Re: How to put a Tegethoff dreadnought together?

>Ground Zero Games wrote:
>>  I know there were problems with some of the stuff GeoHex produced
>>  under licence - sadly I didn't have much knowledge or control over
>>  this while it was happening! Unfortunately this isn't good for our
>>  reputation, which (coupled with the fact that I never made a great
>
>Just to make this absolutely clear: I have always been very happy with
>the goodies I bought directly from you, Jon.
>I just wonder why I haven't heard much more of problems with Geohex
>Tegethoff.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Frits!
Come and introduce yourself at Salute, and we'll make sure you get a 
Von Teg that you can actually build up!  ;-)

>
>And about historicals: I won't say they(myself included) are
>cheapskates, we just like to complain about the Evil Empire's
>prices:-)
>However, even historicals can be made with a nice level of quality for
>a fair price. Recently I got some samples for various 6mm modern
>manufacturers (not HGQ though), and the prices were all sort of
>similar. However, the quality, especially for the infantry varied
>greatly. This means I will buy most of this stuff only after I have
>had some led/pewter in my hands. This is opposed to F/SF, which I buy
>often unseen, or after having seen a picture on the web.

Yes, very much agreed. Some historicals manufacturers are very good 
indeed, but what surprises me is how the poorer ones manage to 
survive. In some cases it isn't even that they are much cheaper than 
the good ones. For example, if I want an obscure item for my 
early-ww2 forces, say something like a Kfz-13 Adler, I know I can 
only get it from one manufacturer - so I'll buy it from them, even 
though I know it'll be a bit rough and need quite a lot of work to 
make it presentable. But, if I want a Panzer III then I know can get 
one from at least half a dozen manufacturers; it'll cost me round 
about the same from whoever (between 4 and 5 UKP or thereabouts), but 
they will vary in quality from crisp, accurate castings to 
barely-recognisable lumps of lead - so obviously I'd buy the best one 
I could get.
I suppose that in SF, you don't have that direct competition - you 
want a Von Tegethoff, then you have to buy OUR Von Tegethoff, whether 
it's good or not! The option is that you choose to buy another model 
from someone else's range, but though it may look vaguely similar (as 
some do!) it's not a model of the same ship - so unlike the Panzer 
III example, it's seldom a case of being able to choose  the best 
representation of the same thing.

Jon (GZG)

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>Frits
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>Frits Kuijlman 		    F.Kuijlman@{its,cs,twi}.tudelft.nl
>Delft University of Technology 		       The Netherlands
>The next Murphy Mania will be in Spring 2005, and not in Autumn 2004.