Testimonials

Hi, again!

I just wanted to tell you again, how much your sending your photograph means to me. I printed it out—it will be displayed with the model in its place of honor…

It gives me an idea of your workplace as well as in who you are. It means something to know the faces and the kind and good artists who are behind the creation of this model. It gives the model life and meaning—in that small aircraft, there is a part of each of your precious souls, your caring, your compassion and your hard and heart-felt work, and that means to me more than you will ever know, especially considering how much I loved the Philippines when I had the opportunity to visit your beautiful country.

When I look at my new Avanti, I will think of all ten of you, of how you put your hearts and souls into this, and I am most deeply honored at the beautiful work you have done for me.

I only hope the price I paid for it was enough to help you and your families at least find a small fraction of the happiness you have brought to me.

Again, Maraming Salamat Po, and God Bless you all!

A.

Model just arrived today.
AMAZING!
You guys do really, REALLY good work!

Thank you very much for taking the time to "do it right".
I know the color was quite the challenge for you but rest assured It is spot on brilliant!

Scott Cannon
Captain, Gulfstream G-IV

The model is perfect. Please extend my appreciation to Mr Morrison and all who participated in making my model. I worked on this particular plane in VMF(N)542, El Toro, Ca. as a RADAR Tech. in 1954-55.

Thanks for the great service, Lou

Great process and experience. Including revisions. Model detail is second to none. Anxious to accept safe delivery.

Trekker Armstrong

Wow! That's incredible, really like the way it turned out. My dad will love it!

Thanks!

Kevin Murray

It looks fabulous! We are conducting a meeting today and tomorrow with NASA (the manager of the CCDev Program) and we have the model displayed in the meeting area and everyone just loves it! Great work!!

Thank you,

K. Rodgers

Once again, your artisans have done an excellent job on my latest order. This model is sure to be my desktop favourite. I'll continue to look to Factory Direct my future aircraft model orders, and give your firm the highest recommendation to my friends.

Richard Albert

Dear Factory Direct Models:

We have received our Commander 114-B model and were completely blown away by the attention to detail. Every aspect of our plane has been duplicated perfectly. Everyone who has an aircraft should commission a model from your company.

Thank You

Douglas Chadwick
Randy Westphal

Mike,

I just saw pictures of the pictures of the 303 and I'm very pleased with the results.
Thanks a lot! FDM was certainly a much better experience than the nightmare I went through with "Warplanes." Have a good
Thanksgiving. I will be ordering one of my husband's earlier planes in the next few months.

Sincerely,
J. Paschen

This looks outstanding. I apologize for not being more cooperative in sending you the required info. but you did an awesome job in spite of my negligence.

Thanks,
Gary Ward

I am absolutely speechless viewing the stunningly beautiful job you have done re-creating the only Jetliner ever built. My father would be so very proud of the model you have crafted and it will be a very fitting final resting place for his ashes. Thanks to all of the people involved in its creation , from the bottom of our hearts.

Warmest Best Wishes and Thanks
Cavin Armitstead ( and family )

Dear Ms Maricar Perez,

I am writing to let you know that the model of my Beagle Pup (FD10-2305) has been safely delivered by UPS and it has been worth the wait to receive it! The model has been very nicely finished in fine detail and looks very realistic sitting on my office desk for all to admire.

Very many thanks for all your efforts to have it done so well - very much appreciated. Please pass on my thanks to all the others who took part in completing the work, they, too, have done well.

Sincerely,

Howard J Walker

Mike,

My model of N38708 has arrived and your company did not disappoint me. Having flown in the Navy and bringing back from PI several models of the platforms I flew, I believed you could deliver what you promised as your factory was there !

Each and every step of the process was handled professionally by all concerned in order to meet my expectations. The attention to detail down to the specific ADF and PAN antenna left nothing to be desired. Upon your submitting the "draft" model for approval, you rapidly and willingly made those changes requested, even to the ribbing detail on the control surfaces. Your man on the ground in PI, Elmer, was a pleasure to work with as he was most responsive to my emails.

I will be recommending to RR 7 aboard the Midway, they use your company to enhance our exhibit. I can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone to use your company to obtain a model of their aircraft and at a reasonable price.

Respectfully

Garnett W. Haubelt
just an ole Crusader Aviator

Dear Maricar - The two model F-104As arrived today in perfect shape; not even a dent in the boxes. They are most excellently made and show the fine craftsmanship of you and your team. Thanks so much for your hard and intricate work.

You may be interested to know that one model will remain mine. The other is going to and will be displayed in a museum (Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, TX, USA) where the full scale real #56733 is already on permanent display. I will be giving an illustrated presentation on the origin and operational history of the real #56733 this Saturday (Mar. 26) at the Museum. That is why I was really hoping the models would be here by then - and they were and even arrived a day early!

I know you have photos of the models for the files there. I took a picture of them tonight for my records, which is attached for your information.

I hope we do business again sometime soon. Keep up the good work.

Best regards.....John S. "Jack" Gibson (Retired Lockheed Engineering Manager)

Hank,

Wow. How nice that you read my comments and responded to them. A superior company is always led by superior people. Your leadership shows in the quality of your works. This is my third model with you (my fourth is still in production, a floatplane) and each has been perfect. You've captured for all time the excitement and pride I've felt as owner and pilot of these aircraft. The models sit on a shelf in my office and will be with me long after my time as pilot in command has passed. Then they'll go to my sons.

Thanks again for such wonderful work.

Ben

Dear Sir,

I received the model this morning. It is absolutely beautiful, every detail is perfect. Thank you very much. I am very satisfied, if you ever need a referral use me.

Again, thanks!!!

Cliff

Hello ,

I received my model today and a wanted to tell you what an outstanding job your craftsmen did on this model. Please pass along my appreciation to them. The model is absolutly beautiful !

Sincerely,
Mark Osteen

An excellent replica of the "early" U-2! Your artisans did a great job. I especially appreciate the fact that your company chose to model this version of the U-2. So many model companies only model the current marque of the "Dragon Lady". Bravo!

Richard Albert

Congratulations on what appears to be a beautiful job on the model! This is a gift to my nephew who is a student pilot flying this helicoper and graduates in two weeks. His father, a veteran Air Force pilot, was in tears after viewing the pictures of the model. Superb job and thank you for including everything we had discussed during the building process.

Best Regards,
Kent Gibson

Maricar,

Congratulations to the production team on another beautiful effort. It seems that each model that you produce for me is even better than the previous one, although I know that your production standards are consistently the highest possible. The level of detail and quality of finish is fantastic! "Nellie" will make an excellent "companion" to another model I have received from you, the equally attractive Piaggio Avanti II. Bravo!

Salamat,
Richard Albert