Thursday, December 23, 2010

Happy Holidays

On behalf of Classic Construction Models and its employees, I would like to wish you and your family a happy holiday season.  We look forward to working with you next year.

Best regards,

Bob Peterson, President
Classic Construction Models, Inc.

Friday, December 17, 2010

D9H Update

Based on a QC sampling of the D9H models when they arrived, we decided to inspect each model individually.

We are nearing the end of this process and, unfortunately, have concluded that the best course of action is to go back to the beginning and redo all of them.

At this point we are estimating that they will be returned to us and ready to ship in four to five months.

Again, we apologize for the delay and will continue to do our best to get these models to you as soon as possible.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

992C Prototype

We recently completed an SLA (Stereolithography) prototype of our upcoming die-cast 1:48 scale Caterpillar 992C Wheel Loader using our in-house SLA machine.  This will be the first model to go into production as the result of a customer vote and is approximately 60% of the way there.  We hope that you are as excited as we are for this model to arrive and enjoy the pictures that follow.

A stock image of our SLA machine, the Viper SLA
The assembled body of CCM's Caterpillar 992C.

The parts that make up the body of the 992C - all printed using our in-house SLA machine.

A size comparison between CCM's Caterpillar 992C, left, and CCM's Caterpillar 988 Wheel Loader.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Delayed shipment of the D9H

In case we don't have you on our email list, here is a copy of the email we sent today regarding the status of the D9H models.

Dear CCM Customer,

Our D9H, DD9H and SxS D9H models arrived here on November 29th.  A random inspection found models that had not been corrected as directed during our visit to the manufacturer in October.  To ensure every model that we ship meets our standards, we are holding all the models here.  We are of course extremely disappointed that we are unable to ship these as planned and will advise of our new delivery schedule as soon as possible.