Yeah, you really should crank your bussard more than 30 seconds a month - it'll definitely seize if you ignore it.
Oy vey! I really set up myself for that one, didn't I?
Sincerely,
Bill
1/350 TOS Enterprise is a go!!!
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Oy vey! I really set up myself for that one, didn't I?
Sincerely,
Bill
Wow. That's quite a squee. I feel ... shamed.
He probably cranked his bussards.
Did you guys see this?
http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1372-round-2-models-wonderfest-recap/#comments
I'm a little scared that the guys who made the mockup for the presentation put the nacelles on upside down... but otherwise, it's encouraging.
http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/1372-round-2-models-wonderfest-recap/#comments
I'm a little scared that the guys who made the mockup for the presentation put the nacelles on upside down... but otherwise, it's encouraging.
No idea why not... I've just tried it with Mozilla (Firefox standalone and Seamonkey suite), IE, Chrome, and Safari, and all work for me. This is through my home network, running AVG for my antivirus and Windows Firewall, and with a full "innoculation" from Spybot Search&Destroy and with the resident portion of MalwareBytes running. AND I'm connecting through a physical router with a dedicated firewall... with no open ports.
So there's clearly nothing wrong with the site. Either it was just temporarily down, or you've got something on your local setup that's blocking this address.
That said... here's the relevant portion of the page linked to, except with links and pictures removed:
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So, how was your weekend? If I can count my day off after Wonderfest as my weekend, I can say mine was restful. The week of the show was incredibly busy working day and night to prepare for it. As always, it was a good show. I really get an energy boost from it by being able to talk to all of our customers out there that enjoy the product I pour so much time and effort into.
This year, we had our usual display of buildups and our annual survey. This year’s version had quite a bit less of letting us know what you want as far as specific model subjects go (we have a pretty good handle on that by now) and focused more on your process.
On Saturday at noon, we held our panel in Theater A. Everyone that had come to the booth asking what our big announcement would be, attended the panel. I was happy to see all of the familiar faces. I hate the idea of getting up in front of a crowd and speaking but I stumbled through the first part where I talked about all of the more boring stuff about the company without losing anyone. After a very short Q&A I read a letter from Tom Lowe. Those who weren’t there can read it here.
So we will be producing a 1:350 sale TOS Enterprise and we’ll be presenting it a couple ways. I will summarize our plans here.
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1:350 TOS Enterprise Standard Edition
This will contain everything you need to create the production version of the ship including shuttle bay and will be available through all of your usual model retailers for an SRP of $124.95.
TOS Enterprise Accessory Pack
This will include weathering decals, photo-etched parts and a light kit including motors to turn the Bussard fan blades. We have a target price for this but will announce it once the time comes to take orders on it.
1:350 TOS Enterprise Premiere Edition
This was the kit we were talking up the most and for obvious reasons. It includes everything in the standard version plus parts to make the 1st & 2nd Pilot versions. It comes in a commemorative box and includes a serial-numbered certificate of authenticity. The kit is a limited edition of 1701 pieces for the price of $149.99 and is scheduled to arrive before the standard version hits stores. The kit is really aimed at all of you Star Trek modelers who have been waiting patiently for the kit to come out. It is available exclusively through Round 2 and we started the pre-order sign-ups at the show. As an added bonus, everyone who pre-orders is invited to join what we are calling the 1701 CLUB. Membership in the club gets you a t-shirt to wear as a banner to tell everyone that you were there on the ground floor of this kit. The shirts themselves are also limited editions. We have 100 gold, 250 blue and the rest are red. Members will be sent email updates about the development as well as some interviews and a few never before seen pics of the filming model. This will be the ONLY place we will be giving out development updates. So past this post, this blog will be mum on the subject until the standard kit is ready to hit the stores.
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I’m sure you’ve got questions. Hopefully these are the answers…
The kits will be out sometime in 2012. It could be anytime between March and October.
You can reserve up to 5 Premiere kits right now but if we have 1701 members, 1701 people will get kits. If we fall short of that number we will come up with a system to allocate the rest.
Only one shirt per member regardless of how many kits you want to buy.
You can register for the 1701 CLUB and reserve your kits here.
We still had some gold shirts available after Wonderfest but the people who have found the sign up page have taken us well into the blue ones.
If more than 1701 people register for the presell, anyone over that number can still signup and may be offered the chance to buy a kit if someone else decides not to buy their kit.
We will likely release the pilot parts separately once all of the Premiere Edition kits have been sold out. The combined SRP for a standard kit and the extra parts will be no less than the price of the Premiere Edition.
We taped the whole presentation and hope to have it edited to put up on You Tube. It wasn’t much of a site as far flashy graphics goes. It was just me and then me and Gary Kerr talking. I did show the first images of the digital mockup from the factory. They made some pretty glaring mistakes but they also got a ton of it right to my surprise. I credit Gary for that one. So here are the pics of the mockup in its current form. I’ll let you know when the You Tube video goes up and then it will be radio silence. Go sign up for the CLUB, if you please.
Try copying the link location (usually with a right-click) and then paste it into the address line...
My Apple mouse doesn't have a right click. I either click once or click twice. I've copied the address into the browser window, but that still doesn't work.
I've decided that I'm going to do little interior "sets" where there are windows, in-line with my version of the 1701. This will likely mean adjusting a few window locations slightly as well... though I'd be pleased if it were not necessary. These will be simple sheet styrene, but fully dressed up to represent TOS-ish arrangements in terms of color and set-dressing. There aren't a whole lot of places where I'll need to worry about this, of course, but where it's there, I think I'm gonna do it.
The trick, then, will be to figure out how to best to truly transparent windows, without much in the way of optical distortion or translucency. (This will obviously only apply to the rectangular windows... the "sensor portholes," the round windows in various locations, will be frosted over, I'm sure.)
I may also try to put in the "hidden retractable panels" I've placed for other features... phasers, torpedos, RCS thrusters, etc. Not sure how best to do that, either... yet.
The trick, then, will be to figure out how to best to truly transparent windows, without much in the way of optical distortion or translucency. (This will obviously only apply to the rectangular windows... the "sensor portholes," the round windows in various locations, will be frosted over, I'm sure.)
I may also try to put in the "hidden retractable panels" I've placed for other features... phasers, torpedos, RCS thrusters, etc. Not sure how best to do that, either... yet.
Click-and-hold? Hold down the control key and click? Both right-click substitutes on pre-2-button Apple mice, as I recall.
So when DOES Gary get to sell those "ultimate plans" of his?
So, the only weak link at this point is the Chinese workers' ability to tell up from down, right?
As for the Premiere Version, it was nifty to get on the list, but I think I'll let it slide when the time comes, now that I know about the lighting kit situation.
As for the Premiere Version, it was nifty to get on the list, but I think I'll let it slide when the time comes, now that I know about the lighting kit situation.
Gary K posted a notice over on Hobbytalk that he'll be riding herd on this and that we shouldn't worry. He also said that other than that one goof they also got a lot of things very right.
They're also looking at the gridlines issue. If they can be etched very finely to their satisfaction then that's what they'll do. But if they can't get it to their satisfaction then they'll go with a smoothie and people can add the lines themselves in whatever way they wish...or not at all.
There's also some talk out there of photoetch decals for certain details as well as weathering decals, so I'm wondering what that is all about. Note the idea is that those would be available separately with a lighting and motor kit.
Jefferies drew them on in pencil, partly to help line up the decals, mainly to get Roddenberry to shut up about adding more surface detail.
