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ioannis

Greece
494 Posts
Posted - 04/25/2010 :  07:26:59  Show Profile  Visit ioannis's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Could you please comment on the F.D.S. brand?

They produce/ed kits in resin and white metal.
Are those kits accurate enough?
Do they nave assembly problems?
What is the range of their prices?
Is there any famous FDS kit?

Thanks in advance,
John

ioannis

Greece
494 Posts
Posted - 04/25/2010 :  07:28:48  Show Profile  Visit ioannis's Homepage  Reply with Quote
wrong place.
Jono can you move it to the 1/43 page?

Thanks, John
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jeanpaul

France
149 Posts
Posted - 04/25/2010 :  11:52:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
John

FDS have the same quality than John Day Kit ...
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the.x.man

New Zealand
877 Posts
Posted - 04/25/2010 :  18:18:51  Show Profile  Visit the.x.man's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Not a problem, John :o)

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F1-Wolfgang

Germany
1884 Posts
Posted - 04/26/2010 :  00:49:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My experience with FDS has been negative. White metal kits were not really that good.

wolfgang
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360driver

Netherlands
454 Posts
Posted - 05/15/2010 :  04:51:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I had only ons FDS kit once.......the 308 GT/M.....big mistake...Huge!

Never bought FDS again. In my opinion they can't get the models right
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moriaan

Netherlands
510 Posts
Posted - 05/15/2010 :  06:24:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
FDS are old very primitive kits.

Jolly model is from the same company (de stasio).

Hans
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mark

USA
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Posted - 05/29/2010 :  10:39:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I agree. FDS kits are pretty old tech, low quality. The metal ones, anyway. Can't speak for the resin kits, though.

The metal kits take quite a bit of work to make a nice model. They do come with many parts and are fairly detailed, but the castings are not very clean. Wire wheels are usually cast, not photo etch.

Mark
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