redcap Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Just letting the members know that HLJ look like they have bagged a stash of WNW kits which are showing as 'arriving soon'. You may want to take a look and see if anything grabs your attention if future availability is a concern. VERY reasonable prices inc. Barker Snipes at £65.00 Plus P&P of course. Looks like (all) the kits they have are limited to 1@ per customer. I have just ordered 4 different ones and had a 'confirmed' invoice sent to my PM. Got to be a better bet than the eBay frenzy ATM. Good Luck. Gary 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Wish I had room for that scale. Edited June 20, 2020 by Orso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) On 6/20/2020 at 11:45 PM, Orso said: Wish I had room for that scale. The WINGNUT WINGS 1/32 Sopwith Pup RNAS (32016) is not very big? 25cm x 18cm. Edited June 23, 2020 by Bear Paw Missed info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Yes that is true but I like to have most of my planes in the same scale. I bought the WNW Junkers but got rid of when I saw the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/20/2020 at 8:42 PM, redcap said: Just letting the members know that HLJ look like they have bagged a stash of WNW kits which are showing as 'arriving soon'. You may want to take a look and see if anything grabs your attention if future availability is a concern. VERY reasonable prices inc. Barker Snipes at £65.00 Plus P&P of course. Looks like (all) the kits they have are limited to 1@ per customer. I have just ordered 4 different ones and had a 'confirmed' invoice sent to my PM. Got to be a better bet than the eBay frenzy ATM. Good Luck. Gary HLJ postage rates have sky rocketed lately and then add 20% vat and the Royal Mail ransom and they don't seem so cheap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 31 minutes ago, Orso said: Yes that is true but I like to have most of my planes in the same scale. I bought the WNW Junkers but got rid of when I saw the size. Yes the Junkers J1 is not a small plane in 1/32 50cm x 21cm but the D1 is 28cm x 21cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hi Colin. My Sopwith Tripe which was the first to become available has just been posted was £13.00 P&P (not bad from Japan IMHO) and even with VAT added, it is still about £40.00 less than current eBay prices.....and in 12 months time...? The other 3 on order, I will have those posted as a job lot to cut down on the pernicious PF "Handling" fee. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, redcap said: Hi Colin. My Sopwith Tripe which was the first to become available has just been posted was £13.00 P&P (not bad from Japan IMHO) and even with VAT added, it is still about £40.00 less than current eBay prices.....and in 12 months time...? The other 3 on order, I will have those posted as a job lot to cut down on the pernicious PF "Handling" fee. Gary You will enjoy the Triplane Gary, it's a wonderful kit. I enjoyed the one I just finished so much I ordered another from HLJ. Thanks for the heads up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 It must be expensive to buy any Wingnut kits now from anywhere I presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bear Paw said: It must be expensive to buy any Wingnut kits now from anywhere I presume? Especially on ebay! I'm hoping that some retailers had a big order in before the trouble started so that we can have a chance to buy at a normal price. Hopefully these amazing kits will resurface at some point soon. It would be a great shame if they didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KITCAT Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Check Ebay folks someone in the UK is offering a WnW's HB W29 FOR £825. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, KITCAT said: Check Ebay folks someone in the UK is offering a WnW's HB W29 FOR £825. That is disturbing but I suppose it is inevitable? I have the WNW HB W29 in my stash and the price tag on it says £119.99 and my local model shop gave me 10% off as a regular customer. It is going to be a dilemma that everyone with these kits is now going to face. As soon as you start a kit it is only natural that you think about the money side of things. I bought my collection with the idea of providing me with plenty to do in my up and coming retirement. I now find my self sitting on some kind of investment stock! Not what I wanted at all. I will make mine but I must be honest and say the money is a bit distracting. ls anyone else in this situation and if so how many WNW kits do do you have in your stash and are you tempted by the filthy lucre? Andrew. Edited June 24, 2020 by Bear Paw Change words 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 And RE.8/Halberstadt for nearly £500. Whether they get that is another matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocatlub Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) What you need to look at is the sold prices, as they may be asking these prices but these things just go round and round usually and are never sold. I have seen some kits up for sale for 4-5 yrs and not selling at the stupid prices asked, but sometimes someone may pay it. Edited June 24, 2020 by ocatlub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I have been looking at the sold prices for the kits I have and the price has doubled and in a few cases trebled. The prices are only going to go up I presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Be careful of paying over the top price for WNW, esp if you are aiming to build, some of the tooling has been taken over by the contractor which happen to be Meng and the first release a Fokker DR.1 is due end of August into the UK RRP from Creative Models is £69.99 somewhat cheaper than the original WNW price. Of course if its for collectable side of the hobby then there will be a value in models in their original WNW boxes. Edited June 24, 2020 by TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDH Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Bear Paw said: That is disturbing but I suppose it is inevitable? I have the WNW HB W29 in my stash and the price tag on it says £119.99 and my local model shop gave me 10% off as a regular customer. It is going to be a dilemma that everyone with these kits is now going to face. As soon as you start a kit it is only natural that you think about the money side of things. I