Padawan-Builder's Galactica: 9 years and counting

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I don't want to create the impression that I'm not in favor of working together as a group. I was just venting some frustration.

Based on my experience, I suspect (but can't prove) that for every person who joins us here (and we welcome them) there could be a hundred "wannabes" out there who just collect info and buy up kits but build nothing. Heck, you could even accuse me of that since I have a lot of kits in the stash that are reserved for other projects that are not yet started. Too much to do, too little time and energy. . .

I want to give a "hats off" to Phil though as he has contributed more to this effort than just about anyone I know. He has bought all sorts of kits looking for parts and he's managed to find quite a few details we did not know about before. He's really done his homework and he has always shared everything he finds with the group. That is very generous indeed!

I guess I would prefer that expensive and hard-to-find kits not be put on public lists, but rather shared privately with all of us who are actually building. I don't think that info should be kept from anyone who needs it. But, posting it for all the world to see could actually work against us.

At any rate, technology will eventually change the way we collect kits for parts. Between casting, scanning, and 3D printing, it won't be as big an issue going forward. I can see the day not too many years from now where people will start collecting and trading 3D files rather than actual kits. When that happens, you will more likely print a part when it is needed rather than cutting up a precious kit or having to mold/cast something.

With that said, when that day does arrive, we will still need at least one of each kit to act as a master pattern. So, someone will still need to invest in these kits.