A fellow board member has interest in have me making the conformal fuel tanks for the F-16
Any more interest ?
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normandy wrote:They give the plane a very different look, great idea Matthew.![]()
Hey TKO, good to see you posting!! How have you been?
I counted you already.ASC McLaren wrote:I'm in for an unpainted set
pickelhaube wrote:So it looks like 5 guys have interest.
For those guys who are on the fence I am thinking around $35 and for you all who would want them ( matched ) custom painted , an additional $35.
Plus shipping
pickelhaube wrote:Snake ...well....
Have you seen the price of paint lately ?
I am sure I can not find a paint color off of the shelf to match so I need to match my own .
After sanding and priming then final painting you are looking at about a half of days work spread over 3 days.
Then the price of paint on top of that .
It is always hard to place a monetary value on labor but you are probably looking at about 4 hours worth of work .
I probably will full build about 25 % of all my projects and I usually charge the price of the kit to do so.
Almost every time I do a full build it always seem like it is not worth the time but I still do it to try and make happy customers .
I learned a hard lesson on my Horten project. I think that I originally charged $150 or so to build and paint the original batch.
Each Horten took 40 hours to build and paint @ $150 each I would have made twice the money working at Mc Donalds Hamburgers .
So I do think that twice the price of the kit if any thing , is fair my brother .
snake wrote:pickelhaube wrote:Snake ...well....
Have you seen the price of paint lately ?
I am sure I can not find a paint color off of the shelf to match so I need to match my own .
After sanding and priming then final painting you are looking at about a half of days work spread over 3 days.
Then the price of paint on top of that .
It is always hard to place a monetary value on labor but you are probably looking at about 4 hours worth of work .
I probably will full build about 25 % of all my projects and I usually charge the price of the kit to do so.
Almost every time I do a full build it always seem like it is not worth the time but I still do it to try and make happy customers .
I learned a hard lesson on my Horten project. I think that I originally charged $150 or so to build and paint the original batch.
Each Horten took 40 hours to build and paint @ $150 each I would have made twice the money working at Mc Donalds Hamburgers .
So I do think that twice the price of the kit if any thing , is fair my brother .
All right Matthew, fair enough.
Did realize there was sanding and primer involved. Plus having to match paints too.
Thanks for the explanation of the process involved. And given that, the price does seem fair.
You know I wasn't really bitching about the price.![]()
Put me down for a painted set. Hopefully enough people want them painted to make it worth your while.