Re: 1/2 studio scale Offworld Blimp
Oh - in case there's a question, I plan to start an interest thread soon on this, once we firm up the dimensions.
The plan is to offer a 1/2 scale (24") rotocast blimp form AT COST, because I really just want to cover the molds/materials and get two forms into my hands to make both versions of the blimp. No idea on price, that will come with the interest thread. I also will do a run of photoetch for the gondola/gantry/antennas/etc, so that too will be made available, as well as the "recipe" for 1/2 studio scale donor kits (it's nice that the gondola used a 1/35th kit that has a 1/72nd equivalent!).
We'll also make available decals of all of the graphics seen plastered on the blimp...
Finally, you will need to buy your own LCD screens for this - the 10.whatever inch screens (non-letterbox ratio) that play video files work perfectly for 24" blimp forms, and
I will also provide you with the mpeg file of the offworld ad, if you are a builder in this project, in a size that is ready to load onto your screens. I got mine off of eBay for $60 a pop, and they have stereo speakers, lol - so two speakers will blare the ad narration, and the other two will have a rumble/horn sound for the proper ambiance.
CAVEAT - this will not be 100% accurate. I never did get a chance to get myself or someone else in front of the miniature as it exists today to completely document the form/details. There will be some guess work. But every honest effort has been made to get this as close to perfect/ugly as possible, and hell, I'm even going back to Japan in November and have set aside an afternoon to hook up with a fella who has uncut PE sheets from the production, so I can scan/scale them down!
So please don't post "I'm IN!!!" here - I just wanted to answer that question a few of you might have about it being a kit. Yes, a starter kit...