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Posted: Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 07:56 AM UTC
Anybody know of a good source for Aber photoetch railings?
Someone with an instock inventory ... who doesn't have to special order everything.
Looking for 1/150th and 1/200th.
Thanks,
Gary
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006 - 04:07 PM UTC
Hey Gary!
Your Query is not going unnoticed, Bro...
Sorry mate, I think that you've stumped us on this one...I've done some extensive searching, and outside of a company based in Russia, I haven't come up with much useful info...The site was totally in Cyrilic to boot!
I'll keep checking though!
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006 - 04:31 PM UTC
Mark,

Hey thanks for trying. I've been seaching likewise and have come up with "0". Alot of places seem to carrry Aber but primarily the Armor PE and only a few 1/350th or 1/700th railing and such. GreatModels does list most of the Aber products and will special order them for you which I have done that in the past. Usually takes approx. 3 weeks though.

I just bought the Revell-G Fishing Trawler and was looking at the possibility of making it into the tramp steamer Venture from King Kong, or smething similar. Aber has some 1/150th railing that would really improve the kit. I want to experiment with some weathering and that looked like the perfect subject.

Thanks again,
Gary
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006 - 06:01 PM UTC

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Mark,

Hey thanks for trying. I've been seaching likewise and have come up with "0". Alot of places seem to carrry Aber but primarily the Armor PE and only a few 1/350th or 1/700th railing and such. GreatModels does list most of the Aber products and will special order them for you which I have done that in the past. Usually takes approx. 3 weeks though.


No problemo, mate...definitely agree on that fact, Gary...Aber Armor PE is practically everywhere and mostly easily available...


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I just bought the Revell-G Fishing Trawler and was looking at the possibility of making it into the tramp steamer Venture from King Kong, or smething similar. Aber has some 1/150th railing that would really improve the kit. I want to experiment with some weathering and that looked like the perfect subject.

Thanks again,
Gary


Sounds like a cool project, Gary...keep us posted if you give it a go!
~Gunny
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Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006 - 07:51 PM UTC
You might try hobbyeasy.com. They list 1/150 and 1/200 Aber railings for $17.47. They list most of the other Aber photo etch as well. I have ordered Lion Roar phote etch and so far have received complete shipments. It does take about 8 days shipping. Since Lion Roar and Hobby Easy are both in Hong Kong, the in stock status may be better than other manufacturers.
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Posted: Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 03:10 AM UTC
Thanks Don,
Hobby Easy is one place I hadn't checked into.
I'll check them out.
Many thanks,
Gary
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Posted: Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 03:15 AM UTC
Mark,
I went ahead and ordered the Aber 1/150th railings from GMWS and will keep you posted on the Trawler. I may push back and jump into it if the railing looks right. The kit railings are way out of scale and need to be scrapped. Other than that it's a pretty cool kit for as old as it is.
Bestregards,
Gary
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