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CMA is a new company dedicated
to bringing you only the very best in modelling. From
full kits to after market parts, accessories, conversion kits,
detail sets, update sets and decals. With these being manufactured
from injection moulding, resin, white metal, vinyl, and brass
etching. We will also be supplying paints, books, magazines,
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NEWS : |
| JUNE SPECIALS |
We are pleased to announce that the June monthly specials will be for the entire range of Frsin kits (yes that’s how you spell it!).
Frsin produce some very fine airliners in 1/144 scale, with a massive range of aircraft and markings for prop to jet airliners.
Fancy a Comet in 1/144? How bout a Shorts Sandringham? A Carvair in Ansett/ANA markings? Or does the likes of the Dewoitine, DH91 Albatros, and the C160 Transall tickle your fancy? |
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| EXPO |
The June long weekend saw us travel down to beautiful swine flu infected Melbourne, for Expo 2009. This was very much a last minute decision for us to attend, due to the costs involved, and on the Monday prior to the show, we confirmed our presence with Rene, the event director.
Early Friday morning saw us head for Mexico, hitting the Melb city by 3.30pm that afternoon, it took us another 3 hours to get to Sandown, due to taking a few wrong turns, missing a few turns, and peak hour traffic. This has now convinced me to fit the truck out with Sat Nav!
Walking into the venue on the Friday evening blew my mind. Never before have I seen a plastic model show this big, nor would have thought we would have a show that big here.
We had our stand set up entirely by the Friday night, next to our old friend South East Hobbies, and also next to the demo area, toilets, and café. Originally I wasn’t too impressed with where we were, but I think it actually worked a lot in our favour.
So over the 3 days, we meet up with a lot of customers, and also made and meet new ones. For us, meeting the people behind the keyboards, and phones is always great. Always nice to meet the people you are working with.
Saturday night saw us attend the AMI dinner, held only a few minutes walk from the hotel, which is always good. Was great to meet the many names from the AMI forum during the dinner and over the weekend.
So after 3 days of trading, standing up all day on our feet, and retiring to the hotel for a few quite bevies, it was time to pack up, and hit the road again.
Unfortunately, the trip home wasn’t as pleasant as I was hoping. 2 hours into the trip home, the sneezing starting, and so too did all of the flu symptoms. Getting back home, and getting checked out, it was just the flu, not that swine one that seems to be everywhere in Melbourne.
The weekend was also made easier for me, with thanks going to Ian and Kim at Empire Hobbies, who came and rescued me when they could, so I could for a few breaks. Being at a show on your own isn’t recommended. Also thanks to Rene and his wife for doing the same. |
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| BMK BARRELS |
We now have the full range of BMK barrels and masts in stock. BMK produce some of the tiniest, and heist detailed brass turned barrels for the ship modeller in 1/350 scale. The range caters for US, RN, Kreigsmarine, Russian, Japanese and French navies, with nearly all barrels available for all ships.
There are also a few barrels and masts for the 1/72 and 1/144 Flower and Fletcher Class kits, as well as brass turned deck bells in 1/350 scale. These have to be seen to be believed.
There’s plenty more then what is mentioned above. |
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| SCALE ACT |
The 23rd and 24th of May saw us venture down to Canberra. Expecting sub zero temperatures, we were gladly greeted by no winds, and lots of warm sun. The Friday night saw us setting up our stand, again next to our good friends The Modellers Choice.
Saturday saw a very busy day, with some great models on display, and some 1/16th R/C tanks battling it out. The Saturday night dinner was great fun. Good German food, German beer, and of course, German Schnapps. All of which I bought plenty of.
Sunday was a much quieter day, which at times isn’t too bad, as it gives you chance to recover from the day and night preceding, and also lets you slowly get into the packing up stage.
Thanks go to Mike Greive and crew for putting on the show, Adrian for coming down and helping, as well as TMC for helping when Adrian was MIA.
A great show, and looking forward to returning again next year. |
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| AVIATION WRAP UP |
This was a relatively small 2 day show, compared to the likes of Illawarra and ACT etc, and although was promoted as the Sydney Model Aviation Show, it was primarily for diecasts, and assorted bits and pieces. Although this really wasn’t a show for us, we still made some good new customers, which is always great, and bumped into a few of our long term customers too.
The high light of the weekend for me though, was being able to crawl through a PBY Catalina. |
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| EUREKA XXL |
We now have the full range of Eureka XXL tow cables and diorama accessories in stock. The tow cables come in 1/35, 1/48 and 1/72 scales, and range most vehicle types, both allied and axis.
The diorama accessories include an outhouse, guards checkpoint, dog kennel, and a manual water pump. |
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| ILLAWARRA WRAP UP |
The Illawarra show was hosted by the IPMA on the first weekend of May. This was also the first show for the year, and we had a great time.
