panda1gen
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In or around 1992 K&C took the lead on WW2 armour with expensive, but for the time, excellent and innovative wooden armour. By the late 1990's and early noughties K&C maintained their lead and produced much more cost effective polystone vehicles.
A few years on, this seemingly one horse race (with apologies in advance to any other manufacturers of the time), suddenly hotted up with NMA coming in cheap, small and medium quality, and HB as a heavyweight (literally) high quality polystone/resin approach, enhanced by brass detailing.
For a while, it seemed K&C might be fading, although many of us who knew Andy, felt this was just a mid point in the race.
HB maintained their quality lead for while, but with the M10, Chaffee and others, K&C started to pull back and it was neck and neck for a while.
NMA fell at almost the first, then later HB fell at the metaphorical 'Beechers Brook' (with apologies to those that don't understand UK horse racing it is a big fence in the grand national race).
K&C were then clearly back in the lead seemingly unchallenged again, but then sneaking up on the inside came a few others, including Figarti.
After just purchasing their Firefly, following admiration of their Grants and others, all I can say is WOW! Are Figarti ahead by a long nose?
The Cromwell is due next month - what a race!!!!


A few years on, this seemingly one horse race (with apologies in advance to any other manufacturers of the time), suddenly hotted up with NMA coming in cheap, small and medium quality, and HB as a heavyweight (literally) high quality polystone/resin approach, enhanced by brass detailing.
For a while, it seemed K&C might be fading, although many of us who knew Andy, felt this was just a mid point in the race.
HB maintained their quality lead for while, but with the M10, Chaffee and others, K&C started to pull back and it was neck and neck for a while.
NMA fell at almost the first, then later HB fell at the metaphorical 'Beechers Brook' (with apologies to those that don't understand UK horse racing it is a big fence in the grand national race).
K&C were then clearly back in the lead seemingly unchallenged again, but then sneaking up on the inside came a few others, including Figarti.
After just purchasing their Firefly, following admiration of their Grants and others, all I can say is WOW! Are Figarti ahead by a long nose?
The Cromwell is due next month - what a race!!!!