Model Forum / General / Models / February 2009

I'm going to need to get hold of some brass hex or rod (probably about
35mm diam or A/F) and a total length of 1.5-2 metres. I'll also need
some 6mm MS U-section, about 70 wide and 20 deep.
Any suggestions for where to buy it and how much it should cost? (I'll

Looking for the Otaki 1/600 Musashi kit.  I am only interested in a
1970's-or-so vintage issue of the kit, not the later re-issue by
Arii.  Please email me if you've got one to sell.  THX.

curious before I buy as to the sources of its articles, if I can get
them other places for free, etc.   I have several how to books and do
not want to duplicate the same thing..
thx much - Craig

Noted today that Maplin have digital calipers on sale at £9.99
<http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=32198>
Richard

Gents, I've not been able to access the homeworkshop.org.uk site either
last night or this morning. Is there a known problem?
Maybe the cold weather?? Maybe my ISP (ntlworld) but I think that is the
same as yours John.

Eduard makes some fine etched products. However, I tried their 1/32 masks on
the Trumpeter F4, and the masks weren't even close! Too wide in spots, too
narrow in others, too short or long as well. Have others seen the same
problems?

Not long ago, I emailed Airtime about their sorely out of date web
site. It looks like they are coming up with a totally new web site.
It's not all there yet. They do mention that volume 25 is the latest
issue of International Air Power Review. I haven't seen it announced

Mine just arrived, and it looks to be an excellent kit.  One question...
what is the circular device in the belly, just aft of the cooling unit?
I've seen it on the real planes, but never discovered what it was.
Don H.

could some kind soul post the disc with 20th century schzoid man?
the original, not a compilation version,  of court of the crimson king?
amazing how prophetic that song was and how on the mark it is.
thanks, gang.

Like most contests I've been to, our local contest has always had a
theme. In the past we have used anniversaries of events, countries,
colors, and we even had a Halloween/monster theme.  The best themes seem
to transcend the majority of model genres and bring out the most

Looking for some kind of 'feeler-gauge' that can identify a specific
gearwheel.
What I need to identify is the size of the teeths.
As far as I can remember I have seen a tool like those on this page:

I'm about to build the 1/48 Me 262 Mistel released by Dragon:
http://www.capehobby.com/images/product/item_m_DML-5541.jpg
and I'm not sure how to display it. The kit detail is good so I like the
idea of leaving some panels like weapons and landing gear open -maybe a jet

wondering the kit has the horse as posed in the cover art.  Usually
horses are offered in a static resting pose....
thx - Craig
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LNWHJ3&P=G

Found elsewhere and shamelessly copied and pasted here:
The Lightning Pilot's Ten Commandments
1. Thou shalt not omit thy walk-round, lest thou rise into the heavens with
a cover or ground-lock in place. Nor shalt thou ignore thy checklist, for

I was doing some casual research today and noticed that my material on
Kopro was out of date, so I tried to look up their website.  Finally found
it on the domain of www.kp-kopro.cz -- but there is much less on it than in
past years, and the English language side of the site is a ...