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What happened to British Old Models Company ?
By: Jasper Date: June 19, 2020, 12:22 pm
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Anyone know why the Old Models Company UK has vanished from the
interwebs? They were saying that their models were made and
shipped from the UK , and that they were recently suspending
operations due to the pandemic (i.e.- Chinese Wuhan Coronavirus
Covid-19 SARS-CoV-2).
Their website is no longer accessible to me in the USA. Did they
get DDOS , or simply go out of business , or voluntarily
suspending, or ?
(HTM) https://www.oldmodels.co.uk/
Older example of their solenoid engine models.
(HTM) https://youtu.be/D9egFHQQkpM
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Re: What happened to British Old Models Company ?
By: Hero Date: June 19, 2020, 1:52 pm
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No idea.
But it's a nice motor.
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Re: What happened to British Old Models Company ?
By: Swift Fox Date: June 19, 2020, 2:13 pm
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I've always admired these since they are something a bit
different and regret not getting one years ago. As a nice plus
they are made here too. :-)
Hopefully it is just a temporary glitch with the website.
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Re: What happened to British Old Models Company ?
By: Jasper Date: July 27, 2020, 11:18 pm
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[quote author=Swift Fox link=topic=2744.msg26557#msg26557
date=1592594008]
I've always admired these since they are something a bit
different and regret not getting one years ago. As a nice plus
they are made here too. :-)
Hopefully it is just a temporary glitch with the website.
[/quote]
Sadly, its been over a month and their website has vanished for
me.
Some scant design copies of their adverts remain, but the main
website has cloudfare vanished. They must have been in
Chichester , England at least until Feb , 2020.
(HTM) https://www.agent8.co.uk/work/old-model-company/
I hope they return some day as I was really liking their
solenoid engine models, especially since their 2020 prices were
On Sale and the deep discounts were attractive.
[There appears to be another small UK maker of solenoid motor
kits, a shade more modern in design, but the prices look
interesting HERE —->
(HTM) https://extkits.co.uk/.
]
Enjoy a short farewell Youtube clip from The Old Model Company
UK
(HTM) https://youtu.be/BYOuKfCIuH8
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Re: What happened to British Old Models Company ?
By: Swift Fox Date: July 28, 2020, 12:18 pm
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It is a shame if they have indeed folded as the offered some
very unique engines, i'm pretty certain they were active and
trading in 2019.
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Re: What happened to British Old Models Company ?
By: RedRyder Date: September 7, 2020, 5:32 am
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Wish I knew of them a while back.
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Re: What happened to British Old Models Company ?
By: Steam Technology Date: September 7, 2020, 5:00 pm
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That is a shame they made some great looking models. :(
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