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We’d like to thank everyone for their kind words and heartwarming stories. We have posted a few stories and comments here for all to enjoy. Keep sending them, although we can’t post them all here, we will find a place on our website to share your incredible stories with everyone.

Dear Mike, Lauren, Good Morning,

I received the model Bell 206 this morning. I am so pleased with the model, and the attention to detail.

This is the 2nd model I have had from FDM, and again my expectations have been surpassed.

I would like to thank you and your team in the Philippines for producing this exact model, that I flew in back in 1987. Thank you.

Very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Kind Regards,

Andrew

Mike,

Received the Sabre 60 model this afternoon. Put it on my display shelf with ten other Models I've flown. And this FDM model makes the others look like Ned and the Primer. The detail and paint is awesome. I walk out of the room and come back with a glass of tea and look some more. Really looking forward to the other two now I know what to expect.

Thanks for a great job.

Ron Little
Ridgeland, Mississippi

P.S. I will show it off.

The model is amazing I received t yesterday it I'm more than astonished with it. Unbelievable.

Chandler Gorham

Good afternoon Mike,

I wanted send this as everyone likes to hear good news, and more so when it is about something they have had a part in.

The last of the four (4) models was presented to it’s owner who was amazed upon receipt.  All of the recipients expressed their excitement about receiving the model and “I’ve got the perfect spot for it”.

Beautiful job!  We look forward to working with you in the future.

Thank you again.  Enjoy your weekend.

Best Regards,
Laurie

Just wanted to let you know that my helicopter arrived on Monday. It is simply beautiful, everything that I expected and more.

Thank you,
Richard

Good morning,

I am not sure who to write to but I wanted to truly thank you guys for the model that you guys created for us.  My husband and his father had pieced together a 1959 Beechcraft V-Tail Bonanza over many years and flown it for many hours.  My father in law is now terminally ill and recently sold the airplane.  It was very difficult for the family.  For our first anniversary, I ordered a custom replica of this airplane for my husband.  It turned out better than I could have ever imagined.  My husband is thrilled and it will commemorate all of the fun times and memories the family has had with the plane.  It is unlike anything any of us have seen.  I am so glad that I found your company and thank you for doing what you do.

Thank you!
Jenna and Andrew Hill

Hank,

I just want to let you know the Aerostar Model arrived just now and I am delighted with the quality and finish of it…it’s absolutely stunning. Unfortunately the recipient (my boss) is out for the day, so I have set it up on his desk. (he is out working on the real one). He will be blown away when he comes back and sees it.

Once again thanks very much and I will definitely be recommending you to other people I know who will want models made of their aircraft.

Regards,
Robert Corben

Just wanted to let you know I received my AC-47 Spooky. I am really pleased with the model, it's a daily reminder of when it saved my ( and a lot of other ) ass(s) after being attacked at Pleiku AB in 1965. What a terrific job and one heck of a conversation piece...Thank you.

S Ron. Chromulak

Mike,

I received the Challenger 604 M-VICA model.

It is beautiful. What a way to memorialize that repossession event that brought the British Emergency Terrorist Response Team to the airport and shut down the airspace.

I posted a few pictures of it on my FB Page Facebook

here is an article about the event

Daily Mail UK

So far I have received several favorable comments

Thank you so much

Kevin Lacey

Danica –

I wanted to tell you that I could not be any more pleased or impressed with the quality of the Piper J3 Cub on floats that your team built for me.

It is very finely detailed and I am sure that I must have driven the builder(s) nuts with all the details like the exposed wiring harness, air scoops, cleats, bracing wires, exhaust, painted steps, the type of numbers on the tail, fuel caps, placards, cowling and rib detail etc – but whomever did it nailed it! What an absolutely beautiful job. The details are just stunning and really make it a model of my plane. I will enjoy this model long after I have stopped flying – and I still have a lot of flying left in me!

If you could please thank whomever worked on it and let them know how very much I appreciate all the hard work they put into it I would really appreciate it. True craftsmen (and women?) are to be admired and whomever built my model is at the top of their profession.

Best regards,
Gary Jennings

Your model was a huge success, and I just wanted to say thank you so much for the huge turn around.
It was even featured in a news article: Shephard Media
Thanks again,
Ashleigh

Hello, Mike

I was going to send you an e-mail on Christmas Day, but then decided you would probably not go back to work until Monday.   I wanted to let you know how happy I was to receive my Corsair in time for Christmas!!  She arrived in the afternoon of Christmas Eve!!

