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Despite what another "vendor" may be telling you, the 1/96th Permit kit has been available since 2002, and continues to be available. This is not some sort of "game" to me. Due to the demands on my time from my full time professional job and a few health issues along the way, I have been unable to deliver kits on a continuous basis. This has greatly slowed the progress on the release of new kits. The last batch of Permit kits was produced in June of 2017. The next batch of 10 kits will be produced during the last week of April of 2018, along with the first batch of SSN 637 STURGEON Kits. If you would like to be put on the list, please drop me a note and I will make certain you get a kit. I do not accept any payment until your kit is ready to ship.
Most every vendor in this hobby, with one exception, has a professional job outside of this hobby which complicates being a vendor in this hobby tremendously. This is a relaxing hobby for me, not a financial or personal obsession. I produce these kits because I love doing it even if the time available to do it is very limited.
Beginning in 2018, my professional business will be taking me to Japan and Norway beginning in the next couple of weeks. Our rapidly expanding industrial business, which was started in 1999, eats up nearly all of my time with 3 domestic offices and almost 50 employees (set to nearly double in 2018-19). This new contract will be in effect for nearly 3 years which will make my hobby time during this period extremely thin.
I have mulled closing up shop all-together due to my inability to deliver product on a continuous basis. I know many of you have been disappointed having to wait many months to receive a kit. However, as long as you are willing to be patient with me on the currently available kits and the upcoming kit releases I will remain producing products for the hobby. We will, however, be terminating acceptance of custom order model work, turn key builds, and one-off CNC/3D printing work. This will open up a bit more time to work on the (very slowly) growing kit line.
Thank you, very much, for the business you gave us in 2017. It is very sincerely appreciated.
Happy New Year!
Most every vendor in this hobby, with one exception, has a professional job outside of this hobby which complicates being a vendor in this hobby tremendously. This is a relaxing hobby for me, not a financial or personal obsession. I produce these kits because I love doing it even if the time available to do it is very limited.
Beginning in 2018, my professional business will be taking me to Japan and Norway beginning in the next couple of weeks. Our rapidly expanding industrial business, which was started in 1999, eats up nearly all of my time with 3 domestic offices and almost 50 employees (set to nearly double in 2018-19). This new contract will be in effect for nearly 3 years which will make my hobby time during this period extremely thin.
I have mulled closing up shop all-together due to my inability to deliver product on a continuous basis. I know many of you have been disappointed having to wait many months to receive a kit. However, as long as you are willing to be patient with me on the currently available kits and the upcoming kit releases I will remain producing products for the hobby. We will, however, be terminating acceptance of custom order model work, turn key builds, and one-off CNC/3D printing work. This will open up a bit more time to work on the (very slowly) growing kit line.
Thank you, very much, for the business you gave us in 2017. It is very sincerely appreciated.
Happy New Year!
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