Model Forum / General / Models / June 2007

Can anyone suggest which base kit/s to start with for a 1/48 YF-16/CCV
that is accurate to the original( the red,white and blue paint
scheme)?
That ARII/ONAKI kit in 1/48 doesn't seem to be available anymore.

Is there a way to clean turps up so it can be reused?

Extracted from "The Electroplaters Handbook",  fifth edition 1908.
"To preserve the health of the workers in the workshop, should be one of the
chief considerations of the master electro-plater...
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More of the clearout.  Included this time are a Hasegawa RF-101C,
Fw190F-8, Macchi MC202, and Kawanishi E7K1; a SEALED Airfix B-24J; a
Revell Fairey Fulmar and Dornier 228 polar research aircraft; a SEALED
1958 vintage Hawk Mr. Mulligan; and an unusual Gribowski G-11 Soviet

I would love to build a WWII-era Meteor, in 1/72nd
scale; and it seems that the old Airfix kit is the
only way to go.  Does anyone know of an on-line
collection of good reference photos, such as in a

This type of vice has been highly recommended by mini-mill users. It's
similar to the 75mm "Pin type" vice at Chronos
<http://www.chronos.ltd.uk/acatalog/Chronos_Catalogue_Other_Milling_Vices_109.html>
only it has very useful slots at the sides for mounting. I couldn't find

now we can build and not get greasy fingers!
Illinois Hobbyist Puts New Spin On Beer And Pizza
(CBS) ST. CHARLES, Ill. Beer and pizza are tastes that, for many of
us, just seem to go together. But, beer that tastes like pizza?

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Anyone got a copy of these handy? I just need the markings page. The beast
is almost finished and I know where all the major markings go but it has a
bunch of stencils and smaller decals that I'm not sure of.
You can just email it to the address in the header, it's a decoy to ...

What's the recommended locations for lifting a lathe? I can remember seeing
pictures of them being lifted by headstock and tailstock as well as straps
under the bed but IIRC these where ways it shouldn't be lifted......
Cheers,

I have been building a little Stuart model and they seems to pick
rather odd threads, e.g. 5BA and 7BA. When it comes to the steam
unions it suggests 1/4" by 32tpi ME thread. Yet again its one I don't
have a die for (though I have 1/4" by 40). Is this Stuart encouraging

Managed to track down the elusive diesel injector for my Farymann 15D
engine - ebay in Germany, checked that the seller takes Paypal - it's
down as his favourite payment method - checked he was ok sending to
UK - he quotes a fair postage price. I win the auction, try to pay by

A thousandth of an inch is clearly a useful unit. While I'm just old
enough to have been brought up using both imperial and metric, many of
the people I work with a much younger.
Does anyone here know what units are taught in schools now regarding

OK, I've got a kind-of solution to the hole-measuring problem - I've marked
the chuck with 10-degree intervals.  Being a 3-jaw chuck it already has
marks every 60 degrees, so it wasn't too much hassle to make more marks in
between.  The hole in question is not super-critical - ...

J&L have chucks and part-finished backplates for sale, including in the
latter category L-zero which fit the colchie student.
The backplates are by toolmex, and from the picture it has the L-zero
fitting, 6 counterbored holes and 3 threaded holes.  I imagine the 6 holes