Model Forum / General / Models / October 2009

I told my dad I'd track down some rivets for his current restoration
project.  I'm in bother a) because I haven't and b) because I forgot all
about it.
He's after some steel rivets which are countersunk head in steel, 3/4

At a recent club meeting the subject was tools, and folks brought in
their best or favorites. One guy bought in some neat clamps he paid 8
bucks apiece for.  Someone said the local Harbor Freights had a very
similar clamp for a buck each.

Referring to this table saw;
http://www.miniaturetree.com/imgcategory/257_b.jpg
Has anyone ever used it to cut aluminum say .1" thick using the 24
tooth carbide blade or similar?

Everybody sitting around watching "Tombstone" today?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Nice looking machine if you have the space
http://www.sweeney-kincaid.com/Sales/PhotoCatalogueOAS.aspx?CatMode=1&SaleID=1372

I need to turn a perspex disk about 50mm dia. as a replacement speedo
glass on an old Yamaha. What can I use to stick in to a piece of wood
mounted in my lathe chuck?
Got to be something that will stick well enough for turning but come

(from the OLDTOOLS mailing list)
http://swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=196805&submit_thread=1#message
quote:

In 1942 the Navy prescribed the use of zinc chromate on operational to
inhibit corrosion on the interior surfaces, such as wheel wells and
the inside of landing gear doors, of operational aircraft.  Was zinc
chromate applied to these surfaces on prototypes like the XF6F-1, -2,

Can someone help me identify the collets for a Myford MG12-M cylindrical
grinder?
I contacted Myford, but they don't have them, didn't answer the question
what type of collet it is and pointed me to Crawford Collets. But Crawford

Kit Review: cyber-hobby.com 1/35 scale “Orange Box” Series No. 13 (DML
1/35 scale Kit No. 9113); 687 parts (469 in grey styrene, 216 “Magic
Track” links, 2 etched brass) Flammpanzer III (F-1) with Bonus German
Sturmpionere Figure Set; retail price US$29.95

For reasons best known to myself I need to paint an old Triang Spot-on
diecast model car.
It would have been separated into its component parts then stripped with
Nitromors and so back to clean metal (I

Can anyone point me to a source of ball & roller bearing cross
references? They must be online somewhere but it's beaten me.
I've got some old specs and want to know the modern part number. The
one that's really foxed me is  NJ55

Newbie to modelling...
Anyway just fisnihing my first airliner (B747-200) and basically, I painted
the fuselage gloss white first, 3 coats acrylic Tamiya Gloss white then left
overnight to dry. masked off the entire fuselage then got to work on the

Given the need to get the fuel/air mix into the cylinder,  why do most
designs have the carburettor venturii facing away from the direction of
travel (aero engine) so the intake is in low pressure air?  Seems obvious to
a beginner that you would want the carburettor intake facing ...

Cross post from UK.D-I-Y
Hi all
Something cropped up at work that is not altogether obvious!
Looking at steel for keys - the type of keys that fit in shafts and drive