Category Gene Winfield

Gary Kerr’s 1/2 Studio Scale (11″) STAR TREK Shuttlecraft for the POLAR LIGHTS KIT

I designed the Galileo for Polar Lights over 7 years ago, but it went into stasis because the model would have 3 times the number of parts that Jamie Hood (at Round 2) thought that an upscaled 1974 AMT Galileo kit would have, and it happened right when the development budget shrank. Thus, right now, Polar Lights only placed money to tool the exterior. The interior is essentially a separate kit that may come later. Both exterior & interior were designed at the same time, so the interior kit will slide inside, like a hand into a glove. If sales of the first release of the kit meet PL’s expectations, they’ll commit to the expensive tooling for the interior. The good news is that the initial release will be approximately half the cost of the full kit...

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