Bronco & Scout II parts - formerly sold by Olson Bros (Chris Olson)

[gui_tarzan]

First, let me state a couple of facts: As I told everyone a couple of years ago, Chris developed a severe allergy/reaction to the resin that I have heard about but had never seen. If he so much as touches resin parts/products now the reaction he has is extreme tingling in his hands and his vision is affected by becoming extremely light-sensitive for several days. After some discussion between us over time, he agreed to let me try my hand at printing parts. I have had the printer for a while to learn how it works and now I have all of his 3D parts files as of a couple of weeks ago. I use PPE for painting so I use it when I'm printing now too so hopefully I won't suffer the same issues as he did. 

I want to reiterate that I had no part of his business in the past and I still have no intention of re-starting it. What I want to do, however, is try to find those MCM members who paid for parts and never got them so I can try to at least get some of the parts to those people. Unfortunately I am not able to provide the cast resin parts, the 3D printed parts are all I can do. I searched through the forums looking for names and found five. I have only heard back from three but I was able to ship most of the parts to the first gentleman and an order is going out this week to a second. I am doing this on my own because I think it's the right thing to do since Chris is my brother and he fell into a really bad situation. I will not address nor discuss anything regarding his past dealings other than the missing parts. A lot of mistakes were made and it was hard for me to watch.  

If any of you ordered parts and paid for them (or didn't get a refund) but never received parts please message me directly. Please do not post it in this thread. If I can at least provide the missing printed parts I will. If not, I will tell you. 

As a side note, since I have the printer and the files I will be printing batches of things that will be available for sale. I already have quite a few parts ready to go. Since the forum rules state no selling or providing eBay links, I still need to figure out that part. I know there are still people who want some of them and I have the ability to provide a new source for them. I will NOT be taking paid pre-orders and then printing, it's too easy to get buried under that mess. We all know people who did that and ended up disappointing a lot of people. I don't want to be that person.  

 

 

[Khils]

Outstandingly Admirable!!   

Kudos to you! ? 

[Goose1957]

A very upstanding gentleman. Thank you for pursuing this and I hope all the best for you and your family. Thank you from myself and  the modeling community.

Jeff

[mikemodeler]

Jim,

Cannot stress enough that what you have done to right the situation is very admirable, many would have left it alone. I am sorry to hear of Chris's ailments and wish him the best in his recovery. 

And all the best to you in your new adventure, hope it goes well for you and it sounds like you have a solid plan. Be sure to let us know where to find you on eBay so we can support your business.

[stavanzer]

On 11/10/2024 at 12:33 PM, gui_tarzan said:

We all know people who did that and ended up disappointing a lot of people. I don't want to be that person.  

Good On Ya!.

I like many others, will be awaiting further contact information. I hesitated to purchase from Chris. I won't hesitate this time.

Good Luck.

[Jonathan]

Amazing display of integrity.  Thank you so much!

I absolutely wish the best for your brother.

[oldcarfan]

It's nice to see you do this. I understand his reaction to resin. One of my coworkers developed a similar reaction and had to step away from his side business. All I can say is for everyone to use please use at least breathing protection when dealing with resin, especially the dust from sanding. When I sand parts, I feel like I have a cold for a couple of days.