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What do you think?

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This is something Mike had made a few years ago.
Anyone recognize it?

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Yep - here's the original:

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And some more.

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We are thinking about offering these for purchase, in order
to support the restoration effort. What do you think?

-Bill
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I like it.You can keep that late model nonsense but the nose is cool. :lol:
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Anyone out there?

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I'm looking for any feedback about offering these wooden
noses to raise some money for the restoration. Anyone
out there?

-Bill
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Tempting...tempting....how much...,not that it matters.

By the way...tried to call you. Maybe some evening next week?

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I think it is a great idea. Would they be offered in Kit form or assembled?

I believe a model company offers a 1:18 scale B-17 nose kit in the $225 range, it is fiberglass and plastic.
So many warbirds so little time.
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Our model

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Thanks for the info, Dan.

This would be laser cut plywood,
with other detail pieces being misc.
wood and maybe some plastic,
depending on if we do the O2 bottles.

It is 1/8 scale!

We were thinking we could offer it as a
pre-built, as well as a kit. Problem
with the kit is that we'd need to make
up instructions and assembly aids.

This being a means to generate some
$$$ for The Rat, I wonder what you think
would be reasonable. We have figures in
our mind, but we have not passed them
by anyone as a sanity check yet.
-Bill
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Hi Bill, just as an FYI here is that large scale B-17 nose that is currently available.

http://philmodel.blogspot.com/2008/02/m ... t-one.html

As far as yours... If you offered it in kit form I would suggest pricing it based on what other large scale kits sell for. (I am thinking R/C). But that all depends on what the kit would include and all the little details like instructions etc...

I think the concept, similar to the original, would be great for experienced modelers to ad their own detail to.

I wonder how many 1/8 scale B-17's you have to sell before you can finish a real one... :D
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Wow!

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I just read a review of that MPM kit...sounds like it leaves a lot to be
desired for $350.

Obviously, ours is meant to look just like the model on
Ed Well's desk. I think that is the picture I most remember
as a kid, paging through Ed Jablonski's book night after
night. That's the allure that we hope will get some B-17
lovers to want to buy it, and support a real B-17
in the process.

I thank you for your post. Sounds like we're both on the
same page as far as pricing.
-Bill
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I sure recognized it from my Flying Fortress reading days as a kid. I always thought it would be a great model to have.

I guess it comes down to how many die hard 17 fans are out there vs cost.
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