One of the vendors that has gone way beyond what you'd expect from a vendor is Suzanne & Andrew. They do quarter scale and smaller. I don't generally go smaller than quarter scale.
About 5 years ago I met a woman, Melody, who had the cutest little scene in a recipe box. I wanted one. I really WANTED one. Posted a description of it on a couple Internet miniature sites and finally found out it was a Suzanne & Andrew kit. I contacted them immediately. Too late - it was no longer being made because the recipe boxes out then were not the right scale. Boo Who. I was really disappointed. Well, I am truly blessed. I got a message from a member of one of my groups and she had a friend who had it and would sell it for exactly what she paid for it. I jumped on it immediately. In that kit was a list of kits from Suzanne & Andrew that you could purchase to complete the kit. Well, back to Suzanne & Andrews. Some of the kits were also unavailable and she had a few of the others left. I bought what I could. When I got the package from them, there were several sheets of paper with handwritten directions for some of the kits that were no longer available. WOW! Way beyond what I would expect. I still have the project where I can see it every day and I love it more today than yesterday.
Well, recently I saw another project from Suzanne and Andrew and it was a ME cottage. Well, I had to have that. It was worthy of a full post and you can see it HERE
This lovely cottage had a great weather vane with it. Well, Sheila with the big thumbs destroyed it. I wrote them and asked if they had any for sale. Got an email that said they didn't have any for sale. Oh well, who would know the cottage didn't have a weather vane. A few weeks later I got a card from them and they enclosed a weather vane kit from another kit project that they thought it would work. It is done and ready to mount. They are such nice people.
It is a pleasure to deal with such great people. You can see their kits at Tell them I sent you!
You can reach them at http://andrewsmini.com/miniatures/
or www.andrewsmini.com. They have been having some work done on their site. Keep trying it's worth it!
I was having troubles with their link this morning. Hope this works for you.
It is a pleasure to deal with such great people. You can see their kits at Tell them I sent you!
You can reach them at http://andrewsmini.com/miniatures/
or www.andrewsmini.com. They have been having some work done on their site. Keep trying it's worth it!
I was having troubles with their link this morning. Hope this works for you.
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