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18/02/2020 5:46 pm
Last Thursday I posted here a question about parts for a Somerville kit.(pic) Yesterday and today I heard from Promod in England, a company that is producing modern Somerville kits, as well as selling some older ones. Thanks to good information from Forum 43 participants John Kuliak, John Roberts, and Mike Coupe, I now have the replacement parts on the way! I might add also, at a reasonable fee. I will post pictures upon the arrival, and, I hope, start work soon after on the Standard Flying 12 kit. Thank you, kind gentlemen.
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18/02/2020 6:35 pm
Congratulations David!
Can't wait to see the photos of your completed build.
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18/02/2020 10:55 pm
Good news indeed. I love to hear the stories of models companies that make the extra effort to satisfy builders/customers.
18/02/2020 11:58 pm
David, thanks to your post and answers of John Kuliak and Roberts , I got aware of Promod.
I ordered some missing Somerville kits. I think it will be fun to build them now it is winter-season. Although quality seems not to be the same as it was when Doug & Roly McHard owned and produced the Somerville models.
I will show my Somerville models in another post
19/02/2020 12:02 am
Ken, try to buy the book "A History of White Metal and Transport Modelling" by Ray Strutt
Here you will find amazing lots of information.
19/02/2020 1:11 am
That is an excellent reference book! So many good profiles of "1/43 people"!
19/02/2020 4:35 am
Excellent David. I look forward to seeing the finished model.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA