Interest thread for VF-1 Valkyrie Booster

[Grayson72]

The purpose of this thread is to gauge interest in another production run of the VF-1 Booster add-on kit.

Details:

Preliminary target Price ~$100 + shipping

Limited run of 30 kits

Cast from original masters

New casting process means no seams on the engine bell

New set of custom decals included

Color printed instructions

Interest Count: 13

Mechleader 1

agass4u 1

jorawar_b 1

azrhino 1

LTSO 1

Valkyrie 1

Honneamise 1

Kylwell 1

Valk009 1

Viceland 1

Cobywan 1

Nanashino 1

Jorawar 1

Edited March 2, 2006 by Grayson72

[Viceland]

So Jesse bought the masters huh?... good news.

[Mechleader]

I'd go for one. Can't beat the price for this.

But first I want my launch arm.

[big F]

Well I have one reserved that the Captain has at the mo, But if he sells it before I get the funds together count me in.

[agass4u]

A few questions first:

1. When will production begin?

2. When will you need payment by?

I would like to get one, but I need to make sure I am going to have the money for it before I commit. For me, the longer it takes, the better my chances will be of getting the money together. Unfortunately I have to work within a budget since we will be having our third child soon. Either way, thanks for this opportunity.

[Grayson72]

I need to get interest in at least 20 kits before production can begin, may be a month or so.

[jorawar_b]

I wish they would have made the Launch vehicle, but I wouldn't mind a second run.

[azrhino]

I could go for another one. That way the one I have sitting in the closet will have

a friend.

[Viceland]

Did Jesse also buy the Booster *Launch Rail? and if so, will it also be (re)produced? I might be tempted to go for another Booster if the *Launch Rail comes with it like a combo kit, of course I expect the price would go up.

This would also mean I would need 2 Booster Launch Vehicles, that's right, 2...

*Booster Launch Rail, not to be confused with Jesse's other Launch Arm project well... they both say "launch", might confuse some

Edited March 3, 2006 by Viceland

[Grayson72]

Did Jesse also buy the Booster *Launch Rail? and if so, will it also be (re)produced? I might be tempted to go for another Booster if the *Launch Rail comes with it like a combo kit, of course I expect the price would go up.

This would also mean I would need  2 Booster Launch Vehicles, that's right, 2...

Mike? oooh MiiIIIIiiike?

*Booster Launch Rail, not to be confused with Jesse's other Launch Arm project  well... they both say "launch", might confuse some 

333544[/snapback]

I bought the masters not Jesse, he's doing the casting. Neither of us have the launch rail

[Myersjessee]

Did Jesse also buy the Booster *Launch Rail? and if so, will it also be (re)produced? I might be tempted to go for another Booster if the *Launch Rail comes with it like a combo kit, of course I expect the price would go up.

This would also mean I would need  2 Booster Launch Vehicles, that's right, 2...

Mike? oooh MiiIIIIiiike?

*Booster Launch Rail, not to be confused with Jesse's other Launch Arm project  well... they both say "launch", might confuse some 

333544[/snapback]

Hey all, to be clear I did not buy any of the booster masters. I just offered to help cast them. It make sense as after doing the ones I did once I think I have some pretty good ideas on how to do it even better then the first run.

[Viceland]

I bought the masters not Jesse, he's doing the casting.  Neither of us have the launch rail

333550[/snapback]

OOPS!! sorry...

I got the impression Jesse had bought the kit since he was the one doing the casting, many "Interest Gauging" thread are started by members who are not the ones actually doing the mastering/casting work, but are none the less part of the project handling the communications/money aspect. Plus, there was no reaction to my post #2, so I figured I was right... hence my post #9. Again, sorry about the mix-up.

edit: what did happen to the rail master? John still has it?

Edited March 3, 2006 by Viceland

[Less than Super Ostrich]

I bought the masters not Jesse, he's doing the casting.  Neither of us have the launch rail

333550[/snapback]

Grayson and Jesse... better than Manning and Harrison.

I'm in.

[Valkyrie]

I'll be in for one too. I was too broke to buy one the first time around.

[honneamise]

Must have.... please count me in for one, Chad!!!!

[Robert S]

would it be possable to get just a set of the decals?

[Grayson72]

Sorry, decals are only with the new kits.

[Kylwell]

What kinda of timeline are we looking at? I may have a bit more expendable income next month. If' that's withn the time-line I'm in.

