KenLawrence

Greetings, On Saturday, February 9th, we will be at the Petaluma Community Center on 320 North McDowell Blvd in Petaluma, California for the "Hobby Expo". This is well worth visiting as besides the usual fine models on display, there are trains,RC air planes, boats and tanks being demonstrated. If you are going and want to be sure we have what you want,please let us know. On Saturday, February 16, we will be at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA for the NNL Model Car Show. This is the big West Coast model car event, so if you like cars of all sizes, be there! The test shot of HK Models new 1:32 B-17G kit is now in in our warehouse! We will have it at both of these shows! This will be exciting and we will be taking pre-orders! EBBRO's new 1:20 scale Team Lotus 72E 1973 Formula 1 Kit (EB 20-003) will be arriving this month and we will have it along with their other two Classic Formula 1 race car kits at these shows. Place your pre-order now as there is alot of excitement about this kit. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken & Mary Ellen Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Years ago, in Madison, WI, I knew an artist from what was then Yugoslavia who owned a Velocette Thruxton 500cc single cylinder motorcycle. It weighed alittle over 300 pounds. Factory gloss black with gold lettering. I LOVED the way it looked and said so to him. He offered to let me ride it. Normally, I never rode anyone else's bike, but I knew that this would be the only chance I would have so I said that if I dropped it, I would buy it from him. And away I went. It was great! I will never forget that ride. When I got back, we were talking and he said that he thought that it was so beautiful that during the winter, he stored it in his living room so he could look at it everyday! Put that B-17G in a plastic or glass box on a pedastal in your living room and call it "Art". With all the crap we see out there called "Art", this really will be "ART"!

Title should read "IN STOCK NOW!" Greetings! We have the HK "Strafer" kit (HKM 32 01E02) in stock now and have been shipping customer orders since December. Order from us and your model could be finished by the time they may arrive elsewhere. You have to wait for a taxi, a bus or a tax refund, but you don't have to wait for a "Strafer" when you order from us. We are sold out of the HK "Glass Nose" kit (HKM 32 01E01) and are taking pre-orders. Get on the list and order today! If you order a "Strafer" today and live in California and some parts of Nevada (including Las Vegas, you can have yours the next working day! Oregon, Washington and Arizona customers ordering today will get theirs in two working days. Get yours now and start building! The same is true for the Panda/Kitty Hawk lines. We get them first! Thanks to all of the customers who ordered these kits from us. Cheers! Ken Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc. www.pacmodels.com info@pacmodels.com

We received our HK "Strafers" yesterday, 12/20 and were shipping yesterday. We offered a special FED-EX deal for customers who needed their kits before Christmas and used an overnight service for those on the West Coast. In Stock, special shipping rates and special shipping service along with a very competitive price. Why wait for anyone else to get them in from their importer at some time in the future? Merry Christmas! Ken & Mary Ellen Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

We have some "Strafers" available as we order more than the pre-order quantity. You can order at: www.pacmodels.com. Thanks, Ken PCM, Inc.

Greetings, We will have them Thursday. You can see it at: www.pacmodels.com. info@pacmodels.com. Happy Holidays! Ken & Mary Ellen Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Greetings, We now have this Landing Gear Set from G Factor back in stock. The item number is: GF 32025. You can order it at: www.pacmodels.com. http://www.pacmodelscatalog.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=PCM&Category_Code=GFM+132 Our e-mail is: info@pacmodels.com. Backorders are being shipped now and we will be current by 5/23. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Got them in today, Sold them out today! Get your pre-orders in for the next batch coming soon! See GF 32025 at www.pacmodels.com. Contact us at: info@pacmodels.com. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Greetings! We are happy to report that we will begin shipping the HK 1:32 kit on 4/26. We will be working hard to get the kits out to our customers as quickly as possible. Our default method of shipping is FED-EX Ground without any handling charges or extra fees. Your freight charge will be exactly what FED-EX charges us and no more. You can contact us at: info@pacmodels.com. www.pacmodels.com. Thanks for your orders. Best Regards, Ken & Mary Ellen Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

How about a big plug for your local hobby shop? You will have to pay sales tax in some states, but not freight. If your local hobby shop hasn't ordered from us yet, ask them to contact us at: info@pacmodels.com or 707-538-4850. www.pacmodels.com. Best Regards, Ken Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Steve, "Will you be supporting LSP by providing the staff with a sample for review? Or otherwise providing samples to another site, and merely using this Forum as a vehicle for promoting your products?" First, we have supported LSP for several years now by purchasing an ad on the site. Do you mean to say that this isn't enough to allow us to post some information about new kits from time to time? Secondly, we try to promptly post information that we think LSP'ers will be interested in knowing. This is done sparingly and only on one other aircraft site. Third, we respond to input from LSP'ers about which kits to make in the future by, in some cases, actually making those kits. Fourth, our experiences with sending out build/review samples over the last 10 years has been less than satisfactory. One magazine sold our review samples. Another had an expensive resin kit for over a year without any work being done on it. Some reviewers have not finished the kits before we sold out of them. Tom Cleaver has been consistently good about doing build reviews promptly which is why we continue to send him review kits. I don't recall that anyone from LSP has ever asked us for a review kit. Not saying they haven't, just don't recall it happening. Last, there have been several reviews of this kit (one by Tom) already along with lots of sprue photos. We sent our only sample out Friday to be built by some professional builders. They will furnish us information and photos which we can make available to web-sites. This will NOT be a limited production kit. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken PCM, Inc.

