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 Subject:  Re: Photo etch......how important is it really?List thread.  
  
 Date:  Sep 11, 2006
 From:  Paul A. Owen 
It's true that a lot of the PE stuff could be done in styrene. There are high pressure injection moulding machines that can mould wafer thin styrene parts, but they are very, very expensive to run. Photo-etched parts are a lot cheaper.

I don't think screening could readily be done in anything other than PE for as cheap. I suppose die-cut Nylon screening could be used...?

Paul.
 
Thread Listing 
  Photo etch......how important is it really? - Glenn Bartolotti - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Philippe Blumenthal - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Domagoj Kamenjarin - Sep 11, 2006
. . . can't live without it - Mike Bedard - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . Re: can't live without it - R.C. Hill - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . Re: can't live without it - Mike - Sep 12, 2006
. . . . . . . . . Re: can't live without it - Eric Scurlock - Sep 13, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Paul A. Owen - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . All things in Moderation - John F. Steinman - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - "panzers" koenig - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Al Crawford - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Damon Agretto - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Al Crawford - Sep 11, 2006
. . . It really depends on the subject matter - Roy Chow - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Gary Cooper - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Gary Cooper - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . Before Eduard - Roy Chow - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . . . . More Before Eduard - Saul Garcia - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Brian Bocchino - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Satisfied - Mike Tittel - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Depends on the kit... - Bob Muckley - Sep 11, 2006
. . . . . . Re: Depends on the kit... - Damon Agretto - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: We hates it we does.... - Eric Scurlock - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Paul, looks like we need a new forum.... - Glenn Bartolotti - Sep 11, 2006
. . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Tim Streeter - Sep 11, 2006
. . . lost parts - Mike Bedard - Sep 12, 2006
. . . . . . Re: lost parts - Philippe Blumenthal - Sep 12, 2006
. . . Photo etch......Value is relative - Nemanja Pavlovic - Sep 13, 2006
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