Model Forum / General / Models / March 2010

went up to the attic to hide my 1/24 Mossie, turned on the light and
saw what appeared to be hundreds of model kits !!
Out of sight, out of mind, is a dangerous thing when buying kits.
Oh....then the phone rang and I got distracted and up went the cats up

I have been trying to make railings from 1mm and 2mm brass but cannot get
the joints soldered.
I have tried different solders and different irons. Would a gas flame gun be
easier?

If you look at Terry Ashley's (who ran PMMS) blog, http://tinyurl.com/
yhowrj3, he suggests that the site was "stolen" and the postings on
Rapidshare are by those responsible.  Therefore it's possible that this
was done by people with little technical knowledge, hence the issues

Do  we ever hear from the guys who designed the kits?    Do we ever
hear tales of what it was like to take an airplane or tank (or
whatever!) design and covert it to a plastic kit?  So far, I've never
read anything by anyone who worked for any company ... no tales of how

Unfortunately for me, but lucky for you, I need to sell my lovely 27'
Coronado sailboat. She's really a beautiful boat, with a VHF radio,
stove, icebox, head, galley, can sleep 5, and lots more!
Please take a look, she's currently on eBay with pictures and a long

Heya Kids!
Was surfin' teh Ebay and found this kit listed:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Revell-1-72-Sikorsky-CH-54A-Skycrane-SSP-851258_W0QQitemZ110
509138441QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19badba209
Looks to be the ancient Revell/Aurora release.

Unfortunately for me, but lucky for you, I need to sell my lovely 27'
Coronado sailboat. She's really a beautiful boat, with a VHF radio,
stove, icebox, head, galley, can sleep 5, and lots more!
Please take a look, she's currently on eBay with pictures and a long

I am retired and wish to get into model making. I have been a Welding
Engineer all my working life ( class one certificated welder).. Although
I have "had a go" at most machine tools I have never been trained in the
Machine Shop just instruction from various operators.

I have been trying to make railings from 1mm and 2mm brass but cannot get
the joints soldered.
I have tried different solders and different irons. Would a gas flame gun be
easier?

Perth Military Modeling Site
Complete Archive before Shut down
Links to Rapid Share 5 part archive
Part 1

I recently asked for comments as the best way to glue a stack of 40+
brass and steel pieces together.
Further to "Peter Fairbrothers" comments I thinned epoxy with IPA.
This worked extremely well. It gave me plenty of time to glue the

Any chance in reviving a chinese scale, when:
battery ok,
it blinks very fast, readings at random,
sometimes steady for a while,

you guys getting the big fat wind, too?
i heard we supposed to get some 8-90 mph and
i believe.
i saw some guy spread his leather open and get

It seems to be more about tools than models

A great, great movie.  Anyone recall if there were any garage kits,
etc. made of all the dune buggies, and whatever else they could come
up with for the car chase scenes?
Craig