Model Forum / General / Models / May 2007

Just curious if anyone can remember the details about a book (well,
more like a thick magazine really, but it was a one-off) that came out
sometime in the late '70s or early '80s and had several articles on
various spaceship model projects.  I remember one was an Apollo XI

Just found out yesterday that Granddad's in Springfield, Virginia
(outside Washington, D.C.) is closing its doors for good as of June
15. (Doc is relocating to Shepherdstown, West Virginia.) 15% off
everything in the store.

am curious. just read the last Great Models newsletter and they are
having various
% off deals for $500 and $1000 sales.
I think the highest I ever went was around $150.

I'm after a seriously good quality bench vice that has no measurable
play when in use.
To be used for both fairly precision items and more bulky - up to
perhaps 125mm or so.

Theres some things going thru my mind,having a steady hand,which paint
to use,not making it totally white for realism,etc.Thoughts?.

Apologies if this is slightly off topic.
I need to free a nut which has seized on to a threaded shaft.  Size is
about 10 mm.  The nut in question locks the track rod end onto the tie
bar on the steering rack of my car.  The gorilla in the tyre depot

Anyone heard of a Glomar Explorer kit?
Robert

I am trying to locate a model manufacturer who makes the US Gearing-class
destroyer in either 1/350 or 1/700 scale.  This is going to be built as a
gift for a former sailor who was stationed on one during the early 80s'. I'm
a wargamer myself, so I assume that most of the same ...

Has anyone got a 70mm x 6mm pitch threaded barrel bung I could have?
I have a 200 litre plastic barrel with two entry ports, a 2" BSP and a
70mm x 6 mm pitch, but the later is missing and I want to pump the
antifreeze from my furnance and chiller into it for transport..

Rust on military vehicles is not much different than rust on any other
iron or steel.
There is no one paint color for rust, despite what Testors and other
model paint manufacturers want you to believe..

I've got a Warco round column mill 3/4HP motor and belt driven.  Given that
I'm using a sharp cutter at appropriate feeds and cutter speeds,  what
causes a poor finish when up or down milling with the side of the cutter?
Need to talk to speak to Warco really,  but just maxed out ...

Someone must have already been here. I'm looking for a font which matches
the numberplates used on British cars up to 1963. There was more than one
typeface used, I am just looking for something which is fairly typical.
Hopefully someone else has already been here, if not I'll start ...

I just bought a Myford dividing head, on the index plates there are
holes through which the fixing screws pass and a fourth hole slightl
larger (not the bore through the centre) I am puzzled as to what thi
fourth hole is for ?

It seems that the Cutty Sark is being destroyed in a fire at this very
moment.  :-(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6675381.stm

I followed a procedure I got from the 7x12 forum, briefly put a round
bar in a chuck (3 jaw is ok) clock it near the chuck rotating the
lathe by hand, average the difference between the high and low
readings, move well down the bar and do it again adjust the packing