Worldwide Mail Order Plastic Ship Modelling Specialists for 25 Years!
Please E-Mail CAROLINE SNYDER, or the Token Yank, JOHN SNYDER, for any further info you require, or for a full set of either regular or trade price lists. To place an order, visit the online shop, or if you have any difficulty, simply e-mail or phone us.
Remember all prices shown here do not include VAT, so if you live outside the European Union, they are the price you will pay (plus shipping if applicable). All EU customers must add 17.5% VAT, except in the case of books, which do not attract VAT. Don't worry, it's good for the soul to know you're doing your bit to help the government.
IMPORTANT CHANGES COMING TO OUR ORDERING SYSTEM
We're changing the way we take card payments, which will involve some new software being utilised, incorporatIng all the latest security measures, etc. As a result there will probably be a period of a few days starting from 9th March where we can't take card payments via our website. We will be able to accept Paypal, and for this period we will waive the requirement to pay a deposit and will also waive the Paypal charges. We will still be able to take card payment if the number is phoned or faxed through until the new system is up and running.
PHONING WEM?
If you're phoning us, remember that our UK phone hours are 10AM - 3PM, Monday - Friday. For UK customers the number is 0844 415 0914. Overseas callers should dial 011-44-1568-709149. North American customers with orders or questions can reach us here in West Virginia from 12 Noon - 3PM Eastern time, Monday - Friday, by phoning 304-872-4212.
PAYPAL POLICY
We have instituted a policy whereby we will only process Paypal orders once a non-refundable GBP 5.00 deposit has been paid via Paypal. Once this payment is received, the order will be processed in the usual way, with an invoice being e-mailed to the customer, the amount of the deposit being deducted from the total. If the balance is not received within 7 days, the order will be returned to stock, the deposit being used to cover the costs of our wasted time. Apologies to the many legitimate Paypal users whom this may inconvenience, but the time spent on spurious orders was delaying our service to our regular customers.
CURRENCY CONVERSION
Want to know what your order will cost in your local currency? Here's the site we use to check the exchange rates:
XE.com will give you the current exchange rate, and it's just a matter of entering the amount and selecting the rate between UK Pounds (GBP) and your local currency for an online answer.
THINKING OF TRYING COLOURCOATS?
Have a look at the newest addition in the Readers' Gallery, the work of prolific master builder Garry Prettyman. If you read modelling magazines, you'll likely have seen Garry's build articles. Garry uses Colourcoats exclusively and, believe it or not, the models in his gallery here are all out-of-the-box builds!
Also, for those concerned with such details, click here for a look at the manufacturer's official Safety Data Sheet covering Colourcoats.
Remember, too, that any order of 20 or more tins of Colourcoats receives a 10% discount. Get together with your fellow modelers to put together a large order and get a price break.
TIPS & TRICKS (updated 04/10/10)
We frequently get asked how to do this or that in model-making. It struck me that there are a load of tips & tricks out there that can be passed along for everyone's use. If you have favorites of your own that you'd like to share, e-mail them to me at johnsnyder@onetel.com.
WEM ON FACEBOOK!
That's right, White Ensign Models now has its own Facebook page. Stop over and join us for the latest goings-on, pics, a chat, or to meet some of your fellow modellers. All it takes is a click here.
MODEL COLOURS PAGE (updated 17/12/10)
You'll notice there's a new Model Colours "button" on the Brochure main page. Follow the link and you'll find ship-specific lists of Colourcoats you'll need to paint your kits. I've been keeping a file of these over the years as customers phoned or e-mailed to ask what colours to use, and I'll be adding to it from time to time. I have now added hyperlinks to USN camouflage design sheets for those patterns listed on the page.
If you have specific ships, aircraft, or vehicles you'd like to see listed, e-mail me at johnsnyder@onetel.com and we'll see what we can do.
MASTER BARRELS 1/350 20mm OERLIKON INSTRUCTIONS
In response to a number of modelers who have had trouble assembling these little jewels, Piotr of Master Barrels has come up with a full-colour, downloadable set of assembly instructions. You'll find them at http://master-model.pl/images/stories/oerlikon_manual.pdf.
