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24 April 13 Packed and off to Little Wars, St. Charles, Ill, for Friday-Sunday. Back in stock are GBR 20, Bristol Beaufort and USA 20, Martin Maryland We've adjusted some of our releases to show June from April. We expect to hit these release dates. The schedules are updated as to what we expect to have released in June. We also show no May releases.
11 March 13 Well, the planes are here. JAP 17 Ki-100 I-Ko (radial engine Tony) $2.75 USA 26 A-20C Boston $3.75 USA 27 A-20G Havoc (gun nose) $3.75 FRA 105 Dassault Ouragan $3.00 USA 115 F-104A Starfighter (no tip tanks) $2.75 USA 118 F-104A Starfighter w/ tip tanks $2.75 Photos will be posted when we return from Cold Wars. The planes will be released at Cold Wars, 8 March. We will also have the new CY6 book 'Crisis in Kashmir' as well as a mess of freshly painted aircraft and armor available for sale. We're packed up and ready to go, leaving Thursday morning. See you at Cold Wars. Drive safe. Then the following Saturday, March 16, Battlefields at U of Michigan Dearborn. The Ki-61, P-26 and CW 21A and CW 21B are a couple weeks off. 2 versions of the Betty (G4M1 and G4M2) and a replacement Gladiator are on the way with an April release target. The Gladiator will have the landing gear integrally cast to the engine module, which will locate to the fuselage with positive locators. Struts will be an improvement over the pesky wires this plane used to have. The new Check Your 6 book, 'Crisis in Kashmir' is in stock. $21 plus postage. Also, on the Planes Needed tab, the needed aircraft and decals are listed for this book
27 Feb 13. ITA 005, MC 202 Folgore is here. MC 202 pictures are on the websites New decals are here. Upgrade / reprints - BR 105, British 15mm armor insignia and rankings. BR 106 is an upgrade / reprint. Now includes the Australian aircraft codes and roundals printed together, and the squadron codes support the Check Your 6! book Road to Rabaul BR 126 is new. It is for British 1/285 - 6mm armor and has national insignia and rankings Long requested, it's finally available, AL104 is an improvement of AL 102, so much so we're obsolescing it immediately. Al-104 is intended to remedy the opacity problem of AL 102. WWI insignia for US, Brits, French aircraft. As insignia are geometry and scale easily, these are suitable for 1/100-1/160 minis. MI 116 covers 1/600-1./200 aircraft models (modern insignia are terribly small) for Pakistan, Iran and India. Addresses aircraft in the upcoming CY6 book, 'Crisis in Kashmir'. MI117 covers 1/600- 1/200 aircraft models for Jordan, Turkey and Libya. Forgive me, a typo is on the sheet description and should read 'Turkey, Libya and Jordan'. The Jordanian insignia are 2 piece affairs, with the wedge needng to be placed on the roundal / fin flash. Registration accuracy forced it into a 2 pc decal. See the decal scans page and click on the item in question.
19 Feb 13 We expect to have FRA 105, Dassault Ouragan and ITA 5 MC 202 on hand tomorrow, 20 Feb 13. Unconfirmed but estimated pricing will be $2.75 and $2.50 respectively Expected this Friday, assuming things pass inspection, our latest round of decals is expected for 23 February shipment. Reprints BR 107, BR 106 (will have Aussie insignia w/ squadon markings in support of the Road to Rabaul scenario book); BR 105, 15mm armor insignia. MI 116 - Indian, Pakistani and Iranian aircraft insignia MI 117 - Libyan, Turkish and Jordanian aircraft insignia BR-126 - British WW2 armor insignia, roundals and Unit Rankings We have a picture of the cover of the new Check Your 6! Jet Age scenario book out with a description. Click on the button above 'Crisis in Kashmir'. Book release information and details are there as well. Please contact us for preorders. Pricing will be $25 retail, which means $21 from us. We expect to take delivery of the books the Friday of Cold Wars. Cold Wars. Booth 15. Main aisle, facing the wall.