The show saw 298 models entered, in both competition and display, and a lot of modellers and general public coming through the door.
We were located in between our good friend The Modellers Choice and Mouse House, which made for a very enjoyable weekend.
Thanks go to the IPMA for hosting the show, and assisting with traders and their needs, as well as to Adrian, for helping us out on the weekend. |
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2009 SYDNEY AVIATION MODEL SHOW
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This weekend we will be attending the Sydney Aviation Model Show being held at the passenger terminal at Bankstown Airport. We will be at stand 16 and will be there for both days.
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| SHOWS AND CLUB MEETS
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We have listed on our
forum what shows and club meets we will be attending
in the coming months. This will be constantly updated.
Customers can order products for pick up at these shows
or meets if given advance notice. |
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| ATTACK HOBBIES AND MIRAGE
HOBBY KITS |
CMA are pleased to
announce that we are the EXCLUSIVE distributors in Australia
and New Zealand for Attack Hobbies and Mirage Hobby
Kits.
Attack Hobby Kits have over 100 kits and accessories
available, with some very weird and obscure stuff in
there too! Their range is based on 1/72 & 1/144
aircraft in injection moulded plastic and 1/35, 1/48,
1/72 and 1/144 armour in injection moulded plastic and
cast resin.
We have an order on the way of over 100 kits, mainly
focusing on 1/72 aircraft, and 1/35 & 1/48 armour.
Mirage Hobby Kits has over 200 products, with a diverse
range of products inc aircraft, ships, subs, armour,
figures and busts, ranging in all popular scales. We
have an order arriving very shortly of over 460 kits. |
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| ORDERS ON THE WAY |
We have a lot of stock
coming in over the next 2 - 3 weeks. Mirage Hobby Kits,
Attack Hobbies, Accurate Model Parts (AMP) who produce
some very fine cotton printed flags, along with being
the designers of the Revel 1/72 etch and resin sets
marketed by White ensign Models, and they are an Aussie
company too! We also have Eurekka XXL tow cables, Art.I.G
54mm figures in white metal Monroe Perdu, who make some
very fine hydrocal buildings and laser cut card accessories.
Check these manufacturers out, we have pics for most
products already on the site, and get your orders in
now, as they won't last long. |
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| DIORAMA PLUS IN STOCK |
| We have the full range
of Diorama Plus in stock. They produce some very beautifully
detailed hydrocal buildings, pavements and rubble sets.
Most of these buildings also come with laser cut wood
and laser cut "shattered glass". The shattered
glass can also be bought individually and is also in stock. |
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| DACO PRODUCTS IN STOCK |
| We now have a good range
of Daco Products in stock. We have all of their 737, and
Airbus kits in stock in 1/144 scale, as well as the 737
in Simpsons livery in 1/100 scale. We also have the 1/48
F105/F16 Recce pods as well. We also have a good
range of airliner decals in stock, 1/144 and 1/200 scales.
We are working on having their entire range in stock.
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| SYRINGES |
| A very useful and cheap
reusable tool is the syringe. We have 1ml and 3ml syringes
in stock. These are perfect for transferring paint from
the jar to the airbrush cup, for accurate mixing, and
also for the use with glues, resins, plaster etc. They
come individually, or in packs of 5 or 10. |
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| CMA GOES ECOMMERCE |
Over the past 12 months,
you have seen our website go through a few changes that
has improved the website by look, information, and easy
use. And we now have another major change.
With
this change we are very proud to announce that today
our site has now gone to full eCommerce. This means
that for those wishing to pay by credit card, can now
do so at the time of ordering, as opposed to our initial
method of invoicing you with Pay Pal. For those that
still wish to pay by cheque and direct transfers, this
is still available and you just tick your payment method
at the checkout.
There will of course be future updates to the eCommerce
and website.
We also need to thank Net Mastery at the same time,
for their tireless work, commitment, all night working
sessions, and quality of work. For those that want a
website, we can not recommend them enough. |
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| CMA
stock indicator |
| A new update has been
implemented on the site. You can now see what products
are out of stock, low stock, in stock, and on order. Still
having a few little teething problems with this, but at
the moment it is pretty accurate.
For those wanting a product that is out of stock, please
still go ahead and order, as this will ensure that your
product is included in our next order.
Until we move in to our new warehouse, keeping everything
in stock is logistically impossible and are currently
doing our best to stock as much as we can at the moment.
For customers wanting to purchase a product that shows
out of stock, please still order, as this lets us know
what we need to order, what we need to stock, and we
will order these in ASAP.
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| CMA
FORUM |
| We are really happy to
announce that our brand new modelling forum has been launched
is now online. We are happy to have you all as members
and to participate in sharing with us your models, thoughts,
ideas, hints, tips, questions and photos. So please all
join up and get posting.
