spacewolf Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 My kit arrived this morning.. 4 days by Fedex. I'm a happy camper !! ringleheim, coogrfan and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 3 hours ago, ringleheim said: more likely, they will move everything out to a handful of their preferred retailers around the world and get the process over with quickly. Agree, could well be the case. I think PJ wants WNW to die off as quietly as possible. CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 19 hours ago, vince14 said: Agree, could well be the case. I think PJ wants WNW to die off as quietly as possible. I'm now in the habit of trying to order something at the WNW website about 6 times per day, as well as quickly checking in with HLJ, Sprue Bros, Hannants, and Modelbau Koenig. If the kits are going to be available again, I would think they would turn up at one of those places. It's interesting to note that Sprue Bros. actually still has the new Gotha G.1 kits in stock! Even with all the panic buying and selling taking place, no one apparently wants those kits. Helps explain the financial trouble WNW got themselves into with this sort of esoteric subject matter. Gazzas, Pup7309 and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Mine are slated to arrive tomorrow, can not wait to finally get a new WNW box in my hands. Matt Gazzas and spacewolf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: Mine are slated to arrive tomorrow, can not wait to finally get a new WNW box in my hands. Matt You'll be quite stunned by the overall quality of the package. spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: You'll be quite stunned by the overall quality of the package. Oh, I know. I've got about 10 of them in the stash. But this is the first new one to arrive in 2020. Matt LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 2 hours ago, ringleheim said: I'm now in the habit of trying to order something at the WNW website about 6 times per day, as well as quickly checking in with HLJ, Sprue Bros, Hannants, and Modelbau Koenig. If the kits are going to be available again, I would think they would turn up at one of those places. It's interesting to note that Sprue Bros. actually still has the new Gotha G.1 kits in stock! Even with all the panic buying and selling taking place, no one apparently wants those kits. Helps explain the financial trouble WNW got themselves into with this sort of esoteric subject matter. I have the Gotha with floats. Agreed it is esoteric but it looks like a daunting build on the box art and inside the box even more daunting to me. A scary kit. I am a history oriented model builder so that explains why I have it. The other two engine aircraft kits sold out quickly. IMHO the Lancaster was business crazy project. My skin crawled when the announcement was made along with a WTF. The project dragged on and on and was not set aside when the other kit beat them to market. Rick Gazzas and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 The HKM Lancaster is nice but not 400 dollars nice. Many would have bought the lanc in droves and still might given how far it had progressed. Still awaiting confirmation of my last order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 I did notice another nuance on their website... it no longer shows their kits that were under development. Only their in stock, and sold out are visible now. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Makes sense as no body is in the design lab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Kits arrived this morning in perfect shape, as always. Fedex got them from New Zealand to California in less than 5 days. Just hope this isn't the last Wingnut Wings kit I get to purchase. Still have a few on my wants list. Matt spacewolf, phasephantomphixer and ringleheim 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbk57 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/16/2020 at 1:11 PM, ringleheim said: I'm now in the habit of trying to order something at the WNW website about 6 times per day, as well as quickly checking in with HLJ, Sprue Bros, Hannants, and Modelbau Koenig. If the kits are going to be available again, I would think they would turn up at one of those places. It's interesting to note that Sprue Bros. actually still has the new Gotha G.1 kits in stock! Even with all the panic buying and selling taking place, no one apparently wants those kits. Helps explain the financial trouble WNW got themselves into with this sort of esoteric subject matter. Those gotta G.1's to me were the least desirable kits that WNW tooled. Neither had the least appeal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 34 minutes ago, cbk57 said: Those gotta G.1's to me were the least desirable kits that WNW tooled. Neither had the least appeal to me. Yeah.. I thought the two G.1 were the oddest choice especially for a large expensive kit. I personally like them but just can't see those selling well at all. We will probably never know how they decided on what subjects to cover - I guess I had always assumed since PJ funded so much of it he gave them a to-do list and maybe this was a favorite of his but who knows..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Probably why you can still get the G.1 and the UWD at most online stores for list price. Even saw one go on eBay for $179 last week. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 9 hours ago, petrov27 said: I guess I had always assumed since PJ funded so much of it he gave them a to-do list and maybe this was a favorite of his but who knows..... It was all down to PJ - he funded it, he got to choose the subjects and he loves German two- and multi-seaters. Unfortunately that led the company down a path where expenditure was far outstripping income. Add in the desire for perfection - the Lanc was in develoment for the best part of a decade and still didn't get released! - and you end up where we are now. cbk57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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