Cost of getting vehicles made

[old smokie]

what would be the cost of getting some WW2 10mm vehicles made ?

[jimduncanuk]

what would be the cost of getting some WW2 10mm vehicles made ?

Absolutely nothing if you ask Pendraken nicely and sufficient Forum members support such a request(s).

Start your request(s) here:

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/board,4.0.html

[old smokie]

saw that

just want to know what it would cost to commision some vehicles

[Leon]

Vehicles are quite expensive compared to a figure sculpt or conversion, so I'm not sure it would be viable for folks to commission them.  You'd be looking at £150-£200 once you've included the moulding costs, which is fairly high for one model.  For ourselves, we can reduce the cost per model by having several of them in a single mould, but it's still over £100 for each one.  That's fine if it's a Pz III or a Sherman, as we'll sell plenty of them, but there's a lot of the less popular vehicles that we'll possibly never recoup the costs on.  It all balances out in the end though!

What were you looking for out of interest?  It might be something we've got on the medium/long-term radar already?

[paulr]

... £150-£200 ...

[Techno]

Are you shocked 'cos you think that's a high, or low, figure, Paul ? 

Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

Perhaps shocked at the realisation of the size of the investment Dave and Co have made in creating the extensive catalogue they now have!

[Fenton]

I actually would have guessed about £300

[Sandinista]

I bet the sculptor still gets paid not much more than minimum wage

Cheers
Ian

[Steve J]

As a professional modelmaker for 30 years, this sort of job would broadly break down as follows:

- Research the project and get scale drawings (unless they are supplied).
- Work out a conversion scale from the drawings to 1/144th (which can be a real pain, believe me).
- Procure appropriate materials for barrels etc.
- Agree with Dave & Leon minimum sizes of parts to factor in skrinkage in the moulding process and mould flow.
- Make the damned thing!

For arguments sake let's say this whole process took 8 hours from start to finish:

- At minimum wage rate of say £8 p/h = £64.
- At a realistic freelance rate of say £20 p/h = £160.

In reality you can never cover your costs as the whole process would simply be too expensive (in my experience). You do it for some moeny to help buy more toys etc and for the fun of it.

Hope this helps explain some of the issues involved in getting stuff like this made?

[Orcs]

I bet the sculptor still gets paid not much more than minimum wage

Cheers
Ian

Have you not Seen Mrs T with her Ferrari and matching horsebox   

Apart from a very, very few people in the wargames industry, most are not making a fortune

[fsn]

To be fair, Mrs T's fortune comes from her range of "Practical First Aid in Emergencies" books and lectures tours.

I don't know where she gets her inspiration!

[Orcs]

To be fair, Mrs T's fortune comes from her range of "Practical First Aid in Emergencies" books and lectures tours.

I don't know where she gets her inspiration!

She married Phil for his accidents. 

[Wulf]

Hmm... my KV-13 ambitions have been put on hold...

(It's the only one of my favourite World of Tanks vehicles I can't find anything remotely representative for. And, yes, it is real, it's the prototype that was developed into the IS.)

[old smokie]

@ Leon

looking for the following vehicles & quantities

                                                  Qty Required
le SPW U304 [f]                                 54         
le SPW U304 [f] 2cm Flak                     7
mSPW S303 [f] Pioneer                      16
mSPW S307 [f] PAK 40                        4
zugkraftwagen S307                           16
le FH18 Lorraine 10.5cm                     12
SFH 13 Lorraine 15cm                        13
Reihenwerfer mSPW S307 [f] 8cm         6