You can find the forum at:
www.creativemodelsaustralia.com
Our website will now be hosted at:
www.creativemodels.com.au
Make sure you add these pages to your favourites. You
can also access the forum from our website with the
Forum button on the top menu bar. |
| GET
TOGETHER FOR ST GEORGE AND SUTHERLAND SHIRE MODELLERS |
| CMA are looking at expressions of interests
from modellers based in the St George and Sutherland Shire
to start and informal get together, with a view to it
leading into a club. For us SG&SS modellers, the 2 closest
meets are either Wollongong or Ryde. Not really that close.
Of course this invite is also for those out of the SG&SS
area as well.
For expressions of interest, comments etc, head over
to the news section on the forum.
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| COBRA
COMPANY |
| Unfortunately it our regret to say that
we will no longer be dealing with Cobra Company. Cobra
Company product listings have been removed from our site,
and all orders have been cancelled.
This is due to Cobra Company, no longer wishing to
deal with anyone in Australia or New Zealand, which
they have been known to do before. This being distributors,
dealers, and personal retail customers.
At the time of Cobra Company making this decision,
we had an order in place with them, which they lost,
and have declined to honour.
For those of you that have ordered and payed for Cobra
Company products, you have received a more detailed
email explaining this, and also offering full refunds,
credits or change of orders.
We do apologise for this, but it was totally out of
our control.
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| Panzer
Shop |
| CMA are very pleased to announce that we
are the new exclusive distributors of Panzer Shop products
through out Australia and New Zealand.
Panzer Shop consists of the following manufacturers:
- PanzerShop
- Katana
- Eagle CZ
- JP Hobby
- CZ Kolinec
Panzer Shop produce some very exquisite, strange and
very interesting models in 1/35th, that are not manufactured
by anyone else. Price listing is now up, and photos
will soon follow.
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| TASCA |
| We have recently receive our new order from
Tasca, which contains the 2 new M4A1 Shermans, and the
new VVSS suspension set “C”. We now have the full range
of Tasca products in stock now. |
| Galaxie
Limited |
| Galaxie Limited is back in stock. Unfortunately
the 38ft and the Slingshot dragsters our now completely
sold out, and no longer in manufacture. Galaxie Limited
kits are limited productions, so get in fast. |
| Scale
Laser Services |
| We have the full range of 1/35 Scale Laser
Services wooden products in stock |
| Kancali |
| We now have the full range of Kancali latex
products and moulds in stock now. |
| KANCALI |
| CMA are pleased to announce that we are
the exclusive distributors for Kancali and have the full
range in stock.
Kancali's Custom Modelling accessories are made from
handcrafted moulds. Each piece is unique and gives your
diorama a realistic look. They feature a variety of
both street and roofing sections produced by their patent
pending method as well as moulds and castings for 1/35,
1/48 and 1/72 scale modelling.
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| PEDDINGHAUS
DECALS |
| CMA are also pleased to announce that we
the exclusive distributors of Peddinghaus Decals. Not
only do Peddinghaus Decals manufacture some very fine
and interesting decal sets, they also manufacture laser
cut wood parts. These range from 1/35 scale ammunition
boxes, engine boxes and signs, but also fences, 1/48 and
1/72 airfield structures like hangers, sheds control towers
etc.
We currently have their full range of 1/35 scale wood
accessories in stock. |
| TASCA |
| CMA are also now distributing Tasca, Adlers
Nest, Kamizukuri, and Shinsengumi. Among full kits, accessories,
and correction sets, Tasca also manufacture the extremely
beautiful, and amazingly useful Modelkasten track builder
jig. Although this is only designed for the M4 variants,
it is a useful tool that you don't want to miss out on.
We have the full range of Tasca products in stock.
Adlers Nest is an aftermarket parts company with a
range of incredibly detailed parts for the modeller.
Shinsengumi provides decals for ease of painting. Especially
handy is their vehicle and figure camouflage decals.
Kamizukuzi offer a range of beautiful laser cut flowers
and foliage. |
| BATTALION
08 |
| CMA will be attending Battalion 08 on the
1st November 2008. It will be held at East Ryde Ex Servicemens
Club. |
| GREAT
NORTH ROADS |
| Great North Roads manufacture some of the
finest plaster diorama bases, displays, accessories, buildings
and bunkers you will ever find. Our new shipment of GNR
consisting of nearly all of your products has now arrived.
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| mk
35 |
| MK 35 has now arrived. We have a good range
of figures, accessories, buildings and vignettes. |
| resicast |
| Resicast has also arrived. Only a small
order at this time, we do have some nice kits, conversions,
and detail sets in stock. |
CMA Newsletter
Creative Models Australia will release our first monthly
newsletter in October. For those that are already signed
up, thank you, and for those that aren't, no need to wait
any longer, sign up now,
and receive all the news first hand, delivered straight
to your inbox before anyone else. |
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