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Thoughts of Chairman Mel (extracts from his little red book) A YORKSHIRE MAN'S VIEW Here at Knightwing we do our utmost to produce good quality models of at a price you can afford. We don't always get it right, but we try to. Our prices reflect what we are willing to pay ourselves for models for our layouts and if an old Yorkshireman like Mel is prepared to pay that price its not too far off because trying to get money out of him is near impossible at the best of times (according to Carol - our long suffering Essex Girl who has spent 40 odd years been dragged around railways all over the world). MODEL RAILWAY PRICES We understand wages are to double in the next five years in the Far East and us poor sods are to pay for them. Looking at certain manufacturers' prices we already are. What chance do you have of getting a rise, nevermind doubling your wages in the next five years? Our promise to customers is to try our best to keep prices down wherever we can by working with firms who believe as we do. Diesel Fuel Points PM103 and PM136 If you get chance check out the feature in the December 2013 issue of British Railway Modelling magazine, its a good article. This was our first plastic kit and still very useful on most layouts. Loco 1 Industrial Check out Mr George Dent's article in Model Rail Magazine No184 about motorising this unit, it's seriously good. Chris Evans BBC Radio 2 Morning Show Did you hear Knightwing mentioned as a British manufacturer on the radio in August last year? It was Carol in the office who got in touch with Chris telling him we manufacture in this country. It was nice to get a mention on the BBC - thanks Chris! Thursday 2nd January 2014 Back at full steam, pardon the pun but what do you expect on the first day back? Asbo the cat sends his regards and appreciates all your kind messages. He took time off from swinging on the Christmas Trees to read his Christmas cards and his New Year's resolution which he shares with you is to improve his image in the neighbourhood. Happy New everybody! Merry Christmas from all the gang at Knightwing Keith, Frodo, David, Carol (The Essex Girl), Mel & Asbo the cat! Confessions of Yorkshire Criminal Looking back at my mis-spent youth during the 50s and early 60s when I was a 'train spotter' yes I admit it and I am proud of it, before my days of following Huddersfield Town, girls, drink, playing Rugby Union and more girls etc, etc, etc I was not the brightest star in the sky. I used to get lost quite a lot and caught the wrong train. Rather strangely it usually meant I journeyed past loco sheds, yards and so forth to areas where I encountered locos I could not see locally. The railway staff were quite wise in those days and would help put me back on the correct train to get me home often by another route with even more interesting locations to savour. Sometimes I think the railway staff did not believe my cover story but usually they accepted it with a strange look. Maybe this is a familiar story to some of you but I doubt if you could get away with it today without getting a criminal record. When I tried my hand a politics some years later, be it at council level, I have often wondered at the limited ability to get things done by our local politicians while I think my dubious apprenticeship as a train spotter on the railways helped me to get a few bits done for my area be it by devious ways and often with a backlash from some councillors who sat on their backsides when they realised what I had done often months afterwards.Needless to say trying to push water uphill only lasted 10 years before realising trying to help your local area is a minefield but I'm glad I tried and I have respect for those still trying. Mel January 2012
Description of a Yorkshireman Someone who goes into a pound shop and asks for a discount. Carol, the Essex girl, states that's bleeding obvious after living with a Yorkshireman for over 30 years!
