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Welcome to the Kerr & King website. Over the past couple of years we have worked tirelessly, thinking about it maybe 'endlessly' is a better word, to bring you the very best cast resin product that we can at prices that offer good value for money.

Last year we introduced free shipping on all orders exceeding 10 GBP to anywhere in the world see the free shipping link for full details.

Can't believe it's been that long since we updated our site, where does the time go? Despite being absent from the computer we haven't been idle. We've been working on a new moulding technique that will produce vastly more accurate roofs for our buildings with absolutely no gaps. Using this new technique we have completed our latest 'City in a Box set' Northern France: Les Verrieres. They buildings are being moulded as we speak and we are hoping to have limited quantities for the Albanich show in Dumfries this weekend so if you want to be the absolute first to get your hands on one come along to the show, but come early as we're not sure how many we'll have available.

Also today we have more vehicles for you KK-219 a British Quad, KK-222 German Kfz15 staff car, KK-223 German Kfz70 transport, KK-224 British Indian Pattern Carrier, KK-225 German SdKfz7 8-ton Half-track, KK-226 Kubelwagen and finally KK-227 an Opel Blitz 3-ton truck.

Hopefully we should have the new City in a Box for you next week, if everything goes smoothly with the moulding process.

Hi, we've got some more vehicles for you this week, to start off we have KK-215 the British 3 ton truck and KK-216 the 3 quarter ton truck both are ideal for transporting troops or towing guns, they both have a covered back so there's no need to source and paint seated crew. Not wanting to neglect the Axis powers we also have KK-217 a SdKfz 10 halftrack again useful for towing lighter field pieces.

Last but definitely not least we have fresh from the moulds we have our latest efforts KK-220 the German SdKfz 250/1 halftrack and KK-221 the heavier SdKfz251/1 halftrack.

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Both 250's and 251's have four stowage variants and each is supplied with a white metal gunner figure. At present we only have a limited supply of about 40 gunners at present as we await the production moulds to be pressed, so for now it's first come first serve with the gunners when we run out we will send you your vehicles and then forward you your figures as soon as our first batch of 300 land at the Voodoo Lounge.

We've got quite a few things to cover today. Firstly our recently released Soviet SU-57's, they have been so popular, it seems everyone likes a bargain, that the mould has been run to near destruction and we have already had to remould them. But instead of just dusting off the masters (like they've had time to get dusty) and re-moulding them we decided to fancy the up a bit first and added a selection of stowage to the outside and the occasional shell and spent round for the main gun to give the whole thing a more 'lived in look'. We haven't had time to paint them yet but here's that they look like straight out of the mould "sans barrels", that's how posh folk say "without the barrels" apparently.

Also we weren't too happy with the fantasy 30mm dockside base mould KK-129, it wasn't what we'd class as knackered but we thought it could benefit from a re-mastering and re-moulding, here's the result. Again we think it was worth the effort.

Next we get to the new releases. We'd promised more vehicles, last weeks covered Russian truck KK-211 and KK-212 the open backed Russian truck have both been very popular over the last seven days, so this week we've brought you the promised KK-213 Stalinets and we've accelerated our release schedule and brought forward their German counterparts KK-214 the RSO tractors. Both come in two variants which are supplied randomly and all are priced at only £1.50 each

We've just got our selves sorted out after attending Carronade this weekend, great weekend up in Falkirk as usual, thanks to everyone who dropped by the stand to say hi, it's always good to see and hear from you guys.

Getting on to new stuff, we've had a small range of 15mm vehicles for a while, we started with the Jagdpanzer L70 platoon which continues to be very popular, but 4 tanks for £16 how could it not be. We followed that up recently with the release of our long awaited Half-tracked assault gun and now while sticking with the Soviets tackle the thorny problem of transports, we all need them but don't want to layout the £5 a time for a truck that doesn't really play much of a part in a game. So to that end we bring you KK-211 the 15mm Russian Truck with covered back, excellent as a troop transport as you don't feel obliged to paint up any seated figures to put in the back, and KK-212 an open backed variant that has a tarp across it again negating the need to paint extra figures.

