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There are so many grades of aluminium, steel and brass that engineers have to often look up the best type for what they are designing or making. As an engineer myself I have been brought up with grades of materials. But many model makers starting out machining do not have the benefit of that experience. From a non engineer perspective, asking for free machining material is the safest way to go.I Generally the brass and aluminium bar stock sold in hobby store racks is machinable material.

Master and Commander was a good movie and very enjoyable. Whoever designed the theatre poster for it did not have a clue though. Two ships firing at each other, all cannon ports open in a raging sea? Both would have flooded instantly and gone down to Davy Jones' s Locker! Another movie I particularly liked was Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven, starring Orlando Bloom and Eva Green, but it did not do so well at the box office as some of Scott's other movied.

Really interesting project. Makes a real change from all the more modern subjects. As an engineer I always find scratch built models fascinating, and this one is coming along really nicely. Regarding thin leather, bookbinding leather has already been suggested. Another source is the craft fraternity. Some time ago I purchased a bundle of soft leather off cuts in different colours from the outlet store of a glove manufacturer Pittards in the UK that they sold for crafters. If all you want is enough to cover a single seat, maybe taking apart an old soft leather wallet or an old pair of ladies thin leather gloves might be enough for your project.

Kurt, your 250LM is taking shape nicely. Look forward to seeing the finished model. Incidentally, Airfix made one in 1/32nd scale too many years ago to remember. I am not sure if they ever re released it.

This thread has just about run its course guys. I think that we have all voiced our respective opinions. So PAX! The moderators do the best they can under the constraints they have, so like I said in my first post, cut them a bit of slack! Me? I'm just a serious auto modeller who doesn't take himself too seriously!

Joe Srodlowski (SfanGoch) you took me to task about not referring to you by name earlier when I referred back to one of your posts. My apology for the omission Joe. Perhaps too many of us are getting a bit sensitive about the forum and what wordage or subject matter that might be contrived as being contentious should or should not be used on it. There is a simple answer to all this. Guys, just use a bit of restraint before pushing the Post button and review what you are about to send. We can all tear the moderators to pieces about violations being missed, and you, yourself mentioned that being a moderator is a thankless job that they all volunteered to do. Just the four of them. So what is the answer Joe? Yes they voluntarily accepted rather than were delegated the job of moderating. However, they simply cannot man their PC's 24/7 to monitor the site. Given the amount of criticism being aimed at them by a number of different people, would you be prepared to take the job on, lose out on probably a big portion of your modelling time, as well as attend to much more important stuff that has to take precedent like earning a living to keep a roof over your head and family responsibilities? I certainly would not. Some guys get a bit too passionate about things on this site and it can be in danger of becoming an 'office politics' scenario. But, like I said before. we need to get some perspective on this. It is JUST A HOBBY website after all, set up for like minded auto modellers to enjoy sharing ideas, tips, builds and photos.

Cut the moderators a bit of slack guys. There are only 4 of them. They are all human and give up quite a bit of their own modelling time to do this necessary job, and probably for no financial reward. One poster suggested that they acquaint themselves with colloquial slang from around the world. Come on! That is asking the impossible. Slang varies from region to region within different countries and is so diverse. Also, there are so many daily posts and responses on this site, they cannot always respond immediately as many would wish. Other much more important things they have to attend to like earning a living and attending to family needs will always take precedent over moderating a hobby website to get this into perspective.

Michael, thanks for explaining about the 30 day moderation. How I read this is that once a person is being moderated for that period, any posts they make get diverted to a moderator for approval before they can be viewed by other users? It goes without saying that anything offensive or abusive has to be dealt with a ban. As far as something being inappropriate goes, yes there are comments that would absolutely be inappropriate to make. But there could be times when someone might fall foul of this without realising it by making a comment or criticism. Sometimes there is a fine line between an opinion that is ok to make or one that could be deemed contentious, provided this sort of situation is not dealt with too heavy handed, and therefore a judgment call has to be made in those circumstances. You moderators must have a bit of a job on your hands at times as this site is always quite busy, and probably more so now that the Scale Auto site has closed. People should realise that you guys are doing a good job and giving of your own free time to monitor this website and ensure that users and viewers can go on to it with confidence about what they read and see

