Not impossible, mind you, but the buying climate is not like it was when MR was popping out Falcons.
And you could get that signed by Harrison Ford. This doesn't come with anything.
Not impossible, mind you, but the buying climate is not like it was when MR was popping out Falcons.
In the past Lee similar items have been referred to as Studio Scale. That it's not accurate in this case, there is a history of these and similar products ending up here. Is it causing you some pain? Despite its PL origin, it's not really a model as advertised.
So the Qmx model is actually quite a deal, since for $5K the studio is getting their licensing fees, and Qmx pays for their larger overhead. Good to know!
Nicely put Kevin, pure and simple, this is not a studio scale subject, just a model, of a model, so it belongs in the general forum, no pain Tiberious, just a niggle that folks are too ignorant to know the difference.
Lee
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To each according to his budget!!! I won't lie, if money grew from a tree in my yard, I'd be on it so quick it would make your head spin. This model has all the bells and whistles I love for the Enterprise refit. But back down here in my real world, it's way out of my budget. Gonna have to figure out how to do the buildup myself.![]()
IMO A LOT revolves around your hourly rate and how many hours you have into it, and of course licensing rates...
So lets say you have a few hundred in supplies and the stand stand and lets remove some for licensing...
Lets say $4250 left to fudge with...
Now how many hours does the modeler invest from start to finish? And I assume this is a pro-modeler so he isn't charging $5/hour for his services...
From some basic math you can see $1000s add up real quick...
$30/hour 100 hours build time = $3000
BTW 30/hour is only $60,000 a year, hardly out of the ballpark...
Can it be built from start to finish in 100 hours? I have zero clue but I know I have killed 100s of hours on smaller models without even blinking...
Heck even if it only takes 1 minute to install each of the 180 LEDs that is 3 hours killed, time flies if you really start and stop a stopwatch...
There is certainly the fact that you will get better with each build and the 'assembly' line aspects will cut into the time but I'm still guessing there is a boat load of hours into each one...
In the end it's WAY out of my league but there are no doubt people who will jump in and feel justified in spending the cash and enjoy it just the same without any regret...
And like exoray suggested, $30/hr is not a lot for this level of skill.
And like exoray suggested, $30/hr is not a lot for this level of skill.