bought my collection with the idea of providing me with plenty to do in my up and coming retirement. I now find my self sitting on some kind of investment stock! Not what I wanted at all. I will make mine but I must be honest and say the money is a bit distracting. ls anyone else in this situation and if so how many WNW kits do do you have in your stash and are you tempted by the filthy lucre? Andrew. Oh yes you've read my mind. I have 57 unmade WNW kits (including two Green Tail sets so the actual number of kits is 61) in the stash and the current prices they are reaching is very tempting but once sold they will be gone for ever. I was fortunate in starting to buy when they were first released and then my daughter moved to the US and I had all my purchases shipped there, dollar to pound exchange rate good, no import VAT/handling charges, so was able to buy a couple more each time and I then brought them back to the UK whenever we returned from a visit. Could sell a few but currently I'm loathed to sell anything! Don't really want to think about it!!! Edited June 24, 2020 by PDH Grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 2 hours ago, TIGER HOBBIESLIMITED said: Be careful of paying over the top price for WNW, esp if you are aiming to build, some of the tooling has been taken over by the contractor which happen to be Meng and the first release a Fokker DR.1 is due end of August into the UK RRP from Creative Models is £69.99 somewhat cheaper than the original WNW price. Of course if its for collectable side of the hobby then there will be a value in models in their original WNW boxes. I am not buying any original WNW kits after the closure of the company as they are too expensive. I have 42 unmade kit sets with some duplicates so I am fine. I have a pe-order in for the Meng Dr 1 and so it will interesting to see what that is like. Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Lots of opinions on WNW prices. All I said in the original post was that HLJ has (had) some at (relatively) reasonable prices in the current climate. Whether they are deemed 'worth it' at those or any prices they see is for the individual to decide. Personally, I don't see them getting cheaper going forward and whilst some of the 'bankers' like the Albs, Camels and DVIIs may get bought up (IF sold) as circumspect mould purchases and later reappear in different company boxes, I have no realistic expectation that about 90% of the more esoteric and less mainstream (and money spinner) subjects in the original WNW range will ever see the light of day again in any box. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Bear Paw said: That is disturbing but I suppose it is inevitable? I have the WNW HB W29 in my stash and the price tag on it says £119.99 and my local model shop gave me 10% off as a regular customer. It is going to be a dilemma that everyone with these kits is now going to face. As soon as you start a kit it is only natural that you think about the money side of things. I bought my collection with the idea of providing me with plenty to do in my up and coming retirement. I now find my self sitting on some kind of investment stock! Not what I wanted at all. I will make mine but I must be honest and say the money is a bit distracting. ls anyone else in this situation and if so how many WNW kits do do you have in your stash and are you tempted by the filthy lucre? Andrew. I have 11 in the stash and am retiring in the next few years too. The thought has definitely crossed my mind but I would far rather build them myself than profit from the demise of Wingnut Wings and take advantage of people with far more money than sense. I will see if I still feel the same way when I'm short of money in the coming months! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodai Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I am one of the guilty parties. I only had 4 kits; a couple of different Camels, a Dolphin, and a Junkers D.1. I paid about $80 apiece on these; netted over $700 on the sale. I liked them, but was probably never going to get them, so I don't feel too guilty over taking the cash and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I started building my first WnW kit as the prices started to go through the roof. I had a little chuckle to myself about the fact that it was actually worth something before I started it but it's a kit to be built and I'm not precious about these anyway. I do wish I'd kept a few more for my own stash but when I first started selling them I wasn't actually that interested in the scale or the genre but grew to like them as time passed. Right at the end I did pay Big H full price for a (Göring) F. D.VII after I'd sold out because I really wanted a D.VII and kicked myself that I hadn't kept an 'Early' when I had the chance. It cost me half again to get some decent decals for it! Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KITCAT Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 30 minutes ago, Duncan B said: I started building my first WnW kit as the prices started to go through the roof. I had a little chuckle to myself about the fact that it was actually worth something before I started it but it's a kit to be built and I'm not precious about these anyway. I do wish I'd kept a few more for my own stash but when I first started selling them I wasn't actually that interested in the scale or the genre but grew to like them as time passed. Right at the end I did pay Big H full price for a (Göring) F. D.VII after I'd sold out because I really wanted a D.VII and kicked myself that I hadn't kept an 'Early' when I had the chance. It cost me half again to get some decent decals for it! Duncan B Don't worry Duncan, got two of the Fokkers and lots of the little Fokkers with sexy decal sheets, with Herman the German sold off and a trip today to a well known model shop along the M62 corridor = happy days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Modellbaukönig has a few as well, mostly two-seaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvyn hiscock Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I am sadly still waiting for the broken bits to be replaced on my Herman the German DVII. Hannants just passed responsibility to WNW. I have emailed them too but nothing. might be refund time. Shame, as that was one I wanted to make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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