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 I am about to start on the AIRFIX 1/48 DH Mosquito B XVI/PR XVI.
This is the retooled kit that came out a few years ago which includes
the revised wing/fuselage and cowlings for the 2 stage Merlin.
 I've searched and I cannot find any suitable decals for this

the snark's been reissued. looks like i'll be able to build all of my
childhood kits again.
what was your favorite childhood kit? mine was the b-17. i built at least a
dozen revelle and airfix kits. they seemed pretty equal then. now i have the

I have a Clark CMD1225 mill/drill which is, I believe, a ZX25 clone
made in
Taiwan. Their current version is the CMD1225C which, I'm told, is made
in China.

Quick delurk: apart from RS, who are out of stock ATM, anyone know of
a key steel supplier? I need 1/4" square.
Thanks.

Anyone got a machine for testing tensile strength? Could they test
something for me? Beer money available.
Thanks,
--Peter Fairbrother

US company Nye sells dampening gells, for thick prices. The same kind of
stuff you find in old binoculars (to get the expensive feeling on cheaper
models). This is a very sticky, brownish grease. Is there any affordable
alternative or substitute?

I recently did some shopping at www.technobots.co.uk - ordered a lot of
mixed small parts on Sunday, got an email Monday telling me that it had
been packed, arrived today, Tuesday, with every part and exactly as
ordered. Just a quick recommendation.

Trumpeter's stuff always seems to be very expensive for what is in the box.
Thankfully that doesn't seem to be the case for their forthcoming EE
Lightnings. Hannants are offering them for seventeen quid!
Okay, twelve quid would have been ideal, but I was expecting twenty-five...

has anyone built any of their kits? i'm mostly interested in the petlyakov
pe-8. it's interesting to me for the usual reasons about ww2, 4 engines and
all the rest. it also is of interest because flying in one terrified that
monster stalin. the expirience wasn't passed on to the ...

This is something that has intrigued me for a while, as I'm sure I used them
at college for measuring engine cylinder bores, but have never came across
them since and I'm beginning to question my memory.
They were a micrometer like a Telescopic gauge, but with a micrometer head

I;m working on an AFV Club Stryker and am at the point of closing her
up...meaning, it's time to install the vision blocks.  I've been
experimenting painting this over that on old clear sprue, but don't
like any of the results.  A quick search on the FSM web site turned up

Came across a couple of nice hard-to-find items this weekend.  I've
listed them on eBay at good starting prices.  All auctions end Tuesday
26 August approx 8 PM EDT.
MPC 9001 Pilgrim Observer scale model WITH SPARE PARTS

All,
What is the best glue for clear plastic?
Working on the Revell Phantom Mustang - the instructions reference a product named
Contacta Special - which apparently is only available in Europe.  

...I'm x-posting this to rec.models.scale as well as to
sci.space.history. I've gotten a couple of RFIs from some OMBloggers
as to whether or not Airfix still makes the HO-scale Astronauts set
that was released around the A11 mission. For those not familiar with

Is there a single "straight out of the pot" color for late-WW2/Korean
War era US naval aircraft? I've used a can of now oop Tamiya AS-8
(Spray) Navy Blue which seems spot on. However, for touch-ups and
future projects (brush and airbrush) It'd be nice not to have to mix