BC Dezign

Jef V. Started his own shop. And he has excellent customer service https://jefvcornerstore.com/

I hadn't used them at all in the last few years, I got the 70% email so I took a shot and I placed an order on 1/8 and they charged my PayPal. Yesterday, 1/13 I got a refund to my PayPal account from Squadron with no explanation. Tried calling their number and it's not working. I think they are toast.

Awesome news on the SANDYs! I'll be holding out for one off those then, So glad i waited.

I was just looking for reference on the VF-2 Bounty Hunters when I stumbled across your F-14D build here on LSP. I am currently building the 104 aircraft of the Bounty hunters but I have converted the Tamiya kit to a D model. I Must say I really like your application of the painted diagonal markings on the side, It looks WAY better than the decals. very nice work! BC

Just Bumping this up as a reminder that OrangeCon is this weekend.

I got your donation and LSP is signed up for category 24. 1/32 Scale & Larger (All Types) Thank you so much. and i will submit pics of the event for the viewers to check out. Brian

Greetings all, I just wanted to invite everyone to the 2010 OrangeCon on October 9, 9am-5pm OrangeCon will be held at: Pavilion at the University Conference Center Cal State Fullerton 800 N. State College Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92834 (State College and Dorothy Lane) This event is hosted by IPMS Orange County in Southern California. Our event includes: Newly designed awards for 2010 Contest with awards in 39 categories 15 specialty awards: 7 best-of awards, 5 Out-Of-Box awards, Theme Award, People's Choice Award and Best-Of-Show Large vendor room Raffles through out the day For more information and list of categories please visit the OrangeCon section of our web site: www.ipmsoc.org. Information Flier available for download. If you wish to receive vendor, donation or trophy sponsorship information please contact me at brian@bcdezign.com Thank you and we hope to see you there Brian Casteel IPMSOC President

In the interest of fairness I have come to find out that the fellow selling the Anigrand stuff — that I thought to be the "originator" of the company — was in fact not. In talking to him I heard many things from him that made me think he was. That being said it, the faulty parts in my kit were not his problem, which would explain his indifference to my predicament. Major mis-communication and for my part, I apologize. The Gentlemen I spoke with and ultimately perceived to be the "originator" was Chris Mikesh, the owner of Nostalgic Plastic and had recently sold his Anigrand distributorship to Jeff Garrity of Rare Plane Detective. Jeff contacted me and set me straight as to who I was dealing with. Jeff has also offered to help me with my problem of the faulty fuselage even though it is not really his problem to deal with. Now, that is customer service! The fact still Remains that upon writing Anigrand for the past year I have yet to receive a satisfactory response to my issue. But as a few of you have pointed out with the overseas companies... That just might be how the old glue dries. Ladies and Gentlemen: While dealing with Anigrand directly may or may not be hazardous to your mental health. I suggest you give Jeff Gerrity of Rare Planes Detective a try for any of your future Anigrand purchases. www.rare-planedetective.com (Still not happy with an importer that imports a product named after someone that plays a certain musical instrument) Thanks for listening to my rant

Apologies Matt,

I posted on LSP and ARC at almost the same time. Hyperscale is next. Thanks for the reminder though.

What is it with Hobby companies that practice bad business or just don't give a darn? In early 2009 I bought an Anigrand 1/72 C-17 and I was very excited about this cool but very expensive purchase. When I got it home I discovered it had a warped/bowed-in fuselage. I sent an e-mail to Anigrand about it and it went unanswered. Now, multiply that times 10. This past weekend at the IPMS Nats in AZ. I talked with one of the vendors that was supposedly the guy that started Anigrand. I figured it's my lucky day, so I proceeded to explain my problem to him. He said he was aware of the warpage and that they had made a correction set to fix the problem, as well as a couple of other issues. I said "That's great! can I have one?" he said "Sure, for $60"... Whaaaaaaaat??? I asked if the newer kits were packaged with the new updates and they are. Today, if you bought one, it is $40 cheaper than when I bought mine and today's boxing is the corrected version. So in fact, those that buy one now get the corrected version for $185. Meanwhile, I — who spent $225 on the original but apparently incorrect and flawed kit — has to spend an additional $60? Does this seem fair to you? The guy that supposedly started Anigrand didn't care. And why does Steven's International act like we should all bow down and worship them? It took me over a year to get replacement parts from them. Ok, i'm done griping now.

The IPMS Site is still missing quite a few airplanes. I hope they are still adding to it.

There were a few models there that were not of championship caliber. But I salute all that entered.