bobthehobbyguy

Another beauty. Great choice of colors

With the Hallmark cars and crayola connection its surprising the charger only had a chopped roof. Art given those circumstances we were probably lucky that the charger didn't look worse. Again thanks for the insights.

The Monogram Promodeler Charger is a good example of a worst case scenario. Revell offered to replace the bodys from those that requested a proper body. Once a product gets in the market it is the most expensive way to have to deal with an issue. Also I wonder how many took them up on the offer. Definitely not a profitable situation. Who knows what the root cause was. Was there an measuring error or a problem with the photos? Remember unless somebody in the process knows what the charger looks like the photos and measurements are what is gone by. The Art I agree with you on holding back on the test shots. Seems like it causes more grief. Art thanks for proiding your insights on the process.

Don't think the issue is related to the evergreen. What is your process for painting. Did you do a heavy coat or a bunch of light coats? Sounss to me like the paint was still too soft.

Economics and scale fidelity are related. The price affects what can be achieved in the final product. Harry hit the nail on the head in post 103. Also if you go back to the op it was discussing all factors that can contibute to scale fidelity.

Sorry to hear about the paint problems. What paint are you using? How long are you leaving the tape on for?

Thanks Art for your informative post

Chris any updates? You know it isn't going to build itself.

Nice work. Imaginative design.

Very nice and clean. Great you were able to take a trip down memory lane.

Looking good.

That $2 kit cost $25 now for a variety of reasons. Yes the tooling was done a while back but say it the case of Amt the tooling was purchased fro the previous entry owner and they need to get a return on investment. Then there are licensing costs, higher cost of labor and raw matrrials, and lower volumes of production. All of these things contribute to the current price.

Very nice collection.

Keep up the good work. Coimng along nicely.

Great start. What engine are you using?

Yup I agree 100 percent.

Nice work on your landscaping.

Jordan you are the exception to the rule on paying more. When the truck kit was being discussed there were many complaining about the price. In most cases when the price goes up you lose potential customers which could make or break a kit being released.

Gets better with every update,

Foxer I agree 100 percent. Second if you are not happy with what is being produced don't buy it. Its that simple.

Ray I think what you have is fine. I would just continue with what you have. If you were doing an exact copy it would be different.

I vote for the flattie. Like the concept. Keep up the good work.

Ray looks better now. The overhang is the back looks better now.

A slightly rounded edge on the trunk which also match the rounded edge of the roof. Just a thought.

My two cents. There are deadlines to be meet. There are multiple projects going on at the same time. There are multiple factors that cause inaccuracies to be introduced. Bottom line every project has a budget and hours scheduled. With multiple online sources we can get kit reviews before we commit our case. Either buy a kit or don't. Its really that simple. Just don't start anothervthread on this subject.