Model Forum / General / Models / April 2009

Kit Review: Dragon Models Limited 1/35 scale ‘39-‘45 Kit No. 6441; M4
Sherman “Composite Hull” PTO - Smart Kit; 642 parts (560 in grey
styrene, 57 etched brass, 22 clear styrene, 2 DS plastic track runs, 1
twisted steel wire); retail price US$49.95 via Dragon USA

I know this is not really "model" engineering, but I'm hoping someone
can solve a recurring problem I have with 9" angle grinders:
The f***ing nut that holds the disk on keeps overtightening so I have to
use an extender bar to unlock it.

you ok, bro? i went for a ride thursday. the red sr took about 2 miles to
clear out the cobwebs. good thing, because i forgot the satbile again.
this year i'm gonna ride and model more. life is too goddam short.
still worried about bill b.

I went to use my trusty Araldite only to find that
the tops would not unscrew, and my attempts to
do it were twisting up the tubes themselves, with
a rupture likely.

The Meddings pillar drill which I have been working on is fitted with a
1/2hp Newman 3phase dual voltage motor.  After some dismantling and
cleaning it is now wired for 3 phase delta operation rather than star.
However, I'm not sure of the best way to run it from a single phase

Does anyone know where to but diamond sandpaper? Sheets, not disks. I'm
not looking for a lot.
Thanks
Peter Fairbrother

anyone hear from him or know his phone? it's been a long while with no word.
it's not like we have a huge crowd here and we all know what a great guy he
is. anyone help?

I noticed www.hyperscale.com is no longer online.
Is this a permanent thing?
Cheers
Steven

Anyone have a 24mm x 2mm pitch die that I can buy/borrow.
Need to sort a metric thread and never got round to the metric change
gears for my lathe.
Thanks

It has been 13 years - almost to the day - that we first announced the
availability of Strip-A-Kit here on RMS.
Now it is our sad task to report that the product will no longer be
available and that we have exhausted all of

I need to get a motor from John S in Nottingham to my place near
Southampton.
Either is someone is doing all or part of the route can they collect for
me or I could do the run in a couple of weeks and transport other stuff

I have a 4 kW (5.25 HP) Transwave rotary three phase converter that is
now surplus as I've had 3 phase installed. It'll go on eBay unless
someone here wants it. Current list price is £725 plus £35 carriage so
something less than that is acceptable!

Two days ago, mi novia was watching a segment of the "Oprah Show" where
an individual who claimed
to be a "model airplane builder" supposedly lost part of his middle
finger after contacting an infection caused by handling some hazardous

Does anyone know of an individual spray paint that's dirty or dingy
white? Or lacking that, a combination of primer and some other paint
(white) to get a dirty white sort of color?
Ron