Where do you buy your turned compression fittings?

I have some builds on the horizon in 1/20 and 1/24 and 1/12 that will need (I guess?) a lot of compression fittings / a/n fittings and whatnot (yes, I admit I don't even know what the differences between them are :shakehead)

I know of several sources for these and have bought detail master in the past but they always seem horrendously expensive to me given that on 10$ pack doesn't go very far!

My question is: Do you know of any particularly reasonably priced sources? Where do YOU buy them? Are all the manufacturers in fact comparable?

I DON'T want to make my own out of styrene etc.
I DO want to buy turned metal (or good resin versions) but want to pay as little as possible.

Any ideas or thoughts?

RB Motion offers brilliant AN Fittings, 12pcs. for around 7$ (depending on size). He might give you a discount if you plan to buy lots of parts.

I have the RB Motion AN fittings, which are really nice.

I recently bought Hobby Design metal compression fittings (from Hobby Easy IIRC). Not expensive, and also well made.

you are reading my mind, i was just surfing for source, the problem is that fittings are not general use and therefore price can be higher, I am afraid we are doomed to expensive ones, I really love Sakatsu ones and Modeler's plastic ones that are long OOP but they were fantastic (price/quality).
A lot of blabering with no help :D....sorry, if I dig out something I will let you know.

if I dig out something I will let you know.
Same here :) ;)

I wish there was a proper review and comparison of what's available on the market.

Dear manufacturers, if you are reading this, please send me samples of your products and I will be happy to test and review them for you in my progress thread! :D :evillol:

Detail Master (http://www.detailmaster.com/) and Pro Tech (http://protechmodelparts.com/) also sells the AN fittings.

Detail Master AN Fittings (http://www.detailmaster.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=detailmaster&Category_Code=DM-Fittings-BL)

Pro Tech AN Fittings (http://protechmodelparts.com/carpartscatalog2.htm)

For a much cheaper option, could you buy some 1.5mm or 2mm plastic hex rod, drill out the centre and then cut to correct length ?

For a much cheaper option, could you buy some 1.5mm or 2mm plastic hex rod, drill out the centre and then cut to correct length ?

see first thread:

I DON'T want to make my own out of styrene etc.