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  • Steve Brodie
    SMF Supporters
    • Sep 2014
    • 4652

    #1

    Wing Nut Wings (WNW) closed for good ?

    Saw this on another forum and the IPMS Facebook page, seems some confusion as to if they have closed for good, or just temporary will COVID 19 is around;

    WW1 Forum , WNW Website , IPMS Facebook

    Sad if they have gone for good.
  • Paul Davies
    SMF Supporters
    • Apr 2014
    • 284

    #2
    Only temporary closure

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    • AlanG
      • Dec 2008
      • 6296

      #3
      This has been discussed for the last week over on another forum i frequent. There is some uncertainty over what it all means. Some people who know what is going on are saying it is indeed a very grim situation.

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      • Paul Davies
        SMF Supporters
        • Apr 2014
        • 284

        #4

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        • Ian M
          Administrator
          • Dec 2008
          • 18264
          • Ian
          • Falster, Denmark

          #5
          I have read a press release from them and it said it is temporary .
          Also said that you can still place orders but they will not be sending out 'til the end of April at the earliest.

          Keep calm and build something.
          Group builds

          Bismarck

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          • Dave Ward
            SMF Supporters
            • Apr 2018
            • 10549

            #6
            Their website explains:

            Dave

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            • Ian M
              Administrator
              • Dec 2008
              • 18264
              • Ian
              • Falster, Denmark

              #7
              Originally posted by tattoodpunkmodeler
              You posted while I was writing
              Group builds

              Bismarck

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              • colin m
                Moderator
                • Dec 2008
                • 8740
                • Colin
                • Stafford, UK

                #8
                When one of their kits goes out of production, its price rockets. If the whole company shut down, imagine what would happen then !

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                • tr1ckey66
                  SMF Supporters
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 3592

                  #9
                  Originally posted by colin m
                  When one of their kits goes out of production, its price rockets. If the whole company shut down, imagine what would happen then !
                  Yeah, forget bog roll and dried pasta. Start stock-piling WNW kits!!!!! :smiling5:
                  BTW, I have two WNW SE5.as and I am thinking of selling one of em...
                  Cheers
                  Paul

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                  • stona
                    SMF Supporters
                    • Jul 2008
                    • 9889

                    #10
                    The news is not good for those who enjoyed WNW's output, though may be rather rosier for those with a few of their kits in the stash.

                    It seems likely that they are gone for good.

                    “Guys we are closed for good I am sorry to say, the whole team was made redundant on Wednesday”, does not seem like good news at all.

                    #https://imodeler.com/2020/04/sad-news-indeed/

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                    • Dave Ward
                      SMF Supporters
                      • Apr 2018
                      • 10549

                      #11
                      That's sad, and I suspect some of the smaller manufacturers will go the same way.
                      Dave

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                      • AlanG
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 6296

                        #12
                        Guess my Sopworth Camel kit just went up in price

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                        • stona
                          SMF Supporters
                          • Jul 2008
                          • 9889

                          #13
                          Originally posted by AlanG
                          Guess my Sopworth Camel kit just went up in price :smiling3:
                          I've never built one of their kits, but I understand them to be really very good. If WNW has indeed gone under I suspect you will have a good investment there

                          Cheers

                          Steve

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                          • AlanG
                            • Dec 2008
                            • 6296

                            #14
                            Never built one myself either Steve. I was given the kit. The person who gave it to me has over 80 WNW kits in his stash. He's sitting on a gold mine at the moment.

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                            • Guest

                              #15
                              You'd have thought Peter Jackson could have kept the company going. Obviously not the money in Hollywood there used to be. Sad.

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