Grizly Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 While some have wondered about the fate of the Wingnut Wing moulds, it just occurred to me there is a more immediate question. The 1/32 Lancaster kits were due out in the first quarter of 2020. It is now April. Since these kits obviously just wouldn't magically appear overnight, there must be a warehouse full of them ready to go. Hopefully they will not be trashed and will eventually be retailed at a fair market value. chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) I suspect all of their existing kits are warehoused somewhere and there may be a total inventory of some size. If the Lancaster’s were at the point where they were being molded and boxed then they could be warehoused also. I don’t think we had any indication though other than their intended release date that these were in production and no telling if they had made it that far along or not. We shall see in time. I think if they exists though they will be sold into the market personally. Edited April 20, 2020 by cbk57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcap1960 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Grief8 - I don’t know where in the world you are but take a look at Hannants website. They still have approx 200+ WNW kits in stock, although they have been rapidly reducing in numbers in the last 24 hours alone. They are still showing 20+ Sopwith Triplanes in stock at the standard retail price; might want to take a look, as I have no idea how long it will be before they have gone (any/all Albatros kits literally went in the last 24 hours). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Redcap1960 said: Grief8 - I don’t know where in the world you are but take a look at Hannants website. They still have approx 200+ WNW kits in stock, although they have been rapidly reducing in numbers in the last 24 hours alone. They are still showing 20+ Sopwith Triplanes in stock at the standard retail price; might want to take a look, as I have no idea how long it will be before they have gone (any/all Albatros kits literally went in the last 24 hours). They have 200+ kits, but only 10 different kits. I don’t see the Triplane among those 10 kits. https://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?product_category_id=102&product_division_id=0&scale_id=0&product_type_id=0&manufacturer_id=362422&search_direction=asc&keyword_search= MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subodai Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Redcap1960 said: Grief8 - I don’t know where in the world you are but take a look at Hannants website. They still have approx 200+ WNW kits in stock, although they have been rapidly reducing in numbers in the last 24 hours alone. They are still showing 20+ Sopwith Triplanes in stock at the standard retail price; might want to take a look, as I have no idea how long it will be before they have gone (any/all Albatros kits literally went in the last 24 hours). One of my latest emails from Hannants said they'd been emptied of stock and they'd be putting up their 'damanged boxes' stock up soon. Speaking of Hannants email newsletters, are they always just a massive blob of text for everyone else? e.g.: This malformed rubbish: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Grizly said: While some have wondered about the fate of the Wingnut Wing moulds, it just occurred to me there is a more immediate question. The 1/32 Lancaster kits were due out in the first quarter of 2020. It is now April. Since these kits obviously just wouldn't magically appear overnight, there must be a warehouse full of them ready to go. Hopefully they will not be trashed and will eventually be retailed at a fair market value. Peter Jackson mentioned, in a pm thanking me for the recent review of the Hannover I wrote, that he's received three of each of the production Lancaster kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 12 minutes ago, Kagemusha said: Peter Jackson mentioned, in a pm thanking me for the recent review of the Hannover I wrote, that he's received three of each of the production Lancaster kits. Maybe he'll put two on eBay..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 33 minutes ago, Subodai said: Speaking of Hannants email newsletters, are they always just a massive blob of text for everyone else? So what do you want? Moulin Rouge line up of dancing girls? Laser light show? Disneyesque firework display? 42 gun salute? What?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, wunwinglow said: Maybe he'll put two on eBay..... He doesn't do ebay for ethical reasons, though that doesn't answer the reason he has a penchant for sky blue underpants - WE NEED ANSWERS!!! D.B. Andrus and wunwinglow 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 36 minutes ago, Subodai said: ... Speaking of Hannants email newsletters, are they always just a massive blob of text for everyone else? e.g.: This malformed rubbish: Looks fine to me. Short as it needs to be, gives the necessary information. I can't see what you're seeing, of course, but the email version looks fine, and so does that one above on my PC screen. wunwinglow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I've got most of the WnW kits I really wanted especially the big twins but was surprised how quickly the Hannants stock disappeared over the weekend. At some point Wingnuts will reopen the online shop and we will have one last chance to buy what is left at the moment and then its wait and see. I so so wanted an HP 0/100 so gutted ad it looked just amazing at Telford last year as did the Lanc and DR.1 Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The Albatros has gone again, thereby again removing the key WnW hook that's been dangling near me for years. I hope to get one before I snuff it, and an SE5a Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I just got a bidet, so my WnWs stash is safe. Pup7309 and mozart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jack Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 59 minutes ago, Tony T said: The Albatros has gone again, thereby again removing the key WnW hook that's been dangling near me for years. I hope to get one before I snuff it, and an SE5a Tony Hannants and Sprue Brothers still have Albatroses. I was able to get my Dolphin from Sprue Bros and my RE-8/ CLll from Hannants. I wanted another RE-8 because I had gotten the Pheon Belgium markings for one. I do have another one in my stash, but I do also want one with British markings. I guess this is a blessing in disguise, since I no longer have to find room for an 0/100 or an 0/400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I just now looked at my .xls inventory sheet, and I have 13 WnW kits consisting of 15 models. Ive got all the WnW models I ever wanted...............except 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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