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redss350
13-02-2003, 04:58 PM
Who prefers the old aerials like on the xy's xw's and other fords compared to the new ones on the ht hg monaro's and the latest one on the xa gt red pepper.
7Litre
13-02-2003, 05:09 PM
Keep with originality, The Factory stock standard designed Aerial Thankyou.

Regards 7Litre....
redss350
13-02-2003, 05:46 PM
7litre iam talking about the plastic aerils on Biante model car's on the new xa gt red pepper coupe and on the ht and hg monaro's.I prefer the chrome one's on the ford biante models .I know which to tend to break easy but the new plastic ones don't look as good plus i brought those three cars xa, ht and hg which their aerials were bent over and you cant bend them back because they just bend back where they were bent.The man at the model shop said most of these aerials got bent when they put the piece tissue paper over the cars before packaging.
7Litre
13-02-2003, 06:00 PM
"I Knoooooow" what you mean, But it a matter of getting the packing correct to stop this dilemma occuring. But have you tried the Miss'ess Hairdrier on it. Hold the Aerial straight whilst warming. Give it a go.

Regards 7Litre...
diecastdude
15-02-2003, 08:27 PM
I prefer the new style antenna because if your talking to scale the older amtenna were to thick for the length of the antenna. The bent antenna issue that I saw myself while opening numerous boxes to find one that wasn't bent is a problem but it can be overcome by only purchasing your models from a hobby shop and inspecting the model before you hand over the cash. While these models are the best they are made in china where, at a guess one could asume that the final inspection program is a little ho hum. As a side note, while I was fishing for a model without a bent antenna I then had to find one that didn't have the left hand rear seat belt defect as well, where the seat belt was jammed between the body and the side of the rear seat. There were more of them than there were with the bent antenna.
zeitgeist
15-02-2003, 09:46 PM
Sound advice, diecastdude, but some of us don't have the opportunity to visit a shop. Even those with access to shops shouldn't need to paw through the entire stock to find one with straight aerial.

BC