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GeneralFailure
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 04:24 AM UTC

Last week, I discovered (through a link from this side ? ) a specialist modeling tools company on http://www.micromark.com. They may be a household name in the US (?), but I never heard of them. Navigating the site doesn't bring the best overview, but I found a "order you free catalog" button...

This morning, a little catalog was in my mail (from the US to Europe... !)
For a scratchbuilder, these are the best little toys I could dream of. I'll show it to my wife in case she needs ideas for my birthday present. There's certainly something useful in there ... for my coming 534 birthdays !
:-) :-) :-)

I don't have the habit of making advertising, but this is real neat stuff. Prices seem correct, too.

Does anyone have experience with this company ?

Jan

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HunterCottage
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 04:45 AM UTC
I've never ordered anything from them, but the IPMS'ers here in Stockholm sure swear by them. I've only heard good about them, I was looking at there resin and casting silicone any thoughts o' chief of scratchbuilding :-)
Chappy_ju87
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 05:23 AM UTC
Micro-Mark is a very good company to order from, they have never messed up an order for me and delivery was very fast....BTW, those catalogs come about every 2 or 3 months
Bluefalcon47
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 05:45 AM UTC
Jan,

I have ordered from them several times and had no problems at all. Not even when an order was missing an item. I simply e-mailed them and they mailed it to me within a week!
Highly recommmended! They have all these neat tools that are very useful. They have a good selection of glues and paints too. :-)
ladymodelbuilder
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 10:37 AM UTC
Jan,
I ordered from them a few times and had no problems at all. They also have those non-rolling, comfy-grip hobby knives. :-)
NeilUnreal
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Posted: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 - 10:22 PM UTC
I've ordered untold quantities of stuff from MicroMark. While there have occasionally been back orders or an item has been discontinued, they have never made a single mistake on an order.

They have a real knack for finding and rebranding the most useful tools for modelers. For the most part, their prices are very competitive Sometimes I'll find an item cheaper somewhere else, but I often order it from them anyway, based on customer service and the fact that I can order multiple items and save on postage.

A couple of recently bought items I'm getting good use out of are the #14294 small chisels, and #81845 small file set w/handle.

Someday, I hope to buy one of their magnetic gluing jigs #60304.

-Neil

p.s. Last year they even printed one of my "thank you" blurbs in a catalog sidebar, but it has since rotated out
GeneralFailure
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 04:28 AM UTC
I was amazad by the speed they replied to my e-mail. I had hardly posted it, or they airmailed me a catalog !

BTW : when my ship comes in some day, I want to get me one of those lathes'. NOw thàt looks like a solid precision tool ! (drool, drool)

Jan

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GunTruck
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Posted: Friday, March 08, 2002 - 02:40 AM UTC
My turn to chime in here too - MicroMark is a great supplier. I've never had a problem with getting an order fufilled quickly and accurately.

Gunnie
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