Fibre Glass parts for Marutaka Kits
12-02-2010, 12:41 AM
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Fibre Glass parts for Marutaka Kits
Can any one advise me of suppliers of fibre glass parts, cowls, dummy engines, wheels spats etc for Marutaka kits please.
12-02-2010, 05:41 AM
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RE: Fibre Glass parts for Marutaka Kits
There are both Marutaka and Royal parts that show up regularly on *bay. Do a search for the manufacturers and they should come up.
12-02-2010, 05:56 AM
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RE: Fibre Glass parts for Marutaka Kits
Fiberglass specialties has some of them. Here is thier site. http://www.fiberglassspecialtiesinc.com/
12-03-2010, 10:15 AM
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I am not at all impressed by the Fibreglass Specialities product or the reaction of the owner to comments about final product. The product I bought from him had flashing left on it (result cut fingers when I got it out of the box and with subsequent handling) and inconsistiencies between similiar (I bought 2 of every thing) product. These are un finished product and I expected that but to cut out bits from the product and not remove sharp flashing I cannot understand and to not be consistent with the trimming I do not understand. None of my problems are "not fixable" but I guess I expected better
For a guy quote "who has been producing these items for 33 years" (unquote) I expected better and the delivery times were not good.
Re US suppliers I would appear from 2 attempts (1 mine and 1 a friends) that customer service is something not high on their list, with in my friends case items are still outstanding from the kit. In my case it took more time than it should and 2 postings to complete the order. By comparison a kit ordered from Mick Reeves in the UK took 7 days to arrive here in Cairns and the follow up items are further 7 days after order. The kits and oder were complete and the freight cost for the kit was the same as for my 2 cowls.
A little ***** about service and quality but ever hopeful I cotinue to look for what might be the unachievable,
For a guy quote "who has been producing these items for 33 years" (unquote) I expected better and the delivery times were not good.
Re US suppliers I would appear from 2 attempts (1 mine and 1 a friends) that customer service is something not high on their list, with in my friends case items are still outstanding from the kit. In my case it took more time than it should and 2 postings to complete the order. By comparison a kit ordered from Mick Reeves in the UK took 7 days to arrive here in Cairns and the follow up items are further 7 days after order. The kits and oder were complete and the freight cost for the kit was the same as for my 2 cowls.
A little ***** about service and quality but ever hopeful I cotinue to look for what might be the unachievable,
12-03-2010, 10:18 AM
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RE: Fibre Glass parts for Marutaka Kits
Re Royal verse Marutake, yes I knew that Royal was the US boxing of the Japanese kit and in a lot of cases they also put build notes (book form) into the same boxes. I continue to hunt for the build book for the Staggerwing and the Stuka. And BTB my Marutaka kits come with decals and they are definitely Marutaka purchased from the container at Winning Hobbies in Hong Kong in the 1990's
