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Offline Minok  
#1 Posted : 12 March 2022 04:07:54(UTC)
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Now that I'm at a stage of wanting to start some scratch building, I noticed that it appears that the commercial manufacture of brass I beams has gone away.
Precision Metals of Chicago indicated they stopped production some years ago.
Is there another supplier?
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Offline marklinist5999  
#2 Posted : 12 March 2022 16:50:13(UTC)
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Yes, I was looking for some round metal rod stock a couple months ago and there may be some brass I beam stock from China on Amazon.
Offline Minok  
#3 Posted : 12 March 2022 18:03:20(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: marklinist5999 Go to Quoted Post
Yes, I was looking for some round metal rod stock a couple months ago and there may be some brass I beam stock from China on Amazon.


I have yet to find any. eBay is usually full of the Chinese stuff. All I can find is remaining old stock of the K&S Precisions stuff (or it’s resale under the Albion UK brand) but there isn’t any more being made.

I figured I might find “someone” like China making it and it being sold on Amazon it eBay but no luck.
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Offline 5HorizonsRR  
#4 Posted : 12 March 2022 18:41:19(UTC)
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Wow! K&S was a staple, I had no idea they are gone...
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Offline Minok  
#5 Posted : 12 March 2022 19:05:19(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: 5HorizonsRR Go to Quoted Post
Wow! K&S was a staple, I had no idea they are gone...


K&S still exist. They just discontinued the I beams.
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Offline 1borna  
#6 Posted : 12 March 2022 20:23:35(UTC)
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There are several manufacturers of various metal profiles for modeling in Europe / Germany, but do I need time to find them?
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Offline Mr. Ron  
#7 Posted : 16 March 2022 20:51:10(UTC)
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I think plastic has replaced brass for shapes. Micromark has brass, round and square tube, solid rods, sheets and flat strips.
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Offline Minok  
#8 Posted : 16 March 2022 22:12:07(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Mr. Ron Go to Quoted Post
I think plastic has replaced brass for shapes. Micromark has brass, round and square tube, solid rods, sheets and flat strips.


Yeah I suspect so. But brass is electrically conductive so no need to run wires up the styrene to feed the leds under the platform canopy. And brass is stronger than styrene so making platform roof framing out is brass I beam is more resilient than styrene.

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Offline 1borna  
#9 Posted : 17 April 2022 20:34:41(UTC)
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https://www.fechtner-modellbau.d...ial/messing-profile/?p=1
There are hundreds of stores in the world that sell profiles of various designs and of various materials like the one listed above!
Offline Minok  
#10 Posted : 17 April 2022 22:53:02(UTC)
Minok

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Originally Posted by: 1borna Go to Quoted Post
https://www.fechtner-modellbau.d...ial/messing-profile/?p=1
There are hundreds of stores in the world that sell profiles of various designs and of various materials like the one listed above!


Cool. That helps a bit. The stores selling it is one thing, but who is making it. The one place in the USA I knew of, in Chicago, stopped making it. It matters because the shipping cost from Germany to the US for any quantity is basically 50€ and up. So you end up paying a lot more for the simple material because of the shipping fees, than if you find a supplier at least in your own continent.

In the end I may have to figure out what sort of brass I need in what shapes on the layout and buy it all in one big bulk purchase to limit the impact of the $55 shipping cost.
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