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This coming week (May 5th) the new Sokol's limited run kit will start shipping. You never know what you're going to run into when producing a craftsman kit... we would have expected a lengthly instruction manual (43 pages in the case of "Sokol's"), but the amount of castings, custom molded plastic windows, interior bracing (128" of it), laser cut components, additonal resin casings & so on can really add up ! The results... not one, BUT two boxes have been swallowed up by this kit. The first box contains the instructions and bagged detail parts as well as one of our new "Bar Mills Guide To Better Modeling" catalog/tips & hints booklets (that's another 44 pages of printed stuff). The second box is full... and we mean FULL of nothing BUT the laser cut components. One thing about a "direct sale" kit... without the multiple middle-man mark-ups it enables us to give you even more for your money. Despite the price increases to us we've still been able to (in our opinion) make a dollar go a long way, especially with this new series of "1 in 500" kits. While the engineering is intense, and while our costs have been impacted by the rising price of raw materials & shipping, we've still sought to give each of you a better-than-good kit for your hard earned dollar. While we can't claim to make the most "profit" per kit, we can feel good that your continuing support has never waivered. Like we've always said, "without you... there is no "us"... those of you who have ordered this kit will be able to see how we're doing... we hope you like what you'll be getting, we've certainly given it our best efforts. S-O-U-N-D... "EDISON INVENTED IT, WE PERFECTED IT" (OKAY, WE JUST ADDED IT TO OUR WEBSITE... BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY COOL !) THE "BAR MILLS" WEBSITE HAS BEEN UNDERGOING EVEN MORE REFINEMENT. FROM KIT FOOTPRINTS, TO CUSTOMER PHOTOS & ON-LINE ORDERING THE WEBSITE NOW IS MORE FUN & FACT FILLED THAN EVER (WE HOPE !) WE'VE RECORDED AND HAVE ADDED "VOICE-OVERS" ON THE "KIT INFORMATION PAGES" ... "WHAT ARE VOICE-OVERS"???? ESSENTIALLY WE'VE RECORDED 1-3 MINUTE SNIPPETS OF SOUND, OUR VOICES IN THIS CASE, THAT DISCUSS EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL KITS... YOU KNOW, HOW WE BUILT THEM, IF THEY WERE EASY OR NOT-SO-EASY TO BUILD, OTHER IDEAS FOR THE USE OF THE KITS & SO ON. THESE ADDITIONAL AUDIO FILES ARE NOW INCORPORATED INTO THE WEBSITE, SO LOOK FOR THE AUDIO PLAYBACK BUTTONS ON THE WEBSITE PAGES, AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IT'S JUST A WAY THAT WE CAN SHARE THE HOBBY WITH ALL OF YOU, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ENJOY LISTENING TO THEM AS MUCH AS WE DID RECORDING THEM ! BY THE WAY, ALTHOUGH THEY'VE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING FOR A LONG TIME, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE (2) LINKS TO OUR OWN LAYOUTS HERE IN BAR MILLS ARE LOCATED ON THE LEFT-SIDED MENU BAR. UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOD BLESS YOU ALL & GOD BLESS AMERICA. ART FAHIE, LENNY LEDNUM, JIM MOONEY, BURT LABELLE, NANCY FAHIE AND THE REST OF THE BAR MILLS STAFF
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| SCHMIDTCHEN'S RIFLES & FIREARMS (HO) | SOKOL'S MATTRESS & FURNITURE CO. (HO) |
| "WEATHERING
POWDERS" |
"THE LOWBOY
TRESTLE" (N/HO) |
"LOBSTER TRAPS" (HO/S/O) |
| "COVERED
STAIRWELLS" (N/HO) |
"WHITE METAL
DETAIL CASTINGS" (HO) |
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| "INSTAFENCE"(N/HO/S/O) |
"SHINGLES" (N/HO/S/O) |
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| VIDEO #1... "A LOOK AT OUR NEW "DIGS" 3 MINUTES |
VIDEO #2 "KITS... HOW WE MAKE THEM" 11:40 |
| VIDEO #3 "A LOOK AT GLUE" 8:40 |
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