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How to put wheels (landing gear) on balsa Spitfire?
How do I attach the wheels and landing gear on a Guillow balsa Spitfire model. Do I punch a hole in the tissue on the bottom of the wing? And where do the "M1" pieces go? The instructions are not too...
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17 years ago
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Looking for a kit - help please
G'day all. I am trying to locate a specific kit, the Nichimo 1/20 Datsun 260z 2+2 Fairlady, kit No. MC2094 2500. I have tried all the usual on line places for out of production kits, but to no avail....
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17 years ago
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PB4Y-2 Privateer Wheel Well Color
Hi Does anyone have an idea or better still a photo of what the Navy painted the wheel wells on PB4Y-2 Privateers in the 3 tone scheme? Were they the same color (white) as the undersurfaces or were...
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17 years ago
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1/32 P-47 Decals?
was going thru the stash and found that I have four of the Revell Germany kits. (damn Squadron $9.99 sale!) don't remember buying them twice. anyone else buy a kit too many times over thinking you did...
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18 years ago
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Peterbilt Alaskan Hauler
Hi all, I will begin soon to work on a "Peterbilt Alaskan Hauler" with a trailor car transporter from Revell/Monogram. Before to build a model, I always look for a lot of documents to superdetail each...
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18 years ago
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Spitfire XVI colour scheme
I would like to build a late-war Spitfire XVI - the clipped wing bubbletop sort. The problem is that I want to built a very basic squadron aircraft. Most of the references I have seen show aircraft...
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18 years ago
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Revell "Big Boy" Decals
The decals as supplied with my Revell 1/87 Big Boy Locomotive are all over scale, several will not even fit - especially the loco numbers on the front boards. Has anyone come across a second source of...
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18 years ago
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Aurora 1/54 S2F Tracker info
Has anyone built (or re-built) one of these? I just won one on EBay and I know it's gonna take lots of work. Any suggestions on aquiring/scratchbuilding a landing gear? How bad are the engines?
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18 years ago
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RAF colour question.
I'm in the middle of an Airfix nostalgia attack, building kits that I haven't made since the 1970's. However, there's one thing that's bugging me and that the colour of the paint that's suggested for...
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18 years ago
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Jonesy personal ad
Remember Jonesy, the crook who stole from several rocketeers on ROL? Now he wants a lover. If you want to see his picture, read about his perfect lover, and laugh, go to one of the other victims...
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18 years ago
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12v Minitool (Bohler) power tools on eBay
Hi, I hope I'm not breaking any rules/offending anyone... Anyways, I bought a job lot of new Bohler precision mini power tools from a local model store that was closing. I've taken the bits I needed...
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18 years ago
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Re: 1/700 Full Hull Ships Wanted.
voodoo> Hello all! Are there any full hull ships besides Japanese voodoo> in 1/700 scale? I have a couple of nice Dragon 1/700 voodoo> Bismarck and Tirpitz kits. Most others seem to be voodoo>...
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18 years ago
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CARZOL Plastics Corp. of Montreal PQ circa 1960
Hi folks, I've been away for a bit, moving from Ontario to New Brunswick... but I've cast my nets at the largest flea market in Canada (Sussex NB) to find a "Japanese Fishing Boat" from CP, kit #...
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18 years ago
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Italian MBT Ariete: which colours?
Hi! I must premise that I'm not a really expert modelist. I have recently bought the Trumpeter 1/35 model of Italian MBT Ariete. I don't know which colours to use to paint this tank. The box...
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18 years ago
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Resin Drying Tacky
I bought a small tin of clear resin and some transparent blue pigment to make some lightbars for some fire & police models ive been working on, but im having some problems with it - it always dries...
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18 years ago
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Aztec Dummy 1/350 Refit Enterprise 1701 Aztec Paint Masks
Check out these interesting paint masks to Aztec the Polar Lights 1/350 USS Enterprise NCC-1701 kit! Cybermodeler Online Welcome to the Internet's most popular hobby and general scale modeling online...
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18 years ago
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!&%#$*^^@!! decal problems!
I tried laying down some older Monogram decals (coated with Microscale decal film)and things have gone very wrong. Initially I laid them in a drop of Future because my gloss coat wasn't all that...
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19 years ago
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wood glue ? for balsa models
In the 1960's my brother used a glue that I can't seem to find anymore. It was a copperish colored glue that dried very hard on balsa models. I am sure it was toxic as heck. I recently got a large...
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19 years ago
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ARM: Review - DML 1/72 scale Jagdtiger
Kit Review: Dragon Models Limited 1/72 Armor Series Kit No. 7250; Sd.Kfz. 186 Jagdtiger Porsche Version; 139 parts (129 in grey styrene, 6 etched brass, 2 screws, 2 in black vinyl); price about $8.95...
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19 years ago
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SMS Seeadler - Wooden Sailing Ship Model by Billing Boats
Seeadler - Wooden Sailing Ship Model by Billing Boats Model of the World War I German raiding ship commanded by Felix Von Lückner. Possibly the only warship to fight under sail in World War One, and...
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