Model Forum / General / Models / January 2008

took two weeks off to end the year with huge plans of completing most,
if not all of my partial kits...painting is another issue... figured
it would rain and I would be housebound, etc... well it stayed in the
50-60's the past two weeks with no rain so guess what...

i recently built one of the lindberg he 111's and they are a lot of fun. while
there are areas that are almost hysterically wrong and the scale is odd, you
can do a lot to make this look good. the 1/64 or 1/69 scale is an oddball
size, so corrections must be mostly scratched.

You show up at the IMPS contest lugging some of these along.
Strange French weapon designs:
http://modelarchives.free.fr/Bestiaire/index.html
You can show the invading Wehrmacht forces facing this in 1/72 scale:

Got mine yesterday.  Tried to call 3 times today and after waiting on
hold for 20 minutes each time they just disconnected me.  Tried to
order online and the sale prices were not there.  Are they closed
because of New Years???  I've always ordered on line but when the sale

Seems that Dragon has the only 88s in production and they are all
specialty versions, anti balloon, tank buster, etc.
was a "regular" Ju 88 ever made or are the Dragon kits all there is to
work with? If so I'll probably go with the tank buster...

A very happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year to everyone here!

Hello All, I've just bought a Marlow vertical milling machine in need o
restoring, searching the net I came across this site and your mention
of the said machine. Could any one out there help me out with an
advice and some pictures? Cheer

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I am coming to the end of the stripdown of my recent purchase (Denford
Viceroy). I have determined all of the bits that need tickling, fixing
and making. Nothing too terrible, two missing teeth on drive gears,
loose handles etc. Bearings are excellent with no visible wear.