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                        A question of PE

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                        BigJim
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: Roanoke, Virginia
                        A question of PE
                        Posted by BigJim on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:00 PM
                        Looking over some photo etch sets of parts for some 1/24 models, a set appeared to include a complete steering linkage, et al. Now why in the world would someone use some flat PE parts on their models for something that obviously needed to be round?
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:19 PM
                        Because it looks good in the set description. Smile [:)]
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        yardbird78
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway
                        Posted by yardbird78 on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:09 PM

                        The same problem applies to PE sets for aircraft.  Pitot tubes, hydraulic lines, etc that are round in real life look sorta funny in flat PE.  It is not TOO noticeable in 1/72 scale, but anything bigger starts to be very noticeable.

                        Darwin, O.F.  Alien [alien]

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                        The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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                        LateApecks
                        • Member since
                          December 2007
                        Posted by LateApecks on Friday, December 14, 2007 12:23 PM

                        It helps to dip it multiple times in either primer or CA. Some 1/43 kits have PE steering wheels!

                        LA

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