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Spring 2008 Web forum: a big change at Steel, Chapman & Hutchinson Ltd. over the last year has been the creation of a very active web forum by our customers. You can see some of the pictures from the forum on the left of this page. This forum has posts with photographs, descriptions of problems and their solutions, sources for added-detailing components, ideas for modifications and building techniques. You do not have to register or subscribe; you can just look through the contributions. “Ray C”, building a Cruiser Class brig, started the forum. You can follow the construction of the ship through his posts. Currently, there is a builder of the frigate HMS Surprise, “Paratrooper”, adding detailed posts of his build in the same forum. Prince de Neufchatel: Robert Franklin is our first customer to complete a Prince de Neufchatel kit and have her sailing. You can view his schooner on the water as well as in the dockyard at his website Inventory control: another big change recently has been the implementation of inventory control of all the thousands of parts that we have to stock here at SCH. This may not seem so significant to you, the reader, but it means that we are prepared to dispatch kits more quickly and, hopefully, are more likely to have all the parts on hand. My e-mail is philip@PhilipRobertsModels.com With questions on orders you can also e-mail my office manager, Melissa, at Office@PhilipRobertsModels.com The price of the ships is on each ship's page: click on the "Ships Available" button at the top of this page, then click on the particular ship's button. A DVD is available which has two videos on it; one explains the story of the company and the making of the ships, the other shows each of the three ships sailing. Component sets: each ship is available in component sets or as a complete kit. This allows the builder to buy the sets as their budget allows and buy the next set after they know they can successfully complete the first. It also allows the builder to make or buy more of the components themselves and even design their own working sailing systems. Maps: In case you are wondering where in the world our ships have sold, click here for a map of the USA and here for a map of Europe. I received this e-mail from one of our kit builder's a while ago:
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