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[U-33]

Anybody tell me if Speedline Models are still going? I've sent three emails trying to buy a kit...no reply?

[smudger1309]

yes   speedline posted a message on the 1:12th shannon under lifeboats

[U-33]

Ok, thanks Smudge...guess they don't want my money then. I'll try calling them..

[davidjt]

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  Re: New Shannon Class kit,  on its way!                     
  « Reply #237 on: March 29, 2017, 02:44:29 PM »
  
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  Hello chaps.
  I don't know where to start to answer your comments except to say many, many thanks for all the support you have given me through what is a pretty tough time in health terms, private life terms and business terms (the Shannon).
  Firstly then delivery of the Shannon. I have had emails directly to me regarding the whereabouts of their ordered kit which I have answered as best as I can. Currently I have orders for six 1/16th kits and sixteen 1/12 kits and I will not be taking anymore until I am down to a four week lead time for the complete kit.
  I have three the 1/16 GRP mouldings done and four 1/12 sets done.
  The long lead time items are the resin castings. They take a week to produce. We still have some parts to make (in some cases re-make) because they needed modifying to improve the pour ability of the moulding. I am trying to get all the fiddly fittings of the handrailings cast in brass but I am having a bit of trouble here just now.
  The owner of number 1 of the 1/16th kit is collecting the GRP mouldings and as many parts as possible so he can take them to a show the following month so I will help out if I can.
  Once we have the castings on the go we can count down from there.
  My health is a major problem still and it is expected to be so for another year or so. I have not been back into hospital yet I came close a couple of weeks ago but even now its a possibility. I can hardly walk somedays. The pain in my ribs and one vertebrae is nasty and I am still taking morphine twice a day. I am on a total of 41 tablets a day!
  Mark decided that it was all to much for him and he packed in Speedline so I am back to being just me again running Speedline Models.