What happened to MV Products lenses?
Gray Ghost
actually) folks seem to have them.
I was able to find some 128 and 136 ones, mostly clear with a few black and
red. But I remember when these were like the coolest accessory ever. Honestly
I couldn’t figure out what size I needed and there never seemed to be a good
reference. 2 days ago I found out what sizes work best. Now of course they
seem hard to find.
Walther’s is low stock with unknown restock dates. Other guys claim they got
‘em and can get more, even though MV has gotten slow.
I got mine from Sprue Brothers and a railroad model shop I’d never heard of
until I did a web search.
Anyone have the real poop?
(Yes Cookie, I’m redoing the headlights on the M55) 8)
Frank
AMP...@aol.com
wrote:
Frank,
Try Walthers (http://www.walthers.com) which is THE model railroad
supplier for the US. They have the entire line (less those they sell
out of but the website order menu will tell you that).
Cookie Sewell
Bruce Burden
: What happened to MV Products lenses? Went to get some and nobody (or few
My understanding is that Walthers is trying to strong-arm
their suppliers into bar coding everything. If you have seen
a MV lens package, you know there is little room for a bar
code, and I doubt they want to undertake the expense of adding
a bar code.
Model railroad shops may be a good place to try, I suppose
it depends on who they get their product from...
Bruce
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Gray Ghost
@bl1g2000vbb.googlegroups.com:
125 products, most not in stock, most unknown expected restock. That’s all
.116, .128 and .136. Which are the sizes we as armor modelers need. Except
yellow and blue. Which I’m not sure we need.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=&scale=&manu=516
&item=&keywords=&words=restrict&instock=Q&split=300&Submit=Search
Bruce’s explanation sounds plausible.
Gray Ghost
@speranza.aioe.org:
> Gray Ghost <grey_ghost47...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>: What happened to MV Products lenses? Went to get some and nobody (or few
>: actually) folks seem to have them.
>:
> My understanding is that Walthers is trying to strong-arm
> their suppliers into bar coding everything. If you have seen
> a MV lens package, you know there is little room for a bar
> code, and I doubt they want to undertake the expense of adding
> a bar code.
>
> Model railroad shops may be a good place to try, I suppose
> it depends on who they get their product from...
>
> Bruce
I can sympathize as to why they want to barcode. I’ve seen the packages,
their should be enough room.