All a bit sad...Got my first micro armour from them
Big sale no doubt coming up
Poop
Quote from: Fenton on 12 August 2013, 10:53:56 AM
Big sale no doubt coming up
Yes there is a message to that effect on the website.
Not sure that the company is bust. I know they were selling off various subsidiaries a while back prior to retiring. I'd be surprised if someone didn't buy up the moulds.
They have called in the administrators no doubt about that
http://www.insolventcompanies.co.uk/skytrex-limited-01072692/
Wargame ranges have been up for sale for about 2 years but only a handful bought so far (seems they were asking quite high prices
I got my first micro armour from them. Guess what I bought?
L3/35 tankette by any chance :D ;)?
Quote from: fsn on 12 August 2013, 01:06:35 PM
I got my first micro armour from them. Guess what I bought?
Some of the early Skytrex stuff it could have been anything
H&R bought the micro armour ranges so they are safe (ish) dependant on if they decide to keep duplicate items in the catalogue. Was dubious about 3 1/300 ranges (H&R, Armstrong & Davco) being consolidated in to a single company but suppose that's a better option than one disappearing entirely.
My 1:200 came from them in 2001 or 2002. The infantry are just about ok with 10mm, but the vehicles are too small. Much prefer the Pendraken. Sunjester and I have a theory that Skytrex is probably Scale infantry, where as Pendraken are 'chubby', but the Pendraken looks much better- wish I'd found it first.
A Real shame as they have been doing a lot in model railways market in last few years as it was a bigger hobby
Also their range of 1/1200 C19th naval stuff was excellent - the Warrior and Gloire being especially fine
Bernie
I think all the 1/2000th stuff went to red eagle
Red Eagle bought the 1/144 aircraft & 1/1200 Triton Napoleonic & Transitional ranges
Yep, Red Eagle have got the 1:1200th ships as well now. A lot of the ranges were very highly priced though, so I think they've had some difficulty selling them. The administration info shows some interesting titbits, like £170k of stock holding, including 25,000 sheets of decals! That's a lot of stock to be carrying on their turnover.
:-\
Leon's got £170 - mostly Jiffy Bags and Smoggycon fliers
Quote from: Last Hussar on 12 August 2013, 06:02:40 PM
Leon's got £170 - mostly Jiffy Bags and Smoggycon fliers
Egyptian pounds at that
Quote from: Last Hussar on 12 August 2013, 06:02:40 PM
Leon's got £170 - mostly Jiffy Bags and Smoggycon fliers
Haha! :D
Glad to see that Red Eagle have the 1:1200 ships, now who got the 1:3000 WW1 range of ships?
Quote from: GordonY on 12 August 2013, 11:27:28 PM
Glad to see that Red Eagle have the 1:1200 ships, now who got the 1:3000 WW1 range of ships?
Nobody yet, as far as I know. The ranges still available are:
- 1/3000 20th C. ships.
- 1/200th WW2 and onwards.
- 15mm Command Decision WW2 and onwards (in joint license with Old Glory).
- 20mm Modern vehicles / support equipment.
Quote from: Leon on 13 August 2013, 12:36:46 AM
Nobody yet, as far as I know. The ranges still available are:
- 1/3000 20th C. ships.
- 1/200th WW2 and onwards.
- 15mm Command Decision WW2 and onwards (in joint license with Old Glory).
- 20mm Modern vehicles / support equipment.
Where did you find all ths info?
EWM/Shell Hole have also stated they only purchased the 20mm WWII vehicle, gun & stowage ranges NOT the figures or decals
Red Eagle also only have the Napoleonic/Transitional ranges so presumably ACW/Ironclads still with skytrex.
Hi there
I have never bought anything from skytrex, but I always feel it's a shame when a business fails let's hope somebody buys the remaining moulds so at least the ranges continue
Take care
Andy
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 13 August 2013, 06:40:19 AM
Where did you find all ths info?
We got it sent to us by the administrators. We'd previously enquired about the WW1 planes, but they wanted too much for them, so we must have been on the mailing list when they were sending out the pdf with all the sales info on it.
A shame, the ships looked great....