<VV> FITCH MODELS

[Louis Armer]

Hi Tim, Marshall, This model was brought up 
infrequently on VV which is our biggest email 
list for Corvairs. I don't remember Tim
mentioning anything about the unfortunate fire or 
a need for changing companies. Therefore, would 
either/both of you refresh our short memories ;-) 
on the projected cost of each model and what 
quantity of models it would now take to save the 
project. After all this is the 50th anniversary 
year of our Corvairs and we have already sold out 
a CPF Corvair coin which will not be restruck so 
maybe there is still hope for the Fitch model. 
Please post all your responses to this list and not to me personally.

Corvairly,
Chuck Armer




At 03:42 PM 2/16/2010, you wrote:
>i think im gonna cry! -----Original Message----- 
>From: Marshall Buck  <mb at cmamodels.com> To: Info 
>at CMA Models  <info at cmamodels.com> Subject: 
>Fitch Phoenix models Date: Tue, 16 Feb  2010 
>14:26:53 -0500 To all customers who have 
>placed  orders for the 1:43 scale Fitch Phoenix 
>models. Well, I guess it was bound to  happen 
>one day.  I regret to inform you that 
>unfortunately we are going to  have to cancel 
>this production run. I am very sorry, and hope 
>that this will not  be too much of a 
>disappointment to everyone. As I had written in 
>my e-mail  Newsletter earlier this month; there 
>was a fire at the original factory whom we  were 
>working with, and the question as to if and when 
>they would be able to  continue was never 
>satisfied. So, I went to another small factory 
>that also  caters to small specialists such as 
>my company, CMA.  This other factory  was able 
>to accommodate me, but after initially agreeing 
>to the quantity I was  ordering, they later came 
>back with a higher minimum order requirement 
>which was  far above the quantity I was 
>ordering. Therefore, with this 
>particular  production run, I am not in the 
>position to absorb the extra quantity of 
>models.  As I mentioned from the outset of this 
>special model run; this was to be a one  time 
>production run and I would only produce enough 
>models for what I had firm  orders for. I’ve 
>been producing limited  edition hand built 
>models and kits for over 20 years, and this is 
>the first time  I have ever had to cancel a 
>project after accepting orders and before any 
>models  were produced. I can say with 
>complete  confidence that no one is more 
>disappointed than me.  I have spent a lot 
>of  time on preliminary work as well as some 
>money on this project, but I just  cannot 
>justify going further with having to accept and 
>stock so many extra  models.  Once again, I do 
>apologize for  this.  Please feel free to 
>contact me with any  questions. Regards, 
>Marshall Buck _www.cmamodels.com_ 
>(http://www.cmamodels.com/) 
>_______________________________________________ 
>This message was sent by the VirtualVairs 
>mailing list, all copyrights are the property of 
>the writer, please attribute properly. For help, 
>mailto:vv-help at corvair.org This list sponsored 
>by the Corvair Society of America, 
>http://www.corvair.org/ Post messages to: 
>VirtualVairs at corvair.org Change your options: 
>http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/options/virtualvairs 
>_______________________________________________

CORSA Member
Corvanatics Member
Corvair Atlanta Director
1965 Corsa Coupe
1964 Greenbrier
http://darthvair.com
SECC Member
1965 Corsa Autocross car 1/2 owner
http://www.wtbrt.com/