8Feb13. A view of coming stuff. Flight stands - May.. These will be our house brand with more easily adjustable speed/height indicators as well as options for showing roll/pitch/yaw. Adding to the planes we cast are GBR 105, GER 11, 17, 21, 27; ITA 2 and GBR 19. There is a slew of new goodies being worked up, ranging from ready to mold to hasn't cleared the bench yet. These are, without stock number assignments. A-20C, A-20G; CW-21A, CW-21B; B-25C/H/J; F-104A (2 versions, with and without tip tanks); Me-262; G4M, Dassault Ouragan, MC202, MC 205. Expect the Ouragan and the MC 202/205's to be the next round of releases. Website updates - over the next month or so, we'll be consolidating the existing trio of websites (I-94, Raiden, shopping cart) into one website. I'll try to give a few days' notice before the change, but orders can always be placed by email or phone during transition and implementation.
17Dec12 Decals back in stock US 100, US 114, US 117 - this one has been improved to a more opague white ink and bluer paper. JP 102 has received the same treatment and added some new flags as well. GR 106 and GR 119 have been reprinted as well and are back in stock.
Expected for 5 March 2013 decals and reprints Reprints BR 107, BR 106 (will have Aussie insignia w/ squadon markings in support of the Road to Rabaul scenario book; BR 105, 15mm armor insignia MI 116 - Indian, Pakistani and Iranian aircraft insignia MI 117 - Libyan, Turkish and Jordanian aircraft insignia BR-126 - British WW2 armor insignia, roundals and Unit Rankings
November / December / January releases are noted in with the Raiden aircraft listings. I'm generally trying to be prudent with new releases and schedules but expect to be able to hold to the published schedule through April. We've all seen lots of announcements which just don't happen on time / close or even. Working to be accurate. As always, if you have suggestions, please drop a line. We do have releases in mind to cover the next 24 months but it's a loose, not to be published list for internal use. Subjects . Expect to see a list which has a ration of about 5, perhaps 6 to 1 for logical planes vs what are they thinking....Well, it's one way to have the good sellers subsidize the dogs, er, ah, interesting planes without much expected demand. Planes with the asterisk (star) behind their description above have a spotface for mounting a magnet - 3/16 diameter (4.9 mm). The spotface is about .02" deep (.5mm) and is on the center of gravity.
2 September 12 OK, this announcement is a bit ahead of wrapping up the attendant website changes. *********************** 2 September 12 Southampton, England & Hastings, Michigan, USA We are proud to announce that effective immediately, Raiden Miniatures of Southampton, England has been sold to I-94 Enterprises of Hastings, Michigan, USA. This includes rights to production, masters and prototypes, manufacturing, sales, trademarks and/ or copyrights, name, websites and sundry language, property and terms. The 1/600 line of aircraft miniatures will still be made in England by Mark Cleaver but under a name other than Raiden Miniatures. These miniatures will also be available through I-94 Enterprises and manufacture of the 1/600 line will be in England under the control of Mark Cleaver. Raiden Miniatures was founded in the spring of 2007 by Mark Cleaver, who had been an integral part of B&M Miniatures in the 1990’s. I-94 Enterprises has been an importer and distributor of Raiden products since the summer of 2007. We started licensed manufacture of Raiden products in the spring of 2011. I-94 Enterprises expects to have all items in production in the US by the end of April 2013. We presently manufacture about 60+ of the 100+ items in the Raiden listings and have a number of them being mastered and tooled for US manufacture as of this release. We have banked inventory on the slower selling items in anticipation of filling customer needs until the tooling is ready for US manufacture. We apologize in advance if we’re out of an item and will rectify as expediently as practical. The molds and masters are presently enroute to I-94 Enterprises in Michigan. I-94 Enterprises has been cooperating with Raiden over the past year or so in planning and launching an increasing range of new products and processes to make a better miniature.
Quality, Cost, Delivery Very little will change with the sale of Raiden to I-94 Enterprises. We expect to hold the line on quality and costs while improving deliveries. In particular, we expect to greatly reduce delivery times, especially on volume orders. US customers will see a price cut. I-94 Enterprises is commited to maintaining Raiden’s reputation for quality both in manufacturing of masters and production miniatures alike. We will be using the same sculptors, model makers and methods which Raiden has employed while in pursuit of a better miniature. Molding machinery and molds may differ but manufacturing methods will remain the same. Distribution represents a significant change. We expect to use Magister Militum as our primary UK agent and representative.
