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Scott Lowther - 18 Apr 2004 04:00 GMT

I'm restarting the old resin model kit business I used to run years ago,
Part Time Models. There are a vast assortment of spacecraft models I'm
interested in modeling, but I want to do some things that'll sell (last
time I just made models of whatever I felt like...). To that end, I've
got a little market survey going:
http://www.up-ship.com/ptm/market.htm

What I'm basically looking for is feedback on which of these ~200 models
you *would* actually buy if they were made available. I need as much
response as I can get in order to do this right, so please take a moment
and check it out. There is an Excel spreadshet and a text listing; the
spreadsheet option is easiest for me, but all honest feedback is useful.

Thanks.

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OM - 18 Apr 2004 05:41 GMT

>What I'm basically looking for is feedback on which of these ~200 models
>you *would* actually buy if they were made available. I need as much
>response as I can get in order to do this right, so please take a moment
>and check it out. There is an Excel spreadshet and a text listing; the
>spreadsheet option is easiest for me, but all honest feedback is useful.

...Scott, I hate to be a dick about this, but it really would be
easier for some of us to visualize what we want *if* we had pictures.
So, could you either a) add small, B&W line drawings *or* b) at least
links to specific articles in Mark Wade's EA?

...Oh, and what's really needed are 1/200 scale accuratizing parts for
the AMT/Ertl manned boosters kit.

OM

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Scott Lowther - 18 Apr 2004 05:31 GMT

> ...Scott, I hate to be a dick about this

Yeah, right. When have you ever hated being a dick about *anything*? :)

, but it really would be

> easier for some of us to visualize what we want *if* we had pictures.
> So, could you either a) add small, B&W line drawings *or* b) at least
> links to specific articles in Mark Wade's EA?

There are 200 such options listed (some in multiple scales, however).
That's a lot of illustrations...

> ...Oh, and what's really needed are 1/200 scale accuratizing parts for
> the AMT/Ertl manned boosters kit.

Well, RealSpace Models already has a 1/200 Skylab conversion for the
Saturn V.

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Scott Ferrin - 29 Apr 2004 04:52 GMT

>> ...Scott, I hate to be a dick about this
>
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>Well, RealSpace Models already has a 1/200 Skylab conversion for the
>Saturn V.

Qucik queston or two. Are you aware that some of these are already
available as resin kits? Are you interested in suggestions for your
list? And I don't know about others but if you offered the data alone
(for a reduced price obviously) I'd be all over it. I don't really
have the time to build models but I *definitely* am big on collecting
information.

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Scott Lowther - 29 Apr 2004 06:46 GMT

> Qucik queston or two. Are you aware that some of these are already
> available as resin kits?

Yes. Discovered some cases of that after compiling the list.

Are you interested in suggestions for your

> list?

Sure.

> And I don't know about others but if you offered the data alone
> (for a reduced price obviously) I'd be all over it.

I might do that, but I'll start with it as a model-specific sort of
thing.

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Scott Ferrin - 29 Apr 2004 10:51 GMT

>> Qucik queston or two. Are you aware that some of these are already
>> available as resin kits?
>
>Yes. Discovered some cases of that after compiling the list.

I did notice you were talking about different scales though. For
instance the XF-103 and XF-108 kits out there are fairly large.

> Are you interested in suggestions for your
>> list?
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>I might do that, but I'll start with it as a model-specific sort of
>thing.

I was thinking of something as simple as printing off (or even
photocopying) an extra set of plans and info for kit X upon request
for a fee. You wouldn't need to keep extras laying around just in
case someone wanted them.

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