Warbird Kid wrote:Me too!
BTW, for the noob here, who was Jack and what did he 3D print? What's the story there?
What a long story .
Jack Polanka The owner of now out of business Skyworks ( Skyjerks ) was a customizer who started out making mods for 1/18th scale planes.
I think his first work was a mod for the P-51 mustang.
At first he was a nice guy and he and I got along fine as a matter of fact we were going to go in together on my P-36 project.
Things were good but Jack NEVER DID WHAT HE SAID WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
I sent him about 6 P-40 and my custom P-36 kits with custom decals that Jackson made for me.
He did not do a thing for over 6 months so I told him to send everything back.
Well he sent somethings and not others . He said that he will send the rest ASAP.
I have been waiting for about 3 years and have seen the package yet.
Anyway back then I got pissed and had the cops sent over there to retrieve my goods. The cops went over there and of course nothing happened.
Then I slammed him on this forum calling him a thief and all and if anybody who were buying my goods off of him they were aiding and abetting a thief.
He did not like this and threatened to sue me and the moderators and owners of this forum.
At the time I was making this P-40 version and Tony.
He knew about this and got hooked up with a company that makes 3-d products and they made all of his offerings from then on.
I think that he made a few things by hand but once he got connected with the 3-d printed they made all of his prototypes.
He also made some metal landing gear ( those were sub contracted out as well ) and quite a few other offerings.
Well he took money from people for his products o and one day he decided that he was going to work for a automobile firm in Detroit and screwed countless of people.
Basically taking their money and running.
I would say probably thousands of dollars from board members right here.
I did tell many a person to not deal with him, but unfortunately not everybody listened to me.
He had his own web page advertising his products but sold almost exclusively through Military Toys.
To date they have never come forward and explained their connection with Jack and the wrong to which he did to others.
Probably trying to distance themselves from this common thief.