Model Forum / General / Models / January 2009

I plan to build while watching the Arizona's huge victory.  Can never
forgive Franco Harris' "catch" back in '72 keeping the Raiders out of
the Super Bowl. (the ball did hit the ground)
Craig

Amongst some other items I am expecting delivery of, is a Denford Cyclone
CNC lathe.
Apparently when turned on the Fanuc OT controller comes up with some sort of
error code, which the previous owner, a school, couldn't sort out.

I'm thinking about scratch-building a 1/48 scale Heyford, the last of
the British biplane heavy bombers.
I have a question about how best to reporduce the fabric-covered
surfaces.  Any thoughts from geoup members who have build fabric-

Kit Review: Dragon Model Limited 1/72 Scale Armor Pro Kit No. 7373;
Beutepanzer M4A2; 225 parts (217 in grey styrene, 6 etched brass, 2 DS
plastic track runs); retail price US$14.50
Advantages: another nice new mold variant of the Sherman family; nice

ok, first question:  i just ordered Verlinden's cockpit set for the
1/32 Hasa Hellcat.  this will be my first time working with resin.  is
there anything special i need to be aware of or treat it pretty much
like any other kit?  same goes for the photo-etch now that i think

Kit Review: Dragon Models Limited 1/35 scale ‘39-‘45 Kit No. 6511; M4
Sherman 75mm Normandy; 655 parts (581 parts in grey styrene, 49 etched
brass, 22 clear styrene, 2 DS plastic track runs, 1 twisted steel
wire); estimated retail price US$49.95

If I have a hand reamer with a parallel shank can it somehow be
"floated" from the tailstock to ream a drilled hole or must a machine
reamer with tapered shank in a floating chuck be used ?
Or at the end of the day is it better to just use the hand reamer by

Is Monogram really gone?  No point to writing to the address on the
instructions?
Is writing to Revell now the way to go?
thx - Craig

I do not recall seeing this offering in previous years.
anyone have a history of this kit?
thx - Craig
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXWEB1&P=7

My staking set (a clockmaker's tool) made by Favorite of Switzerland has a
damaged thread on the stud that locks the turntable and I want to replace
it. The thread is 6.97 mm diameter x 1.0 mm pitch but I can't find it listed
in Tubal Cain's book or the Zeus tables. Can anybody ...

i forgot to trim the returm path. the guy posting didn't know it went here.
i suppose i get the record for most ot thread ever?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
That is a stripped gear from my hedgetrimmer. Part is not available.
Wheel on motor is okay.
Can this component be repaired reasonably easily? Will that gear part, I

Just £36999.999 to go and John Bunt can pay off his £37,000 legal debts
that he ran up trying to defraud ISPs.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230321097415&ssPageNam
e=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=013

Heya folks!
I'm one of those truly weird people who loves Testors' tube
glue.  I can't get it her in Korea, and while I find that the tubes
that come with the Academy kits are great, they never last

I thought that it might be nice to build a StuG III in winter camouflage
during the Battle of the Bulge, so I did an image search on Google.
Here is the first hit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31693825@N07/3089555797/