The pics are up on his site! The kit prototype just came back and you are gonn a flip once you see how it came out! http://www.thomasmodels.com/refit/
It is absolutely astounding.
I can't wait to get going on this kit!
That thing is so killer. Sasser did an amazing job on the sculpt. The mechanical precision of the sculpt almost has a machined feel to it. Tight, tight, tight. This thing is easily the greatest representation of the 1701 refit I've ever seen and shockingly, it's not that much smaller than the oft mentioned yet seldom seen Dennis Deboers Enterprise. This kit is considerably cheaper than the Deboers as well, (about $60-$75 retail depending on location). I am so salivating to build this bee-yotch!
Lights,...correct paint scheme and I fully anticipate this taking MONTHS but oh the finished results!
The clear supports are part of the stand and I am pretty sure that the apparent droop is camera distortion as the pictures I have seen of the internal construction of the kit would seem to make droop unlikely.
I have had a case of four on pre-order with Doll and Hobby since may last year. Their price is under $40 each if you buy a case.
Do you have a link for Doll and Hobby? Or does anyone know how yo make a bulk purchase directly from PL? Seems like theres enough interest around here to make it worth while
$41.99 each or $38.99 each if you buy a case of four.
Gary, you are lucky you could get one of these for under $20 if that pans out.
Thomas says they are allready running the molds on these in China, so the only way they would be held back untill April would be if RC2/PL decided to intentionally hold them to build up stocks.
As for what CTV says, lets just say that there seems to be some history between him and Thomas Sasser and leave it at that.....
yeah, I made that mistake on the NX-01... Freaked out when it came in and bought one from ebay... Then is sat on my shelf unopened when Hobby Lobby got theirs in AND had a 50% off sale. There were still some on the shelves after the sale...
Not having access to such stores means getting the best deal I can via the internet, so I am going to buy all those I think I need now and then pick up any others at my leisure.