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hopeitfloats

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model solutions
« on: May 22, 2009, 09:09:20 am »
has anyone had recent dealings with this company. i have sent a couple of emails over the past week and havent had a reply. i assume they are still trading.
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Malcolm Reade

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2009, 09:13:23 am »
Somebody told me recently ( I can't remember who it was) that this company was no longer trading.  I can't confirm this though.

Malc


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hopeitfloats

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2009, 09:18:14 am »
 i understood they were pretty quick at replies.  maybe someone can confirm but that  was what i suspected. thanks malcolm.
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FullLeatherJacket

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2009, 12:23:27 pm »
A little bird told me that he'd spotted Mr and Mrs Harrison of Model Solutions over here in the UK in the last two weeks. DH comes from Ipswich originally so maybe they've taken a holiday to visit relatives?

I have noticed, however, that his SFX5.3 Sound Unit has been "temporarily out of stock" for quite some time now  %)

FLJ
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hopeitfloats

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2009, 08:40:45 am »
well maybe there could be an opening for someone in the UK who makes sound units and speed controllers to copy it if they are out of production. now who do we know that could do that. ok2
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FullLeatherJacket

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2009, 09:13:54 pm »
"Copy it?" Us??
Nah - I don't think so.
Now if you want to talk about improving  on it................. %)
FLJ
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hopeitfloats

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2009, 03:26:06 am »
thats the one. how long before i can buy one off you. :-))
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Bunkerbarge

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2009, 03:51:51 am »
I can assure you that Model Solutions are still trading as I have been communicating with them regularly over the last couple of weeks and found David Harrison to be very responsive to all communications.

I would check the e-mail address you are using or maybe your own spam filter because I have had no problem right up until today.
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FullLeatherJacket

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2009, 08:44:58 am »
Quote from: hopeitfloats on May 24, 2009, 03:26:06 am
thats the one. how long before i can buy one off you. :-))
Join the queue................ As Wombat says, you can have Right, Cheap and Now - chose any two out of three.
FLJ
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Tankerman

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2009, 06:35:53 pm »
Dave Harrison has been here in the UK recently but even found time to email me during his vacation. He answered my query as soon as he returned to Canada and has since dispatched an order to me.
Exemplary customer service!

Chris
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Re: model solutions
« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2009, 02:17:43 am »
Quote from: FullLeatherJacket on May 24, 2009, 08:44:58 am
.... As Wombat says, you can have Right, Cheap and Now - chose any two out of three.

Excellent quote.
I shall use this one.

Its not patent pending , is it? :embarrassed:
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FullLeatherJacket

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2009, 08:02:01 am »
Quote from: tigertiger on May 26, 2009, 02:17:43 am
Quote from: FullLeatherJacket on May 24, 2009, 08:44:58 am
.... As Wombat says, you can have Right, Cheap and Now - chose any two out of three.

Excellent quote.
I shall use this one.

Its not patent pending , is it? :embarrassed:

He's full of little gems like this one. I've no idea where he gets them all from, but I do know he's an avid Radio 4 listener 'cos I've caught him out nicking Andy Hamilton's material a couple of times.
FLJ
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barryfoote

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2009, 08:07:40 am »
Looks like Bunkerbarge HAS had a problem with this company!!


http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15244.msg170120;topicseen#msg170120
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OMK

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2009, 08:21:33 am »
True, true. But it seems that Modelsolutions, to their credit, did not set deliberately set out to rip anyone off. I think it's more a case of bad timing, and B'barge just got unlucky. Although, to spend nearly 400 Canadian dollars is not to be sniffed at. Perhaps M'solutions may offer him a discount or somesuch on their latest sound unit.
Personally, I still can't help thinking that their prices are maybe a tad on the high side. I'm not sure that I'd want to spend twenty-three Canadian dollars for a piddly 4-inch loudspeaker.
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andyn

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2009, 03:31:21 pm »
Quote from: PMK on May 26, 2009, 08:21:33 am
I still can't help thinking that their prices are maybe a tad on the high side. I'm not sure that I'd want to spend twenty-three Canadian dollars for a piddly 4-inch loudspeaker.

