To Mayhem via email...
Kingston Mouldings ...and it’s goodnight from him.The time has finally come, after more years working in the GRP industry, and turning out fibreglass model boat hulls than I really want to think about, to more or less wind up Kingston Mouldings, and around the end of April 2016, I'll be cleaning off my brushes etc for the last time. The main reason is that Anne and I want to be free to go out and to go away on holiday more often, while we're both still fit and well enough to enjoy it.
The actual finishing date will be governed by when I run out of packing materials, but everyone will be getting what they've paid for, it may be before the end of the month, or it may be slightly after, but what I'm calling a halt to is the mail order side, no more sending my hulls to customers in the UK and around the World.
All is not completely lost though, I realise that this isn't going to help most of you, but given reasonable notice, I'll still be able to turn out a few hulls for anyone able to collect or arrange for someone else to do it for them, but definitely NO MORE MAIL ORDER.
In all the time I've been running Kingston Mouldings, I think I can count the number of awkward or difficult customers on my fingers, most of you have been a pleasure to deal with, and I've made many lifelong friends along the way.
So a sincere thank you to all who have supported this business over the years, the only real downside had been that I haven't had much time for my own modelling, and that's something I plan to put right in the years to come. I have several untouched steam engines, and a couple of unfinished yachts waiting patiently in my workshop, and I'll be building these into sailing models as soon as I catch up with all the overdue DIY jobs around the house and garden.
A few final hull bargains.
I've never kept a very large stock of finished hulls on the shelves, most have always been moulded as orders arrive, but I have usually had a small number in stock, and all those that are left will have to be sold. These are all listed on the website's BARGAINS page, everything is reduced by 20% or more, though I can't reduce the carriage costs, out of my control unfortunately. All hulls will be supplied with the same scale plans as listed on the main Price List.
Robin Whitmarsh - kingston Mouldings -
www.kingstonmouldings.co.uk
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