Model Forum / General / Models / February 2008

I am about to start a couple of Lancasters a Revell B I/III and an
Airfix B.I/III, which I intend to finish as a B.II using the Paragon
Designs conversion set. But before I get started can anyone tell me
the answers to the following:

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Check out the latest stuff from Skyway Model Shop. Emil just got in an
interesting collection, plus pulled some other stuff out of storage.
Auction ends Saturday, February 9
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I don't know if anyone has seen this site before, but for those who
haven't, here it is.
About 150+ pictures on 50 pages showing the dismantling and restoring of
a Tiger tank.

This might be of interest, especially to Luftwaffe buffs. If you go to
the ebay.de site
http://www.ebay.de/
then enter the words foto and flugzeug in the search bar, and hit

Building an old style Tamiya Sherman and they show you can add extra
tread sections to the front. Easy enough to just glue them on, but
there is nothing there that you would attach the treads to. Pretty
sure they are not staying on by their own weight.

is there a kit with the skirts?

    Find my newly updated website at the link below, which features
additional paintings of World War 2 German armoured vehicles.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rs_wells/Index.htm
Best Regards

Go Giants - Beat them Pats

Wow, there were only 11 new messages on the group today.  I wonder if
this is a new low.  I can remember when rms had 200=300 new messages a
day.  There was a lull in the summer, but everyone said that was
merely the season, and traffic would pick up in the winter.  Are

What is the process/source for getting one's mitts on US Govt drawings -
namely US Army obsolete/historic weapon designs? I've reached the
inescapable conclusion that some things I want to build no manufacturer will
touch and as my CAD/CAM skills get better every day and the Holy ...

This may sound a bit of a numb question,but....
I have just

hi - I have the chrome yellow for the wings, but have been unable to
figure out what the correct blue is for 1930's USA blue fuselages...
Ideas?
thx - Craig

 I've been looking for a larger plastic model for my Father-In-Law.
We was crew chief in Korea on a F-86 Saber.  I was hoping for
something larger then the 1:32 Kinetic that I've found.  Anyone make
one?  I don't know how his 70+ year old hands will handle the 1/32

Does anyone know of an equivelent  for a R&M bearing with the markings
25B42 and 21LUT25 that is fitted on the spindle of a center grinder I
am restoring. The bearing is a single row anglar contact bearing with
a 25 mm bore and a 52mm od, the inner race is 15 mm wide and the outer