Caerbannog Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Kiwi Models have started (I think yesterday: 08. 08. 17) a Kickstarter campaing for a Yak-11 air racer. Will be interesting to see if they get the funds (5800NZ$) until September 7th 2017 - should be at least 100 supporters. I at least through my hat in the ring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka-Efka Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Same here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hub Plott Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Same here, I was backer number 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka-Efka Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) ☹ Hope the kit will be realized none the less... Edited September 10, 2017 by Ka-Efka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 That has a long shot given that there are apparently ony 17 people in the world who want one enough to pay $55NZ for it (about £30, which seems very reasonable to me). However, I'm not sure how well they promoted the kickstarter. This is literally the first I've heard of it on any of my social media places, whether for mdelling or full size aviation, and I am a highly appropriate target audience for such a kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 The tome frame was also very tight IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Nothing wrong with doing the actual fund-raising in a month but you do have to push it during that time. When I am involved in raising similar amounts for short film-making we have a multi-media campaign across all forms of old and new media which starts at least a month before the opening of fund raising, and gets pushed on all the major platforms and relevant websites every single day wth updates, "did you know", interviews, pics, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka-Efka Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 That's it basically, as you described. A Kickstarter is one month of work (plus all the work that goes into the preparation) and not 'put it up and wait a month'. With this in mind I would not judge the interest in this kit from the number of backers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Maybe they should "simply" do a conversion set for the Bilek Yak 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 14 minutes ago, Caerbannog said: Maybe they should "simply" do a conversion set for the Bilek Yak 11. +1 Furthermore there's a new as upgraded version from the Bilek 1/48th Yak-11 kit marketed under the label A&A Models: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235017164-148-yakovlev-yak-11-moose-plastic-bilek-by-aa-models-released/ V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ka-Efka Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 The fabric covered fuselage reminds me of Hasegawas Hurricane :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Ka-Efka said: The fabric covered fuselage reminds me of Hasegawas Hurricane :-/ Still I would rather convert it than to build it from scratch entirely ;-) A huge can of automotive filler should do the trick :-D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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