Great
News
for Customers of Williams Brothers Model Products!
Changing
of the Guard...
In December of 2004, Williams Brothers, Inc. ceased production after a
45 year history as founded by the late, original Brothers Larry
and Grainger. The immediate family could not continue the business; so,
in March of 2005, all rights and assets required to produce the
original products were purchased and moved from Los Osos, CA to Taylor,
TX by Brett
Industries, Inc. To sustain the Legacy of the original founders, the
parent corporation will continue to operate under the Brand name of
"Williams
Brothers Model Products". The return of the products back to production
is targeted to begin in August of 2005 with shipments starting in
late August. With nearly 200 products needed, production will focus
priorities
in the order of wheels, guns, pilots, engines, aircraft kits, HO kits,
and accessories until inventory can sustain operations at reasonable
levels. Distributors, OEMs, and Dealer inquiries are welcome; moreover,
contact information for businesses that previously dealt with Williams
Bros, Inc. has also been transferred, and connections will be
re-established,
and new applications sent starting in August. Businesses or Individuals
wishing to contact us can do so by using the new postal or email
address listed below. The web site development is targeted for
completion
by October. The tradition of continuing to create new, niche products,
for the scale hobbyist's needs, will continue in the future. We wish
to thank all of the modelers who supported the Williams brothers in
their
efforts, and hope the support will continue, and sustain this wonderful
line of American Made products that they devoted their lives to.
Daniel J. Brett, President
This
Site is
the initial return to the web and is a modification of the original
company's
web site. Some areas are currently disabled. We have good plans for the
future store front site which will
make it more informative and interactive to the Users and Customers!
Our current projection is to have the new site up sometime in
2007 (much bigger project that I thought it was!).
Meanwhile, please have continued patience as we officially enter the
restart of production to return the product line to the shelves! The
Catalog and Web page are still holding a secondary position to
production; but, as inventory builds, I hope to see more efforts going
into those areas.
NEW NEWS
FOR R/C ITEMS!!!!!!!!!
06/17/2007- The
last major,
and costly, mold repair is for the 1/8 J-5 cylinder, 20100, which also
affects the detailed engine kit. It will be fixed in 3 phases, 1)
replace missing spark plug section 2) fix in the 'goof' that was done
originally on the 6 small 'nuts' by filling and new EDM precision
rework 3) reverse engineer the intake pipe so it will finally fit the
gasket part, and be at the correct angle to mate with the intake
manifold. Phase 1 is complete, and we are on Phase 2 now. It's taking
time, but if we're going to do it, we'll do it right!!
<>GREAT NEWS FOR
MODEL KITS!!!
08/05/2007- The C-46 is officially out and
shipping!!!
After about 1 year and 3 months of a lot of learning and hard work,
it's finally in the box, and heding out the door! A great day for the
company! In celebration of making an American company come-back, I'm
sending a few of the first C-46's to Iraq for our soldiers to relax
with and enjoy; and, having joined forces with King's Hobby in Austin,
TX, we collected a nice, and sizable, assortment of more kits and model
supplies to send along as well. In addition, I'm enclosing a nice,
custom poster, done up by the aviation artist Robert Karr (who did the
box top), with signatures of all the parties involved with the C-46
project, including artist, decal designer, box printer, decal printer,
machinist, mold maker, kit packagers, plastic suppliers, etc to
let our soldiers know this was truly, and All-American product! There
is still one more little C-46 surprise coming- so, keep watching. I
hope to have it ready within the month; but, we'll see- it's another
first to work through.
<>The
next project is now officially begun for re-release- the 1/32 P-35.
Decal and box art have the go- ahead to create. With the C-46 having
blazed the trail, we'll see how fast we can get this next one
out. In almost parallel, I'm now adding the Sparrowhawk to the
plan, for a quick follow up to the P-35.
We are looking at current original production parts as well, and hope
to 'finish up'
some of the original kits by producing the missing parts they need.
Their production will be limited to the number of original boxes still
available. They can not be reproduced as the artwork is all gone. So,
if your in need of one of the other kits, it's worth checking to see if
we have them.
2007 is
seeing growth and the company is starting to come to life. I really
appreciate all the support everyone has given from advertising our
existance to making orders. It all helps as we get off the ground and
restore this product line. Still a bit more of rough times to get
through, but it looks promising thus far, and well capable of success.
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