Model Forum / General / Models / April 2009

Can anyone enlighten a poor yank about threads in the size of 5/16-26
TPI?  This is called out for the piston gland nut on the Stuart Turner
model 10V casting set I am currently working on.
I have been trying to locate a tap and die for this size and have

I'm still building the Dragon 1/48 Me 262 Mistel and I found out yesterday
that the supports (struts?) for the Grossebombe don't match at all. It has 5
supports: 1 under the nose, 2 under the wing root and 2 outside of the
engines. Since the holes I had to drill were accurately ...

need 2 replacement windows for the Revell version of the 1/48 B-58
Hustler.  tried to order from Revell and they say the kit is out of
production. Seems that Monogram is the label this time around for the
current release.

Anyone here use mastercam version 9 ?
Help needed with milling tool offsets if possible please. Cant seem to set
them.
Bob

Need help in the development and use JMCAD
http://jmcad.sourceforge.net/
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JMCAD is an program for the modeling and simulation of complex dynamic

Hi Gang,
I'm looking for nominations on the best online bobby store..Best
prices,speedy shipping, best selection...
Let us start the nominations now!!!

I need to find a source of tubular copper rivets with flat heads for
rivetting clutch linings.
3/16" shank, 3/8" long with an 11/32" head.
Any suggestions as to source?

Got a new home-made bronze bush with a steel shaft in it,
well-lubricated, but it's running hot (made two actually, one is peachy,
one isn't).
The shaft has slight wear markings over about half it's circumference.

Anyone have any experience/tips for getting Fine Molds models?
It seems to be a Japanese company - is there an English ver of their
website?  http://www.finemolds.co.jp/
Any feedback on US retailers of their kits?  The Starwars Millenium

Today it has been announced by the Humbrol Marfleet company in
Yorkshire
England that all TSR2 models recently sold to model enthusiasts around
the

despite saying clearly no foreign sales, some russian was high bid for a sale.
ebay isn't terribly helpful but i'm not sending it to have him claim it never
arrived.

Finally got around to building one of my 1/72 Airfix TSR-2s.  This one
is "from the box" and in prototype white (next one will be a what-if
wrap around scheme like the Vulcans ended up in).
Currently decalling it so it's glossy, but should the final coat be

is there a kit of the Cap Arcona?
that's a tough story. anyone have the book?

Soliciting suggestions for a metal primer that will not obscure fine details i.e., is very
low build, for use on white metal castings.
Will be over coated with lacquer and enamel - although not both at the same time.
Tried a rattle can of Krylon gray - applied lightly (so I thought) ...

Greetings. I've a Tamiya 1/48 F-84 that I bought awhile back, not
realizing that it's the chrome-plated version. How should I approach
priming/painting this thing? I use strictly acrylics; can't use
anything else. Thanks very much.