does anyone know where i can buy hobby fan kits without needing a bank loan?

i want their FH-70 155mm gun, but ive seen one on ebay that works out at over £100!

can they be found anywhere for cheaper?

cheers

joe

Joe,

Usually the best source for Hobby Fan kits was MPK from Taiwan: http://www.mpk.com.tw
I ordered a lot of AFV Club and Hobby Fan stuff from them in the past and their prices were great, even including shipment from Taiwan to Poland.

Unfortunately some time ago they removed all English language information from their site and I heard they do not respond to any e-mails I was always ordering from them using fax - maybe this way still works, but I didn't try to order from them in the last few months.

Regards,
Pawel

Mission models has it for $135.00 Dollars Us.
Is that better then yours but shipping will eat your lunch maybe

Here is linkhttp://www.missionmodels.com/index2.htm

thats a little better but not much! shipping will probably be around $10,

looks like i need to sell some kits!

pity, cos im getting into artilery in a big way, and its one of the few modern british weapons available as a kit!

cheers

joe

The kit you want is just 2180 TWD in MPK - it is just 36 GBP!!! Even if shipping cost will double it, you are still way below your local price.

I suggest you try to order by fax. Send it to:
intl.acc.code followed by 886-2-28161467.

Just don't send credit card info in your first fax, just in case - ask them to contact you by e-mail with shipping cost information and only if they reply send another fax with card details.

I'll probably try this method with them with my next order.

Regards,
Pawel

wow says joe as his jaw drops,

that is cheap, shows how much they rip us off here,

thanks for the replies guys,

which cards do they accept vodnik?
cheers

joe

I was using both Visa and MasterCard with them.

Regards,
Pawel

Is there any easy way to translate the page????

I tried "Translate" option on Altavista: http://babelfish.altavista.com/ to translate from Chinese to English, but it doesn't work well to translate the whole page. It sometimes works if you copy just a piece of text from MPK page into the text window on Altavista page, but only if you have Chinese fonts installed and correct Chinese "Encoding" set in your browser...

But actually you don't need to translate most of the information - from the drop down list on the left of the screen select the name of the company you are interested in (avi - aircraft, afv - military vehicles etc.) and you will see the list of products. Usually the name of the product is in English. Prices in red are those that you will pay.

Rgds,
Pawel

Have you seen the message Marcel received from MPK?

Here it is on General Modeling forum:
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/23695&page=1

It looks that the source of cheap Hobby Fan kits has dried out

Rgds,
Pawel

d'oh,

thanks for letting me know rawel,

i even brought my order to work today to use the fax here,
good job ive been at my desk on this site all day then!

looks like its back to looking for a cheaper place for it then.

cheers

joe

Joe,

Are you still look for one? If so, I have one available and it would be US$125 plus shipping. If you are interested, email me directly at modelsATspruebrothers.com (replace AT with @).

Gordon

thanks gordon,

ill think about it, it works out at about £70, so maybe,

cheers

joe

the FH-70 is used ny the britiah army isnt it?

cheers

joe

Hi, Joe,

The cheapest is from MKP of course. But seems they don't accept overseas orders for the moment.

Falcon in Hong Kong has stock. They ship anywhere. Price for this kit is HK$840, something like 60pounds. May be you can send an enquiry.

www.hk-hobby.com

Or you can try Tristar
www.tristarmodel.com/shop

But their site seems always down during night time (Hong Kong time, that is 8 hour ahead of UK)