WEM PE FUTURE RELEASES!
UPDATED 28th APRIL 2011
It has been suggested that we keep a running list of the "Top Five" PE sets under development, so folks have an idea what's coming. So, being responsible and responsive, herewith the list, which will be updated as sets are released, and as and if priorities change:
1.
PE
35149 1/350
2. PE 4009, 1/400 Bismarck/Tirpitz, design to commence July 2011, in production August 2011;
3. PE 35146 1/350 Fuso-class Battleships, design to commence in September 2011, in production October 2011;
4. PE 35145 1/350 Z-Class Destroyers, design to commence October 2011, in production November 2011;
5. PE 35122 1/350 Shokaku-class Carriers, design to commence November 2011, in production January 2012.
COLOURCOATS RESTOCK INFORMATION
Many
of you e-mail to ask when a specific colour may restock. The short answer: we
don’t know. The paint manufacturer works to their own priorities (probably
based on which pigments they’re milling at any given time, as we are among
their smaller clients), so we never know for sure what’s coming. Hopefully it
won't be too long before your colour restocks, but…. Just keep watching
the updates below, as I announce all restocks there.
OK, so it's been nearly a month since the last update--blame it on technology. For reasons related to our new website/new server, I've been unable to upload from here in West Virginia. If you're reading this, thank Dave (and technology). I've put together the update, they transferred the whole thing via our ftp transfer site to Dave so that he can figure out the new upload parameters from the UK end. He'll then let me know what's needed on this end, and we'll resume more regular updates (I hope).
Colourcoats Restocks!
Ship colours: US 33 #37 Neutral 5-L Light Gray; US 36 Neutral Deck Gray 20 (1945); RN 08 Western Approaches Blue; RN 10 Western Approaches White; RN 14 G.45 Warm Light Grey; RN 22 G.5 Extra Dark Grey; KM 08 (Norwegian) Blaugrau Mittel; M 21 USN Riverine Green; GW 01 #1 Grey.
US 20 5-PG Pale Green (revised) now sold out and discontinued.
Aircraft colours: ACUS 01 Light Gull Gray; ACUS 16 Medium Green 42; ACUS 19 Green Olive Drab FS34102 (Vietnam); ACUS 20 Dark Green FS 34079 (Vietnam); ACUS 22 Zinc Chromate Green; ACUS 26 Insignia Red; ACRN 20 Light Aircraft Grey (BS627); ACRN 27 Roundel Red (BS 538);
ACRN 33 Cerrux Grey; ACJ 20 Hinomaru Red; ACRA 07 Verde Mimetico 3; ACLE 14 Kadmiert; ACOZ 02 RAAF Foliage Green; ACF 01 Vert Moyen.
Armour Colours: ARUS 08 Dark Green FS 34102.
Generic Colours & Varnishes: VM Matt Varnish.
WEM News
Gwylan Models 1/700 scale Colombo Express decals now owned by WEM and numbered as WEM D 702. Price remains the same at £6.00 ex-VAT.
SHIP KITS & ACCESSORIES--New, Restocks, Discontinued
NB5016, 1/350 Ting Yuen (1894) Chinese turret ship, now down in price to £24.99 ex-VAT.
Hasegawa:
HAQG16, 1/350 Nagato Photo-etch Set 3 now sold out and discontinued.
SM-350-057, Scharnhorst armament without blastbags, price now £13.18 ex-VAT;
SM-350-058, Scharnhorst armament with blastbags, price now £10.60 ex-VAT;
SM-350-059, Russian battleship Borodino armament, price now £16.43 ex-VAT;
NEW SM-350-060, German destroyer Z-25 (1944) - 4 x 150mm, 8 x 37mm C/30, 4 x 37mm M42, 18 x 20mm barrels (Trumpeter), £11.28 ex-VAT;
NEW SM-350-061, German destroyer Z-39 (1945) - 4 x 150mm, 4 x 37mm C/30, 10 x 37mm M42, 12 x 20mm barrels (Dragon), £10.60 ex-VAT;
NEW SM-350-062, IJN Fuso (1944) armament - 12 x 36cm, 14 x 15cm barrels, £15.31 ex-VAT.