Mel's Christmas Story When the better half asked a few years ago, What do you want for Christmas? I suggested a Mk I Coach. Now that does not seem a great thing to ask for but I was told to go run as only an Essex Girl can. Now most model railway fans will agree its not a lot to ask for, but this lovely lady knows me too well and when I tell this story to others she's none too pleased as she states it makes her look tight fisted. Can a Yorkshireman make any one look tight fisted I ask? However, in her defence, I admit it was a real one I wanted to go with the Knightwing's electric Class 85 loco. The moral of this story is, does any one get what they want at Christmas? Mel December 2011 xmlReal railways and all that A couple of Saturdays back I watched a GWR loco pull a rake of coaches through Huddersfield Station and it was inspiring. While I admit to being a BR 1950s fan I never expected, in these days, to witness such a spectacular site. The point of this is that today railways are now bland and trying to get inspiration from today's railways is difficult to say the least. I don't know what the thoughts of other railway enthusiasts are but I tend to look backwards more and more. It's not just steam either but diesel and electric locos and stock that are missing. Train journeys now consist of being forced into a seat (if you are lucky) which is not fit for purpose and listening to some 'git' on his mobile telling everyone useless infomation and realising I don't fit into this 'theme park' world. But then these people have probably never been pulled by a loco hauled train of MK1s or dumped in a siding for ages on a Bank Holiday Special when you want to get home. Maybe I am an 'Old git' myself but I do have memories of when railways were something special, the coaches, the food and the locos. Thank God for the preservation groups who keep my memories alive. Without being too disrespectful maybe a plague on the houses of those who run today's miserable apology for a once great railway system is in order, or at least if not a plague they should be forced to ride on these contraptions which run on our rails or they should explain why todays' prices are so high for so little service in return. Chairman Mel May 2011
What is a railway modeller? Whilst in a model shop the other day a customer was heard saying, “Knightwing kits are good kits, but you have to put them together and paint them.” While it was a compliment, it made me think. Are our customers top modellers who spend hours painting and building our kits? Well yes, some are, but generally speaking they are like you and me. They have a couple of hours spare between all the other things that make up life, gardening, housework, etc. They also have a love of railways, real and model and the model aspect is based on real railways in many cases (myself BR 50s and 60s). Knightwing came about because of the lack of items for our own model railways and our design brief was to produce kits which could be easily put together and painted within a short period of time which were both authentic and are realistic and we try to keep to this idea. So to those who maybe or are put off by the idea of a kit, just give it a go. If I can build and paint one, so can you. (It’s a lot easier than trying to understand the missus, don’t tell her I said that) and it can look better that something that drops out of a box from the Far-East. Plus the satisfaction of knowing “I did that”, when someone says “that looks good” when they look at your layout with that admiring and wishing they had one look is beyond measure. I really don’t know if I am a modeller or just like playing trains? Yes in my youth I did want to be an engine driver and the number of times I was thrown out of Leeds Holbeck Shed along with Crewe, Manchester, York and many more are too numerous to mention along with a cab ride up at Inverness having a cup of tea at 3:30 in the morning at Polmadie Shed with the foreman and listening to the stories of railwaymen about things which could never be published gave me a respect for railway folk I still hold to this day. If our products can add a little to the never-ending story, then we might have achieved something. Knightwing Models is not just about selling kits but about sharing an experience with our railway colleagues about a shared love of railways. We don’t get everything right, but we do try and it’s an ongoing relationship. That is why you can always give us a ring during office hours or after 6.00pm, it’s cheaper then as well, and you can talk to a ‘kindred spirit’ rather than a ‘suit’. Remember you are important and without you there wouldn’t be a Knightwing. Chairman Mel February 2011 PS: Question from the Essex girl, When did Mel ever do any housework? |
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Sadly Knightwing has to announce the passing of Mel(our commander in chief or Chairman Mel as you may know him from here )
Unfortunatly this means that at the moment we are unable to take any orders for our products . We would like to take this oppertunity to thank all our customers over the years and we hope to see you soon Regards Frodo,Keith,David and Carol (The Knightwing Family) _____________________________________________ POST FREE - POST FREE - POST FREE ON ALL UK ORDERS OVER £10.00 - NO MINIMUM ORDER Please note the standard £2.50 postal charge displayed on your invoice WILL NOT be charged on all orders received over £10.00. _____________________________________________ PLEASE NOTE ALL PURCHASES FROM KNIGHTWING WILL BE LISTED ON YOUR BANK/CARD STATEMENT AS BEING FROM SOMETHING WICKED/KNIGHTWING _____________________________________________ TELEPHONE OR WEBSITE ORDERS: YOUR CHOICE You can place your order via this website, by post or by phone. You can also ring 01484 537191 in the evenings or weekends - just ask for Mel who is a railway enthusiast and modeller. _____________________________________________ N GAUGE ACCESSORIES Our range of N Gauge Accessories (A Numbers) allows you to customise your layout from essential trackside equipment (Power Boxes, Point Levers and Station Nameboards etc) to Town, Village and Countryside items (Bus Stops, Cows, Street lights etc). These will help bring your layout to life! SECURITY FENCING (OO Gauge) VALUE PACKS (WELL WORTH A LOOK) Check out our PM121 Security Fencing length Approx 24" price £9.50 alongside our PM500 Twin Pack length Approx 48" price £17.99 and our PM501 Triple Pack length Approx 72" price £24.99 Our Security Fencing Kits feature, working gates, post support bases and individual posts. This enables fencing to follow the site you wish to secure including going round corners. We think this is the best Security Fencing Kit on the market! We would would say that, wouldn't we (it is actually) but from our customer's point of view their comments support this opinion. 