Model Forum / General / Models / March 2008

I have just got my hands on a Flamefast DS230 Ceramic Chip Forge.
According to the plate on the frame it was manufactured in Jan 1987
but is in excellent condition.
I am trying to get some general information or manuals on it and have

It would be nice to travel if you knew where you were going
It would be nice to travel if you knew where you were going and where
you would live at the end or do we ever know, do we ever live where we
live, we're always in other places, lost, like sheep.

I've got a bar around 20mm square and 90mm long.
I want it reasonably parallel along its length. I dont have a mill, so
it need to be done in the 4-jaw of the lathe.
Set it in the chuck, skim the first side. Turn it around, new 'flat'

Any opinions on the Paasche H airbrush?
Regards
P J Macguire

I'm a little bummed about the whole deal with eBay. After being a buyer and
foing pretty well for many years I had decided that I really have far more
modesl than I will ever build. The number is staggering! Easily 3000+. Even
looking throughtnthem and thinking what I want to get ...

Kit Review: cyber-hobby.com 1/35 scale Kit No. 04 (Dragon Models
Limited 1/35 scale '39-'45 series Kit No. 6452);  T-34 /76 No. 112
Factory "Krasnoe Sormovo" Early Production 3-in-1 Kit; 781 parts (578
in grey styrene, 180 "Magic Track" links, 119 etched brass, 2 clear

Is there a source besides EBAY that might have any of these old
vintage kits? I'm looking for the old Arfix/MPC kits in HO scale with
the vacuform bases. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks,

This site was discovered by a south African member
on the Oldengine group. No one on the OE group has heard of this idea
so I thought this was a suitable group to ask!
See http://www.greensteamengine.com/

so I sell a kit on 1/1/08. after no contact from "buyer" except for
one message saying that he will pay after going thru all the unpaid
auction stuff with ebay...
so today I get a check with a hard to read ebay # on it with no

Is there any place I can watch the full episode without buying it?

Hyea folks!
Anyone know if the stuff coming out of Rev-Germ. is new tool or
just re-pops of old Frog/Hawk/AMT kits?  I'm really interested in
getting a decent kit of the Sea Vixen and there's a R-G kit avail.

I'd like to get some carbide tools for my 7x12 lathe and micro mill (Clarke
CL300M and CMD10 respectively). The lathe has a quick-change toolpost with
holders that will take 8mm tools, and the mill has collets up to 12mm.
Want something sharp that will take clean cuts and last well. ...

Any hints, tips, tricks or links for thinning tube, by spinning or
otherwise, to about 1/6th of it's diameter?
(inconel 718 seamless tube, ~ 1/2" od, thin walled)
Thanks,

... make sure you turn everything off before you consign your visits to Ebay
to the dustbin.
For instance: If you have an Ebay store, you will receive notice that your
monthly fee will be pro-rated at the time you close the store.  On the heels

Hello Everyone.  I'm looking for Model Cars -&- Trucks in 1/72 Scale.
I'd like to get several vechicles from Mid '50's thru the Mid '60's.
I'm looking for a Couple Cars that will look like good Mid '50's or 60's
Police Cars. I have been checking around but can't ssem yo find very