As of May 15th, Dumas Products will be no more. No more wooden boat kits. No more balsa plane kits.
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Any idea what killed them? Or are they getting bought out, a little industry consolidation?If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub. -
From what I gather, it's due to a lack of sales. Their boat hardware was on the expensive side. The email stated that: "Dumas is closing. But we prefer to think of it as sailing off into the sunset."Comment
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... maybe they refused to sell 'printers'?Who is John Galt?Comment
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Amazon is the real culprit, IMHO. All the local Hobby Stores were forced to close. No more hand crafted models displayed in store windows. No more model train layouts in the middle of the store at Christmastime. No more sage advice from the store owner. No more local bulletin boards. Local culture and communities were destroyed. Now everything is “on line”, virtual or AI simulation.
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Dumas Products – Dumas will be closing operations effective May 15th, 2026. Office hours Monday – Thursday 7:30am – 4:00pm MST. Closed Friday-Sunday.
Links. I will miss their line of Chris Craft Boats models. They are beautiful to look at.Comment
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Never really found much inspiration in model shops for subs. When it comes to availability of stuff, I've never known it better, almost too much choice really, which can sometimes bring its own problems.
What I do miss are the large model shows, they've almost completely vanished in the UK.
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