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Hi chaps,
I have a toy aeroplane engine (YS110) that's very prone to backfiring and then
spitting the propellor.  I want to use it with a spinner and the problem is the
spinner adaptors I have do not fit the prop nut very well and so the lock is not

Anybody building or going to build the new 1/16" scale Sopwith Camel that
Model Expo has released?  Comments?  jim

My Great Models order won't be shipped for a few more weeks, have not
bought any kind of musical gizmo in over a month.  Startin' to get the
shakes....
Craig

For the  kit Hasegawa 1/72 H -16 , I need good drawings or photos of
interiors (radio compartement , gun operator bottom  and inside back zone
plane etc.) Where may I found these item on web?.
Best regard

I know most in this newsgroup wax lyrical about these lathes.
However, for absolute precision engineering (down to, say, .025mm
tolerances) are they really better than any modern lathe?
Not trolling by any means, but I'm currently looking for milling machine

Hi, all !
Couldn't resist this one due to the catapult. Spooky enough this kit comes
without the instructions for the catapult ?! Has anyone here built it before
me ? If so, would anyone be so kind as to scan the instructions and send

The 2-pin 115V power connector plug on my Heidenhain Dro is u/s.
It was cracked and broken when I got it, and the recent machine moves
have finally cracked it and lost one of the pins.
Anyone have a spare one lying about I can exchange for beer tokens? Or

Does anyone have a 1/32 P47 Thunderboldt kit with the bubble canopy for
sale? Am interested in purchasing it Walt O

Being newly retired I have been cleaning my basement and have come
upon a number of built and  half built models from as far back as the
1960's.  Does anyone have suggestions about how old paint can be
stripped from these?

There was one in Cuyahoga Falls, but it apparently closed.  Any
recommendations?

Does anyone know if the standard ML7 quadrant is the same as the one
in the metric conversion set for the quick change gearbox? I can't
afford the full metric set, so looking at getting just the gears I
need.

Ha anyone built either of the Trumpeter Wellington kits?  Any opinions
on them?

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