New Sci-Fi

I didn't mean for purchasing as much as I meant for information on new kits,construction techinques and the 'readers' galleries.

The prices of out of production kits vary greatly from vendor to vendor. I've seen the Enterprise D go for nearly $100.00 on E-bay (and bought at that price) while I got one at a National Liquidator's store for $2.99. Looking back, I should have bought all that they had and then sell them on ebay.

I went to CULTTVMAN.COM a couple of times and for and Enterprise-A model by AMT/ERTL the asking price was about $100.00. I do not know about you people but for a kit that originally sold for about $30.00 that is just way too much. Since then I have found a bunch of Star Trek models from AMT at swap meet and other types of shows for $10.00 to $15.00 dollars. In my opinion, look around before order through the CULTTVMAN.COM website. That's just my opinion.

FSM has done Sci-Fi in the past. I have seen some good articles when it does appear. But it's not often. I think most FSM readers are more 'real world' modelers. Two excellent sites are starshipmodeler.com and culttvman.com. I can think of no better sites with forums on the subject.

I too have seen no coverage in FSM of sci-fi. I asked this question in another site and the armor builders got all mad, thats when I realized that FSM does mostly military coverage. Whats up with that?

I would also like to see something mentioned in FSM. I model all sorts of things but I love SCI-FI models. I have a AMT/ERTL Enterprise-A but I have not built it because I have ruined other kits with not having much experience and no one to go to for hands on teaching, it sits in the closet. I must be slow because I never heard of Fine Molds. Who is selling them?

With regards to FineScales coverage or lack there of of the Fine Molds Star Wars kits. They have been lacking on almost all Sci-Fi coverage. Other than some recent coverage of the Gundam kits, there has been very little info for us. We need to take matters into our own hands and send them some articles, pictures for the Gallery, reviews, etc. If you have built the X-Wing, take a picture and send it in. I think that Jedi Starfighter would make a great article on applying all (and I do mean all) of those decals. Take some in progress photos and write up how you build it. Let's show FineScale that the SciFi community is alive and kicking. I have some ideas that I will be working on and will see if I can get them in print. If nothing else, write a letter or send them an email and proclaim your interest. Phew! I feel like an Ambassador in the Senate. Time to get off my soapbox and build a model.

I have all three kits, and they are some of the finest I've seen. However, I haven't started any of them yet because I don't think I can do them justice..... yet.
Anybody know of a possible release date for the Slave 1 yet?

YodaMan

I've built the X-Wing, am in-progress with the TIE and have the Jedi Starfighter waiting in my stash. All those brick-red panel decals on the Jedi Starfighter (two sheets worth)....much fear I sense in me. :)

I'm not dejected because I can't find info on the kits, which is available on-line from sites like Starship Modeler. I'm dejected because these are excellent kits, and *deserve* the attention of a published FSM write-up. The Fine Molds models have none of the "usual suspect" problems that a lot of the older sci-fi kits (AMT/ERTL SW and Trek) are infamous for.

Fine Molds has a site, but it's in Japanese.
http://www.sala.or.jp/~fm/

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Originally posted by calculon

It still dumbfounds me that FSM has not given *any* coverage to the Fine Molds Star Wars kits. The X-Wing has been out for a year, and the TIE and Jedi Starfighter have are six and three months old respectively- no reviews, no write-ups, no gallery pics, zilch.

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