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topper71 Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Good morning, Does anyone have any news from the scaleworx brand, because I had pre-ordered the Mirage F1C/CZ which was well advanced in its design, and since then no more news, even on Facebook....is- Does anyone have any ? Regards topper71 RicardoD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Desperate, but optimistic expectation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 A few of us paid in advance for the Scaleworx Mirage - sadly, I think we're going to be left out of pocket. I know the guy making it has some issues, but he's disappeared off the face of the Earth as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoD Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 All my efforts to contact have been futile. A manufacturer having issues is one thing and we are all grown up people with certain life experience who acknowledge things sometimes can go wrong. But the way I would like to identify not responding to anyone for so long will not suit the kind atmosphere of this forum so I'll keep it silent. It just made me swear that I will never pay a dime again to any individual kitmaker (?) and be very selective about who produces what. mattcour, thierry laurent, Violator1991 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince14 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Agreed. We all have issues in life that can de-rail us, but the complete and utter lack of communication is just unforgivable when people have already invested their money into your project. All it takes is an email, or even a forum post, either with an update or with an apology. thierry laurent, iaf-man, scvrobeson and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Hi Gents Just a quick word to let you know I received GOOD news from John. Before I give you a direct copy of his email, I asked him if he prefers to do it himself here through the forum, and I i'm waiting for, but here are some excerpts: "The 1/32 Mirage F.1C/CZ molds are still going to be completed" "This Mirage F.1 kit has been my greatest achievement and it will be done" johncrow, alain11, Kagemusha and 3 others 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcleon Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Just to say that John is determined to finish this project... it is so much more work than you think for a model like this.. John and his young family have also moved continents... twice... in the last few years... and the exodus from SA is something to see and unavoidable... about 18 months ago he produced these masters at our Club meeting... he was going through a torrid time getting the surface detail just right, this explains the multicoloured surfaces... but John wants it really good... pictures or it never happened... And just for fun we have another very talented modeller here, Marc Barris, - yes, a 1/32 scratchbuilder who has produced a Mirage F1AZ (Mudmover) as used in Angola... his technique is vac-form over wooden masters and slowly built up with lots of plastic, but here the double-knuckle undercarriage legs are built up in aluminium tubing... Sorry, the photos aren't the greatest quality, taken at night on the dining room table... Regards, Marc Out2gtcha, Kagemusha, scvrobeson and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaf-man Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 On 1/26/2024 at 9:29 PM, Marcleon said: Just to say that John is determined to finish this project... it is so much more work than you think for a model like this.. John and his young family have also moved continents... twice... in the last few years... and the exodus from SA is something to see and unavoidable... about 18 months ago he produced these masters at our Club meeting... he was going through a torrid time getting the surface detail just right, this explains the multicoloured surfaces... but John wants it really good... pictures or it never happened... Regards, Marc Marc we understand the moves,what bothers us-the people who preordered/ordered stuff is lack of communication a simple email or at least a note on the website would've settled the matters-we are mostly reasonable people and can wait(whoever can't-should've been refunded) scvrobeson, CRAZY IVAN5, Marcel111 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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