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| Subject: | Re: "On The Way!" is Gone |  |
| Date: | Mar 10, 2003 |
| From: | Andy Bannister | |
Very sorry to hear it Doug. 'On The Way' was definitely the best small scale
armour site around and it will be sorely missed. Having just gone through a
year of financial hell myself I can certainly relate to your predicament and
I hope things improve for you soon.
All the best,
Andy Bannister
"Carnivorous Plastic"
http://www.andybann.com
"Doug Chaltry" wrote in message
news:3e6b6bed@news.track-link.net...
> I am sorry to inform the modeling community that "On The Way!" is gone.
Due
> to financial problems at home, I can no longer afford to operate this
> website, and indeed, my entire involvement in the hobby will be scaled
back
> considerably.
>
> For those who were not aware, I had to purchase 99% of the models that I
> reviewed on this site. Although there were a small number of companies
that
> supported me by sending in free review samples, there were also a great
many
> companies who promised sample kits, and never sent them, as well as many
> very large companies who would never even bother to respond to my email
> inquiries (I won't mention any names, but the two largest sound very much
> like Tasegawa and Tevell).
>
> I would very much like to encourage my former viewers to pay special
> attention to the companies who were kind enough to support my site. They
> obviously were foresighted enough to recognize the benefits of the free
> advertising I provided to them:
>
> ACE Model (http://www.acemodel.com.ua)
> ADV Mini (no website)
> AFV Decals (http://www.angelfire.com/retro/afv_decals/)
> BaxMod Models (http://www.baxmod.co.za/index.html)
> ExtraTech (http://www.extratech.cz/)
> Fine Scale Factory (http://www.finescalefactory.de)
> HaT Industrie (http://www.hat.com/)
> PST (http://pstminsk.8m.com/)
>
> Also, please support the following hobby retailers who also provided me
with
> review items at their own expense:
>
> JADAR-Model (http://jadarhobby.waw.pl/e_portal/c_default.php)
> Tracks & Troops (http://www.tracks-n-troops.com/)
>
> Most importantly, I want to profusely thank all of the viewers who sent
> contributions of various types to me over the years: kit reviews, Gallery
> photos, information on model companies and kit lists, review items,
modeling
> tips, and many other things. Obviously I can't thank everyone by name, but
I
> want you all to know how much I appreciated your input.
>
> There are still a large number of emails sitting in my inbox that I did
not
> have the time to respond to. For those of you who sent in something to me,
> and I did not get around to posting your contribution, or responding to
your
> inquiries, I give you my sincere apology.
>
> I have the entire website saved on my hard drive, and backed up on CD, so
> perhaps some day in the future, when I am in a better position to take on
> this responsibility, I can bring "On The Way!" ver. 2.0 on-line. Until
that
> day comes, I wish you all Happy Modeling.
>
> Doug Chaltry
>
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 | "On The Way!" is Gone - Doug Chaltry - Mar 9, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - - Mar 9, 2003 |
| . . . Very sad news.. - Matt Reeves - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Very sad news.. - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - David Clark - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Sorry to hear it. - John-Michael Murray - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Mark Knight - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Joe Stauder - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Andy Bannister - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Filipe Ferreira - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Holy Crap! - Doug Chaltry - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Holy Crap! - Paul Provan - Mar 11, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Holy Crap! - Andrew Herbert - Mar 11, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Alexey Blashchuk - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Rick Bennett - Mar 10, 2003 |
| . . . Our personal thanks to "On The Way"! - Milan Vins - Mar 11, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - Matt Bittner - Mar 11, 2003 |
| . . . Re: "On The Way!" is Gone - paul provan - Mar 11, 2003 |
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