You may not remember but last September, my good friend, Rick Davey sent to you an e-mail (attached below), and he and I began communicating with you and then with Anjelica.  For a while we both wondered if she would arrive here in  New Mexico by Christmas.  Your company staff and UPS kept the promise!!  Thank you so much!!

Not only did she arrive here on time, but also she traveled nearly 8,000 miles in  three days!!  The world is certainly smaller now!!

My Skyboss is gorgeous!!  She is exactly what I had envisioned!!

I have long been interested in Corsair, and Rick helped me fulfill my dream.  He found your company and worked with your staff on the detail.

Thank you so very much for the excellent quality product!!   I will include a few photos.

 

Marilyn Johnson

Good afternoon,

I just wanted to tell you guys thank you so much for the great customer service. The timing was perfect!
I received the model airplane, love the look and is much larger than we expected, which is a great thing.
Not only that, but for you also did a follow up to see if it was received.
You rock ladies! 🙂

Thanks,

Angela Sanders- McKinnis
Northrop Grumman

Elmer-

I received the LZ131 model last Saturday, and if possible, you and your incredible craftsmen have surpassed the Hindenburg model you made just a few months back. It just looks so "right", even though it was never built, and there is no pictorial reference to base it on. You interpreted my "Technical Data Package" even better than I could have imagined.

When I place it next to the Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin II models, they seem to shrink.

Your team has certainly learned how to make airship models. There are no finer ones than the ones you've made for me.

When I can figure out how to get all three of them together in a good location, I'll take a picture and send it to you.

In the meantime, know that my fertile imagination is already at work on the next project - and yes, it will be another airship.

When you find something good, you stick with it.

Thank you once again for another magnificent miniature masterpiece.

To Be Continued....
John

Dear Ashley;

I waited a few weeks to respond to let the impact of my purchase sink in and I still cannot emphasize enough that any expectation of this order and quality was surpassed by your skilled artisans. I am in the process of creating a Plexiglas case to properly display my Bonanza A36.

Several times per day as I glance over towards the Bonanza it brings back great memories and gives me a positive feeling regardless of any days challenges. I never realized it before but the photos provided were taken prior to the Digital age of cameras and this model is so pristine and crystal clear it truly represents the care and pride I would take when piloting this aircraft.

Once again please pass along my best wishes and sincere gratitude to all of your staff involved with making this gift to myself possible and is such a daily inspiration I feel there is another poem hidden somewhere in the back of my mind in tribute to this order.

Sincerely,
Ed Woods

Hi Lauren,

I received our model aircraft today - it's fantastic thank you! Everyone is really impressed and now we all want one!

Kind Regards
Dulcie

I just received my f-16C clear canopy model and to say I am thrilled is an understatement. I have over 50 models that contain aircraft from WW II and modern military and commercial airliners and none even come close to this one.

I only wished my Dad was still alive when I found your website. He flew on a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 15th air corp. He would have been so proud to receive the model of that aircraft that is far superior to any model maker that I've seen in catalogs.

Please thank your artisans for my superior very detailed model. I will be ordering more in the future.

Thanks,
Steve Henry
Glen Mills Pa

Dear Lauren,

Yesterday I received a box. It contained the exceptionally well packed model of my aircraft.

I am absolutely delighted with the result. Please thank all the employees involved in creating this meticulously produced replica of my Seneca II N37US. I am sure it will produce more orders for you when I show it to my many pilot friends.

Regards from a very satisfied customer.
Charles

Good morning, Lauren!

Pete here, I just received the Dornier 328 Turboprop model and y’all have out done yourselves again! This model will be placed in the Cavalcade of Wings display in the main hall of the Albuquerque International Airport. Thousands stop and look at this display every year. The Dornier could not have more exposure in my opinion!

The display is filled with aircraft with ties to Albuquerque either by being based here or provided service or testing here at ABQ International. Thanks and please pass this email on the those in Angeles City and there in Arizona

Thanks again for the wonderful service y’all provide, we’ll have another model on order soon.

Sincerely,

 

Pete Ettinger

The  model looks EXCELLANT! Special  thanks  for  making  this  aircraft model for us... it  looks  really
fantastic!  FACTORY   DIRECT  MODELS  is  a  great  company ....all  the  best!

Roger and Tricia Martin ---AUSTRALIA.

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