00 SCALE DIESEL FUELING POINT The first plastic kit we produced is still the market leader by miles. PM103 BR Diesel Fueling Points £19.99 (Two fuel points with choice of two roof styles) PM136 BR Fuel Point £12.95 Single Fuel Point with two roof styles supplied) OO SCALE PORTAKABINS We are pleased to have the permission to use the name of Portakabin for our model kits of the Portakabin Pacemaker. This model is the only one able to use their name as the ones from Hornby Scaledale and Bachmann Scalecraft are only buildings and not like the real thing. PM115 Portakabin Pacemaker £15.95 PM124 Double Portakabin Pacemaker with steps £26.95 KNIGHTWING COLOUR LIGHT SIGNALS PM120 Two models of ‘feather’ route indicators £8.99 PM119 Two models of each 3 and 4 aspect signals £9.95 Simple construction. Full Instructions. Extra details ladder, telephone etc “A great value option for those who do not need working signals” Model Rail No 264 Summer 2019 _____________________________________________ ROAD TRANSPORT Our range of OO Road Transport Vehicles is worth looking at. Some of these are ex-Scan Kits, all now priced at £9.75 the most popular being the H19 Volvo Tipper along with the H10 Foden Haulmaster, F12 Mercedes and Ford Transcontinental Artic Units which look good on layouts with goods yards, quarries and road sections. There are also plenty of trailers and containers to go with these kits. _____________________________________________ N GAUGE PLASTIC CHURCH KIT PN20 Our limited new release of a typical, traditional church which can be found in every town and village and is worth considering for every layout. Our price £10.75. _____________________________________________ Our model shop in Yorkshire, Something Wicked 1 Wood Street Huddersfield (01484 559226) stocks Knightwing kits. Call in if you are in town. We are open six days a week, but not Sunday. _____________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL ORDERS We now deduct VAT (Value Added Tax/UK Sales Tax) at 20% from our advertised prices for all international orders from non EC (European Community) countries. Postage will be charged at cost. We offer our customers a personal service where advice and help count as much as much as sales. Give us a try. When buying direct we despatch within 24-48 hours of receiving your order (Mon-Fri) and if your order is £10.00 or more its post free in the UK! PACK QUANTITIES If you require more of a certain item than is available in our standard packet, please get in touch and we can make up the number you want of that item in a special pack. (This applies to our white metal OO Gauge (B) range as well as our N Gauge (A) range). RIVER DENE JUNCTION RESIN RANGE A BRAND NEW KNIGHTWING RANGE FOR MODELLERS These OO/HO Unpainted Resin items will enhance the appearance of your layout and can be used in conjuction with our white metal and plastic kit ranges and will find a home in every goods yard. RDJ001 Coal Yard Stack £3.99 RDJ002 Wooden Coal Staithes £4.25 RDJ003 Wood Construction Buffer Stop £4.25 RDJ004 Stone Construction Buffer Stop £4.25 RDJ005 Brick Pile £3.99 Photos of these items can be found on our New Releases page on our website. More products in this range will be released in the future. RECENT RELEASES We have recently added a number of new kits. PM141 Storage Tanks x2 55mm (14ft)and PM142 Storage Tanks 72mm (18ft) have been added to our OO-HO Building Kits Range. We have also added kits B092 Lineside Winter Warmers (Braziers and Fires) as found round points and signals in Winter plus B093 High Level Pipe Supports and Cradles which can be used with our 'UN' Pipe ranges in Chemical and Fuel Sites (OO-HO Lineside Kits Range). We have also added and updated a few photos of our existing kits on the website, so why not take a look? AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT Slot Car Building Range (Available Now!) SUITABLE FOR USE WITH SCALEXTRIC SETS AND LAYOUTS This Slot Car Laneside Range of buildings was previously released by a well known Slot Car Racing company. We have now reintroduced it into our range as the.............. KNIGHTWING SLOT CAR RACING BUILDING RANGE This range can obtained from your local Knightwing stockist or direct from ourselves. PS001 Grandstand £29.99 PS002 Pit Stop £17.99 PS003 Spectator Stand £12.99 We are sure you will find these buildings have a home on any race track be it a racing car or a rally car racing set KNIGHTWING STOCKISTS If your local model shop is having difficulty getting Knightwing Models tell them to get in touch directly with our friendly and helpful team. Shops buying direct from Knightwing get access to all our ranges, a fast delivery service and a great back up service. If your local shop only has our Knightwing plastic kits, please tell them that the white metal ranges are only available direct from Knightwing. Remember we can supply shops of all sizes, large or small orders always welcome especially from our independent colleagues. MAGAZINE ADVERTISING If you are wondering why we don't advertise in certain national magazines much these days, its because certain magazines we could mention spend more time advetising their own in-house products than being independently minded. Talk about having your cake and eating it! "Up here in Yorkshire we are lucky if we get a drip sandwich." |
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