Trumpeter:
TP06621, 1/200 USS Arizona upgrade now down in price to £9.16 ex-VAT.
1/350 Scale:
Most 1/350 scale aircraft sets now down in price to £4.99 ex-VAT.
1/700 Scale:
Most 1/700 scale aircraft sets now down in price to £4.16 ex-VAT.
AIRCRAFT KITS & ACCESSORIES--New, Restocks, Discontinued
NEW AX18003, 1/24 BAe Harrier GR.3/McDonnell-Douglas AV-8/McDonnell-Douglas AV-8S, £54.16 ex-VAT.
Air Master Barrels:
NEW AM-32-027, German MG FF Cannon- turned barrels & etched sights (x2), £3.66 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-32-028, Arado Ar-196 armament set (MG 17 & MG 15 barrels), £7.07 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-32-029, M61 A1 Vulcan, 6-barrelled rotary 20mm cannon - turned barrels with etched barrel clamps, £7.53 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-32-030, Refueling Probe - NATO standard (used in every NATO aircraft with air-to-air refueling system), (x1), £2.31 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-32-032, F-16 Pitot Tube & Angle of Attack probes, £3.83 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-32-033, Panavia Tornado Pitot Tube & Angle of Attack probes, £4.08 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-32-034, BAe Hawk T.1 Pitot Tube, £2.77 ex-VAT
NEW AM-48-033, Refueling Probe - NATO standard (used in every NATO aircraft with air-to-air refueling system) (x1), £2.16 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-48-034, German Bordkanone 5cm (Mk 214/5cm BK) - used on Me 262 A-1a/U4, Me 410 A-1/U4, £7.08 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-48-035, German Spandau LMG 08/15 WWI machine gun (x2), £6.79 ex-VAT.
NEW AM-72-018, Refueling Probe - NATO standard (used in every NATO aircraft with air-to-air refueling system) (x1), £1.54 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-72-019, Panavia Tornado Pitot Tube & Angle of Attack probes, £2.43 ex-VAT;
NEW AM-72-020, BAe Hawk T.1 Pitot Tube, £1.70 ex-VAT.
Fine Molds:
FMFB3, IJA Type 1 Fighter "Oscar" (Ki-43 KOH), now priced at £20.27 ex-VAT;
FMFB5, Kugushio IJN D4Y2-s "Judy" Night Fighter, now priced at £20.08 ex-VAT;
FMFB11, Mitsubishi A7M1 Reppu "Sam", now priced at £24.54 ex-VAT;
FMFB13, IJA Type 95 Biplane Fighter, now priced at £23.70 ex-VAT.
1/48 Scale Accessories:
FMAC18, German WW2 Seat Belt Set 1 (Bf-109, Fw-190, Me-410, Ju87, He-219, Me-262, Me-110), now priced at £9.32 ex-VAT;
FMAC50, Bf-109/Me-262 Turned Pitot Tubes (x3), now down in price to £9.32 ex-VAT;
FMAC79, Fw-190 Turned Pitot Tube & 13mm MG Barrels (x2), £8.47 ex-VAT;
NEW FMAC80, Fw 190 Turned Pitot Tube & 7.92mm MG Barrels, £8.47 ex-VAT;
FMAC81H, Wing Cannon Barrels for Fw-190A-3 (Hasegawa) [x4], now priced at £10.59 ex-VAT;
FMAC82, Fw-190A-8 Turned Gun Barrels (x4), now priced at £10.59 ex-VAT;
FMAC85, He-162A-2 Turned Pitot Tube & 20mm Barrels, now down in price to £9.32 ex-VAT.
FMFL1, Messerschmitt Bf-109F-2, now priced at £18.70 ex-VAT;
FMFL13 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-4/R-6 "Erich Hartmann", now priced at £18.70 ex-VAT;
FMFP23, Kugisho R2Y1 “Keiun” IJN Reconaissance Plane, now priced at £16.12 ex-VAT;
FMFP24,
FMFP26,
Fujimi:
FJ32020, Mitsubishi T-2 JASDF 22nd SZN 10th Anniversary now down in price to £20.38 ex-VAT;
FJ35256, T-38A Talon NASA now priced at £14.00 ex-VAT;
FJ35003, Modern USN Flight Deck Crew now down in price to £5.49 ex-VAT.
