Model Forum / General / Models / April 2007

If I wanted something CNC milled by a company what is the generally accepted
file type?
Normally they ask for DXF but everytime I've opened a DXF file it's always
been of a drawing/2D design....

its odd, less than a month ago i and a bud hung out with the Blue Angels in
El Centro,Ca.
I spent a little time with many of the team members, and remember Keven, as
he gave me all the time in the world to chat with him, answer questions, and

Anybody currently building a Pocher kit?  If so comments on it ie
satisfied/not satisfied and why?  jim

OK Guys,
Before I start could  I just say that I still have not yet received th
highly recommended amateur lathe books from Amazon, therefore I am stil
in the dark to a certain extent. So please, once again, forgive m

I recall a range of clip together kits which included a motor and
batter holder. These were in the UK in the mid 70's
There was a P51 Mustang (non-bubble cockpit variant) . The Plastic was
in two shades of brown and the kit spun the prop and possibly powered

Well, I've finally completed it!  An Airfix 1/48 Seafire FR47, completed in
the classic scheme of an 800NAS aircraft with Korean War recognition
stripes.  Is there any other scheme that anyone would reasonably consider
for this aircraft?  ;-)

Kit Review: AFV Club 1/35 Scale Kit No. AF35133; BIG FOOT Track for
M2A2, M3A3, AAV7A1, MLRS Late, CV90 (Workable); 360 parts (180 in
black styrene, 180 in brown styrene); price about $15-18
Advantages: nice set permits fixing errors in kits or upgrading other

Since last night I've gotten a lot of duplicate emails from eBay &
keep getting them. They're from eBay alright, they're confirmations,
invoices, favorite searches & the like. Nearly 150 since last night.
Anybody else getting repeat emails? I don't think it's my ISP since

I have recently got back into jet modelling after a long spell
covering World War Two subjects and was wondering if you could help me
with that age old chestnut colours! I have recently purchased the
Revell 1/72 Eurofighter Typhoon 2-seater, a nice little kit, which I

Kit Review: DML 1/72 scale Armor Pro Kit No. 7285; Challenger 2 w/
Dozer Blade; 148 parts (136 parts in grey styrene, 10 etched brass, 2
DS plastic track runs); retail price US $13.98
Advantages: improved version of original kit; nicely done blade adds

The recent discussion of HSS versus replaceable tip TC tools has
reminded me that it is long past time I got myself a decent T&C grinder.
Some time ago, I was quite tempted by the thought of building a Quorn,
even bought the book and studied it. However, I now feel life is perhaps ...

A while back I got rid of my trusty BOC Transmig because of space (it
was the size of a small chest freezer) and recently picked up one of
the above.
It's frankly nowhere as nice to use as the Transmig but does fit under

Hopefully looking to buy my first lathe in a few months and I`ve
looked at both imported and SH Myfords.
Most of the imported lathes seem to have the slowest speed at around
100 rpm and I was wondering if this is a bit too fast for manual

I have just bought an old watchmakers lathe and while cleaning off al
the many years of crap, i noticed the head stock has snapped at th
clamp area for the bed. This looks like a very old break. I wa
wondering if i could silver solder the join back to an acceptabl

My name is Han Krol and living in Holland.I wanna try too make my own
decals.To draw these I will use GIMP.Have no EXPIERENCE with it.But i'm
looking for a site who's ganna have these NATO aircraft stenceling
like:Fueling,No Step,Jacking Point etc.etc. stencils.Also need the type ...