Whatever happened to WeCoHe?

[43rdRecceReg]

Whilst enjoying leafing- metaphorically- through Painless' engaging Tamiya static Tiger 1 to RC ready thread, I noted he made use of a set of amazing wheels from a company called WeCoHe. My curiosity peeked, I checked them out and
found they were a bespoke German enterprise, and had gone out of business some time in 2011. What a dreadful waste of talent. The following are images of some of their astonishing products :

Game

WeCoHe Panther G front.jpg (41.51 KiB) Viewed 2457 times

Set..

WeCoHe Panther G front.jpg (41.51 KiB) Viewed 2457 times

and,

Match..

WeCoHe panther G rear.jpg (60.76 KiB) Viewed 2457 times

Also:

Wonder Woman's Tank?

and this amazing kit..does anyone still have one?

Great kit..too pricey though

WeCoHe panther kit.jpg (73.29 KiB) Viewed 2457 times

If nothing else,I expect we can take some good ideas from these legacy photos.. Now I'm wondering what had happened to the guy/guys behind these designs. Surely they're still around somewhere, I thought..with that level of commitment and involvement.But, alas, I could find no traces on the net..nor any tracks to follow, but some links brought me a site producing beautiful gearboxes bearing a strong resemblance to the bespoke ETO models. So perhaps the trail hadn't gone entirely cold ..inasmuch as there are still some very clever people out there interested in 1/16 tanks.. :http://www.modellspiegel.com/getriebe-gearbox-1-16/
and a sample:

Get your teeth into these gears..

This firm came and went long before I got into the hobby. Bummer. I just hope that others will won't go the same way as WeCoHe (Ludwig et al..). They won't if we support them, eh?

[EddyK]

rctank.de is starting to sell something from Wecohe...

http://www.rctank.de/navi.php?jtl_token ... 79&x=0&y=0

[maxmekker]

Yes , he has started to release a few good looking 'hop ops' for us tankers. Also I was told some new gearboxes was to be released in not so distant future

[Woz]

I think the fact that they spent a lot of time and money producing their Panther (which looks amazing) then both Tamiya and HengLong released theirs, didn't help them much.