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Plus whatever they overdrew their account for..

Proof that stupidity has no bounds. On tiktok some bright bulb discovered if you write a check to yourself and you have less than that in your account you can withdraw from that deposit. In their grand stupidity they thought they were getting free money. lol

Back to the drawing board is what Boeing is going to have to do with Starliner.

And the saga continues. Today is the day for Starliner to unlock. Will it crash into the ISS, burn up, or actually make it back to earth.

Even with testing mixing paint brands always has the potential for issues. Companies produce paint systems. Mixing brands means that you have no niceties like recommended recoat times. You used three different brands of paint on your project which is always a recipe for disaster.

Got my copy on Friday.

Cool. Glad to see you back on this great project.

Yup this is spot on. And between the lower volumes in kit sales and the limited appeal of certain subjects it limits what can be produced. In most cases any new kit has to have several versions to make the numbers work. Al5hough that limits new styrene kits 3d printing does allow a larger number of options for subject matter.

Fact or fiction it's often difficult to determine these days.

You have to make the decision if something is worth the price. However you also have to realize that the final price has to reflect the costs to produce thar product.

Considering that buying a airbrush and compressor package if a builder doesn’t think the airbrush works for them why would you buy one if you're not going to use it. And there is a little more than just the cleaning an mastering the airbrush you also have to figure out the mixing ratio for the paints. So not only are you dealing with cost but a learning curve..

Whether intentionally or unintentionally some of the posts can be interpreted as if things aren't done this way it is wrong. I think there are merits to both spray cans and air brushes. It really depends on which works best for you.

You are the master of your own destiny.

I think there is a lot to be pleased with the hobby these days. There has been some great diversity in the kits being produced. The biggest Iissue is sufficient sales to make the financial aspect work. The problem with non mainstream subjects is in most cases the volumes don't exist to justify the development costs for styrene kits. 3d printing will offer more opportunities for those subjects to be produced. As far as the 3d prints and resin kits not having plating I think it is a lack of vendors that are willing to do small volume plating. There is a need for a plating service for the hobbyist. The other option is electroplating parts which is more likely. And I agree with others this thread belongs in the aftermarket section. At this point resins kits are what is being sold.

And they are the ones risking the money. I would love to see a full detail styrene Tucker hit and would buy 2 but realistically realistically that it would not generate enough sales.

And if that is the way somebody wants to build and have a good time I see nothing wrong with it. The same person might wonder why anyone would spend months or years on a model. It's a hobby and we all enjoy it in different ways.

Funny how everybody says they don't want to build more corvettes, camaros, and Mustangs and none of them are on that list!!

The mistake of sending up a craft with issues presents another potential issue. The thruster failure could cause the starliner to crash into the ISS. Plus the unlocking sequence is meant to be manned and without the crew it will require possibly unproven software to handle the undocking. And a note of irony the starliner vehicle name Calypso was a Greek God who held a man captive.

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All I know is without knowing what the cost are and the sales volume it cannot be determined whether there is a ROI. No company can afford to lose money or not it just that simple.get a ROI and stay in business.

Just saw in the news that the starliner is returning without the astronauts and in a separate article the space x will be bringing them back next year.

If just the body and interior is kept that means that the one piece glass would have to be kept and you wouldn't have the nice interior tub with separate side panels. However until someone can show the actual tooling cost and projected sales this is all meaningless speculation. I still think it's going to be hard to get a ROI.

When I said new tooling I mean starting from scratch. Turning a promo chassis to mulipiece would be a challege. From hour round 2 example where would Johan get a detailed cha@is for the Roadrunner or for the Javelin.

The advantage of doing new tooling would be allowing more than one version to be produced which would make a better opportunity for a reasonable return on investment. Although cloning might be cheaper I think it would be more difficult to generate the sales to generate a ROI.

I would think the biggest issue would.be batt e Ryan life. My guess it's made for doing fingernails. Not sure how well it would work for painting model car bodies.