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Re: Kit Manufacturers
No sweat MAGNA...feel free to PM me with specific questions if you have them.
I neglected to mention that Dragon aircraft kits often include some nifty PE frets as do some of the more recent Tamiya kits in 1/48. It's very fine stainless-steel (I think)...it's silver in colour and a little thicker than brass. It responds well to annealing, which is the process of softening by applying heat, then allowing it to cool slowly. I suggest a gas flame for this as candles produce soot. Expect seat harnesses, rudder pedals, small aerials and radar arrays in WW2 era subjects. Dragon's WW1 aircraft have machine-gun cooling sleeves, sometimes wing struts and the small horns to accommodate control cables for flaps and ailerons too. Great stuff and a good starting point for beginners with PE. It's not so fine as the brass and copper stuff and folds are very obvious and easy...no special equipment required. Further, where one has to bend a flat machine-gun sleeve into a cylinder (very difficult), they provide the correct sized rod in styrene to 'wrap' the sheet around. I can't recommend the softening process highly enough when attempting that.
Peace.
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