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12/06/2020 5:52 am
Kess 1960 De Soto - Update #273
Just in an idle moment I decided to contact Carmodel, the big Italian online retailer that has been showing this model as "available by the end of next month" for the past 18 months or so. I laboriously knocked together an e-mail in my best Italian (which isn't very good), saying that I really wanted this model but was was reluctant to pre-order something that might never appear.
They replied in English as follows:
Hello Greame,
yes kess has delayed production of many models because of the closing of the factories in China for long time.
Really sorry.
Anyway the dates of models in presale are absolutely approximative.
Thank you.
Best regards
Cristina
info@carmodel.com
So, much as we suspected. Mind you, if they have had to switch to a new manufacturer and wait in line for a production slot, it doesn't quite explain how they have managed to get later releases like the 1960 Imperial LeBaron and 1962 Chrysler Newport onto the market in the meantime.
Anyway, I think we can rest assured that their currently advertised availability date of 30 June can be taken with a large, vomit-inducing pinch of salt.
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Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
12/06/2020 7:46 am
I REALLY want this one too!!
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
12/06/2020 9:10 am
I wait since some years ago their Iso Fidia...
I emailed them and wrote on their Facebook page but I did not get answer...
Keko Romero Sánchez
Cádiz, Spain
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12/06/2020 9:23 am
some manufacturers built in bangladesh now . and thanks a lot to contact car model .
12/06/2020 10:05 am
Kess models
I too contacted Carmodel several months ago regarding a couple of Duesenbergs by Kess that were supposedly coming in late summer although they aren't shown on their website yet, I received a reply saying something like ...."keep on checking
our web pages"...., Kess themselves never bothered to respond to my query earlier on.
Topic starter
12/06/2020 10:24 am
I also checked the Kess website again just the other day.
It doesn't seem to have been updated in any way for about 18 months, which almost led me to think Kess had died a death, but apparently not.
There is also a shop.kessmodel.com website which describes itself as the wholesale distributor for Kess Models. It still shows the 1960 Imperial (already available elsewhere)as "Coming soon" and doesn't even mention the '62 Chrysler (also on sale elsewhere) or the DeSoto.
The Iso Rivolta that Keke is waiting for is also described as "Coming soon" but they've been saying that (and showing what looks like a production-ready model in 2 colours) for about 2 years now.
What a strangely disorganised outfit they seem to be (although no doubt all will be forgiven if they DO ever get the De Soto out).
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
13/06/2020 3:01 am
"Committed to non entrenched production schedule excellence"
13/06/2020 4:16 am
Lol.
13/06/2020 6:25 am
Bangladesh
PCT have a factory in Bangladesh but I am not aware of anyone else producing there and in particular pretty sure no quality resin models are made there yet
14/06/2020 12:46 am
+1 !