Model Forum / General / Models / April 2007

I would like the web sites of any kit dealers for OOP kits.
Please post any links you know of here.
Thanks in advance.

I was reading the other day about P-61, in preparation for doing a build,
and saw that a Robert L. Scott shot down a plane in the China ops area. Does
anybody know if this is the same guy from "God Is My Co-pilot" fame? That
book ends with him going back to the states early in ...

Can someone remind me how to cut a 1.5mm thread using an 8tpi lead
screw. I don't have a metric conversion gear, but I have the normal
steps of 5 up to 65 including many duplicates and a couple of 38 gears
(which I have never used so maybe this is what they are for). I think

A new series on the Military Channel starts tomorrow at 8 PM (EST).
Restoring old tanks to museum/running condition.

I'm looking for a substitute for asbestos cement based insulation
boards that are used structurally as well as thermally. Googling
provides a few names such as 'Duraboard' and 'Isofrax' and 'NAD500'
but technical information is sparse. Has anyone experiance of these or

it's been a while, but here's another modeler cheap tip.
pictures in the pucture group but for the vision impaired,
it's smith's knife sharpener. it flips open to have a
hamdguard on the bittom and the sharpener has 3 slots, one

Need some sort of a sealer to put on threads that would seal at up to
1000 degrrees centigrade ...and be up to taking about 5 psi from oil
pressure at the same time ...
dont know .......I've put silicone sealent on them for for now ...and

I am currently making the design by H,Hall of a quick change tool
holder as in MEW 50. However I just poured a pint of cutting oil over
the pages which are now tranparant and just about unreadable. So can
someone please post me the whole mag or just the article on the tool

Arthur Everard, my father, was an avid member of the model engineering
news group. I am not sure how much he joined in with the online
discussions but I do know that he followed the discussion s with
interest.

A buddy of mine is looking to make his first purchase of an airbrush
(possibly at IPMS Seattle) and builds cars, mostly. I do not know much but
would like your opinions - ones to avoid would also go well with him, too.

Does anyone know if these two kits are the same? Or rather if the Revell kit
is an updated version of the old Matchbox. Revell has reissued several of
their kits, but so far those I've seen without change except decals.
But the old Matchbox Puma is the early version and the Revell ...

The news.datemas.de server seems to have been down for about 18 hours
- its back up now (as evidenced by this post!) but there don't seem to
have been any posts in that time. Have they lost some stuff?
I can't believe that the group has been silent for that long <G>

I noticed that a few contributers here recently mentioned that they might
have some connection with gas turbines - would anyone be able to point me in
the direction of a good reference for turbine design, or be willing to help
me design a turbine?

Need Superscale Decal #59, SM.79, for a friend in Italy.
Tom

I purchased a bottle of "Mr. Resin" a primer produced for resin kits
sold under the Gunze-Sanyo brand.  It brushes on okay but it would be
easier if it were airbrushed on.  It is thicker than GS's "Mr.
Surfacer" primer for plastic.  Does anyone know if Mr. Resin can be