Model Forum / General / Models / February 2008

Hi all, trying to up the number of non-noise posts in newsgroups <g>
I bought the Italeri 1/72 scale Do-217 J1/J2 Nachtjäger (Kit No. 1266)
a few days ago here in Tokyo, for 1680 JPY, which is pretty good.
However, when I opened up the kit, I was very surprised and somewhat

I was given a Lindberg 1/400 scale kit of the HMS Hood. I have yet to
find a part in this kit that looks like any thing like any thing on
the real HMS Hood did.
I was just looking tonight on the web for any reviews etcetera about

I need to remove some small roll pins (1/16" and 3/32") and am unable to
think of a simple, non-brutal, method
So far I have failed to remove a 3/32" pin with punch and hammer but
this may be due to my reluctance to use too much brute force. I have not

James,
This came in an e-mail from America, wherever that is.  I don't know if
you'll find it amusing but I thought I'd pass it on.
http://www.meilach.com/funquotes/rodney.html

I'm looking for a few etched specimens of common metals to photograph
under a microscope. Preferably including one or two which show a
microstructure which is visually pretty simple. Examples I'd be
interested in obtaining include cold rolled low carbon steel, normalised

This was sent to me by a cat owner, enjoy.
     You Don't Have To Own A Cat To Appreciate This One! You don't
even have to like 'em!
  We were dressed and ready to go out for the New Years Eve Party. We

http://www.erichufschmid.net/TFC/Protocols-in-Modern-English.htm
Goyim are mentally inferior to Jews and can’t run their nations
properly.  For their sake and ours, we need to abolish their
governments and replace them with a single government.  This will take

I'm looking for some fat tires.  I have a JDF six-wheel armored vehicle I
plan to thrash and turn rather futuristic, and the original wheels and
tires aren't what I have in mind.  I bought a Jurassic Park monster truck
to rob those (anyone need the rest of the kit?), but I still ...

According to the "London 2012" web site,
"London 2012 has responded to reports that the Red Arrows have been banned
from the Opening Ceremony of the Games, describing the rumours as 'utter
nonsense'.

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is a multirole fighter aircraft.
It has been the aerial demonstration aircraft for the Blue Angels
since 1986. The F/A-18 Hornets' main mission are fighter escort, fleet
air defense, close air support and many others.

Guys,
As mentioned in a previous thread, I decided to have a go at th
Chronos Shobha ER25 Collet Chuck and Vertex collets. I just did a quic
check and I'm getting 0.003" of runout in the collet chuck inner cone

Apart from Bridgeport, is there any other supplier anyone can recommend for
new brushes, brush cover/clamp scres and feed speed controller pot for the
bridggy table drive motor.
Bob

I recently bought a Quick Change Toolpost with 4 holders. Advertised
as "Hardened and Ground". Within days there were dings all over the
toolholder. I find that I can relatively easily file chamfers on the
block or the toolholders. Also when you analyse the manufacture it is

Does anyone have a picture of Edgar Westbury's boring / facing head, please ?
Better still, does it appear in any of his lathe books ?
I have the head, but am missing the automatic advance striker. I can make
a guess at it but it would be interesting to see the original.

I am looking for a source for edge strips to cover the edge of a 1/32"
thick glass slide, made of machinable plastic, preferentially acrylic
or polycarbonate. I currently machine the strips on a Bridgeport,
which is very inefficient since I need ~100 of these things.