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tnuag

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I'd love one as well Neil, but a significant portion of my Hannants watching list has been devoted to AiM products for the last couple of years.....

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19 minutes ago, tnuag said:

Apologies - I have been swamped with aeroplane wants as well.

I will use your list as an aide memoir - in fairness look at the number of new items we have produced.

Neil

 

if you stick a good B1 conversion at the top of the list and produce same I think a large number of us on here will be very happy modeller and all sins forgiven !

 

For what its worth being effectively self employed and a one man band myself I know just how much you are at the mercy of the winds and tides that pull you different ways at their merest whim.  I have lost count of the empty diary days that were filled with emergency calls for help by 8.55 am.

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59 minutes ago, tnuag said:

in fairness look at the number of new items we have produced.

True - Your announced to released ratio is slightly (ok, a lot!) better than my bought to built ratio, but if you could improve yours mine would only get worse....

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23 hours ago, tnuag said:

We have been looking at the Airfix Victor kit - would a B1 conversion be of interest?

I'd certainly be willing to put my name down for that one. 

Any news on the Matador Blue Steel Transporter I suggested a couple of years ago? 

 

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Yes - it is the Mandator and it is planned to follow the current series of Canadair conversions (Yukon, CL-44 and Argus). Mandator has been delayed because of problems with casting clear resin windows.

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would a B1 conversion be of interest?

Absolutely Neil! Please go for it. Having wrestled with several Matchbox conversions the thought of a conversion set of the quality of your Valiant B2 set would be a Godsend. As an added bonus several parts in the K2 boxing could also be used in a K1/1A conversion.

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We must get the Mandator out before looking at the Victor.

 

Incidentally, we have just improved the Valiant B2 conversion with the addition of resin main wheels, to give better hub detail. I am just wondering if we should make the new wheels available separately.

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Understood Neil, the Mandator will be extremely welcome, I can see a few of these adorning our Bomber Command SIG table. Funnily enough regarding the Valiant, I ended up using a few sets of CMK Canberra PR9 main wheels to represent the later style but providing your wheels as a separate item would be really great. Do you have any photos of the new parts?

I'm sure you'll have most if not all you need but if you're looking for any particular info on the Victor B1 please let me know.

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