Model Forum / General / Models / April 2009

Both Starship Modeler and CultTVMan import Fine Molds Star Wars
kits:

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=63
http://www.culttvmanshop.com/shop/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=25

I got the Y-Wing from one or the other, I forget which, but I
have gotten good service from both for various things.

    You can look at Hobby Link Japan (hlj.com). sh.t. Fujimi
   just announced a 1/350 Shokaku...

    HLJ is located in Japan, but run by a 'merikan. HLJ has
   all sorts of "stuff", so don't say you were not warned...

    Note that while it is a damn good kit, for all of the
   access FM had of the studio model(s), they somehow overlooked
   that the "mandibles" are not parallel to one another. That
   is the biggest (and about only) complaint that I have heard
   regarding the FM MF.

                            Bruce

I second the suggestion of using Hobby Link Japan. Scott Hards runs
the place, I think he used to post here once upon a time. Great
company to do business with. Fine Molds makes some awesome kits. I
love their 1/35 scale IJA tank kits. When Fine Molds first entered the
Star Wars business, I ordered two of their X-wings and had them in
hand in less than 30 days for $34 delivered (these kits retailed here
in the States for $40 a piece, got two in hand for less than one cost
at an online shop).

I would also check online model forums. Often folks have to sell kits
to makes ends meet. You might be able to score a great deal and help a
fellow modeler pay the rent.

RobG