fseva Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) I was reading a back issue from late 2005 and there was a brief piece about photo-etched scriber blades. I've tried lots of scribers, and this one sounded very intriguing, because it offered a very thin blade that didn't greatly expand the width of panel lines. I looked all over the net and the only thing I was able to find was a company called U-Star, and a hobby shop in Australia that carried their stuff. I just have a lot of hesitation when ordering stuff from the other side of the world and am wondering if anyone here knows where this kind of thing can be found in the USA? (BTW, the US company in the article is out of business - their domain name - scaleracecars.com - is up for sale)... Edited April 19, 2015 by fseva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGlueblob Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 try this fellow www.umm-usa.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Scale motorsports has them here is a linkhttp://store.scalemotorsport.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SM&Product_Code=1103&Category_Code=TOOLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I've tried several kinds and like this one the best. http://www.radubstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=77_110&products_id=329 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I've tried several kinds and like this one the best. http://www.radubstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=77_110&products_id=329 Did you buy it overseas Tom or is there US distribution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I ordered it directly from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I've seen Tamiya brand photo etched scribers and saw blades at one of my local hobby shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fseva Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 try this fellow www.umm-usa.com I found them at this website! Thanks very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fseva Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Scale motorsports has them here is a linkhttp://store.scalemotorsport.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SM&Product_Code=1103&Category_Code=TOOLS You're right! Will keep this page bookmarked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fseva Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 I've tried several kinds and like this one the best. http://www.radubstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=77_110&products_id=329 This one looks like it'd be excellent for removing seam lines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fseva Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) I've seen Tamiya brand photo etched scribers and saw blades at one of my local hobby shops. I've seen a lot of "saws" by Tamiya, but so far, no scribers... and so far, not at online stores in the USA... Or perhaps you're referring to the scriber they sell with its own handle - I have that one, and I found the business end to be a bit thick... Edited April 20, 2015 by fseva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=894 same thing; different presentation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fseva Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=894 same thing; different presentation Thanks for the product test - if I hadn't already bought the ones from UMM-USA, I would surely have bought these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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