Wing Nut Wings (WNW) closed for good ?

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This has been discussed for the last week over on another forum i frequent. There is some uncertainty over what it all means. Some people who know what is going on are saying it is indeed a very grim situation.
 

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I have read a press release from them and it said it is temporary .
Also said that you can still place orders but they will not be sending out 'til the end of April at the earliest.

Keep calm and build something.
 

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When one of their kits goes out of production, its price rockets. If the whole company shut down, imagine what would happen then !
 

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When one of their kits goes out of production, its price rockets. If the whole company shut down, imagine what would happen then !
Yeah, forget bog roll and dried pasta. Start stock-piling WNW kits!!!!! :smiling5:
BTW, I have two WNW SE5.as and I am thinking of selling one of em...
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The news is not good for those who enjoyed WNW's output, though may be rather rosier for those with a few of their kits in the stash.

It seems likely that they are gone for good.

“Guys we are closed for good I am sorry to say, the whole team was made redundant on Wednesday”, does not seem like good news at all.

#https://imodeler.com/2020/04/sad-news-indeed/
 

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Guess my Sopworth Camel kit just went up in price :smiling3:
 

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Guess my Sopworth Camel kit just went up in price :smiling3:

I've never built one of their kits, but I understand them to be really very good. If WNW has indeed gone under I suspect you will have a good investment there :smiling3:

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Never built one myself either Steve. I was given the kit. The person who gave it to me has over 80 WNW kits in his stash. He's sitting on a gold mine at the moment.
 
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You'd have thought Peter Jackson could have kept the company going. Obviously not the money in Hollywood there used to be. Sad.
 

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Suprised at reading this " it's finished "
Only to read Dave's post that it's temporary , and just now confirmation posted by Tattoodpunk.
Talk about false news in the papers and on TV.:sad:
 

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A lot of the staff may have been made redundant as stated in other posts and forums. This might not mean that it is over for the company. This is happening a lot at the moment with companies unable to pay staff while they shut temporarily
 

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It does look grim. The staff member in the post I linked to said that they were closed for good and that the 'whole team' had been made redundant.
Let's hope not.
The website has not been updated for days.
 

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The CEO, Richard, has been sacked and the staff redundant. Not furloughed but redundant....as in...not needed anymore. I'm sorry but that doesn't sound temporary to me.
 
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