Model Forum / General / Models / February 2009

did anyone make a checker mogul kit? the taxi cab version? curbside is ok,
though a six banger motor would be cool. they did put up to 350 v8's in some
of the civilian models. the limos wuold have small blocks, too.
speaking of limo's, i would like 2 kits to hack a limo, but one ...

Hello all.  I've been away from this group for some time, but have
just stumbled onto google groups offering free newsgroup access.
Having recently move I feel a bit of an interloper here, as I don't
live in the UK any more.  But I hope you won't hold that against me.

Bob's post the other day got me thinking. I'm really interested in early
electric motors. Well, anything up to the 1960s. Solid, well built
motors. I fancy making an addition to my collection. I'd like to find a
repulsion motor, but I've never seen one in the UK.

A while ago FSM had an article about weathering using salt and other kitchen
items under paint to simulate chipping and wear. I want to try this out but
can't remember to save my life the name of the article or issue. I've tried
searching the FSM site but salt doesn't find ...

There's another FSM article (?) about using software to combine a
series of images taken at different focus ranges into one in-focus
image. Good for model close-ups. Anybody remember what issue that's
in? Relatively recent I think.

Sorry for the long subject line folks,
  Anyway, it seems that camera lens threads are all, or mostly all,
75mm pitch. Cutting metric threads on an inch lathe is of course a
hassle. 34 TPI would be close enough but my gearbox doesn't have a 34

Could you have a glance at the photos here :
http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q91/6105-8110/Planer%20Colour/
and help me with the cross feed mechanism. There's a component
mounted on the bed-cranking spindle (I have no idea of its real name)

Sorry to crosspost, but I got no reply from the other group.
Helllo, I am looking for a UK based engineer who can make a pair of
rollers for a hand swaging machine. The rollers need to put a 12mm I/D
semi-circle into flat either 0.6mm or 0.8mm thick Alumnium sheet. The

I am looking for a source of extra sticky grease.  This is for the
epicyclic gearbox on my Dore Westbury mill.
I asked the same question on this group a while back, and one
suggestion was Red n Tacky grease.  I managed to get some of this, and

Hi, does anyone know of a good source of Operation Torch decals?
(the one with the yellow around the national insignia)
All the hits on Google seem to be for out of production sheets.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that someone out there knows if any are still

Been given this adept lathe to look after ..and get ready for sale, by
owner who lives across the road .
It has no counter pulley set ...
But it does have a 6000 rpm brushed motor that looks like it belongs

Hello group,
Due to illness I have been forced to reduce the scale of my engineering
activities, thus this is my first posting to this group. I hope it is
relevant!

We got the turret/overarm/head onto my machine this afternoon, I'd cut
the cable when separating the machine for loading so I was playing
about with the controls with no power, found that I'd brought down the
quill & it wouldn't return.

My big Revell kit has no color call outs for the the tub, etc. just
says to paint the instrument panel black.
Ideas as to what color to use for the interior?
thx - Craig

I would be interested to hear if anyone has any bright ideas for
milling a tree into boards. In the field adjacent to my parents house
there is a dead oak tree from which I have gradually removed all the
minor branches for firewood over this winter.