>>1251225I was in the same boat as you. I'm lucky that one of the guys I meet for coffee every friday used to run a hobby shop until retirement, so I'm able to pick his brains on particular items & he's happy to share info both good & bad. For instance I have some LifeLike P1K C-Liners... beautiful models, powerful.. could probably pull the paint off a wall. Turns out there's a weakness in the gears I was never aware of but he also supplied info on how to replace it if the gear eventually breaks. Little things like that. I also lurk on some forums which supply some usefull insight. I also get to draw on the experiences of several others at the weekly coffee meet.