[Valk009]

Put me down for one Seems like this run will have better quality control and those extra decals!

[Grayson72]

What kinda of timeline are we looking at? I may have a bit more expendable income next month. If' that's withn the time-line I'm in.

334862[/snapback]

Hi Kylwell, we won't start production until we get enough pre-orders so it may be awhile. Hopefully we'll get some orders from the folks over at SSM as well.

[Kylwell]

Good...hopefully.

Keep your fingers crossed that this extra income comes through.

[onezero]

Hi Kylwell, we won't start production until we get enough pre-orders so it may be awhile.  Hopefully we'll get some orders from the folks over at SSM as well.

334869[/snapback]

I'd like to get 25 .... but I figure you'd sell about that many here, and there'd be no customers left over to go to SSM and buy one. And $85 is a bit pricey to be sitting gathering dust on my shelves here at the Galactic Control Center...

.. even though $85 is a darn reasonable price for this kit, especially if it now comes with decals.

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/mecha/jb_booster.htm

^ Gundamhead's review of the first issue.

Edited October 8, 2005 by onezero

[Viceland]

Ok Chad, add me to the list.

[Grayson72]

Hi Kylwell, we won't start production until we get enough pre-orders so it may be awhile.  Hopefully we'll get some orders from the folks over at SSM as well.

334869[/snapback]

I'd like to get 25 .... but I figure you'd sell about that many here, and there'd be no customers left over to go to SSM and buy one. And $85 is a bit pricey to be sitting gathering dust on my shelves here at the Galactic Control Center...

.. even though $85 is a darn reasonable price for this kit, especially if it now comes with decals.

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/mecha/jb_booster.htm

^ Gundamhead's review of the first issue.

334877[/snapback]

Or you could buy the whole batch for a bulk discount and then everyone who wanted one would just get them from you

[onezero]

Or you could buy the whole batch for a bulk discount and then everyone who wanted one would just get them from you 

334929[/snapback]

Well, if you're up for that, eMail or call me (Jesse has my number) and we can talk details

[cobywan]

I would love to get one that has the casting issues from the first run worked out. I'm cool with buying it through StarshipModeler's store.

[nanashino]

I would like one please.

-nanashino

www.macrossmecha.info

[Berttt]

Sorry, decals are only with the new kits.

333966[/snapback]

Surely if enough people were interested you could do a run for those that have one of the original kits. I know I'm not the only one interested.

Who's doing the decals anyway?

Berttt

[armentage]

I'd love to have one, but $85 is a bit too much

[Less than Super Ostrich]

I'd love to have one, but $85 is a bit too much

336002[/snapback]

for that hunk of resin... $85 is reasonable, IMHO

maybe could you lower the cost with Rotocast? Can a caster comment on this??

Edited October 12, 2005 by Less than Super Ostrich

[cobywan]

The kit is as thin as it can be already. You should look at WM Cheng's buildup in the model building forum.

Found it

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=11976

Edited October 12, 2005 by cobywan

[armentage]

I'd love to have one, but $85 is a bit too much

336002[/snapback]

for that hunk of resin... $85 is reasonable, IMHO

maybe could you lower the cost with Rotocast? Can a caster comment on this??

336028[/snapback]

Rotocast? Is this a comment to the casters or to buyers?

[Viceland]

Shaving resin off this kit only to save a few bucks won't be worth the decrease in quality and strength of the kit, and the savings would be minimal at best.

[Kylwell]

Shaving resin off this kit only to save a few bucks won't be worth the decrease in quality and strength of the kit, and the savings would be minimal at best.

336130[/snapback]

Purty much. It's why I don't understand when somebody uses cheap resin. The price difference is minor but the quality difference is major. Don't skimp on the resin or molding material.

[Myersjessee]

You could rotocast the engines and save a nice chunk of resin (they are solid! and dense) but honestly, I don't like rotocast parts for my models. If you have a great caster they are good, but I have a couple kits that are so thin in spots I worry about even trying to paint them for fear of having to rebuild sections. Plus...the savings, overall...woudlnt be much...your talking about somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 of resin per kit....so if you somehow saved 50% it's still only $15 off....and you wouldnt save 1/2 with the engines...maybe $10 total. Add in the costs of a rotocast machine and you break even....nope...doesn't really work on this kit IMO.