Model Forum / General / Models / August 2009

Many of the crew provided are wearing kits, so I would say it is winter
months gear.  I can see basic colors- tops dark blue and pants medium
blue, but there are tassles and such on hats- what color are these
things. Also little cords on coats or shirts. Were artillery uniforms

I love that stuff pattern makers use these days, and would like to get
some for a project I will be starting (ship with scratch hull).  A four
by eight sheet is too expensive for me, even though it might last a
lifetime. I have heard that some brands are available in smaller ...

bought this figure recently and noticed there is a circle on the right
shoulder. I have no idea what should be painted there. from the box
art you can only tell how to paint the design in the left shoulder.
Ideas ?

My neighbour, aware of my engineering interests and workshop, has
asked for some assistance with one of his old tractors.  It has
adjustable width front axle as shown in the photo at
http://www.chatstractors.com/1440-Allis-Chalmers-tractor-cover.htm

given the Brits record of naming their aircraft names that would
encite fear to their enemy (Fruitbat)  I naturally thought this was
another british airplane. It would have also helped if I had my
reading glasses on that the time I searched.

I've posted pictures of my three latest completed kits. They are the
Breitling Orbiter 3, Man on the Moon, & Trumpeter's fire engine. All
were quite an experience to build.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3842331/ns/us_news-the_week_in_pictures?GT1=43001
You can see a bigger version at Image 16 of the slideshow.
I know the SU-27 is big, but surely it can't be *that* big?
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Bought a couple of 256mb sticks of PC133 sdram on Ebay last week to upgrade
my antique 733mhz pentium to its maximum 512mb and sod's law it turned out
to be ECC parity stuff for servers not desktop pcs. Strangely it does
actually work but each stick is only recognised as 128mb so ...

Randomly hunting through the excellent lathes.co.uk site while waiting
for code to compile, I came across
http://www.lathes.co.uk/stevens/
which looks like an interesting (tiny) milling machine with an 8mm

Does anyone know anything about these converters please.
I'm doing a bit of a write up for another forum (woodworking) comparing
methods of running 3 phase machines from single phase supplies.
Silverdrive make things they call phase converters and yet appear to

I ahve just finished the Hemingway, Trent Pinion mill and have taken
it all apart to finish the parts. The steel parts I would like to
black. The instructions recomend heating to red hot and plunging in
old oil, which I dont like the sound of. I have found Carr's blacking

I'm trying to find a supplier of these or similar rams.
Anyone know where I should look please?
Internet searches have prooved fruitless.
Looking for 2 rams with 600-1100mm range, similar to NorthernTools

Product Review: Unique Master Models tools; SCR-01 Scribing Tool;
Price US$12
Advantages: high-hardness steel tool has multiple uses for scribing or
seam cleanup

trying to figure out how tall a 1/25 figure would be. lots of jimmy
flintstone girl figures on ebay.
scale x 12  divided by ???
Craig

Has anyone got a source of these, or a couple or more to sell?
Peter
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Peter A Forbes