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Strelets
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elegantmess
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05 Oct 2022, 08:13
I can't reach them either. As I understand it they have the business-side in the UK so the ongoing war shouldn't affect the homepage. Or have I misunderstood something?
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Susofrick
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19 Feb 2008, 12:10
I think that the Strelets site has been down for more than a week. It may be that the 'old' site is being re-vamped, although with the continuing situation in their home country, it would be understandable if re-doing the website was some way down the priority list.
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Minuteman
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06 Mar 2020, 21:38
Their website stopped being updated once the invasion started. I'm guessing their webmaster went off to join the defence? So potentially the licensing or something else to do with keeping the website 'alive' has not happened in the 18 months, resulting in the website disappearing? Just my own suggestion.
What's more worrying is that the owner (?) who kept the forum so updated, even in such tough times, has now not posted in two months. Perhaps they've gone to join their comrades in defending their country, or perhaps something else has happened...either way, I do have the worry that Strelets won't come back, which I think would be the beginning of the end of 1/72 figures in plastic. I hope I'm proved wrong though!
What's more worrying is that the owner (?) who kept the forum so updated, even in such tough times, has now not posted in two months. Perhaps they've gone to join their comrades in defending their country, or perhaps something else has happened...either way, I do have the worry that Strelets won't come back, which I think would be the beginning of the end of 1/72 figures in plastic. I hope I'm proved wrong though!
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Rich W
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05 Feb 2018, 23:40
Rich W wrote:I do have the worry that Strelets won't come back, which I think would be the beginning of the end of 1/72 figures in plastic. I hope I'm proved wrong though!
The demise of Strelets owing to the war in Ukraine has to be a possibility, although I hope very much that this will not be an outcome of this unfortunate conflict.
The Strelets website has been in an un-maintained state for some time, and it would be helpful if anyone from Strelets - or who knows of their business affairs - might give us some information?
As for the possible future of 1/72 plastics? Well, if there is a market then these will continue, although there is no doubt that a combination of other scales offering more and greater choice - notably 28mm plastics perhaps (although more expensive) might one day replace 1/72. But let's bear in mind that our scale remains hugely popular amongst modellers of both aircraft and military vehicles.
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Minuteman
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06 Mar 2020, 21:38
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If such a horrible event as the shutting down of Strelets (or any manufacturer) were to happen it did occur to me that they might be able to recover financially by scanning some of their existing figures and selling the STL files for printing. Some of the more popular could even be cleaned up for printing at larger scale. Just a thought anyway, we certainly hope everyone at Strelets is ok and things can return to normal life again soon.
Cheers,
Bessiere
Cheers,
Bessiere
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Bessiere
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23 May 2019, 15:50
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Peter
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25 Mar 2008, 18:51
The forum is indeed active, less so from the company but from active fans.
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steve_pickstock
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