wonwinglo
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At the moment Euan there is no direct source for Airfix spare parts,whether the new owners will honour or even be able to still supply parts from older kits is not yet clear ?
During the build up to the final closure and sale of the premises at Marfleet in Hull,a caravan was used as a postal address to gather mail regarding spares,whilst this was an unweildy and long procedure,at least the spares finmally turned up,there is no guarantees that the new company will have access to all tooling,or for that matter still be able to supply parts for past Airfix products,very doubtful.
We will just have to wait and see what happens ?
During the build up to the final closure and sale of the premises at Marfleet in Hull,a caravan was used as a postal address to gather mail regarding spares,whilst this was an unweildy and long procedure,at least the spares finmally turned up,there is no guarantees that the new company will have access to all tooling,or for that matter still be able to supply parts for past Airfix products,very doubtful.
We will just have to wait and see what happens ?
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Fenlander
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These posts were from back in 2007 Mike when the issues were a bit iffy to say the least.
From what I know from reading posts on all sorts of forums, Airfix will supply spares if they have them but sometimes it is within a week, sometimes months. Just hope that things settle down as they get into the position of employing people to deal with the spares on a full time basis. I don;t think we realise, especially with the new things coming from Airfix, just how close they were to disappearing forever. Now that would have been a sad day for UK modellers as Airfix, it is fair to say, are the reason we are here at all.
From what I know from reading posts on all sorts of forums, Airfix will supply spares if they have them but sometimes it is within a week, sometimes months. Just hope that things settle down as they get into the position of employing people to deal with the spares on a full time basis. I don;t think we realise, especially with the new things coming from Airfix, just how close they were to disappearing forever. Now that would have been a sad day for UK modellers as Airfix, it is fair to say, are the reason we are here at all.
