Model Forum / General / Models / July 2009

Does anyone know of a friendly place which might have offcuts of
1/4 inch thick perspex sheet to sell?  
I need a piece from which I can cut a tiny section about 2 1/4 inches
by 3/4 inch so I don't really want to buy a whole sheet (but clearly

Anyone heard anything of Norman.Haven`t seen him posting anywhere and
an email to him has gone unanswered.
Not like him not to pop up somewhere.

Has anyone a small quantity of type metal I can relieve them of for
beer tokens? Either as a lump or as actual type?
I need to cast a slug into the undamaged inner end of a female spline
so that I can make a shaper tool to produce a replacement. (Type metal

anyone know if a decal for the shield comes with the kit?
sure will look crappy if they expect me to paint circles with clean
lines.....
Craig

I know many of you guys don't use Google Groups but I used to find the
search facility handy. Lately it fails to find anything on even a
basic search like "Lathe Tools", anyone have the same problem or have
an alternative to search the archive.

Does anyone know of aircraft decal sheets for the former Soviet
Republics, the former Yugoslav republics African and southeast Asian
countries?

...coolest thing since Moskit exhausts...
http://www.master-model.pl/

In a search for increased smoothness at high speed, I recently
splashed out on a Fenner Powertwist V belt for the motor to
countershaft drive on my Super 7.  Unfortunately my experience so far
is not good.

Anyone know what the Torx like things with 12 points are called? I've
recently come across them on some car door locks and a few other auto
related uses.
Next question, where to get some drivers at a working man's price?

This wasn't you back in the 70s was it?
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/rd400c/Untitled2.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/rd400c/Untitled10-1.jpg
(the name is on the text on the 2nd page)

I've just put my lathe (raglan 5") back together after a little
adjustment to improve the backlash in the feedscrew nuts.  But one of
the locking screws for the topslide has a badly work hex in the end
and needs replacing.  It's a 5/16"NC thread and 5/8" long, but almost

I want to replace the 'glazing' in a metal-framed chuck guard, as well
as the window covering the gearbox scale on my lathe.
I was thinking in terms of polycarbonate, but I know it scratches
easily and it's also expensive - I have to buy an 8' x 4' sheet for

I am contemplating buying the Snowberry.  What kind of photo etch and
aftermarket accessories are available for it?

Trumpeter's F4F-4 Wildcat. Absolutely lousy fit, at least with mine.
I'm finished with Trumpeter. For me, they're over-engineered, *way*
overpriced, and simply unsatisfying. I'm going back to simplicity;
I'll build the old Revell Wildcat and Hasegawa F6F. In fact, I think

I picked up one of those Lindberg Civil War artillery sets (I got an
original, not the current re-issue, didn't pay a lot for it).
I would estimate it is about an eight or nine pounder.  Do we have any
folks here who are Civil War artillery buffs?  The instructions call for