NEW FJ35153, Sea Harrier FRS.1 "Falklands War", £11.87 Ex-VAT;
NEW FJ72145, TA-4J Skyhawk Golden Eagle, £15.27 ex-VAT;
FJ72209, A-7A Corsair II VA-82 "Blue Blazers" now down in price to £11.87 ex-VAT;
NEW FJ27011, Vought F7U-3P Cutlass, £11.87 ex-VAT;
NEW FJ722146, F-4J Phantom II Blue Angels Cartograf Limited Edition, £18.68 ex-VAT;
NEW FJ25002, Aichi B7A2 "Grace", £6.78 ex-VAT;
FJ35128, Aichi D4Y2-s "Judy" night-fighter now down in price to £7.62 ex-VAT;
FJ72118, Aichi E11A1 Type 98 Seaplane now priced at £14.00 ex-VAT.
NEW HA08209, 1/32 Mitsubishi A6M5c Type 52 HEI Zero Fighter "Jinrai Squadron", £54.16 ex-VAT;
NEW HA08210, 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf-109F-2, £54.16 ex-VAT.
NEW TU02287, 1/32 BAe Harrier GR.7, £74.99 ex-VAT;
TP02273, 1/32 F-8 Crusader, now down in price to £52.08 ex-VAT.
ARMOUR KITS & ACCESSORIES--New, Restocks, Discontinued
Fine Molds:
FMFM17, IJA Type 94 Light Armoured Car “TK”, now priced at £22.51 ex-VAT;
FMFM19, IJA Type 94 Light Armoured Car “TK” (Late), now priced at £22.51 ex-VAT;
FMFM20, IJA Type 3 Tank Destroyer “Ho-Ni III”, now priced at £28.89 ex-VAT.
FMMG30, Jagdpanzer IV 75mm L/48 Turned Gun Barrel, now priced at £5.49.
NEW TU01562, 1/35 B1 Centauro AFV early version (1st Series), £24.99 ex-VAT;
NEW TU02315, 1/35 Russian ML-20 M1937 152mm Howitzer, £24.99 ex-VAT.
BOOKS/CDs/VIDEOS--New, Restocks, Discontinued
Shipcraft Flower Class Corvettes now softbound and down in price to £16.99.
NEW SMP 103, USN Flight Deck Action, WW2 - 1950s, £TBA.
Colourcoats Restocks!
Ship colours: RN 26 Royal Navy Buff.
Aircraft colours: ACLW 06 Braunviolet (RLM 81); ACLW 15 Lichtblau (RLM 76); ACLW 16 Schwarzgrau (RLM 66); ACRA 03 Giallo Mimetico 3.
WEM News
It appears that a number of our 1/350 HMS Havelock kits may have gone out with the colour plate portion of the instructions printed in black and white! If you have one of these kits, contact us and we’ll e-mail or mail you the colour version. Now, pardon me while I work on identifying and keelhauling the offending staff member....
In other news, Peter Hall has finished the design of PE 2002 for the Trumpeter 1/200 scale USS Arizona. Click here and here for a first look at the two A4-sized frets. As soon as we have price information, I will post it here. And in the course of working on this set, he received suggestions to include steel anchor deck sections that could be used with forthcoming wood decks for the kit. Because this would have taken up valuable space in the PE 2002 fret, and because not everyone will be using a wood deck, he has developed it as a separate fret, PE 2005, which will be priced at £4.21 ex-VAT.
As soon as we have images of the main frets for PE 2002--probably next week--I'll post them here.
Finally, we have begun shipping the limited edition re-run of our 1/350 HMS Ledbury (kit K3529), a modern Hunt-class minehunter. Once this run is sold out, it is doubtful we will ever run it again, so if you haven't orderd yours, now is the time to do so!
