Starting with the very basic, the author guides you through the essential skills & techniques needed to build a model military vehicle to be proud of. Concentrating on the construction of plastic kits in the popular scales, Military Vehicle Modelling, also looks at how to improve your model or create a different version using other kits, specially manufactured components in plastic, resin & metal, & scratch built parts. Topics covered: · Tools · Construction tips · Painting techniques · Building a simple diorama · Detailing · Weathering · Advanced techniques ISBN: 978 1 86126 557 9 192 pages Paperback 246x 189 mm Colour throughout ...

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Miller Fifer Plan MM2064A JAMES POTTINGER design for a Fifer Motor Sailing Yacht. This is a two sheet scale plan for a Miller Fifer MSY. It is to a scale of 1:15 producing a model just under 25 inches (635mm) long & is intended for radio control with a single electric drive motor, or for static display. The plan was featured, together with accompanying constructional notes & photographs in the August 2011 Model Boats magazine (No. 61/729). The model is recommended for those with some experience of scratch building a round bilged vessel. ...

Designer: Gerald Shattock A small & compact blowlamp for operation with lighter fuels. Excellent for small brazing & silver soldering jobs (with instructions). Micrometer is an accurate instrument which can be made in a few hours for a negligible outlay. Principle can be extended, eg for 1-2in micrometer etc. ...

Tamiya 1:24th scale Mini Cooper 1275S mk. 1 Rally Model Car Kits (24039) About this model A front wheel drive was selected to keep the floor paneling level flat. A small powerful engine was selected & developed to be mounted sideways, in front, & driving the small diameter 10" wheels, which were laid out at the four corners of the body. By this design, 80% of the overall length could be utilized for the passengers & driver, & to further increase the space, the gearbox was installed in the oil sump of the engine. The suspension system of the Mini was one of its most excellent features. Four wheel independent suspension using a double wishbone & a rear trailing arm & the springing was a rubber, semipneumatic, liquid filled & the front & rear wheels were joined together with a thin pipe to equalize the pressures during running. This type of dampening, using hydraulic springing is very compact, so that it could all be mounted without interfering with the passenger compartment. It was patented under the name of " Hydrolastic". The designer of this vehicle was sir Alec Issigonis, a Greek who became a naturalized British subject, & well known throughout the British automobile industry. Paint & Glue not included ...