Hello . . .my name is Colin Strachan and since August 2008 I am the owner of Blue Max Productions and Pegasus Models, which I bought from Chris Gannon.

At the time I was running my own model range (Freightdog Models) and working full time, and to be honest I bit off more than I could chew! Although I released some WWI decal sheets and got all the available kits back on sale, I did not have time to expand the brands as I planned to.

As of April 2010 I am now in a position to take my model business full time, and will release the various projects I have ongoing in the near future. This includes the BM Macchi M.5 mentioned elsewhere, reintroducing five sets of lozenge decals in two scales and limited edition releases of Blue Max and Pegasus kits. The first of these will be a 1/72nd DH.4A kit, which includes the Pegasus kit with added resin, etch and decals for the passenger variant. I will post sepately with progress on those projects.

At the time of the purchase of Pegasus, I did not buy the injection moulding equipment, it was and still is my intention to outsource future injection kit production, and also work more in resin. Chris Gannon had been criticised in the past for not keeping up with the likes of Eduard. I would point out that Chris did not run Pegasus full time, and worked alone from a small unit that was little more than a shed, right till the end. The investment needed and the cost of new machinery is not a realistic aim for a one man business, and he had no desire to take on the Czech model business. Neither do I, in fact I'm more likely to work with them to develop the business in the future.

All available items are listed on my website (search for Freightdog models), and we now also have a facebook page (again search for Freightdog) to promote all the items old and new, making use of the photo album features to display inspirational models to get us all building!

Thanks for taking the time to read this, I apologise if this breaches the forums advertising rules.

Colin

Nov. 18, 2011 "Hi Stephen,

I hope you are well.

I have not forgotten your help with the drawings, so you will be getting a free sample for Aeroscale soon, no need for paypal.

The Telford release went well, sold quite a few but also discovered a rather obvious mistake which has delayed me listing on my website. I omitted to notice that the three decal options I had covered are all Le Rhône engined, and the Eduart kit only has a Clerget. I had not included a new engine but it looks like I will have to add one before I can release properly. I am happy to send you one without the engine now if you like, just let me have your postal address.

Thanks.
Best regards Colin

Nov. 28, 2011
I'm trying to resolve the missing engine asap and take the opportunity to improve the instructions (as it was a bit of a rush job for our Telford show), so I will send the complete sample to you when both items are fixed. Unitl then I'm not pushing the set. I will let you know when its on the way, hopefully in a couple of weeks.
Best regards Colin

Nov. 18, 2011 "Hi Stephen,

I hope you are well.

I have not forgotten your help with the drawings, so you will be getting a free sample for Aeroscale soon, no need for paypal. Thanks.
Best regards Colin