Model Forum / General / Models / August 2008

I'm looking for the seat layout of the Grumman Widgeon.  I can't find
it online anywhere.  Unfortunately, none of my references include
details about the Widgeon.
Thanks.

the snark's been reissued. looks like i'll be able to build all of my
childhood kits again.
what was your favorite childhood kit? mine was the b-17. i built at least a
dozen revelle and airfix kits. they seemed pretty equal then. now i have the

Anyone got a manual for an IMO Jaguar Cub,Model VC150D.It`s not listed
on IMO`s site.Can anyone confirm if this is a rebadged Fuji?
Mark.

anyone else notice albert broccoli was one of the producers?
must be before his famous films.

Subject header says it all...
I'm living in Uijeongbu and would like to be able to purchase some
primo Academy and DML kits, but can't find any.  Could a local or
military person point me in the right direction?  BTW, I'm a civi so

Any opinions on this film?  It is being shown tomorrow on UK telly.

Am I dreaming or is there a possibility that Magicalia (knock forehead to
ground), which is a digital publisher, would put out Model Engineer in
digital form like <National Geographic> - about 100 years for a hundred
bucks?  Would certainly save a lot of frustration for many - ...

Quick delurk: apart from RS, who are out of stock ATM, anyone know of
a key steel supplier? I need 1/4" square.
Thanks.

Anyone got a machine for testing tensile strength? Could they test
something for me? Beer money available.
Thanks,
--Peter Fairbrother

Model Alliance have a decal sheet out that includes markings for an RAF
C-130J Hercules C.5 serving in Afghanistan.  The plane is overall camouflage
grey, but there are dark green areas on the underside, and extending some
distance up one side of the a/c, but not the other.

I recently did some shopping at www.technobots.co.uk - ordered a lot of
mixed small parts on Sunday, got an email Monday telling me that it had
been packed, arrived today, Tuesday, with every part and exactly as
ordered. Just a quick recommendation.

Trumpeter's stuff always seems to be very expensive for what is in the box.
Thankfully that doesn't seem to be the case for their forthcoming EE
Lightnings. Hannants are offering them for seventeen quid!
Okay, twelve quid would have been ideal, but I was expecting twenty-five...

wings, tail, wheels, canopy and prop in this 1/72 rarebits vac formed
conversion kit.

This is something that has intrigued me for a while, as I'm sure I used them
at college for measuring engine cylinder bores, but have never came across
them since and I'm beginning to question my memory.
They were a micrometer like a Telescopic gauge, but with a micrometer head

I;m working on an AFV Club Stryker and am at the point of closing her
up...meaning, it's time to install the vision blocks.  I've been
experimenting painting this over that on old clear sprue, but don't
like any of the results.  A quick search on the FSM web site turned up