Model Forum / General / Models / February 2008

http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormality.html
Don't be put off by the "virus" in the URL...it's a legit comic stip
site.  This one "Randy's Hobby Shop" is worth a look, the other strips
are a hoot also.

Here's another good one about modeling that I found on the web.
Enjoy!
http://www.uclick.com/client/sea/lio/2008/02/20/index.html
-andyh

My Academy CH53 is on of those jinx kits where everything seems to go wrong.
At least the latest episode was self inflicted. Spent quite some time
masking off the transparent nose using tamiya tape, a new no.11 blade and a
bright light to see whare I was going. Deceptively tricky ...

Greetings from Perth (the one in Western Oz)
I am new to this group, but not altogether new to model engineering, and
I seek advice/recommendations.
My wife, bless her, wants to buy me a kit of castings/plans to build

My small bench lathe (an Axminster BV20) has zeroing dials on the
feeds. Most are Ok, except the one on the compound which was always
very stiff.
On examination, it looks fairly standard construction - a steel 'hub'

evening all,
Ive got (yet another) project in planning. It will involve some small
jet nozzles (about 1/4" or less) .
They will be subjected to centrifugal force (disk of about 12 -18" dia

I guess that's it for Meteor Productions.  Can't even get onto the site
to place an order today.
I hope they're just restructuring, and not really gone...I hope.

Hasegawa is releasing their P-3C kit with an "Air Boss" modification for the
JMSDF.  It is a ventral structure,  just behind the cockpit, and appears
sort of similar to the USAF Airborne Laser configuration on the C-135
airframe.  I've looked on the net,and can't find a good ...

New article in the current Amazing Figure Modeler mag, #40.
seems he also has a webpage,   www.shepardpaine.com
Craig

seen the ad for this yet?  love seeing the speeded up computer footage
of the Enterprise steering starboard to avoid a torpedo.
Another great eye candy show from the History Channel  !!
Craig

Dragon and Trumpeter have both released German tanks that were never
built.
What did the USA have on the table at the end of the war?  Did we also
have some crazy 150 ton tank in the works?

I received an email from another group on some of the latest thinking on
Battleship Colors at Pearl Harbor during the attack. It seems historians
working the new memorial found archived documents that show Adm Kimmel
ordered the ships painted medium blue with forward main turret ...

Welcome race fans
We sent an affectionate greeting to them, besides to comment to them
on the advance that has had the www.speedfan.biz website. The site has
extended its content and cover offering the most complete information,

I believe I read sometime ago a tip I think in FSM where for better
cleaning after "normal" cleaning he or she placed the brushes for a
while in acetone, and that it took away the residue.
I clean normally with thinner but there is always some residue. ANy

Got mine; first impressions are very clean moulding, delicate surface
detail, dry fit of major items seems ok.
AND, enough room for the nose wieght!