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Broadway Limited Imports to enter HO scale brass market
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Darth Santa Fe</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by dknelson</i> <br /><br />Why brass? Well it is relatively inexpensive and plentiful, it is easy to solder, it is easy to form and fold and bend, it casts and "coins" well. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />If brass is inexpensive and plentiful, then why does a brass train cost so much? <br />[/quote] <br />1. Because it is only <i>relatively</i> inexpensive - relatively with regard to many other metals, not with regard to plastic. <br />2. Because brass models are hand-crafted. <br /> <br />Frank
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