Is it just me, or does it seem like the project never makes any progress? Myself and several others have been banned from the Bridge Restoration FB page for pointing this out. One person wrote a lengthy post on the Bridge restoration page about how she thought Huston was scamming everyone and using the funds for traveling to various conventions with the bridge chairs.
Every time pictures of the bridge are requested, Huston gets evasive and defensive. I'm concerned about people donating thinking they are donating towards the cost of restoring the bridge, when in reality, they are funding Huston's travels to Star Trek/Sci-Fi conventions.
The scope of the project has gone from simply restoring the TNG bridge, which it in itself is an enormous undertaking, to a Sci-Fi museum with enormous models of all the Star Trek ships. The cost of producing even one would likely go into the several hundred thousand dollars.
Huston also was evasive when asked about what happened to the original 60k or so that was raised, as most of it is gone now. He says he needs another 100k to even start the restoration, and this is after already raising 80k. Why not simply buy the power tools, the plywood, etc, small stuff like that, with what he has already raised.
Just very frustrating to see the project get so far off track, from a Bridge restoration to now a grand Star Trek museum, which will likely never happen.
Oh well.
Every time pictures of the bridge are requested, Huston gets evasive and defensive. I'm concerned about people donating thinking they are donating towards the cost of restoring the bridge, when in reality, they are funding Huston's travels to Star Trek/Sci-Fi conventions.
The scope of the project has gone from simply restoring the TNG bridge, which it in itself is an enormous undertaking, to a Sci-Fi museum with enormous models of all the Star Trek ships. The cost of producing even one would likely go into the several hundred thousand dollars.
Huston also was evasive when asked about what happened to the original 60k or so that was raised, as most of it is gone now. He says he needs another 100k to even start the restoration, and this is after already raising 80k. Why not simply buy the power tools, the plywood, etc, small stuff like that, with what he has already raised.
Just very frustrating to see the project get so far off track, from a Bridge restoration to now a grand Star Trek museum, which will likely never happen.
Oh well.
