Model Forum / General / Models / July 2007

You know folks, over the last few months the machinery auction at
Carlisle (http://www.livestock-sales.co.uk/farm_machinery/index.html)
has had quite a few really good buys for anyone looking for
engineering, woodwork and machine tools.

Hello, I`m looking for flaps angle on DHC-2 Beaver. There are t/o,
climb, land and full down settings but in degrees..?
thanx

I am due to take delivery of a Studer surface grinder. Once its been checked
over and assuming all is ok I will put my J&S 504 up for grabs. If there is
any interest and/or offers here prior to the eBay listing in a week or so,
please contact me.

I work for an auction company that handles estate sales and we just
acquired a gentleman's modelling and military history book
collection.
The collection includes Tamiya, Dragon, Historex, Custom Dioramics,

Okay, guys, time for a basic question: how do you paint Tamiya vinyl
tracks ?
Or, rather, how do you make the f***ing paint stick to that bl**dy vinyl
?

I have a problem.
I am trying to wash over Tamiya base colour.
When I use water - the wash doesn't 'stick' well - and water creates drops.
When I use Tamiya original solvent - the wash is great but it damages

So a couple of firsts: My first groups post and my first serious model
and I have a few questions.
I purchases a Tamiya 1/35 StuG III G kit (#35197) and have been
looking around to find where abouts this version of the tank would

G'day all,
I have a Taylor tapered scroll 3 Jaw chuck on my Myford Super 7 which I
have just acquired .
Unfortunately the chuck has only one set of jaws ,so I'm looking for the

It is an honor and privilege to be a plastic modeler since I was 16 years
old and I always loved to put together models for a long time. I thank
William R. Lawley Chapter of IPMS for giving me the knowhow and improvements
of the things I do. I enjoyed the conventions and contests ...

I was wondering if you could clear something up for me....as per the
subject....what's the difference?
Is it to do with the thread length IE a machine screw is the whole length
where as a bolt is only a fraction of the length?

Thought this would be the best place to ask, as people here seem to have
answer for everything.
I may (depends on if the required components will fit in the given space) be
making a winch that will need a reasonably substantial/hard wearing clutch,

Since most of use were teenagers or adults then, remembering back to the
early 70's shouldn't be that tough, so...  Post-apocolyptic (from disease
as opposed to mushroom clouds IIRC)George Peppard, a blond cutie somebody,
and a black guy somebody (who gets munched by 5" cockroaches ...

Need some advice.
Which quick change toolpost would folks recommend for the above lath
(6" centre height).
Seems like the most common ones are the dovetail piston types. (I thin

Have the remains of an old benchtop milling machine / jig borer. Looks
quite a bit like a BCA / Excel, but xy slide / rotary table assembly
missing and no makers name anywhere on the frame. Have an xy table to
adapt and am planning to use a lightweight aircraft 400Hz motor, ...

I used  9mm slot drill to bore a flat bottomed hole in a piece of 10mm
diameter EN1.   Only its not a flat bottom - I've got a pip.
Whats the best way of getting rid of the pip (all walls are 0.5mm) to leave
a nice finish?  and how come a slot drill has left a pip aynway?