O.K. it's been many moons since I purchased a plastic kit, but talk about sticker shock. The model is a 1/350 DE (USS ENGLAND) by Trumpeter. I must admit the molding is rather good but at $28.00 (plus tax) I would have thought some photoetch railings and lifelines would be part of the models parts inventory. It's no wonder the younger generation shuns model building, the start up price of a model it pretty steep. Not to sound like an old geezer but "back in my day sonny, we'd pick up a kit for .89 paid with our paper route money down at the five&dime, have it built by lunch time and if firecrackers were availible, blown up by dusk"....actually, I only blew up the Lindberg kits, Revell, Renwal and Aurora were kept in high regard. A youngster today would have to have a hell of a paper route to plunk down twenty eight "large" for a kit.
Any suggestions as to a company that offers 1/350 photoetch railings for a DD/DE that's prototypical for the ENGLAND so I can finish this kit up proper?
Thanks
Mike "I'm still in shock and need a drink" M.