Hello,
This is my first post on Kartonbau.de and let me say I am really enjoying the ship models I see here and the different building techniques that are discussed and illustrated.
I hope you can help me with some questions I have concerning the German website Modellskipper.de (http://www.modellskipper.de/).
I found the site through some searches I was doing on the Web for ship plans on World War II ships that I am interested in modeling - specifically the German KM Vorpostenboote and Elbing torpedo boat, the Italian RM Calvi submarine, and the Japanese IJN I-go and I-400 class submarines. When I searched these topics on the modellskipper.de site, I would ultimately end up at the order page.
My German is nonexistent. But using Babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/), I was able to get a general sense of the various page entries. And it seemed that what I needed to get started was to order the "Artikelquellenarchiv", very reasonably priced at 7.50 .
No problem.
I clicked on the various hot links and provided my address and email information. However, the website never asked for any credit card information and when I got to the order confirmation page, the item ordered (Artikelquellenarchiv) was not listed and there were no charges.
I thought this odd but I have dealt with European sites where they contact you separately for the charge card information, so (feeling slightly foolish) I completed the order and, sure enough, was hot linked to a page that, when translated, thanked me for my order and said I would receive an email shortly.
However, it has been about a week since I did this and I've received no email.
So I've begun to wonder if maybe Modellskipper.de is out of business and I have inadvertently stumbled across it's abandoned but still on-line and dutifully functioning website.
I would appreciate it if the German-speaking members of the Kartonbau community can help me understand the situation.
Thanks