Model Forum / General / Models / February 2009

Kit Review: Academy 1/35 Scale Kit No. 13213; Merkava Mk. IV; 620
parts (586 in tan styrene, 18 vinyl, 15 etched brass, 1 nylon string);
retail price US$44.00
Advantages: very accurate and nicely done kit misses few details; link

I've been seeing a lot of these on ebay, like this auction here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Frenchman-main-battle-tank-leclerc-1-72-scale-model-155_W0QQ
itemZ250373403978QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item250373403978&_tr
ksid=p3286.c0 ...

I friend of mine bought the plan set for the bandsaw-welder that was
published in MEW starting at something around #39-ish.
Now the problem is, that there is an error in the wiring-diagram and the
correction seemed to happen in MEW #41.

READING IT NOW in the new catalogue..
also a frogfoot!  not bothered about that one, but hopefully leading to a
SU22 in 32nd!!
now having walked around many a Mig 23 and 27, i cant wait to do a 32nd  in

Hi Barb,
     I was talking to my new next door neighbor and his daughter is
also on it.  He tells me that the money is paid by the state, but the
state is re-imbursed by the feds.  Therefor they HAVE TO PAY IT!  Hope

I have a 3 phase motor picked up on flea bay with no markings or ratings
on it whatsoever.
It is TEFC 100 frame size aluminium clad foot mounted and the body is
220mm long excluding the fan. It is a 6 pole machine (950 ish rpm on 50Hz)

Does anybody here know the specification for the drive belt on the
Microlux Drill Press?  My belt exploded and Micro Mark wants $8.50 for
a new one (reasonable), but they also want $8.95 to ship it to me
(very unreasonable).  This belt could be put in an envelope and

the instructions just say to add weight - so Monogram does not know
how much ??
anyone build it wheels down?  How much weight did you add to this
monster to make her not drag her a.s?

Anyone experience of the Analim 3000M CNC control ? Is it a good 'un
or a pain in the neck? I'm looking at a CNC mill equipped with one but
have no experience of that particular controller.
AWEM

Can anyone point me to some online prices for bearing bronze?
I often do (paying) jobs using existing bits of stock, if it's just an
odd piece I'll usually just pick a number out of the air for the
price, but if it's getting in to tens of pounds I'd like to know that

While this is general engineering not model engineering I found these
very informative - the old hands probably know this all already but
they are great for beginners, probably through to intermediate level.
http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/ehs-videos/videos

I have a 1/700 (if I remember right) model kit of this on my to do
list. It was the ship my grandfather served on from around 1943 to the
end of the war. I actually went into the Navy after high school
because of him. But I went into submarine service partly from his

I know we discussed these a little some time back, but here's a very
neat video!
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com:80/video/video_player.shtml?vid=944641

Hi all - Moebeus Models is making a figure of "Conan the Barbarian".
It's been on their website for a yera, posted as being due "Autumn of
2008", and I saw copies of the test shots in a download from a recent
Model Show.

I have a Moore and Wright automatic centre punch which sadly is missing the
little ball that is so small and yet so important. I contacted M&W some
years ago but heard nothing and have just come across it again.
It would be very useful and I was wondering if anyone knew the ...