05-07-2015, 10:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-07-2015, 10:11 PM by roboterkampf.)
Any one want a "builders kit" of the BLOCKADE RUNNER?! Thanks to the diligent work of Tsophika and the soon to be diligent work of Mike Salzo, you will be able to buy resin castings of every single plant-on part, and get plans to build it as the original was. This is not a "resin model kit". This is a massive leg up on scratch building a Studio Scale Blockade Runner, part for part, as seen in Star Wars. Not the converted ROTJ version, and not the "sort of restored" ANH version seen today. The original as-seen-on-screen-in-1977 Blockade Runner.
This is the usual "gauge interest" feeler post - and no, I HAVE NO IDEA ON THE PRICE. This has been a slow cooker for a while now, and we are finally at the "throw bags of parts at Salzo to get them cast" stage. He won't know the price either, until he starts molding. This will be offered in phases to - we're starting with the engine section.
So once again, and I cannot stress this enough: WE DON'T KNOW THE PRICE. Somewhere South of the price of building a Battlestar, and somewhere North of the price of that amazing Death Star Turret kit. Not cheap. Six feet.
Of course, I am a crazy person, and I want to build the Pirate Ship first! So here is a Tsophika render of the Pirate Ship, which was one of the first models ILM made in 1975/6-ish?
![[Image: 11206882_10153340315778156_8157016159088941741_o.jpg]](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/t31.0-8/11206882_10153340315778156_8157016159088941741_o.jpg)
This is the usual "gauge interest" feeler post - and no, I HAVE NO IDEA ON THE PRICE. This has been a slow cooker for a while now, and we are finally at the "throw bags of parts at Salzo to get them cast" stage. He won't know the price either, until he starts molding. This will be offered in phases to - we're starting with the engine section.
So once again, and I cannot stress this enough: WE DON'T KNOW THE PRICE. Somewhere South of the price of building a Battlestar, and somewhere North of the price of that amazing Death Star Turret kit. Not cheap. Six feet.
Of course, I am a crazy person, and I want to build the Pirate Ship first! So here is a Tsophika render of the Pirate Ship, which was one of the first models ILM made in 1975/6-ish?