Just a quick reminder that it is a Bank Holiday tomorrow here in the UK

Therefore, the Post Office will be closed, so we will be unable to post any items until Tuesday 26th May

This will of course delay the despatch of items and as Royal Mail do not work on Bank Holidays, there will be no UK postal deliveries on Monday either 

Please allow a couple of extra days for items to arrive 

Keep well and stay safe 

We have been seeing quite a lot of delays with parcels we have been posting out in the last few weeks, which is understandable, given the current circumstances. We have also seen delays in items reaching us

Royal Mail, like many other companies, appear to have been struggling with staff absences due to Covid-19 related illnesses and staff self isolating

They have now announced that, for the next few weeks, they will only be delivering parcels and other priority items, such as Special Delivery and Signed For on Saturdays, to try and clear any parcel backlogs at sites 

See text below from their website:

Services delivered on a SaturdayWe will temporarily no longer deliver letters on a Saturday from 2 May. Letters will be delivered as normal from Monday to Friday. We will resume the six-day-a-week delivery of letters and parcels from June 13.
Stay safe everybody 

It's a Bank Holiday here in the UK today, Friday 8th May, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day 

As a result, all Post Offices are closed and we won't be able to send anything until Saturday 9th, so bear in mind anything purchased today will be delayed by a day 

Unfortunately, due to the effect of Covid-19 on the UK, we are seeing increasing delays with items being posted to the UK and other locations. Royal Mail are trying to clear the backlog as quickly as possible, but please allow extra time for your items to arrive

Although our local Post Office is still open for business, we are starting to see some delays in items being processed/delivered due to the lack of staff available at Royal Mail due to the Covid19 pandemic

Friday 10th April and Monday 13th April are Bank Holidays in the UK and therefore, neither the Post Office nor Royal Mail will be open for business 

If you are ordering items, we will post as soon as we possibly can, but please bear in mind anything posted later this week will take a few extra days to arrive 

​Thankyou for your patience and as always, stay safe 

As you will have now seen and/or heard, the Government asked all non essential businesses to close yesterday 

Having checked the details, it seems that Post Offices are allowed to remain open and therefore, for the moment we are still able to post out to you all

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Royal Mail has increased the cost of all postal services, both UK and International, with effect from Monday 23rd March

Our website has now been changed to reflect these increased prices and we have also made some revisions to postal service available

Within the UK, we are starting to move away from using Hermes as a lot of our up to 2 kilo parcels are now being sent first class with Royal Mail. The price is comparable and we are finding that they arrive a lot quicker in most locations

For our heaviest items, we are now using Parcelforce's tracked 48 hour service

Hi everyone 

Just a quick note to say that we are working from home and have been able to continue to work more or less as normal. We are able to get to the Post Office each day to send items out, but we are not encouraging anyone to come and collect items from us for obvious reasons

Don't forget if you are stuck at home and having the time to model, we'd love to see your builds on our Facebook page, even if you don't usually post. Exchange ideas and suggestions to help everyone else through their self isolation 

Lastly, we would ask you to please follow the government advice and then we can all come through this together safely 

Hopefully we can see one another at some events later in the year 

Stay safe and well

​Dave and Julie  

​Just to let you all know that I have had an email from Taigen to say that they will no longer be making their 5:1 gears. Taigen are replacing 5:1 gears with a 7:1 version to fit all tanks apart from the Panzer III. I have asked what will fit the Panzer III and they will let me know. The 7:1 version will be available from May. Factory pic of prototype mock up gears attached.

As you are aware, the current health scare is affecting movement of both people and freight 

Due to the travel restrictions and the reduced number of flights, we are experiencing some issues with restocking some items 

Items are being received slower than usual, so please bear with us during this time 

Thankyou 

We have been contacted by ATAK models to say that they are no longer supplying vendors with their kits 

No explanation has been provided, but ATAK have confirmed that they are continuing to trade, selling direct through their website only

Therefore, once we have sold all of our exisiting stock, anyone requiring an ATAK kit will have to go to ATAK directly

We have dealt with ATAK for a number of years and have always had an excellent relationship with them, so we wish ATAK well with their future enterprises 

If there is a change, we will of course let you all know