Biggles5 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 The big question now is.... After the initial flurry of backing up to 40% it has taken a couple of weeks to push up another 5%, at this rate of diminishing returns it looks, sadly, that even a kit this popular isn't going to make teh minimum required for the release. BTW does anyone know if there is a time limit on acheiving backing? Once again, if there were a reasonable shipping cost for overseas customers, this number would be strongly boosted. Even a way to add the kitstarter kits to a larger order and qualify for free postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threepot900 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Biggles, sometimes you just need to bite the bullet. At least they are cheaper than a m/cycle dealer in the UK, who use a famous freight company. A couple of years ago when the Aussi peso was almost worth something, I could have saved $40 on the retail price of an air filter only to be stung with a $150.00 delivery charge! It just depends who they use. Doing a bit of buying on eBay, postage world wide seems to have risen quite dramatically in recent years. Governments saving PO jobs??If you want, you could add your order to mine, and when it lands in sunny SA, I'll drop it on the back of the next posti bike heading your way. Same goes for any other Aussies/kiwis on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles5 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Thanks for the offer Three, but I really don't want one THAT badly. I am just disappointed that overseas Airfix customers are being ripped off in relation to postage charges. As I've noted earlier, I would be more than happy to pre order them if there were a way to add the kitstarter kit to a larger order and qualify for the free postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERIC CATTANACH Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 How do I order a beagle Bassett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoFF03 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 How do I order a beagle Bassett?Go to the home page, click on Kitstarter under the title image. Once on the Kitstarter page, just click on the Basset image and then the pre-order. Simples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacYates87 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Now at 62%. Will it - or anything - reach 100%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimal_indrasoma Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Seems many overseas buyers are wary of pre-ordering due to the cost of postage. This affects the Kitstarter scheme as well.Suggestion to Admin - once a pre-order item is available, move it to the cart for up to 3 days so that the customer has a chance to add some more items and qualify for free postage. If the order is not finalised in 3 days, make the goods available to others.I recently won some stuff on the Hornby Archive site on EBay and I was able to add a few Buy-Now items to the cart before settlement at no additional postage. As well as promoting more sales, a similar facility would encourage more customers to pre-order. I recently moved my Corgi Thunderbirds pre-orders to my wish-list as there seemed to be no way to combine the 3 orders. Had they all gone into the same basket I would not have been concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacYates87 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 ETPS for me - rewatching "Test Pilot" for the umpteenth time got me wanting one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fleming Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 Now at almost 70% - needs a bit of publicity to give it a boost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sephton Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Sephton Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Ooooops....inadvertent double post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacYates87 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 70%? Maybe it WILL make it to 100% after all! Nice to see, despite the continued lack of official news about the project.Off-topic - THE Andy Sephton? As an occasional reader of Aeroplane and FlyPast, and books on the Shuttleworth Collection, the name is very, very familiar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBaker Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 70%? Maybe it WILL make it to 100% after all! Nice to see, despite the continued lack of official news about the project.Off-topic - THE Andy Sephton? As an occasional reader of Aeroplane and FlyPast, and books on the Shuttleworth Collection, the name is very, very familiar!Well Its made it to 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fleming Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Colour me surprised! Do I get a special avatar as the first suggestor of a Kitstarter kit to get to 100%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoFF03 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 How did it hit 100%? Last time I checked, two or three days ago, it was still stuck on 69%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimal_indrasoma Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 How did it hit 100%? Last time I checked, two or three days ago, it was still stuck on 69%. Having seen the support from the punters, maybe Airfix worked up the courage to order a few themselves ... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJC Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 However it happened, let's hope the punters who all wanted this, will now actually buy the kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Mediocre Modeller Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 They already have, that's how the Kit Starter scheme works, Airfix won't put it back into very limited production until enough people have pre-ordered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJC Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Ah ok, I understand and take my comment back :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marto Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Am somewhat surprised. Maybe Hornby has taken a punot and thinks that those of us who have preordered one, may purchase more before this kit is potentially gone forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fleming Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Strange, there was a comment on the page earlier that said the tooling would be scrapped after this limited run, but it seems to have disappeared now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Mock Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Strange, there was a comment on the page earlier that said the tooling would be scrapped after this limited run, but it seems to have disappeared now. Maybe the comment was scrapped? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_westerby2 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Strange, there was a comment on the page earlier that said the tooling would be scrapped after this limited run, but it seems to have disappeared now. Maybe the comment was scrapped? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_westerby2 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 What decal scheme(s) will be included in the box?Is there a chance that Airfix will print and make available a few extra decal sheets for this kit because the decals in my Queen's Flight boxing are out of register. I wouldn't be alone in this respect.I would actually prefer the original RAF scheme to model my kit in though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_fleming Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 No indication yet what (if any!) decals will be included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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