About I-94 Enterprises Founded in 1985 by the present owner, I-94 Enterprises started as a manufacturer of storage boxes for the smaller scales of gaming miniatures. Our purchase of Beacon Publications and the Decal Detail line of decals for wargaming miniatures in January of 2002 has seen the line expand, the product improve and costs maintained now for over 10 years. Our purchase of the Les Batiments resin terrain and building line from George Nafziger in May of 2010 was a logical acquisition of a diverse and varied line, complementing our line, ‘Rolling Plains Terrain’ which we introduced in 2007. This purchase of Raiden Miniatures is a solid acquisition of a very desirable line of wargaming miniatures, dovetailing with the success of the ‘Check Your 6!’ air combat rules, introduced in the summer of 2007. I-94 Enterprises is a manufacturer of the above lines of gaming accessories and miniatures as well as a retailer of Check Your 6! air combat rules, Fight’s On air combat gaming accessories, Noble’s CY6! ‘official’ flight stand gaming mats from Noble and Hotz as well as an importer for Scotia’s 1/300 Collectair line of aircraft miniatures and agent for Scale Specialties decal line. We also stock GHQ microarmor, ships and planes as well as a limited selection of CinC miniatures as well as a good stock of MSD’s line of 1/300 aircraft minis. And, back to work we go, trying to help you stretch your hard earned, not to be squandered gaming bucks. There will be numerous changes to our websites and e-commerce presence. But, no matter what, there will always be a way for the customer to ask a question and receive a thorough and prompt response, whether by phone or email. Any open orders with Raiden in England are being filled (by our count, as of this writing, 3pm EDT, they have been completed) before packing up the operation and sending it to I-94 in Michigan. Respectfully submitted and thank you for your patronage and business, without which, there is no success.. Dave Winfree, I-94 Enterprises, Hastings, Michigan, USA *********************** 28Aug12 There will be some changes in our website this coming weekend and additional links for shopping ease (we hope....) will be in effect sometime Saturday. There should also be a couple of announcements as well. New Raiden goodies. Molds being made, should have mid Sept, maybe a bit sooner GER 5 - He-111H. Price TBD, likely about $5.50. GBR 20 Bristol Beaufort Mk I Est $3.50 USA 19 FM-2 Wildcat $3.00 USA 20 Martin Maryland Est $3.50 GER 29 Me-109E7 $3.00 USA 111 F-84E $3.00
Likely late September Raiden goodies. Please allow there is a lag time of a few weeks from Raiden new announcements until masters and tooling are available in the US for licensed manufacture. We do apologize for this lead time and are taking steps to streamline product launch. USA 112 A-7 Corsair II $3.50 est GBR 108 Sea Harrier $3.00 est. ITA 004 MC 200 $3.00 est GBR 21 Gloster Reaper (WWII twin engine, no production contracts) Est $3.50 (every once in a while, expect an oddball from Raiden)
And, we will be at ATC, Springfield, Ohio, Sept 15 for Saturday only. Work obligations preclude Friday attendance as well as Sunday attendance. ATC is a nice 3 day show at the Clark County, Ohio Museum
18Jul12 Change in phone hours. Please call between 5pm and 10 pm Eastern time. We'll be away from phones until mid day Monday the 23rd, please don't call until then. Historicon, July 19-22, Fredericksburg, VA. We're at booth 63. We have a solid stock of all things CY6! - rules, scenario books, Fight's On accessories, Raiden and Scotia 1/285-1300 minis. Working in conjunction with Raiden, there are a lot of new planes in workup. Raiden's announcements lead our availability by a few weeks to a month or so. New stuff which should be available 15 Aug. F-84E; Martin Maryland; Bristol Beaufort; new and improved He-111H, FM-2 WIldcat, Me-109E-7. We are also contunuing to enhance our range of manufactured under license minis, and expect to have GER 4, GER 26, GBR 6, GBR 12, USA 15 available about 1 Aug. The Me-110, GER 13, should be back in production and available about 10 August as well. New decals available as well as a couple of improved reprints. These items are all printed with separate clear coat as opposed to the older process sheet coat as on the old versions of IS100 and FR 100 See the decal scans page and click on the part number to see a scan of the pack. NEW decals MI-114 Argentina and Greek aircraft insignia. Sized for 1/600, 1/300, 1/200 and 1/144 aircraft models. The black anchor for Marine (naval) aircraff is a separate image. It's also sized to fit the newly reprinted FR-100. MI-115 Dutch WWII - present aircraft insignia. Sized for 1/600, 1/300, 1/200 and 1/144 aircraft models. Sorry folks, the small orange dot is a separate image which needs to be added once the circular tricolor is applied. Sheet has the orange / black Neutrality triangle. Reprints - FR 100 and IS 100. Larger selection of sizes. IT 101 - 15/20mm Italian WW2 armor insignia and RU-102, white bordered red stars are back in stock. GR-114 is also back in stock. The following Raiden planes have been added to those we manufacture under license. JAP 15 Ki-43 GBR 17 - Spitfire Mk XIV JAP 11 - N1K1-J George JAP 12 - Ki-45 Nick USA 17 - P-51A
New Raiden goodies announced. RUS 105 - SU-7 $3.75 Now in stock and ready for shipment JAP 15 - Ki-43 Oscar. $3.00. Now in stock and ready for shipment.
