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S.K. Decals: Mercedes-AMG GT3 Macau 2018Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2019 - 06:42 PM UTC
S.K. Decals have released three sets of decals for Tamiya's 1/24th Mercedes AMG GT3, all of which raced at the FIA GT Cup Macau in 2018.
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Joel_W
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Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2019 - 02:04 AM UTC
Andy,
I haven't heard of this company before, but their decals looked great for cars I'm certainly interested in modeling, so I checked their site which is a facebook page.
But what caught my eye is the outrageous prices they're charging: $100-145 . Some decal sheets do come with a fret of PE or a few resins upgrades like mirrors, but those prices are truly insane. All the decals are listed as limited runs. Big Deal!! all they have to do is another printing or silk screening run.
Please tell me that I've read the prices totally wrong. There is no decal sheet in the modern world worth that kind of money. Even if they added the Tamiya kit, it's still highway robbery.
Joel
I haven't heard of this company before, but their decals looked great for cars I'm certainly interested in modeling, so I checked their site which is a facebook page.
But what caught my eye is the outrageous prices they're charging: $100-145 . Some decal sheets do come with a fret of PE or a few resins upgrades like mirrors, but those prices are truly insane. All the decals are listed as limited runs. Big Deal!! all they have to do is another printing or silk screening run.
Please tell me that I've read the prices totally wrong. There is no decal sheet in the modern world worth that kind of money. Even if they added the Tamiya kit, it's still highway robbery.
Joel
Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2019 - 10:37 AM UTC
Joel, S.K. Decals are based in Honk Kong, so their pricing may well be in HK Dollars. I checked the current exchange rate and HK$1 is roughly US$0.13
This would make more sense.
The decals look great and some good reference photos on their FB page.
Cheers, D
This would make more sense.
The decals look great and some good reference photos on their FB page.
Cheers, D
Joel_W
Associate Editor
New York, United States
Joined: December 04, 2010
KitMaker: 11,666 posts
Auto Modeler: 2,974 posts
Joined: December 04, 2010
KitMaker: 11,666 posts
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Posted: Saturday, March 16, 2019 - 11:07 AM UTC
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Joel, S.K. Decals are based in Honk Kong, so their pricing may well be in HK Dollars. I checked the current exchange rate and HK$1 is roughly US$0.13
This would make more sense.
The decals look great and some good reference photos on their FB page.
Cheers, D
D,
Thanks for having my back. What through me is the $ dollar sign. I thought that was reserved for the USA.
Now I can go ahead and order a few sheets.
Joel