We have quite a few vehicles on the range now including a fantastic German SdKfz 251/1 with 5 sculpted variants and an equally fab SdKfz 250/1 also with 5 variants finally those elusive Gepanzerte Panzergrenadierkompanies and Aufklarunsschwadrons will be available a reasonable price. Those models are awaiting moulding but should be available in a week or so. Next week we'll finish of the remainder of our Soviet vehicles with the release of our Stalinet.

The Gurkhas have proved successful which is great and we are currently planning our next two WW.II platoon packs so keep and eye out for more details.

Well that's Salute over for another year, and what a great show it was this year. As always we took the Kerr&King camera along to get some photos of the show and the games going on to include on the site and as usual we never got time to look around. Not that we are complaining it was a fantastic day and it was really great to see and speak to all you guys that stopped by the stand.

As always we had shortages of certain items despite taking more stock than we have ever taken to any show before by a very considerable margin. So again if you definitely have something in mind from us I cannot recommend enough that you pre-order from us using our pre-order email address which is currently taking orders for the up upcoming Carronade show on the 10th May in Falkirk.

Right on to the new stuff, we have a couple of things for you today, first of all our long awaited first set of metal figures, KK-210 the 15mm Gurkha Rifle Company are now on our site and available for order, we're still awaiting our first full production batch however in the interim we have several pre-production sets. The set comprises 39 figures to provide a full strength rifle platoon, command team and all the options such PIAT, light mortar and Boys AT rifle. The figures are sculpted smaller than standard 15mm figs to reflect that the average Nepalese man only stands around 5' 4". The figures are also available bundled with todays other release KK-209 Rifle Platoon Base set.

Lastly I've got some early photos of this years Kerr&King Britcon '08 giveaway objective marker. This year we decided to stick with the alternate film ending theme and opted for the Great Escape. In our ending not only did Stevie Mac not make it across the Swiss border but those ruthless shot his bike out from under him and then add insult to what must be considerable injury ran over him with a half-track.

This is an early photo of the finished piece, it will come boxed with a selection of goodies. First off there'll be a length of barbed wire included which has been very generously donated by Antenociti's Workshop which we are very grateful for, then there will be a figure of a German with and MG42 to stand at the half-tracks gun shield which we had sculpted and lastly although certainly not least those lovely folks at Peter Pig have dug deep and donated a pair of German figures from their excellent PBI range for each objective marker. We'd like to thank both Antenociti's Workshop and Peter Pig figures for their incredible generosity in helping us make this years giveaway even better than last years. Thanks guys!!

More new stuff today. Don't know if you're all like us, we go to shows and all have to make at least on 'unnecessary purchase' in fact it's come a bit of a tradition now. Every show be all buy something that we think is very cool but we don't really have much use for.

Stick with me, there is a point and I am slowly wending my way towards it.

One such purchase we made was a set of figures from Peter Pig, the absolutely fabulous 'Brits Brewing Up' set. I loved them, but I had no practical use for them, for a start I have a large German Flames of War Army so they were never going to fully integrate with the boys from the third reich. So all in all not really of much use to me.

Get ready here's the point, we're finally there.

The point of all this preamble is that today we're releasing our latest Objective marker KK-208 the Brits 'Brewing Up' Objective Marker. It has spaces for three 15mm figures, ideally the aforementioned "Brits Brewing Up" figures , who are all gathered around the back of a truck with the old jerry can in the fire enjoying a well earned cuppa 'rosy lee'. Anyhow that's about it check it out if you like it we'll be selling them at Salute.

While on the subject of Salute there's only a couple of days left to place any pre-orders to endure you get the items you want and snag yourself a 10% discount into the bargain. Just email your requirements to our pre-orders address and we'll get them sorted for you. Please not we cannot guarantee pre-order received after Monday 14th April do not much time left.

