Model Forum / General / Models / December 2008

To all URMEs an ever sharp tool, endless stock, best tools for free and
endless time to finish all projects successfully. :-))
No celebration here, I'll continue with my CNC-experiments on the Klaiber
grinder. Much more fun!

who puts them out? they look like cheaper editions of kits, sorta like
hobbyboss, maybe?they have a pfalz d.IIIa that could be interesting.

So I won a couple of resin Bird models of Luft '46 aircraft a while
back. The maker, one Rudolf Vogel of Germany, made the kits only after
I won the auction (annoying in its own right) and on 1 December sent
them to my via DHL (which is owned by the German Post Office).

I have been searching for an Itaerli M-109 kit to build/convert into
an Israeli version. I did not know there were so many M-109 kit
variants released by italeri. Can anyone here advise as to which one
would be best as a staring point for an Israeli M-109 model? How about

I have a 1/48 Hawker Typhoon that was damaged, in spite of my best
efforts, by movers, such that the right wing won't stay in place. I had
it already built and painted and, while I make no claims to be a great
model painter (I'd never try ejection handles and such as I've seen

Having recently aquired a 6" optical flat I  thought it would be
interesting to checkout the granite placemats and chopping boards
now  stocked by the supermarkets. These are 15 to  20mm thick and
small enough and light enough  to be kept in a drawer when not in

can someone poste drawings or pictures from planes during the tiger meet
and or some pictures from f14 tomcat
thank s

I've stupidly lost the collet chuck from my BeanQueue dremelloid rotary tool and
I wondered if Dremels' collet nut kit 4485 <http://tinyurl.com/6kv7dq> will fit.
 If anyone has a genuine Dremel and can tell mw the thread on the collet nut
then I'd be grateful.

--
Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset)         "There *must* be an easier way!"

And I ask myself, "Why didn't the article on the Su-27P explain WHY it
was necessary to kitbash two kits to get the 'P'?"  I feel a little dull
because I've always had an interest in Soviet aircraft and I can't
recall what it is that makes a 'P' different.  The designation suggests

how do you apply these things?
Craig
http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=VE0357

i really need 2-3 panzer headlights. 1/35.
happily trade parts you need and ill even pay your postage.
or are there any 3rd party sets that have lights?
happy holidays all!

New discoveries show that American soldiers used the swastika as their
symbol early in World War I, and up to 1941, against Germany. The
symbol was used by Americans in the French Escadrille Lafayette, by
the 45th Infantry Divison, on Boeing P-12 planes.

I vaguely recall arguments that parting off from the rear tool post with the
tool upside down is beneficial, but for the life of me I don't remember why.
Naturally the swarf can escape the cut easier but I am sure there was
another reason. Can anybody enlighten me please?

...to everyone.
It finally *is* Christmas.  It came a bit late this year but Noddy finally
said it was Christmas last night!