Model Forum / General / Models / July 2009

I need a female spline sleeve to repair my flail mower - the female
spline has a major diameter of 20mm and has 24 splines about 30mm
long.
Amazingly the male splined shaft that mates with this is untouched -

wondering if it would be "proper" to use the Matilda in late war
diorama settings in Europe.
thx - Craig
any chance of a Matilda vs. King Tiger encounter?   :-)

I'm looking for the propeller blades from the 1/48 Hobbycraft Seafire XV kit.  Spinner would be nice but not absolutely necessary.
Thanks,
Curtiss Knowles
4760 Connor Dr

Has anyone ever had dealings with the re sealing of the valve that controls
the brake and speed control of an interact?
I need to know if the repair kit I was quoted £44 for is the going rate, or
if standard 'O' rings will do the job. The Valve is a Univer 1001.

A Venom and a Jet Provost just flew over my house! To say I was astonished
would be an understatement.
They have probably been at the Lowestoft Air Festival. They were headed in
the general direction of RAF Marham, so I wonder if they will stay there

I have seen a lot of comments on the web that SMER kits are low tech
and poor quality. IMHO this is an over reaction.
Almost finished a SMER Avia BH-11 and it is an easy kit to work with.
Some small fiddly parts and very soft plastic are the only drawbacks

Distractions all the time eating into workshop time - here's what
arrived today:
http://tinyurl.com/lgjhfy
But then I'll be eating into them later <G>

...for instrument panels:
http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/index-englisch.htm

Does anyone know of a UK supplier that would carry the Poly-V pulleys in the 'L'
size of belts (4.70mm groove pitch) ?
I'm looking for a 190mm diameter 10-Groove pulley with 50mm Taper-Lock (which
can be bought separately) That's about 7.5" X 2.25" wide in old money.

This would have been cool to model.
http://www.copcar.com/mo1204.htm
WmB

Looking for 6 off M20 x 220mm 12:9 HT bolts, plus real [1] nuts - any
ideas for a source?
Thanks,
-- Peter Fairbrother

interested in early police cars. Not sure by this box art if that is a
chrome exhaust pipe on the side.
Would like to build regular 1930-50's police car kits.  Are they out
there?

I am currently working on a tidal turbine model, and need to have
enough electricity generated to power a few LED's.
I presume to get about 10rpm in the hydraulics lab, and need a few
watts to power the LED's. I was wondering, as small DC motors are

anyone know of Nascar decal sheets, full of sponsor logos, etc.
and anyone know of a race car kit (Indy, Funny, etc)  that might be
close enough in scale to a 1/35 tank?  With a driver too.
feel like doing a silly fantasy diorama...

In honor of this being the 40th anniversary of the moon landing (or
filming in the Nevada desert - whatever! 8-P) I broke down on ePay and
bought a Bird Models Dornberger Orbital spacecraft (a precursor to his
Project BOMI while he lived here in western New York). The kit looks