I actually started this update eleven days ago, but between ducking major storms, trying to keep our various contractors/builders/landscapers focused on their tasks, and just generally processing customers' orders and ordering new stock, it just slipped aside.
SCHEDULE NOTE: White Ensign Models will be closed Friday, 22 April through Monday, 25 April for the Easter weekend. We will also be closed Friday, 29 April through Monday, 2 May for the Royal Wedding Bank Holiday weekend.
Colourcoats Restocks!
Ship colours: US 02 #20 Standard Deck Gray; GW 09 #2 Green.
Aircraft colours: ACJ 01 IJNAF Black-Green; ACJ 06 Mitsubishi Navy Green; ACJ 08 Mitsubishi Cowl Blue-Black; ACJ 17 Nakajima Amber Grey (Ameiro); ACS 18 AII Dark Green; ACLW 03 Hellblau (RLM 65); ACLW 12 RLM Grau (RLM 02); ACLW 14 Mittelgrau (RLM 75).
WEM News
DM 7006, 1/700 Bedford OYD Truck now sold out & discontinued.
SHIP KITS & ACCESSORIES--New, Restocks, Discontinued
We are discontinuing this line of kits and detail parts as soon as available stock is sold out. We will be canceling all existing backorders, with apologies.
BMK:
BMK enters the field of resin kits
NEW BMKK01, 1/700 Tamatsu Maru, Imperal Japanese Army landing ship with PE and turned brass derrick posts, £87.50 ex-VAT.
DN1037, 1/350 Z-39, WW2 German Destroyer, £43.75 ex-VAT.
Hasegawa:
1/700 Haguro and Hiei are now sold out and discontinued.
KM 01 Hellgrau 50; KM 02 Dunkelgrau 51; M 01 RN Modern Light Weatherworks Grey.
M 07 Modern
Colourcoats Restocks!
Ship colours: RN 09 Western Approaches Green; US 05 5-H Haze Gray; US 07 5-S Sea Blue; US 10 20-B Deck Blue; US 14 Norfolk 65-A Antifouling Red;
French Light Grey is now sold out and discontinued.
Aircraft colours: ACRN 23 Light Mediterranean Blue.
SHIP KITS & ACCESSORIES--New, Restocks, Discontinued
Alanger:
1/350 Dragon Soviet Submarine is now sold out and discontinued.
AIRCRAFT KITS & ACCESSORIES--New, Restocks, Discontinued
Restock AC02115, AH-64A Apache, £9.99 ex-VAT;
NEW AC01688, F-16A/C Fighting Falcon, £9.99 ex-VAT.
MasterCasters
NEW MST24010, Supermarine Spitfire Photoetched Flaps (designed to be used wth Trumpeter kits), £8.32 ex-VAT;
NEW MST24011, Hawker Hurricane Photoetched Flaps (designed to be used with Trumpeter kits), £8.32 ex-VAT.
NEW MST48030, 1/48 E.E Canberra Flaps (designed to be used with Airfix kits), £8.32 ex-VAT.
ARMOUR KITS & ACCESSORIES--New, Restocks, Discontinued
NEW AC01332, Sturmgeschutz IV, £11.66 ex-VAT;
NEW AC01348, Tiger 1 early version (Interior detail), £24.99 ex-VAT;
NEW AC13227, Merkava Mk IV LIC, £23.33 ex-VAT;
NEW AC13405, M998 IED Gun Truck (Iraq), £11.66 ex-VAT.
Credit Card orders (AMERICAN EXPRESS, VISA, MASTERCARD, ACCESS, and EUROCARD,Switch, Solo or Delta are accepted, by fax, telephone (24hr), Regular mail or E-mail.
Telephone: 0844 415 0914 (UK) +44 1568 709149 (from overseas) Fax: 0844 415 0916 (UK) +44 1568 709182 (from overseas)
For full paper copies of all our lists, or to make any further enquiries, please fax, phone or E-Mail John Snyder, or Caroline Snyder at:
or Send to: White Ensign Models, Unit 5, Cobnash Industrial Estate, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9RW, United Kingdom.
