Where Can I Buy From?

Francky's modelgun website:- http://franckys-modelgun.com

SHAZHIB is a forum member and can be reached via Personal Message here

The UK's now has two modelgun retailers:

Kevin at http://www.modelguncollector.co.uk

John at http://www.plugfirecapgunsuk.com/

France is now home for http://www.modelguns-worldwide.com (formerly www.modelguns.co.uk)

pre 1870 pistols and revolvers can be found on:
www.gundeals.co.uk

MGCUK no longer ships international, except for France and Germany:
http://www.modelguncollector.co.uk/Announcement.html

Important Announcement
April 2010
Due to increased restrictions on shipping via UK airlines we are no longer able to ship to the USA and most of Europe.
We are still able to deliver to France and Germany, however some restrictions apply.

UK sales are NOT affected by this.

Thank you
MGCUK Team

I have the feeling that some of the older shops are closed now.

Can anyone remember Endoshoji in Japan? Their prices were quite high, but they offered rare and discontinued models too. I can no longer find them on the internet, so I guess this traditional shop is closed now.

What is the matter with modelguns-worldwide? Their site says the shop is closed due to a family illness emergency for months now. When writing an e-mail you get an auto-generated response that the shop is closed, but will be back soon.

At least denTrinity in Hong Kong is still in the business. They seem to offer 3 versions of Marushin's MP40 for a good price too: http://www.dentrinityshop.com/pr_list.jsp?cid=COL_ML&bid=MAR

Endoshoji disappeared in late 2007. They stopped shipping orders and gave refunds, then soon their domain expired and web page/shop was no longer available. Pity, as many people used them for reference due to extensive photos and information on rare items. There are only some bits available through Wayback Machine, without pictures:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.endoshoji.com

No clue about modelguns-worldwide, Jay has not responded to my emails since the message appeared.

Den Trinity still offers modelguns, but keep in mind that once they sell something out, new stock might not be available - except Marushin or other manufacturer that is still in production.

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Endoshji must have ceased trading some time ago. There are a handful of Retailers in Japan and Hong Kong that still list Modelguns for Sale although prices vary considerably.

Francky and shazhib still offer the best prices if ordering from Japan.
Others trading are

DenTrinity
EHobby Asia
Tokyo Toys (also trading as wwiiguns, Vietnam Guns, Special Forces weapons etc)
RedWolf Airsoft
Gunsnguys
Models on offer vary from large to small selections and some asking prices are high compared to others.

Nearer to home here in Europe there's

ModelgunCollector UK (although limited to UK only shipping)
PlugFireCapGunsUK

Quite what has happened to Jay at Modelguns-Worldwide is concerning. He's been out of action since April if I recall and there's no signs yet of anything happening to restart. I hope he's OK and that the family emergency he's going through is resolved with everyone in good health.

As you say 'Mike, DenTrinity have 3 versions of Marushin's PFC MP40, one of which is the self assembly kit but in HW now alongside the old favourite ABS version
I wasn't aware a HW Kit was available as I've not seen it anywhere else

MadMike wrote:

Is your post intentionally left blank?

No clue what happened here :-/
Text is there, when I hit "edit" I see it all typed in, but it does not show in the thread :-/

edit: OK, after making some random changes it is displayed correctly now. Weird...

HI all and a happy new year!
Has anybody heard anything from Jay at modelguns-worldwide? The home page has been updated recently but I still get the family illness reply when I try to contact him. I hope he is fine. I have however some things I need to sort out.

Cheers

/ Jeppo

It seems that Modelguns-Worldwide have been "temporarily"closed for business since April 2010.
All we can do is await Jay's return and reopening and hope that the family illness has improved.

Thankfully we still have suppliers that can keep us going:

Francky & Shazhib (can supply Worldwide from Japan)
www.Modelguncollector.co.uk (UK sales only)
www.plugfirecapgunsuk.com/ (Worldwide sales)
DenTrinity (Worldwide sales)

Jay's site is still not active. I guess the monthly updates, as well as the "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" icons are auto-generated. No new models since April, and no replies to e-mails except an auto-reply. What kind of family illness emergency can completly shut-down an online-business for 8 months?

modelguns-worldwide is down for a year now. I doubt if it will ever open again.

MadMike wrote:

modelguns-worldwide is down for a year now. I doubt if it will ever open again.

Something is clearly very wrong there, without doubt. Whatever the problems are, hopefully Jay is fit and well. My introduction to Modelguns was through finding Jay's site and the purchase of my Marushin MP40. I bought several modelguns from Jay following that and always found him helpful.
It is a loss that he's not trading at this moment, it'll be a bigger loss if he doesn't re-open.

Hello,

Yes I'm also waiting to this good website re open but it's clear, there are no many chances for this website.
It's a shame because it's really a good one.

Nobody could join Jay??

Based on change in domain registration info it seems Jay moved from France back to UK.
Domain was renewed in October 2011 (still with French address), but it now redirects to modelguns.eu which is not available.

Ahhh, maybe a good hope.
I really want to see this website come back.

May not be...it's more difficult to trade guns in the UK than France (and this is the very reason that the business shifted to France in the first place)...

Yes, true!
So, Vive la France !!

I doubt if Jay will re-open his modelgun site. It was closed due to a family illness emergency for almost 2 years now, so most of his customers will have sought other places to buy. The page can no longer be visited at all.

There were a lot of rumors what had happened to him.

I also have the feeling that interest in modelguns is getting smaller in Germany over the last 2 - 3 years. Of course there are a few enthusiasts that have their sources, mostly in Japan. I know quite a few people who were mad about getting such a realistic model but when they got it, they got quickly fed up by all the little troubles that come with such a thing like firing troubles, cleaning work and parts availability, and they move on to something else.
So I doubt if Jay would be able to make a living only by selling modelguns on-line today.

Does anyone know if gunsnguys is still in business?

Most recent information is in that thread:
https://mp40modelguns.forumotion.net/t3295-guns-n-guys-still-active

Update on G&G's shopfront: they'd actually expanded by buying off portion of that small RC model shop next to them so now they're 50% bigger than before (bought something exclusive from them and will show you all here later )...but for them still no plan to revive their online business unfortunately...

Hey Jim, each time you post a message you say " I buy a new replica"....I wonder how many replica you have
Maybe you can open a shop only for this forum

Nowhere near with those die-hard collectors with deep pockets...lost count but many are in same model only with different materials...large-scale collections commenced since returning to HK around 2005...

I will tone down as I start to feel I'm slowly becoming a show-off ...

Big props to shazhib, very good to deal with, and patient. Thank you very much, I am more than happy with the service you provided, and will be buying from you again.