1/650 EE vac kit

[REL]

AW Studios has purchased a set of molds from me to begin development on a vac formed version of my E E kit.

I'll let them chime in on the details. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out. This will be an affordable version of the kit that I wasn't able to produce.

Thanks

 

[Dobber]

This is very cool news!! Thanks for the info REL. I really wanted one of your breathtaking kits but I just couldn't afford it.

Chris

 

[yodasan]

This is good news! I'm interested in getting one of the vac kits -

 

[vaderman1701]

Thanks Richard.

Once we receive a set of Masters from Rel, we will be going over it with a fine tooth comb and molding it to produce a female resin vacuform mold. Because of the size of the kit, we are inthe process of building a second (larger) vacuform table to go along with our current one.

As soon as we get the masters and have a chance to assess things, we can start looking at when we can start casting and pulling plastic. Because we want to make sure this is done right, we are not going to rush it into production. We want to make this a great vacuform kit that will be a little more affordable, but retain the quality model that Rel created. Pricing is not available yet. We need to figure out how much the materials are going to cost and what it will take to make.

We are not taking orders yet, but certainly want to hear if people are interested in a vacuformed version of this. Please don't hesitate to post here, PM me or e-mail us at awstudios@verizon.net.

Thanks all.

Regards,

Scott
AW Studios

 

[ZOMBIEREPELLENT]

I'm interested. Will this still include the photoetched parts?

 

[TheSt.LouisKid]

Okay so I'm clueless. Does this mean Enterprise E?

If so, it's ambitious to make it in such a fashion.

 

[vaderman1701]

I'm interested. Will this still include the photoetched parts?

Yes it will.

Scott
AW Studios

 

[BarryZ28]

Very interested if the price is right.

 

[Mola Rob]

Will the kit be made from clear plastic for lighting?

 

[ZOMBIEREPELLENT]

I think where the plastic has to be thin enough to capture details, LED's should be able to shine thru the plastic anyway. All you would have to do is a few coats of black on the outside and then after it's all painted sratch the paint off the windows you want lit. cept that would pose a problem for the nacelles...

 

[vaderman1701]

We will be looking at all of the alternatives that will be possible. If we can do lear plastic, then we will. My goal is to pull in at least .060 styrene to give it some stability. We will be making female molds to capture her detail.

Scott
AW Studios

 

[swfan]

I would definitely be interested. Sounds like a great project.

 

[vaderman1701]

Okay so I'm clueless. Does this mean Enterprise E?

If so, it's ambitious to make it in such a fashion.

Yes it is the Eneterprise E. He has been producing these in Fiberglass for the past year. Not really that ambitious. Just need to make female molds from the masters abd them vacuform using them. Our current table pulls 27+ inches of mercury, so we should be able to get a nice draw. We are building a new/larger table that we hope will heattheplastic more efficiently as well.

Right now it will be pulled in white HIPS styrene. We hope to pull in .060. If clear is available and affodanle, we will try it.

Scott
AW Studios

 

[swfan]

Awesome! Whether it is clear or solid styrene, it will definietly be an impressive model.