GrandpaPhil Posted June 19, 2019 #1 Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) Has anyone ever bought directly from Euromodel before and had stuff shipped to the US? If so, was the shipping reasonable and reasonably quick? I would like to buy a set of plans from them (Ajax), but I was wondering at other people’s experiences with them. I always do research before buying from a new vendor. Edited June 19, 2019 by GrandpaPhil mtaylor 1 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
marktiedens Posted June 19, 2019 #2 Posted June 19, 2019 Hi Phil - If you contact piratepete007 he can answer any question you have about Euromodel. He writes the building instructions for their kits & is a member of this forum. He was extremely helpful to me when I was building the Royal William. I can tell you the Euromodel plans are probably the best you will find - very accurate & well detailed. I have not dealt with Euromodel directly,but I believe they are a quality company that cares about their customers & would not hesitate to buy from them. Mark mtaylor, catopower and AndrewNaylor 3 current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways
Landlubber Mike Posted June 20, 2019 #3 Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) I’ve dealt with Euromodel twice, and they have been nothing short of fantastic. The first time was to buy one of their lion figureheads because I was building the Lyme using the Corel Unicorn kit. The second was to ask them about replacing a missing plan sheet and warped keel on a used La Renommee kit that I had picked up on eBay. Not sure if he is still there, but Massimo was such a nice guy to deal with. Just be aware that they are shut down in August believe for the Italian summer holiday. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy from them. I agree with Mark that the Euromodel plans are among the best out there, very detailed. And Pete’s built notes are an invaluable resource. Edited June 20, 2019 by Landlubber Mike GrandpaPhil, catopower, AndrewNaylor and 2 others 5 Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
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