £5...just so i can make a few quid for when i go back

Do you have problems in Communicating?
Do you have difficulty in expressing yourself?
Are you uncomfortable in presenting yourself before others?
If Yes,

Just in case anyones planning on going to the Myford open weekend
Friday or Saturday, be aware there are roadworks affecting Junction 25
off the M1.
The slip road onto the A52 that you need to (towards Beeston) take is

Long story short - I ventured out of modeling and painted my iBook laptop
with Krylon Fusion.  So far, good adhesion, great color and finish.  
However, I'm doing some "detail painting" over the Krylon Fusion base, and
really need a clear coat over it.  

Hi, i'm Iris,25 years old. My major in college is fashion design, I
like everything about fashion, especially women's. And i was a
model for my part time job,too. I have been to Germany,Japan and other
places all over the world for modeling. All the high fashion

As a favour for a friend I bought him a genuine Dixon QCTP (Myford
Size) as I picked up up some other things for myself. He is now
moaning that his cheap "patern" holders do not fit well. Apparently
the large 45 deg (?) faces are further apart on the genuine tool post.

Does anyone know how to print on metal?  I'm toying with the ideal of
custom making color photo etch details and I figured it would be
easier if their was a printer that would allow you to feed thin brass
sheets into it and print directly on to it.

I just put the first coat of Alclad II Color A on the underside of my T-33.
I then noticed that I'm almost out of Color A.  I have the "new" Alclad II
colors of Aluminum, Duraluminum, etc.
What Alclad II "old" colors (A, B, C) correspond with the "new" colors

Besides most likely fixing the fist sized rivets the Revell kit has,
what can we expect from Hasa?
I have 5 Revell 1/32 bolts and really don't want to spend $50 or so
for another, unless its really gonna be gods gift in terms of detail

Item 290108359039
Isn't it a tad unusual to have the grinding wheel axis of rotation
perpendicular to the table on a surface grinder? (Unless it is
intended to grind vertical surfaces, that is...)

I have recently finished making a small ride-in landrover for my
grandsons and have a question regarding the electric motor that drives
it. The initial 'road-test' proved excellent but was a little
dissapointing when attempting gentle uphill gradients which caused to

What are todays pricetag on these kits?
AMT/ERTL  No. 8789    Star Wars Millenium Falcon Cutaway (1996)
AMT/ERTL  No. 8782    Star Destroyer w/fiber light   (1995)
AMT/ERTL  No. 6619    Star Trek U.S.S Enterprise  (1987?)

I've been asked if I can make 3 gears (2 30T & a 60T) for a Colchester
Lathe (no model yet specified) but since I don't have a Colchester I
have no way (other than by reference to this group) to determine the
specific chacteristics.

One for the panel - does anyone have any experience of decorative
anodising (as opposed to hard anodising) and can recommend a company
who'd be prepared to deal with a small batch of about 15 different
parts.  The parts are from a racing car, and are mainly 7075-T6 or