Mount Fleet Models – serious fire

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Unfortunately Mount Fleet Models have suffered a serious fire on their premises forcing temporary closure of the business.

They are appealing for help from modellers with unbuilt/unopened kits to assist in retooling. See notice on their website here: **LINK**

Colin

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Business temporarily closed

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

The fire must have been really bad if they are having to retool, apart from unopened models is there anything else that we can do to help?

[Paul FreshneyParticipant @paulfreshney24971]

From a telphone call that I had today from the owner of Mountfleet Models, he will issue a comprehensive statement in due course, once the damage has been properly assessed by himself and the insurers.

It would seem at this stage that the fire was just very, very unfortunate and not deliberate by arsonists. I understand that the fire started at night and just before dawn. It was also very fortunate the fire did not reach his family house, although there was some heat damage to its UPVC windows.

The fire did however damage or destroy much of the tooling required to make the kits. I assume that would include the moulds for the whitemetal castings amongst other items, hence the request for complete kits, so as to use existing castings as replacement masters for new rubber moulds.

On behalf of Model Boats magazine, I wish Mountfleet Models well at this very difficult time for them.

Paul Freshney

Editor

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Any news on the Mountfleet situation?

Bob

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

I believe they restarted production on a limited basis in the last week or so.

Colin

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