Very important, we've had to change a couple of our email addresses the amount of spam we were getting every day had got to the point where we couldn't effectively sieve through it and as as result we have missed a few urgent mails from customers. If you have been affected we'd like to appologise and assure you that we are now working to fix you individual problems.

The accounts that have been changed are the sales and enquiries lines from now on please use these links Sales, Enquiries or the ones in the Contact Us section which have been updated. We will continue to monitor the old addresses for a few weeks just so we don't miss anything.

Hi, got something a bit different today, after our very successful JagdPanzer IV L70 Platoon we've got around to our latest vehicle release the Soviet SU-57 Assault Gun Halftrack. We have struggled with this, since we started using Polyurethane resin which is a lot tougher and nowhere near as brittle as Polyester we strove to produce a one piece casting of this but after many failures and a mountain of defunct moulds we had to admit defeat, so what you get is a resin body and an aluminium barrel which needs pinning in place, to make this easier on you guys we opted aluminium tube as opposed to rod so you can easily glue a bit of pinning metal in the barrel instead of struggling to drill a hole in the centre of a very small metal rod.

Also, we are getting very close to Salute, I know we've mentioned it before but we cannot take massive stocks of all our extensive range to the show. In particular we will be carrying only limited numbers of our 20mm range of vehicles and buildings as for KK-065 the large Sci-fi Building we are only producing them to order, also despite our best efforts certain 15mm items always seem to sell out quickly such as KK-134 the Horsa Glider, KK-161 City in a Box - Field Fortifications and KK-166 15mm Allied Landing Craft, so if you'd like to pre-order any of these items or anything else could you please contact pre-orders and mark your email Salute Pre-order. Last day for Pre-order is Monday 14th April

Lastly, the Gurkhas are coming, they are currently being moulded and unless something catastrophic happens we are hoping to have them on sale at Salute, as soon as the fist casts come back I'll get some photographs posted.

First off we'd like to thank everyone that stopped by our stand on Sunday at the West Midlands Military Show, it was a great day and as always it was good to see you guys.

Today we've got our new Artillery Battery base set KK-206. The set comes in three configurations for 4, 8 and 12 gun batteries and features a really cool staff team base the has them housed in an old derelict farm building.

We've updated our events calendar with the addition of a couple of new shows, firstly we're going up to Dumfries for Albanich on the 5th of July where we are Sponsoring the Flames of War tournament. And later in the year we're going to Gamecon '08 in Manchester on the 1st and 2nd November. We remain committed to the gaming community as we continue to support Flames of war events at BRITCON OLYMPIAD 2008 14th-1th of August in Manchester where there are Kerr&King trophies for both Mid and Late War competitions, at UK Games Expo 31st May-1st June in Birmingham, and Old Glory Wolrd Wargames Championships at Derby on 4th-5th October where not only will we be providing fantastic prize support but there is to be a new Kerr&King Trophy.

Lastly, our next show will be at Salute in April. As you all know this is the real big show, last year a number of customers were disappointed that we did sell out of several items by lunchtime, we will endeavour to take as much stock as we can cram into the van but space is finite and we can only 'lug' so much stuff. To avoid possible disappointment you can ensure that any item you want are put to one side by pre-ordering. Simply contact Pre-orders and give them you name and a list of what you'd like and we'll make sure your items are reserved, plus we will give a 10% discount on all pre-orders received before 12th April.

Hi, little bit late with this I had planned to have it 'up' on Friday, but the best laid plans and all that.

Today we've got our latest set of infantry bases for you, it's a set of six 4-man bases with a very definite 'dead cow' motif. Inspired by the photos of fields of dead animals on the aftermath of the D-Day landings and a certain film we decided to do a set of bases KK-205 4-Man Infantry Bases - Dead Cows. You could either use the whole set together or intersperse them with other bases a couple per platoon to give a flavour.

We have our first show next weekend at Alumwell the West Midlands Military Show on Sunday 9th, if you're in the area drop in and say hi, we'll have our new artillery battery set of base on sale for the first time. As always we are taking pre-orders for the show so if you want to make absolutely sure that we have the items you require when you get there get in contact with the sales guys and tell them what you require and we'll make sure it's put to one side for you.

