Accurate Armour closing down

[Chris951]

Not sure how many of you either have bought from or lust after some of their stuff but Accurate Armour have just announced that they are shutting down next year.

 

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We have decided to close the doors of Accurate Armour Limited next year and I will then retire from model manufacturing and Rob will pursue a new career.

The closing process has now started and we are in Phase-1.

All items marked in green on our website are available to order as usual, and many will continue to be made until production casting ends in a few weeks time.

There will be a lot more to say at later dates but today we are just getting the message out.

Thank you for reading and best wishes.

Derek Hansen.

 

 

[Kingsman]

Well colour me shocked.  And my card balance in danger..........  Nothing on their home page about it as of now.

Edited August 23, 2024 by Kingsman
correction

[bootneck]

That is sad news.  I won't be able to save enough funds to get the remaining items that I want/need by the time Derek retires.

 

Mike

[Bullbasket]

Sad news indeed. I wonder if they'll still attend Telford in November.

 

John.

[evilbobthebob]

That's very unfortunate. I wonder if they will sell their moulds to another business.

[ivan-o]

Better get my CET ordered then😟

[tony007]

Does anyone know when next year they are closing up shop?

[Mike]

That's a shame, but several of what I'd imagine were their best sellers from their range have been supplanted by plastic kits these days, but they do still do some great stuff for those with the bravery to tackle full resin kits.  If I had the time and money, I'd have more of their stuff in my collection

[Adler Leon]

Sad to hear.

L

[sandsmodels]

not surprised, they started around the same time as i did and they were older than me, running a resin casting model business is getting harder all the time, brexit did not help and the sudden upsurge in order due to covid did not last long.

as you get older you do have to think about stopping at some point, not easy when you start from scratch.

i always admired AA models and always had a good look at them at truck n tracks shows when we traded there, although in a different scale than mine i could see the amount of work that went into them.

good luck in the future chaps.

[Julien]

On 27/08/2024 at 14:05, Mike said:

That's a shame, but several of what I'd imagine were their best sellers from their range have been supplanted by plastic kits these days, but they do still do some great stuff for those with the bravery to tackle full resin kits.  If I had the time and money, I'd have more of their stuff in my collection

They did move with the market in some respects. When Takom Brought out the 432 AA started selling conversion kits for it based on their own 432 kit.

 

 

 

On 27/08/2024 at 13:47, tony007 said:

Does anyone know when next year they are closing up shop?

They never said, just next year. Though they have had to close the web shop to dela with demand following the announcement. 

 

 

On 23/08/2024 at 18:45, evilbobthebob said:

That's very unfortunate. I wonder if they will sell their moulds to another business.

You would think they could sell it as a viable business

[ivan-o]

Closed for orders till the 6 th September due to large demand!

[bigfoot]

Looks like AA might not be reopening its store after saying it would reopen on 9th September. Current message is they will reassess in October as to whether they will do a final order before closing.

 

Disappointing if like me you weren’t quick enough to get an order in before the store closed as might not get a chance now. 

[Threadbear]

On 9/10/2024 at 2:24 PM, bigfoot said:

Looks like AA might not be reopening its store after saying it would reopen on 9th September. Current message is they will reassess in October as to whether they will do a final order before closing.

 

Disappointing if like me you weren’t quick enough to get an order in before the store closed as might not get a chance now. 

 Likw wise, I wanted to order some resin tracks for my Tamiya M8 for the current GB but as you say unable to order anything. It must be quite galling that you say that are closing down then suddenly everyone wants your products. I wanted to do a decent order. 

 

Hopefully they will reopen after the initial mad rush. Must be a few like you and I, Bigfoot. 

[sanfrandragon]

I should have learned my lesson from Wingnut Wings; stop prevaricating and buy what I want whilst it’s still available.  I hope they re-open to clear out the stock as there’s a couple of their less popular offerings that I wish I had ordered.

[ivan-o]

Email today,after a four week wait my CET was dispatched today🤗

[Kingsman]

This is their current situation from their website today.  Both are slightly contradictory as one says the site is aimed to re-open this month while the other suggests that the decision to re-open has not yet been taken.

 

 

Edited October 1, 2024 by Kingsman
Clicked Save instead of Insert Image.... D'oh!

[Circloy]

been that way for a while

[ivan-o]

They are still dispatching orders,

 

 

took 5 weeks! And this was ordered the day they said about closing.

[Kingsman]

3 hours ago, Circloy said:

been that way for a while

My point is that it still is.  And is still not exactly conclusive that they will re-open.

 

2 hours ago, ivan-o said:

took 5 weeks! And this was ordered the day they said about closing.

2 of my colleagues ordered stuff.  The one who ordered first was still waiting for his as of the last time we spoke, last week, whereas one who ordered later has his.  I'm presuming they are casting new casts to meet orders as their website doesn't show stock levels, just available or not.  That will slow order fulfilment down.

[ivan-o]

Lots of kits have gone off the web page now,so who knows about a final casting run?

On 10/1/2024 at 11:22 PM, Kingsman said:

My point is that it still is.  And is still not exactly conclusive that they will re-open.

 

2 of my colleagues ordered stuff.  The one who ordered first was still waiting for his as of the last time we spoke, last week, whereas one who ordered later has his.  I'm presuming they are casting new casts to meet orders as their website doesn't show stock levels, just available or not.  That will slow order fulfilment down.

lots of kits deleted on the site now,if it’s gone it’s gone😟

[Sharpscale]

Such a shame but a very understandable decision. I've never built an AA kit, but would have loved to build their Foden 6x6. That probably wont happen now!

[tony007]

Just been on the site today and every item is in red! They must be doing a stock check before final orders(hopefully).

[ivan-o]

A clearance sale?🤞

[Sharpscale]

18 minutes ago, ivan-o said:

A clearance sale?🤞

One can wish