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| Subject: | Re: Photo-etched grilles? |  |
| Date: | Mar 23, 2003 |
| From: | Neville Lord | |
Brandon,
I'll answer your questions in reverse. The major firms probably don't
provide them for several reasons. First when DML did incl etched parts they
got a lot of flak about quality and usablility etc. Second by splitting the
cost of the kit into two they can lower the initial cost. Third even if they
did incl them a lot of people would still replace them with aftremarket
etched metal (and complain about having to pay twice).
If you want to buy them, a lot of mail order places sell them including
those who have banners on Track-Link. Popular aftermarket brands include
Part, Aber and Eduard.
Jadar of Poland who help support Track-Link is one firm you with good prices
that you could try.
http://jadarhobby.waw.pl/e_portal/c_default.php?language=en&PHPSESSID=2b2303
93e5c4d732fb41ab0a84d0af64
www.Rollmodels.net is one firm in the US with a good range and discounted
prices.
Cheers
Neville Lord
TL Admin Team
"Brandon Rush" wrote in message
news:3e7ce88c@news.track-link.net...
> I just finished (almost) my first model after getting back into the hobby.
I really love how it's comming.....but I do have one newbie question.
> How do I buy photo-ethced grilles if my local hobby shop doesn't sell
them?
> And also, if anyone can answer this one....why the heck doesn't (in this
case Tamiya) just provide the grilles with the kit?
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