Model Forum / General / Models / May 2008

its all over the place in 1/48.   It took Hasegawa almost 40 years to
do the Hein in 1/32, How much longer for the Raiden?   We need to stop
passing around the old Revell kits....
Hey Trumpeter, if you can put pontoons on a Spitfire, a kit that what,

I'm new to modeling, and got this Patriot missle battery(Heller 81138) from a
friend. All the parts are still in plastic, and the stickers are there...but
no instructions.
I dont see any way I can put this thing together with no instructions or

I was wondering how many of you out there have or will be building one of
the Trumpeter 1/16 T-34's?  Comments regarding the build of one of these
beasts?   jim

The thought crossed my mind while replying to another post.  For myself I
built what I believe was a Revell 1/32nd Spitfire way back in the 70s that
allowed for multiple versions. As a result I ended up with an extra cowl
scoop and a few other parts that at last recollection are ...

After a long time of not modeling ( 6 years) I'm in the middle of
trying to restart this beast. Is it just me or is this just one of the
worse fitting models around? And if the B-52's from the same stable,
are just as bad, I will just put them on Ebay. It looks like I'm going

I have a ml7 lathe and am about to buy a set of lathe tools and was
wondering what view others have regarding the best type, HSS or
Indexables

Hi to all you knowledgable and helpful people,
Enough buttering up, is there someone out there with an Eagle surface
grinder. I bought one yesterday without handbook or grinding wheel,
but at a very advantageous price.

I`m building an old 1/48  Lindberg Grumman TBF Avenger. The instructions
suggest upper surfaces Insignia blue fs 35044 this cross references to
humbrol 189, which appears to be discontiued, can anybody suggest an
alternative colour in humbrol or revell paints. It does`nt

and quite possibly by me, but I've forgotten the answer.
Anyone got a link to a list of tool speeds for things like slot drills, end
mills and such?
I know in theory you can work it out.  But I'm lazy.  Actually been doing

With the exception of the "spark vark", Hasegawa hasn't released their
line of F-111 kits in years. Anyone talk to a hobby shop owner as to
why these great kits have remained out of production for so long?
Jeff

I was looking out for a decent new MT2 live centre at Harrogate, there
wasn't much about. Chesters had two qualities, the better one looked
quite good but I was discouraged from giving them my money by the
surly staff response to my enquiries.

Am trying to find an accurate replacement prop for the Revel 1/230
Skipjack kit.
Does anyone know who makes an accurate re[lacement for the bogus kit
three blade prop?

I've developed a problem when facing on my lathe, I do a lot of small
dia disks (20-40mm) in 6082 Aluminium and when it comes time to polish
the face I'm noticing concentric circles appearing on the finished surface.
They're not to pronounced, I'm able to polish them out easily ...

I had an interesting experience with PayPal last night:  I trird to pay for
some items & when I got to the payment confirmation page, it was trying to
fund the payment through my credit card Vs. my checking account (my
default).  When I tried to change the funding source, I got ...

Was just dozing when I had a dream this morning that I was just finishing a
version of the new 1/32 F-86, after having spent hours with Alclad getting
the surface just right.
I was about to use the decals, when, in the dream, I spilled a bottle of