Stuffe we're working on - new aircraft USA -111 F-84E F-102 F-104G (almost done) F-5A/B/E/F P-38F P-38J Ki-84 Ki-100
18Dec11, late New and in stock Raiden FRA 001 MS 406 $3.00 RUS 005 Il-2 $3.75 GER 025 Ju-87D $3.75 This is a single piece casting, landing gear is integrally cast. No assembly needed. On the Raiden aircraft page, the items we're manufacturing under license at present are in bold. Assume adequate stock on hand for any inquiry. We have the new - yes, new - CinC releases, which are mostly WWII DD / TB's from Germany, Russia and Japan. We also have their new mine plows for Soviet armor. We will be carrying the full line of goodies from Fight's On. As they are a short discount line, especially the new items, no discounts will be taken on Fight's On merchandise. For our own products, LW 100 and NY 101 are back in stock and a new item for the micro armor guys, RU-111, patriotic slogans for WW2 Russian armor. While it's not posted on the website yet, it's a combination of RU 104, 105 and 107 'shrunken down' to microarmor scale. Use with RU-109 - turret numbers and kill markings for tank gun barrels. Improved decals. LW 101, LW 102. If you have old packs or intact sheets, return them to us for a 1:1 exchange with an SASE. The new sheets are a lot better. There is no cost for this exchange. I want the old product out of circulation. As we are now casting Raiden under license, I expect delivery concerns to evaporate. We expect to cast just under half of the line, and we're rolling up on 25 models now under our licensure and another 6 in the works. . Also, new Raiden items in 1/600, PC 602, Avro 730. We have a restock of the Raiden 1/600 line of aircraft miniatures. Check Your 6! New release item. Star and Pyramid, battles of the Arab / Israeli Wars, 1967-73 has been a solid seller since it's release in July. As a number of you know, this has been a very heavy travel year for 'The Real Jobbe'. I have 1-2 more trips to Europe this year, including most of November. I'll continue to handle correspondence and forwarding orders to 'Da Shop' where Chris and company will complete things. It's awkward, I've 'dropped' a couple of orders. Thank you for your patience and understanding. See you at the show ****************** Charities. A percentage of our profits go to: Wounded Warrior Project. DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Salvation Army. 7 April 11. Restock on Raiden , but already out of Phantoms. Restock on Scotia. Restock on MSD with new items - Me 362, Ju-390, B-35, He-162 C &D We'll be reordering Hotz mats on April 13. Holler before then if you'd like one. Off to Little Wars. **************************************** Raiden price hike effective 8 March. It's nominally a 10% hike (which is our cost increase) but may be +/- a wee bit to keep pricing at logical price points. New GHQ release, MiG-29. 1 per pack, $9.95 retail.
21Jan11 Confirming prices and availability, B-32 Dominator is $11, B-35 Flying Wing is $20. Stock numbers and photos to follow. There is no confirmed date for Raiden's Ju-87D/G. We have 1 new decal released - US-143 - Markings for 1/285-1/300 F-86 Sabres, Korean War markings. See the tab 'Jan 11 releases' as well as the decal scans page. We also have a reprinted offering - US-104, US 3 color Star/Bar (post '47 insignia), but we've also combined this with low vis markings. Also on the Jan'11 releases tab above. We have all the Check Your 6! WW2 books in stock as well as CY6 Jet Age rules and Korean War scenario book. We also stock the Luftwaffe 46 series of air combat rules.
Here's a link to Raiden's F-86 (USA 109) painted and decaled. Decals are US 104 and US 143.
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