Jimbo Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 Hi Jamie  Having recently bought the Revell 1/144 Snowberry and trying to decide what option to go for with regards to upgrade parts I suddenly found you were stocking the Pontos sets (I'd been looking at the Snowberry set but am never happy buying from abroad 😞 ).  I see they're marked as 'Pre order' and I was wondering what kind of timescale it's likely to be. I'm in no rush for it - the stash keeps me going! - but at the moment I'm 'juggling funds' and would like to hold off ordering for a short while if possible. But I'm concerned at missing the boat (literally!) in case you were going to bring in sets dependent on demand.  Finger crossed!  Many thanks, and best wishes  Jim  Â
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 Hi Jim, Â We're on a fairly relaxed timescale with this. Pre-order is open til 10th August whereupon it'll be finalised, and usually Pontos deliveries are something around 6 weeks after that but it can be variable and there's the COVID-19 factor in there too HTH
Jimbo Posted June 26, 2020 Author Posted June 26, 2020 Good morning Jamie  Many thanks for the info - the 'relaxed timescale' is great news (for me) 🙂 Gives me time to sort things then place a pre-order (hopefully in a week or so).  Also gives me time to start clearing the bench of the part done projects!  Thank you again  Jim 1
Jimbo Posted July 27, 2020 Author Posted July 27, 2020 Hi Jamie  Me again!  After a bit of trauma here I suddenly remembered I needed to pre-order the Pontos set, but I can't find any trace of it on your site. Have I been too slow or am I not searching properly? Hope it's still going to be available.  Many thanks  Jim
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 Hi Jim, Â I'm afraid we closed the pre-order window a fortnight ago and the consignment has already left South Korea. I can't remember if there's any shelf stock of the Snowberry sets - there may be one or two at most. We're not really filling the shelves up with money on third party stuff in a big way this year. Liquidating it has proven to be either famine or feast over the past couple of years.
PDH Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Jimbo said: Hi Jamie  Me again!  After a bit of trauma here I suddenly remembered I needed to pre-order the Pontos set, but I can't find any trace of it on your site. Have I been too slow or am I not searching properly? Hope it's still going to be available.  Many thanks  Jim If your concerned about getting one there is on on eBay at the moment  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-144-HMCS-Snowberry-Flower-Class-Corvette-Detail-Up-Set-for-Revell-kit-05132/184370446976?hash=item2aed55c280:g:oBkAAOSw8aJfFYh9  HTH  P
Jimbo Posted July 27, 2020 Author Posted July 27, 2020 Hi  Thanks for the heads up on that.  I did tell Jamie I'd pre-order one from him, think I;ll wait to see what the situation is there.  Cheers again though.  Best wishes  Jim
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 Hi Jim, Â I'm really not precious about it so if the Ebay one gets you one, then just go for it and you've got it. Â You'd rather be building the model than talking about it I'm sure!
Jimbo Posted July 27, 2020 Author Posted July 27, 2020 Hi Jamie  Apologies, I saw PDH's reply before I noticed your earlier reply - not having a goo day! Lol!  I can totally understand about not ordering stuff just to sit on shelves. If there does turn out to be one that's not taken, any chance you could drop me a line please?  Many thanks  Jim
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