Model Forum / General / Models / July 2007

Illyama 17" auto ranging svga monitor in good working order - about to
go to the tip unless someone wants to collect it from Bromley in the
next week or so. Also several keyboards, mice, i/o cards, boxes of odd
cables, transformers, drawer of components, telephone instruments, and

Next up on eBay are 20 kits, most of my Heller boxed kits and some
relists  from the last time.  Relisted items include a shrinkwrapped
Airfix B-24J, a Bloch MB-152,  a Monogram Huey Hog with parts bag
still sealed and a couple of Japanese aircraft.  Heller kits include

Anyone ever have this set?: http://www.cahood.com/M4071.htm
It was a set of snap-together wings, tails, fuselages, tails, and
what-not that you could assemble into a whole slew of aircraft designs.
Pat

I've just received this sheet today.  I hate it!
Hate it!  Hate it!  Hate it!
Why?  Because it has blown my carefully crafted F-4 building plan right out
of the water!  ;-)  There are two schemes which have gone right to the top

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to accurately convert a 1/48 Hasegawa
F-4J Phantom II to an F-4C? I want to use the J kit due to its recessed
panel lines.
Also who has the best F-4C cockpit?

Does anyone have experience of DIY nickel plating?
There appear to be several firms selling kits of chemicals but I
wonder if there are many snags that can cause a poor quality finish.
ISTR that it is normal to copper plate steel before nickeling - will

I need to make a replacement cylindrical window for an old model I'm
making.  About 1" in diameter, 3/4" tall.  Any suggestions??  I've
thought about heating up a metal rod, they wrapping a thin piece of
plexi around it, but I'm not sure if that will craze the inside.

Less and less I think of Squadron as a model company and see it as a
pre-made toy company. I have better luck with Roll Models in terms of
having them tell me when they expect items to come in. I have Squadron
hold onto my credit card number so long I forget I have items out

they ran the whole revolution series today and it was ok.
they got about 90% right which is above average for them.
oddly, most of the 10% were errors about washington.

EMPIRE 2D the mostly used Structural Design Software in the Benelux,
( simple and easy ) www.cadcorner.com

The Proxxon tools forum is up and running.  The Files currently contain
factory manuals with parts diagrams for the PD400 and PD230 lathes, the
FF230/PF230 mill, and other tools.  In the Photos file are detailed images
of the lathes and other miscellaneous.  More info on the way.

I'm after a 100mm chuck for my ML7. Is there a huge difference in
quality between the TOS chuck at £65 and the Pratt Burnerd at nearly
double that, or indeed the Toolmex threaded body one that Chronos do
for £180?

Clearing out my loft prior to my house move, I've come across my
complete Sony F1 portable betamax system that I must have packed away
25 years ago! Complete SL-F1 recorder, TT-F1 tuner, HVC3000P colour
camera, all the documentation and even a waterproof professional back

... that the UK Norton Owner's Club website won't start.

This may seem like a stupid question, but I'm a beginner so it's
temporarily permissible to be ignorant.  I don't know the definition
of "matte."  Dictionary.com defines it as "flat," so I need some
clarification.