I first saw this company in Model Boats magazine, it was a reveiw of one of their transmitter expansion systems. I read the article and thought 'yeah that's a good idea'. Then I read the price and my jaw dropped into the carpet and the page in the magazine was duly changed...

I seem to remember that my speaker I bought off Dave for my sound system was £4...
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OMK

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2009, 01:19:39 am »
Quote from: FullLeatherJacket on May 26, 2009, 08:02:01 am
...but I do know he's an avid Radio 4 listener...

Talking of Radio 4 (and slightly off topic), around the same time every morning, 12:45'ish, they play a nice orchestral piece just before they read the shipping forecast.
Those guys in the woodwind section blow me bandy every time I hear it. Does anyone know the name of that piece? Is it available in the shops?
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pioneer

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2009, 02:25:20 am »
Hi PMK

Hopefully this will help. The following text is from the BBC online weather site:

The music played before the Shipping Forecast is 'Sailing By' composed by Ronald Binge. Unfortunately, the version of 'Sailing By' we use is not available commercially. However, a similar recording, featuring the late Ronnie Aldrich on the piano, has been issued by: Seaward Records Ltd, Strathallan Castle, Port St Mary, Isle of Man. The tune is also available on a CD, 'The Music of Ronald Binge', from Marco Polo Records, number 8.223515.

Regards

Andrew
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Re: model solutions
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2009, 09:21:10 pm »
Quote from: FullLeatherJacket on May 26, 2009, 08:02:01 am
Quote from: tigertiger on May 26, 2009, 02:17:43 am
Quote from: FullLeatherJacket on May 24, 2009, 08:44:58 am
.... As Wombat says, you can have Right, Cheap and Now - chose any two out of three.

Excellent quote.
I shall use this one.

Its not patent pending , is it? :embarrassed:

He's full of little gems like this one. I've no idea where he gets them all from, but I do know he's an avid Radio 4 listener 'cos I've caught him out nicking Andy Hamilton's material a couple of times.
FLJ

If you mean the one about "Never trust someone who takes so much effort over their effortless charm" that was acknowledged..... ;D

Some are original, some are borrowed
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FullLeatherJacket

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2009, 11:23:58 pm »
OK, Wom - I'm sussed - but do we tell them who  you were speaking of at the time?

(Guesses, please, on the back of a twenty pound note c/o The Nottingham Home for the Bewildered and Confused.)

FLJ

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OMK

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #19 on: May 28, 2009, 11:48:51 pm »
Several twenty-quid-notes heading towards the Notts. Home for the B&C, 'cos there's not enough room on just one.  :-)
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OMK

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2009, 12:06:21 am »
"The music played before the Shipping Forecast is 'Sailing By' composed by Ronald Binge."

Thank you, Mr. Pioneer. With the info' you supplied I should at least be able to procure said CD from Seaward Record Ltd.
(I guess it's rather apt for a model boating forum that the piece has 'Sailing' in the title).

Many thanks once again for helping out.
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OMK

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2009, 04:48:41 am »
<Adendum>

Armed with the title of the piece, I was able to find it on YooChoob.
Grab yerself an ounce of finest Jamaican weed, put yer feet up and chill...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpJEtnpd2dM&feature=PlayList&p=1B83E4E6DF7A609C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

Man, just listen to them boys in the woodwind section. How do they DO that??!
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Boy From the Bay

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2009, 08:16:12 am »
The Bush (W) doctrine, of unilateralism and faith in military strength, may well have earned the US a few new enemies and lost them a few friends.
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FullLeatherJacket

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Re: model solutions
« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2009, 08:32:50 am »
Quote from: Boy From the Bay on May 29, 2009, 08:16:12 am
The Bush (W) doctrine, of unilateralism and faith in military strength, may well have earned the US a few new enemies and lost them a few friends.

Exactly how many zeros are there on the end of your "few"?
FLJ
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« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2009, 04:15:14 pm »
Quote from: FullLeatherJacket on May 28, 2009, 11:23:58 pm
OK, Wom - I'm sussed - but do we tell them who  you were speaking of at the time?

Nah, and when presented with the correct answer, the response is "you may think that, I could not possibly comment" (Francis Urqhart)

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