Originally posted by moffeaton@Jan 14 2006, 12:51 AM
NO offense intended with what I'm about to say, but Alfred does a "close enough for the casual fan" job on every master he makes, and has admitted as much. There's plenty of people that'd be satisfied with that, but I want what I saw on the screen. The Wong shuttle master is NOT a studio scale shuttle - and it's only "kind of" accurate.
There are so many things you'd have to tweak that it'd be easier to start from scratch. My plate is WAY full right now with things I'm currently making and have promised to make and help out on, but there have been talks... and I think masters could be made for a kit, relatively realistically priced and accurately built, within a calendar year. Kit could roll out in early to mid 2007.
I'm willing to wait, help the knowledgable studio scale guys join forces and see a BIGA55 Galactica Shuttle from accurate molds. I've talked to a few of you already about this, and am thinking that once we're done our current builds and masters, we can do this justice. I've got a bunch of donor kits for this thing already...
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Well, you can chalk me up as a "casual fan".
Long story short: I thought the shuttle pattern was truly groovy. I wanted a copy in a major league way. Jonesin' for a Colonial Shuttle... that's me. I thought Alfred did a arse-kickin' job.
When I show off a piece to anyone BUT one of you folks, I could tell them that it was originally built with popsicle sticks and elmer's glue and that my replica is EXACTLY the same and not a single one of them would know the difference. Truly.
Of course, I wouldn't lie about the accuracy. I don't lie on purpose. But nobody I'll ever have visit my basement workshop will ever look at anything on the shelf and declare it unfit as a replica because of detail innaccuracy. They just don't know the difference.
Do I work for accuracy when I build? Of course. But my acceptance level of innaccuracy has a pretty fluid sliding scale.
Get what you pay for? You bet. The pre-order price is what got me to order it in the first place. If a super screen-accurate kit came out tomorrow for twice the price, I just wouldn't be able to afford it. That's my end of this equation.
Not trying to poo-poo you fellas who are into the absolute accuracy. I think that's admirable as well. I'm just not on that particular bus.
-Gordon