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| Subject: | What happens to useful molds from old companies? |  |
| Date: | Jan 8, 2007 |
| From: | Christopher C. Tew | |
After digesting the thoughful replies to my post about getting back to WWII armor and having decided on the Tamiya M4A3 kit as a starting point, I looked through my pile of "stuff" and found two sets of the old MP Authen-I-KIT M4/M4A3 conversions. These and the post on Hinchcliff figures brought a question to mind:
What happens to the molds of companies like MP that go out of business?
Back in the "good old days" there was a company that made a decent German small mortar, the more familiar 88mm mortar and, I think, what were then pretty good .50 MGs and maybe .30s as well. An English company made a very good Lewis-type MG, and there were others in 1/72 scale (for a/c!) as well as these 1/35s. More recently, an English company made a series of Sherman track variations that had plastic pads and metal end connectors - the pads having many fewer shrinkage problems than more recent all plastic sets. Speaking of which, what will happen to the RVHP molds? A short-lived resin company in the US SW Made a set of German MG ammo bags where each bag was differently creased/bent. I'm sure many of you can think of other out of production molds that had worthwhile uses. What happens to them?
Best to all,
CTew |
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