Model Forum / General / Models / July 2008

I was recently given some as-new taper shank milling cutters (ex MoD I
believe), and I am at a loss to know how to use them!
They are 3/8, 7/16 and 1/2 inch, with 6 flutes, and cutting lengths of
around 2 inches.  The shanks have Brown and Sharpe tapers, with tangs

Is the Testors Afrika Mustard supposed to be the equivalent of
Tamiya's Dark Yellow?  I'm looking at the two and it seems that the
Testors product has a more orange tint.

Hi everybody, Could someone pls help me? Time ago I have seen a brand
of scale figures about an alternate history where nazis had won WWII,
and it was made by an italian artist whose name I forgot. Could
someone pls help me remember the name of that brand or artist? Thank

All,
I'm in the middle of planning a 1/6 Scale A-4 Skyhawk in Warpaint and
since I have room I was interested in providing accurate lighting if at
all possible. The obvious question would be

fast frames vs ez mask. in regards to accuracy, ease of use and final look.
i like the homebrew look and feel of ezmask but the ff's seem good too.
anyone reccomend an easy aircraft to start with?

Can anyone recommend a laser scanning service for small parts to the
home hobbyist (ie cheap) in the UK???

There is talk on forums of a 3min 50 sec or so 'the making of the advert'
video, for the Airfix hamilton santander advert...but I cannot find the
actual webpage with that video on, any links that take me straight there as
opposed to just e.g. the McClaren site which apparently ...

Greetings All,
I have and use a Troyke 12 inch cross slide rotary table (R/T). Before
the advent of widespread CNC milling machines these tools were
practically indispensible to mold makers and machinists making complex

Has anyone a 4 pole (ie 3 phase with switched neutral) isolator /
switch disconnector / switch fuse with a rating of 160a - 200a or
greater kicking arround that they'd like to convert to folding money?
I'm having a somewhat larger than normal 3 phase supply installed and

The WWI in 1/72 book project is proceding quite nicely. 1,489 aircraft
kits and models so far with a great many figures and vehicles.
I could use some help in some of the other subjects, though. If anyone
would like to help with railroad engines and rolling stock, ships and

Does anyone make ER collets to hold hex bar?
I don't think it's impossible, though they'd probably have to have 12
slots rather than 16 - but then some small ER collets only have 12 slots
anyway.

I sure by now most of us have  looked at http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/
I was looking at some documentation on the engine builders site and
came across this:
". The cylinder liner wear rates are in the region of 0.02–0.03 mm/

testing - no new posts at my end for a while.
RobG

Gentlemen,
ALDI's are selling Digital Verniers for £8.99 in a case with a spare
battery, I've just bought one to put with my Van tools. It also has a very
large digital display for us old un's

Can anyone ID the version of Sherman in this photo?
http://www.jpgimage.co.uk/view.php?image=1204