Model Forum / General / Models / April 2007

    "Now 'ere's a funny thing"- to quote the late, great Max Miller.
    I was at the Taunton ME show earlier today and came across a new
product just received into stock by our old friends at Tracey Tools - a
digital caliper with the usual button to switch between imperial and metric

Included this time are a Frog Me410 and Ju87G, a Novo/Frog Fairey
Firefly, a Novo/Frog Mustang, a Monogram 1/72 P-51B in a SEALED blue
box, and a couple of kits with missing parts starting at $1 including
a PLATED Hawk P-47D that has *most* of its parts...  All auctions end

I'm looking for a 7/16" UNEF (28 tpi) tap and was wondering if someone could
just quickly check their J&L catalogue for one?
I've looked on their website but remember someone saying that their
catalogue is much more comprehensive (as well as easier to use).

Is anyone selling the C6 nowadays? Alternatives?

I just finished the Trumpeter STryker kit.  I built it for my
son-in-law as a gift.  It is the Stryker he was on in Iraw when he got
wounded.  It came our very nice.  I have posted some progress pictures
in the binaries group.

Who makes the best model?
Tamiya?
Revell?
Italeri?

I was wondering if anybody here in the USA,has bought any of the 21st
Century 1/32 kits marketed by WalMart? i picked up the Macchi 202 on a whim
and it has been a fun kit to build.I figured how bad could it be for $10?
Well,the answer is not too bad,except for the fact i have 2 ...

I'll be making a trip to the RAF museum at Hendon soon, and I can't go
without a pilgrimage to nearby Hannants...I was wondering though, I
know it's a huge distribution warehouse, but is it also a shop-ie open
to the general public?

was in the post office today and saw a notice saying that the charge for
collecting customs duty was going up to £8 from £4.

-- Peter Fairbrother

I've just taken the head & barrels off my old Honda commuter bike, and
found some previous mechanic (who has since left the country,
fortranately for him) has stripped the threads on one of the head
studs.

I'm looking for an A4 Skyhawk boarding ladder in 1/32 scale.
Anybody know who makes these?

Just realized that neither the major figure makers, Tamiya and DML/
Dragon have never made a set of
1/35 Italian figures.
Was the Italian Army in WWII so insignificant as to not merit any

I have one of the relatively new Eduard 1/48 scale Fw-190A5 kits and decals
for Herman Graf's aircraft.  I thought I saw somewhere a while ago where one
of the resin makers had done cowl side inserts with the extended
supercharger intakes for this kit but I can't remember who did ...

Price please for a Sieg C4 lathe and a Sieg X3 mill, including UK delivery
(Wiltshire)?
Plus stands?
Thanks,

I've just bought a Super 7 on eBay which is currently single phase. I
have been used to an ML7 with a 3ph dual voltage motor running off a VFD
and rather than put that back to single phase I want to buy a new motor
and convert the new one to 3ph.