oldthudman5 Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi Claude, thanks for the heads up. I went and checked, the site is gone. I started to get panicky, as their stuff is THAT good! I found an archived page that showed that they are (were) getting a new page on July 23..... So, they seem to be in the midst of a move. The telephone number should be the same, and that is 1-800-261-2837. Happy hunting! I'll check later then..............Thanks..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Redoing brakes on main wheels............1st try just didn't look right............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hi Claude, thanks for the heads up. I went and checked, the site is gone. I started to get panicky, as their stuff is THAT good! I found an archived page that showed that they are (were) getting a new page on July 23..... So, they seem to be in the midst of a move. The telephone number should be the same, and that is 1-800-261-2837. Happy hunting! Lee:..............Aves website is backup and running...............http://www.avesstudio.com/ Sharkmouth and Lee White 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) On tool I decided I needed was a circle center finder...............May order one from Micro Mark next month but decided to try and make a temporary tool for the present....................Made from pieces of Evergreen I-Bean and about .40 thou flat.............. Edited July 31, 2014 by oldthudman5 polsam, Harold and Girlscanplay2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polsam Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I've had a circle center finder for years. I first got it when I started doing scratch built ships. You'll find it an extremely useful tool. I don't know how I got along without it. oldthudman5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Hi, I like what you are doing very much. Can I please ask how this circle centre finder tool works (never heard about that before)? Thanks oldthudman5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Hi, I like what you are doing very much. Can I please ask how this circle centre finder tool works (never heard about that before)? Thanks Presently, I'm working on the bakes for the main wheels.........to drill a hole in the center of, say a disk, you can guess at the center but it's better to be ensured true center..........That's where a center finder comes in......Here are a couple of pic to illustrate Edited September 10, 2014 by oldthudman5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) I've had a circle center finder for years. I first got it when I started doing scratch built ships. You'll find it an extremely useful tool. I don't know how I got along without it. If you don't mind me asking Polsam ....Where did you buy your center finder tool.............. Edited August 2, 2014 by oldthudman5 polsam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I can't even get a B-26K going in 1/48 and I have a conversion and an IM kit and here you are striking "gold" in the "real man's" scale. Marvelous work!!!!!!!!!!!! Barry oldthudman5 and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 I can't even get a B-26K going in 1/48 and I have a conversion and an IM kit and here you are striking "gold" in the "real man's" scale. Marvelous work!!!!!!!!!!!! Barry Know what you mean........I too have the 1/48 Mono kit plus the IIRC the Cutting Edge conversion kit...... Also had another one resin conversion kit (which I can't recall at the moment)............ I got just so far and really couldn't get any further................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polsam Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 If you don't mind me asking Polsam ....Where did you buy your center finder tool.............. I made mine in the machine shop at work . It was done using aluminum stock on a small mill. oldthudman5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 I made mine in the machine shop at work . It was done using aluminum stock on a small mill. Thanks................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 Oldthudman5, Gosh!!! I just caught up and OMG !! Your work is EXEMPLARY and it has gotten so good since I last peeked in.. Those wheels et al is simply SPLENDID. Keep up the excellent workmanship.. Thanks.........Actually I redid the brakes .....they just didn't look right to me...............Will post new pics in a day or 2............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldthudman5 Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 (edited) As promised here is a pic of the main wheel brakes redo....... Edited September 10, 2014 by oldthudman5 Lee White, LSP_Paul and Girlscanplay2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Excellent !........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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