Hello Mike, "Who does my LHS order from?" They can order from us. Just ask them to contact us. info@pacmodels.com 707-538-4850 after 10:00AM Pacific Time. Best Regards, Ken PCM, Inc.

"is the kit a limited release as was proposed by Wingscale, limited to 2500?" They have not mentioned this to us. Best Regards, Ken PCM

"Any idea of the shipping charges within the U.S.? The PCM website does not indicate what the shipping charges will be. Budget is tight and shipping costs will decide if I get this version or wait for the gunship." It depends on where you live and the method of shipping. One kit, boxed, will weigh about 5 pounds, 5 ounces. It is too big for 1st Class Mail. Best Regards, Ken PCM, Inc.

Greetings, "Do you know if the kit comes with any photo-etch parts?" Yes, there is a small sheet with pilot/co-pilot seat belts and a few other pieces. "Also, have you been advised what the markings are yet?" No, we were informed that the decals included were not the production decals which are being made now. Also, if you have a local hobby shop, we encourage you to order from them. If you don't have one, you can order from us or any of the internet shops which will be carrying this brand. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken PCM, Inc.

Greetings, Here is the latest news about the HK Models B-25J Bomber version. The kit is now in production so we are hoping to have it late March. Yesterday, we received a sample kit which looked real nice to us. Two of us looked it over. Today it is being sent out to be built. This will be a speed build to check the fit. As we get further information, we will post it. Pre-orders quantities are large, so get your order in now at: www.pacmodels.com. You can e-mail us at: info@pacmodels.com. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Greetings! For all of you U.K., European customers, both Relish Models and Freightdog Models are now stock our MK.XIVc kit. I don't know how this will work out price wise, but I wish you all the best for it. Sales of the Hurricanes have been very steady and stocks are decreasing at an acceptable rate. We have another project in the works, but may come back to a MK.II Hurri in the future. Thanks for your support! Cheers, Ken PCM, Inc.

Currently, we do not have a distributor in the UK. We did contact a couple of model shops without success. So at this time, if you wish to get one, please order direct from us or ask your local shop to contact us. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

"hmmmm....i honestly think that's a bit weak from PCM: don't call it an 'e' if it's not an 'e'. that is just plain misleading in my view, and a bit is similar to what they did with the IX." Nick, if you look in our catalog, this kit is clearly titled "MK.XIVc". A little less pressure on the trigger finger and a reading of the kit title will do the trick. As far as our MK.IX kits go, the major differences between the two kits were the rudders and the extensive decal sheets. There were also different gun blisters if I remember correctly. Cheers, Ken PCM, Inc.

Greetings! We just received this new kit (PCM 32015) into our warehouse today. We will be boxing the kits and shipping as soon as possible. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Shipping begins 2/21. www.pacmodels.com. Cheers, Ken PCM, Inc.

Greetings to all, Our new 1:32 Ta-152C-1 kit has arrived and we will begin shipping next week. It looks really good to me and the people who saw it at the show in Petaluma today. Lots more really good details! You can see it at our web-site at: www.pacmodels.com. Thanks and Best Regards, Ken PCM, Inc.

Greetings, We have what we hope is the final draft of the boxart for our new Ta-152C kit up on our web-site at: www.pacmodels.com. Thanks and Merry Christmas, Ken Lawrence Pacific Coast Models, Inc.

Hi Charles, <<I hereby second what Radu said. Although your Ta 152 C kit's box art might benefit from a bit more dihedral, correcting the wing it shows is absolutely, positively crucial, because wingspan is far and away the most obvious -- though by no means the only -- external difference between Cs and Hs.>> I have sent another e-mail to the artist about the length and width of the wings. I am also scanning some drawings for him tonight which should help him with the wings. We posted the draft and asked our consultant for his opinion which he freely gave. Hopefully our artist can make the changes we want. Our next kit, PCM 32013 WILL BE the Hazeair flying bathtub/automobile!! Keep watching for the imminent annoucement. Cheers, Ken PCM, Inc.

<<The Ta152C is listed as kit #32014. The metal winged Hurricane was #32012. What was #32013?? Not released yet?>> We won't be using the number 32013. Best regards, Ken PCM, Inc.