Model Forum / General / Models / August 2007

Does anyone know if any paint range has this colour ready mixed (FS
35414 or BSC 697), or if there is a chart somewhere that tells me how
to mix this colour? I need it to paint the underside of a SAAF Impala.
Thanks

In the early years, the USN used a lighter color of blue, but when the
Hellcat showed up, it is shown in a much darker blue.
any reasoning behind the change of shade ???   I guess the two tone
scheme was new too..

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e=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=005
ATB

Having become confident that I can now turn EN1 to size and finish,  I've
just spent a weekend making a real bugger of a piece of 1/2inch EN8.   All
I've been trying to do is turn it to 12mm with a good finish and finally
almost got to a decent finish.  Even fine cuts with a ...

Does anybody have any experience of the Australian made and marketed DH
2000 welding and cutting torch?
I'm thinking about replacing my MIG with a TIG but looking at th
videos on the web site http://www.welddownunder.com/index.htm makes m

Can someone please tell me if Kopro kits which are ex KP of SU-7 BMK
( export version) for the Indian Airforce accurate.
I am planning to buy one from Hannants and its going to cost me 5
pounds so just wanted to be sure.

anyone know about this ?  several threads on their kits in the Yahoo
Box-Art group (a great group to join to find all that cardboard we
tossed away)  some rumour about a Hawk/Lindberg label with updated
graphics of their kits.

What is the word for when you are turning steel and you pour liquid on it,
presumably to stop the tool over heating?
You may start to see a number of these posts!(:-(

I pre-ordered a Revell / Monogram 1/48 Visible B-17G yesterday from
hobbylinc.com.  I hope this is for real.  I've been trying to get one
of these for about 2 years.  The price is certainly a lot better on
what I hope is a reissue of this kit. They have been pushing $200 on

Here`s a sale of small stuff for you guys on the south coast.
http://www.goindustry.com/en/auctions/fyne-fort-fittings-%28isle-of-wight%29-sal
edetails-7516.asp

I got a partial set of collets with my milling machine when I bought i
but I do not know what type they are. (The machine has a 30 In
spindle). I thought the collets were ER32 but I am not sure. Looking a
the following site my measurements don't match up with the ER3

My father has been collecting model airplanes and related items since he
was a child, and has an extensive collection that includes unopened
model kits, kits that have been opened but not built, some built items,
rolled plans, odds & ends, etc. that span the timeframe from the ...

I realize that military/aviation history books are expensive because
of a limited market.  However, if we have to pay that much for a book,
at least to me it should be of good quality.  I am re-reading one of
my aviation history books by a popular publisher of such books (I will

Does anybody know what their web address is - not the various technology and
airplane flight info recorder companies either

Inspired by Nick, I'm going to make a tramp oil skimmer for my mill. I've
scrounged a length of 7mm dia. PU belt that I'm going to use but I don't
have any pulleys, so I plan to turn up a pair. I'm going to use Delrin and
need to cut the correct profile which is a shallow flat ...