Model Forum / General / Models / May 2008

Our group is building P 51s for an exhibit.. I'm building the Tamiya
one in 1/48.. I want to use True Detail tires but they seem very small
compared to the ones in the model....  Who is right ?
Thanks

Oh, talk about blasts from the past.
Boy, but does _she look sweet_:
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/sl_seaview.htm
Isn't that a retro-Revell display base on the Flying Sub?:

Boxford lathe as per subject ex school looking for a new home.
Changewheel machine but missing all but 1 gear train.#
3 & 4 jaw & tailstock chuck. 3 phase motor but readily changed for a
single ph. 240 one.

Ebay:-
Get them while they're hot
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160237880071
Mark Rand

I have a collection of un-built plastic models, most bought from about
1973 to about 1995. One lot is aircraft and the other military vehicles
and guns.  I used to be a half-decent model builder but no longer have
the desire to do so. I'd like to sell these models as one lot or ...

Just wondering if anyone uses the imported piston type QC
posts/holders and if they suffer from any on the problems the cheap
Dickson type have?
Cheers

I've got a bunch of magazines I'm getting rid of.  If someone's
interested in paying the shipping, I'd be happy to send the magazines
to you rather than throw them away.
USPS Media Mail, USPS Priority, and UPS are easy for me to do. I can do

OK, I'm working on Neel Kearby's P-47-D Razorback kit using the 1/48 scale
Tamiya kit.  Using the book "Kearby's Thunderbolts" by John C. Stanaway,
there are 2 kit items that are incorrect for the early P-47's used in the
Pacific.  First the front canopy should have a mirror pod ...

Hi guys. H & H are running an interesting looking "farm" sale this
weekend just outside Carlisle. I know it clashes with the Harrogate
exhibition (among other things), but it still deserves a mention I
think.

I am in the process of doing up a CVA lathe. I noticed while doing a test
turn (about 24 inches long) that the result was not regular. Having removed
the apron I found that the saddle could be twisted slightly and that it does
not rest correctly on the raised vee. I used a marker ...

Anyone after a Quilters & Smith 6 hacksawing machine?
Almost certainly 3 phase.
Ex school machine available for a sensible donation to school funds.
To be collected from Southampton area

Thinking ahead to the nex project,  I will need to cut a couple of meccano
spur gears,  which I'm intending to do with rotary table setup on the mill.
Anyone know what spec of cutter I need?
Thanks

I see that this kit is being reviewed as a new tool kit. Is this a
fact and is not the Promodeler kit? We know that the
Promodeler Ju 88A-4 and the Dragon Ju 88 kits are related. Not having
the Dragon kit I can't compare it with my Monogram kit. Does anyone

Photos from "Children's Universe" toy show:
http://modelstories.free.fr/news/News2008_ARFX_GENE_P/index.html
That 1/24 Mosquito is going to be a big 'un.
Other goodies - 1/48th scale TSR.2, whole lotta' 1/48 and 1/72

'noon all,
Ive got to make 8 'corner pieces' (for want of a better description)
they are 1"1/2 316 stainless bar, with the back cut out to cover
a mitre joint in some 304 angle edging.