PlayfulWolfCub

Hi Chris, Sorry, I've been AWOL for quite a while. My FISD Inbox is full so but you can email me at PlayfulWolfCub@gmail.com If you've already messaged me in the last few months you can expect a reply this week. Cheers, Andy

I think everyone loved the resin Power Cylinders I actually sent out. The problem was that I throw lots away because they weren't good enough. Plus I had to do more work on the ones I assembled for people than the price justified. I need the "budget kit" to be consistent quality and not require me to do much work on it - otherwise it stops being "budget". I hadn't thought of people using resin Cylinders on metal builds but that would be a cool benefit

lol I just posted this update in the resin sales thread: I'm actually not sure I'll offer fully resin Power Cylinders again - I found it very hard to keep the quality of detail as high as I want & they were very fragile. However, I'm now considering a hybrid kit: using a metal base-plate (like I use for my full metal Cylinders) with resin/plastic/metal add-ons The advantages of a hybrid would be that it'd be: 1) Stronger 2) More authentic 3) The quality would be more reliable 4) I'd be able able to offer all 5 shapes I'm quite excited about the idea! Cheers, Andy

Thanks for all the kind words, guys - It means a lot (I hadn't realised it'd been 2 months since I'd even signed into FISD! ) I've just posted a bunch of updates in sales threads if anyone's waiting on orders & I'm aiming to reply to all personal messages this week. Cheers, Andy

It's impossible to buy original power cells but I make extremely accurate replicas. I believe most FISD members would say they're "worthy" I haven't made many since last Summer but I'm starting up again now. There are lots of photos of finished replicas & links to my research project in this thread Cheers, Andy

A million apologies guys – it’s been so long since I was on FISD that Paul Troopermaster drove to my house last night to make sure I was ok! Thanks very much for making that effort Paul, and thanks to all the guys who’ve emailed/PMed well-wishing messages. I feel I should explain a bit about why I’ve been so hard to get hold of. I have a long-term health condition which has been worse this year and has been really bad the last few months. It isn’t life-threatening but it impacts heavily on my life and what I’m able to do. I usually manage it quite well but this year’s been much tougher and eventually I became totally exhausted. I had to just stop everything, not just FISD I feel really bad how long some people are waiting for things they asked me to make (and in some cases I’ve not even managed to reply to messages ). All I can do is apologise and assure you that it’s not intentional & I’ll remedy it as soon as I can. I promise I haven’t forgotten about any of you. I do still hope to make all the blaster parts that are on the waiting lists and start making the E11 stands (although that’s clearly going to be a 2016 project now…) In fact, I’ve got 2 sets of Power Cylinders that got nearly finished and I’m going to try to finish them before Christmas… If you’ve contacted me about anything and I didn’t reply, please accept my apologies and try again. (I have 6 email accounts with a billion unanswered emails – I’ll try to work through them but a fresh email is more likely to get noticed & replied to.) Cheers, Andy

These are photos of Lee's blaster. It's not the same one. The listing has ended now as "unavailable" http://s1125.photobucket.com/user/PlayfulWolfCub/library/E11%20photos/Lee%20Malones%20Tunisian-Bapty%20E11

I'm going to stick my neck out & suggest that someone's trying to make a LOT of money with a replica. It's a good effort but there's something about it that doesn't feel right to me. However, I haven't seen every Tunisian/Bapty ever made so I'm happy to change my mind if the the owner is genuine & would like to come on FISD to tell us the history & provenance of the blaster

Wow! They're lovely shots Dennis! If you were unscrupulous you could convincingly sell that on Ebay as screen-used! PM sent also

Awesome job Christian & I'm glad you weren't tempted to paint the underside of the Power Cylinders

Really enjoying watching you put the Cylinders together Christian I think your Sterling looks great as it is - some really interesting textures. Maybe leave it unpainted until you have everything assembled, take some good photos of it & then decide if you want to paint it? Cheers, Andy

This is really fun, watching my first kit being built by someone else I know you've already got my kit assembly guide, Christian, but please do ask anything you're not sure of. Cheers, Andy