Model Forum / General / Models / July 2010

I've just bought an Excel swing grinder.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4757300944_1c8c14427c.jpg
Having doused it it WD40 it's now swinging fine but had been seized
and "unswinging" when I bought it. This was probably down to lack of

Try doing _THIS_ with them!
http://epicwinftw.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129208575329985527.jpg
Seriously epic win with sprue trees!

Anyone know what the plastic goo on the better cutting tools is, and
if/where it's available?
I don't know what it's called, so googling prolly won't help me.
I'm referring to the plastic sheath stuff, usually a mm or so thick,

Anyone have any Hudson & Allen No. 9504 Mud they'd be willing to part
with?
The shipping costs more than the product from Roll Models and
Modelmecca.

This tip applies to the large-scale Heller Victory, the Revell
Constitution, and other models in a similar scale of Napoleonic ships.
Making the "hammock netting" above the bulwarks can be a real headache
-- the Heller instructions recommend weaving your own, while the

Local college (London/Essex) is on the look out for 3 decent Colchester
student lathes. This would be visually the square head 600 group style, what
I would call the latest design. If anyone is in the "know", shout please.
bob