Marky B Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Hi All, Quick question, are Shawplan still trading? I can't reach the website, so I'm beginning to wonder if they've died a death. Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 They certainly are still trading - having FINALLY decided which Warships I want to model I placed an order for various plates and detailing parts on Wednesday 2nd September and received them exactly a week later, i.e. three days ago. Very happy with the service and the excellent products. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky B Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 6 hours ago, Neil Phillips said: They certainly are still trading - having FINALLY decided which Warships I want to model I placed an order for various plates and detailing parts on Wednesday 2nd September and received them exactly a week later, i.e. three days ago. Very happy with the service and the excellent products. Thank you Neil, I was thinking it very unlikely that they had closed, but I still can't access their website. Maybe it's my browser, I'm using Firefox, so I'll try using another. Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Website is accessible using Microsoft Edge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted September 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2020 There's a glorious irony that there was always a monthly thread about how hard it was to get hold of Shawplan, and the answer was always "Brian's just so busy at exhibitions, and he doesn't do email, and he doesn't answer the phone, you need to send a carrier pigeon". Now there are no exhibitions, but you still can't get hold of them! Website fine for me on Chrome and Safari FWIW. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePipersSon Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Just tried it using Firefox - appears to be working correctly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 hours ago, njee20 said: There's a glorious irony that there was always a monthly thread about how hard it was to get hold of Shawplan, and the answer was always "Brian's just so busy at exhibitions, and he doesn't do email, and he doesn't answer the phone, you need to send a carrier pigeon". Now there are no exhibitions, but you still can't get hold of them! Website fine for me on Chrome and Safari FWIW. God forbid Brian might be having time out with his family and doing things that he wants to do, he might even be doing some modelling for himself. Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Mike, did you just use the M word? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, cheesysmith said: Mike, did you just use the M word? Sorry. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Perhaps I was just lucky but I placed the order via email and waited for Brian to find it - it took him 3 days because he had been out all week having been "called in to work". After that it took just 4 days to receive the order. A long-standing acquaintance running a small-scale model railway manufacturing and retail business explained to me more than once that he runs it mainly as a hobby as it doesn't generate enough income to live on. Paying the bills still required a main occupation, so attention can get diverted. We should be patient if the 'one-man-band' proprietor is still below retirement age! I realise that Modelmaster is the subject of another thread but I also placed an order there on 18th August for steam plates, one red diesel plate and one transfer sheet. The order took 25 days to arrive (last Friday) but their website does state 2-3 weeks and red plates can take an extra 7 days to prepare, so it's about right. The point is, patience is a virtue (all modellers should have it in abundance, right?! ) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted September 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: God forbid Brian might be having time out with his family and doing things that he wants to do, he might even be doing some modelling for himself. Mike. Calm down love, it just amuses me. Look back through the forum, you'll find at least 10 threads asking "is Shawplan still trading?", and the answer is always "yes, but he's so busy with shows, you really need to catch him at one". Now there are no shows, and we still have threads asking if Shawplan is still trading. This is the second I've seen recently. Entirely his prerogative if he wants to be elusive, most of his business is clearly to the manufacturers, just tickled me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 Send an email and wait he will get to it soon. I have about £100 quids worth on order Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Richard_A Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2020 Poor Brian, Dammed whatever he does. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 30 minutes ago, rka said: Poor Brian, Dammed whatever he does. He is very busy on an exciting development, to be seen on one of my threads VERY soon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Just so everyone else knows, Brian emailed me today to say he won't now be available until 28th Sept. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted September 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Flood said: Just so everyone else knows, Brian emailed me today to say he won't now be available until 28th Sept. Bachmann again? I am waiting on a huge pile pf glazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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