I have an Emco Unimat 4 and it has been one of the best investments I have ever made for turning small pieces. As machines go, further versatility is obtainable by adding the milling/ drilling attachment. The little Sherline lathe made in the US is very similar to the Unimat in concept, being able to add a milling/drilling attachment like the Unimat. I go through loads of plastic rod, tube and other extruded shapes for my modelling projects as well as brass and aluminium tube and bar. Often, I need to make multiple lengths of tube or bar to the same length. An easy way to do this is set a stop in a chuck in the tailstock. Put a parting off tool into the tool holder. Once the stop is correctly positioned and the tailstock holding the chuck is locked, it is just a matter of keep pushing the material you want to cut similar multiple lengths from through the chuck against the stop, close the chuck, part off and keep repeating until you obtain the number of similar length parts you require. Another tip. If you do not have a centre drill, put a small drill into the chuck with about 2 to 3 mm (1/8 inch) only protruding to keep the drill bit rigid and this can substitute as a centre drill to start a hole.

Les, You are right, Airfix did re release Little Nellie just a few years back, but I don't think it is a current kit anymore.

Dave, does being moderated for 30 days constitute being barred for that time or being closely monitored? Does this replace or supplement the current moderation practice of penalty points that are never 'spent' after a certain period and always stay in place? Maybe the new policy needs spelling out to people line by line as a notification post so that there can be no mis interpretation about what constitutes 'stepping over the line'.

Recently I saw the Wallis Makes Bond Autogyro 'Little Nellie' at the Shuttleworth Collection, who have all his others in storage. How Wallis got around some of the regulations here in the UK was by registering each and flying them as a prototype.

Lee, Model Factory Hiro have kits for a Bugatti 35B in 1/12th, 1/20th and 1/43rd in their inventory.

Still looking if anyone out there can help.

Can you imagine one of these single seat drones crashing through your roof and landing in your living room, and a confused pilot stepping out and saying 'Sorry about that!' like Hagred when his knock flattened a heavy door in a Harry Potter movie. LOL

Really nice model Greg! Commercials from that just pre war era make for some interesting model subjects, with plenty of scope for the imagination.

Andrew, I would imagine the 1/12th scale MFH Barchetta will be a stunning build that you are making as will Bill' s 1/24th scale FPP one

Didn't know about those two Bill. Thanks for the info. The FPP models !/24th scale one should be nice. I think they can supply sets of lovely real wire scale wheels as separate items as well. I can remember some of the Gowland Highway Pioneers series from way back but not the Barchetta. Seem t remember that series was in 1/32nd scale.

Thank you for the feed back and the link Rex.

Years ago just about all modelling magazines had good scale plans (yes plans) printed within them. Now the tendency is to print numerous photos and less words.

491 pages of irks against 223 pages of what pleased us today. Are most of us just getting a bit grumpy judging by the above stat?

Is CMA the company formed by Marshall Buck to make high end models and kits of classic cars still running? Their website appears to have simply vanished! I could only find a few references to them on auctioneers sites when CMA made models were being sold on by individuals. Last time I looked on their website was some time ago when it was up and running, and Marshall was developing a super detailed Ford GT40 multi medium kit in 1/12th scale at the time. I do not know whether it ever made it to market or not, but it looked as though it had the makings of being the very best GT40 scale model kit judging by the photos shown of a large number of parts made in development. I wonder if the prolific output by MFH kits has had an effect on CMA's market as there did not appear to be any clash in subject matter as far as I could see?

An interesting build of a classic sports racing car with aesthetic lines. It would be nice if a mainstream manufacturer like Revell would make one in plastic.I Besides MFH, I am almost certain that Marshall Buck of Creative Miniature Associates made a resin kit in a larger scale like 1/16th or 1/12th back in the 90's.

It would be nice if this magazine was obtainable off the shelf in the UK from WHSmith, the UK equivalent of your Barnes and Noble I think. I can get FSM regularly there and Scale Auto until it was axed.