As promised I have the alterative minefield section for you today it isn't in the best of taste but it is an accurate representation of the plight of hundreds of hapless creatures that invariably get caught in the crossfire so to speak. KK-203 Fortification - Minefield (cows) depicts a group of bovines that learned the hard way that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence. This new minefield has been added as an option to KK-204 Fortification - Pioneer set so you can either purchase the set with the jeep minefield or the dead cows minefield by clicking the relevant button.

I've also heard that the first 'greens' of the new 15mm WW.II Gurkhas have just arrived, although I haven't got access to them at present I can confirm that we are moving forward on time with our first metal release.

That's all for now, I'll hopefully see you next week with a new set of 4 man infantry bases. Until then stay lucky.

I now Tuesday is a strange day for an update but I figures you guys had waited long enough for an update to put it off until Friday, besides I'm hoping to have even more stuff for you by the end of the week.

Well we have releases so I'll do that bit first. Today we've got our new Minefield and Barbed Wire Entanglements for you they are standard size for 15mm games such as FoW being 8" (20cm) x 2" (5cm) and are cast in polyurethane resin which as well as being hideously expensive is very stable, so no warping, and doesn't suffer from the brittleness that plagues Polyester resins which makes it much more durable for gaming. KK-201 is the barbed wire entanglement which has 3 design variants which are supplied randomly and KK-202 is the Minefield. Lastly in true Kerr&King style we offer a bundled deal KK-204 where you can get one each of the 3 barbed wire entanglements and a minefield at a discounted cost. If you check in again on Friday I should have the alternate minefield design for you as well.

Under the 'coming soon' heading I can confirm that we have a second minefield, I know I just told you that but you may not have been paying attention, also we have a new set of 4-man bases based on a scene from a classic WW.II film and a new Artillery set with will feature 4 new gun bases a command team, spotter and a really cool base for you Staff Team. Lastly after the success of our Jagdpanzer IV platoon we hope to have in the next couple of weeks an SU57 platoon for all you Soviet players.

Last time I was hear I mentioned Kerr&King figures and was very cryptic about it, well now I can confirm that we will be producing a range of 15mm WW.II Gurkhas. The all the sculpting is being done by one time Games Workshop celeb and living fossil Phil Lewis, the first sculpts are nearing completion so it could be just a matter of weeks before Kerr&King miniatures becomes a reality. More on that as it happens.

Well that's about it for now, I should be back on Friday with more new resin releases, hopefully see you then.

Hi, it's been awhile since I last did this but we have been busy, it hasn't been all endless rounds of show business parties, quaffing pints of Dom Perignon with super models. If fact there hasn't been any of that.

Before I get to what we have been doing let me tell you what we have new today, it's the long awaited 40 and 25mm plain edged sci-fi bases KK-199 and KK-200. The 40mm bases come in a set of 4 while the 25mm ones come in a set of 8 both sets are priced at our standard £3.50 for Sci-fi and Fantasy Base sets which we think makes them superb value for money.

Okay I can't put it off any more. This month we have been making several deals which will enable us to expand our range and improve how we can support both the hobby and you the gamers, actually we should really include ourselves in that statement as we are all avid gamers.

It's still early days so I have to be carefully how much I say at this point, but I think it will be okay for me to say that we have commissioned our first range of 15mm metal figures. I have been warned by 'the powers' not to go into too much detail at this point but I have recently seen the early 'greens' and they are looking very good. I will bring you more on that as soon as I can. As well as news on another long term project we have committed to just as soon as everything is finalised.

Also this month we have been making things, currently being moulded is our forthcoming 'Pioneer set' which comprises a set of 3 Barbed Wire Entanglements and a Mine field, hopefully we should have them for you next week, we also have a brand new Artillery bases set which is just having the finishing touches put on it and a new set of 4-man infantry bases with a very strong 'Saving Private Ryan' feel a little bit unusual but I think you are going to like them.

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