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| Subject: | Re: Your most expensive project |  |
| Date: | Feb 7, 2008 |
| From: | Roy A. Schlicht | |
Not to sound condesending, I am curious as to why people spend so much on AM stuff for kits that apparently don't really need it. Pauls list for example:
DML Pz.3 J - $45.00 (obvious)
Aber 50mm L/60 barrel (35L-65) - $12.00 (again obvious, although the plastic barrel on this kit looks great)
Aber Fender kit (35218) - $23.00 (if you are planning some major fender damage than I can understand)
Aber PE Upgrade kit (35217) - $20.00 (do you really need it for this kit as it comes with P.E. already, how much will you actually use)
ModelKasten tracks (SK-23) - $43.00 (I do not understand replacing well molded and detailed plastic tracks with plastic tracks, Friuls would be one thing as I know some people, myself included like the extra weight they provide, but not MK, are we talking a different pattern of tracks? than I can understand, almost)
ModelKasten tracks (SK-24) - $38.00 (you need spares, o.k. but at the price of almost another kit, makes no sence since you bought MK tracks to replace the kit tracks, you have a whole mess of kit tracks laying around that could be used as spares)
Achtung Panzer No.2 - $33.00 (obvious)
Mori 20t Jack - $10.00 (is the kit one crap? It looks great to me)
I used to spend quite a bit on AM stuff but that was on older kits that really needed it or for conversions. Most of todays kits really do not need all this stuff. I think we got into the habit of beleiving that to build a really good kit we need to buy all kinds of AM stuff for it. Now I am down to usually buying a barrel (not needed alot of times as alot of kits now days provide metal barrels), screens (again not needed alot of times) and Friul tracks (like I mentioned, I love the extra weight they give my model). Just my opinions here. What ever floats your boats is what is important as it is a hobby and you all are allowed to spend as much as you want on it. Does help the AM guys stay in business (which is a good thing).
Roy |
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 | Your most expensive project - Paul A. Owen - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . My Alamein Sherman I think - Hans Haase - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . Guess I am just cheap? - Robert Garelli - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Bill Goodrich - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - tom deimling - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . 1/16th Pershing - Michael Bedard - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . 1/16th scale stuff.. - Ray Peterson - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . 1:35 80 cm Gun schwerer Gustav - Frank Forster - Feb 6, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Ryan Martinez - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Your most expensive project - David Nickels - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . This one - Liberation - James Wechsler - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Roy A. Schlicht - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - James Wechsler - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Why? - Paul A. Owen - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . I was afraid this was going to happen - Roy A. Schlicht - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I was afraid this was going to happen [IMG] - Paul A. Owen - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul, you are such a..... - Roy A. Schlicht - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . Save $$$$! Check this out... - Steve Camley - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . Must be my Panzerfahre - J Steinman - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . Tamiya T-72 [IMG] - Scott Taylor - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Gary Totty - Feb 7, 2008 |
| . . . . . . BOAT's--Bring On Another Thousand! - Curtis Jurrens - Feb 9, 2008 |
| . . . My ex wife - Rex Ross - Feb 8, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Steven C. Johnson - Feb 8, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - John Yarosh - Feb 8, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Steven C. Johnson - Feb 9, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - John Yarosh - Feb 9, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - Steven C. Johnson - Feb 10, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Your most expensive project - John Yarosh - Feb 10, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Your most expensive project [IMG] - Chris - Feb 8, 2008 |
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