peteski Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 22 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: Decal or decals? I'm sure they used to be named Waterslide Transfers. That doesn't change the question some are asking; What is included? Waterslide Transfers, or Waterslide Transfer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Terminology Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echoxrayniner Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) Decals. Waterslide decals, aka waterslide transfers, aka multiple of 'em. Its just automated translation. Edited May 8 by echoxrayniner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Kourouklis Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 And I think we can take from the pics above encompassing wheel emblems, dash gauges, and a license plate from the BTTF version (not to mention a history of reasonably comprehensive decal sheets from Aoshima) that the DMC12 version will have decalS too. ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Here's a built one on display at the show 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 13 hours ago, Bugatti Fan said: Terminology Pete. Not sure why this was such a hangup. As the parts list scan shows, decal (sheet) contains bunch of individual decals on it. As it has been mentioned, is it a translation issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) Not a hang up Pete. Just an observation that waterslide transfers have now come to be described as decals over the years. Nothing more. Nothing less. Regardless, the bog standard De Lorean is a kit that has been on my wish list for years and pleased to see one issued at long last. To be fair, if it were not for the Back To The Future films it would have been just another car that would have faded into oblivion like many others, and never be kitted at all. It was to have been Northern Ireland's premier car manufacturer, but ran at a loss untiI the government eventually had enough and pulled the plug on subsidising it !l Edited May 9 by Bugatti Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 The factory stock DeLorean is being released this morning (8/19). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamach1 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Cool to see a stock version is finally available. Picture is of the daughter of John Delorean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Austin Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I just saw a Delorean at a recent car show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 8/18/2024 at 11:51 PM, niteowl7710 said: The factory stock DeLorean is being released this morning (8/19). Just got mine set to be shipped, cost almost as much as the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 No Kidding! Sure, when buying directly from Japan the kit prices are really good, but the shipping costs are a killer. Total price ends up being within few bucks of buying these models Stateside. The only advantage is that you will likely get a newly released model sooner when buying it from Japan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Gotta bulk up those orders, one kit direct importing is not very efficient. The shipping is based on weight and volume, so there are cutoffs that make shipping say 4 kits the same price as one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 Not sure how many kits you would have to buy to make shipping costs economical. Also airmail shipping does get expensive when the box size and weight start getting big. For example, I use Hobby Search in Japan and have been using ECMS shipping (the cheapest trackable option). Bought 2 kits in standard Japanese kit boxes. Kits were 8640 Yen, and shipping was 5184 Yen In another order I bought 5 kits. They arrived in sizable box (again standard size Japanese kit boxes). Kits were 15360 Yen, and shipping was 8808 Yen. Yes some savings, but not all that much. The shipping cost is pretty steep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 I want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 8 hours ago, peteski said: Not sure how many kits you would have to buy to make shipping costs economical. Also airmail shipping does get expensive when the box size and weight start getting big. For example, I use Hobby Search in Japan and have been using ECMS shipping (the cheapest trackable option). Bought 2 kits in standard Japanese kit boxes. Kits were 8640 Yen, and shipping was 5184 Yen In another order I bought 5 kits. They arrived in sizable box (again standard size Japanese kit boxes). Kits were 15360 Yen, and shipping was 8808 Yen. Yes some savings, but not all that much. The shipping cost is pretty steep. $17 per kit vs. $12 per kit. If you shipped a single kit USPS Priority from Coast to Coast you're going to pay $14, so $12 from the other side of the world seems reasonable. I love Hobby Search to look at instructions, but they've never had the best price on kits, or their shipping options. HLJ is cheaper on both, plus you can hoard kits for 60 days (6 months really, they haven't fully rolled back the Covid relaxation of their prior time limit.) which can spread out the cost of 5 kits over 2 months rather than having to make a one time bulk order. Of course that's just an evil plot to not realize how much you're spending...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 7 hours ago, niteowl7710 said: I love Hobby Search to look at instructions, but they've never had the best price on kits, or their shipping options. HLJ is cheaper on both, plus you can hoard kits for 60 days (6 months really, they haven't fully rolled back the Covid relaxation of their prior time limit.) which can spread out the cost of 5 kits over 2 months rather than having to make a one time bulk order. Of course that's just an evil plot to not realize how much you're spending...? I know. I've been a customer of HLJ for probably couple of decades, but few years back after one of their major website redesigns, I didn't like the functionality, so I started buying from Hobby Search. I guess I have to revisit HLJ, but we still have to support Hobby Search, so they keep on posting scans of the kit's instructions. That is super handy! Anybody remember Rainbow Ten? I used to order kits from them back when you had to email them your order. I also had the pleasure of visiting the actual hobby store in-person. What an amazing place it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 12 hours ago, mrm said: I want one. Me too. Not much of a fan of the real ones, having come to know them very intimately over the years, but always wanted to do a mid-engine one, and so far nobody's come up with the bucks to pay me. Soooo...LS in the middle of a little one coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 (edited) 20 hours ago, peteski said: Not sure how many kits you would have to buy to make shipping costs economical. Also airmail shipping does get expensive when the box size and weight start getting big. For example, I use Hobby Search in Japan and have been using ECMS shipping (the cheapest trackable option). Bought 2 kits in standard Japanese kit boxes. Kits were 8640 Yen, and shipping was 5184 Yen In another order I bought 5 kits. They arrived in sizable box (again standard size Japanese kit boxes). Kits were 15360 Yen, and shipping was 8808 Yen. Yes some savings, but not all that much. The shipping cost is pretty steep. I currently have 5 kits waiting to ship, the cheapest shipping option that will get it here within a weeks is $79.xx( EMS) , so that breaks it down to $15.80 per kit, close to the number Duff said. Shipping one kit via the same method , EMS is $37, so almost half the cost of shipping one. Edited August 23 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 (edited) 15 hours ago, martinfan5 said: I currently have 5 kits waiting to ship, the cheapest shipping option that will get it here within a weeks is $79.xx( EMS) , so that breaks it down to $15.80 per kit, close to the number Duff said. Shipping one kit via the same method , EMS is $37, so almost half the cost of shipping one. I have 6 sitting and if you're willing to wait a few days for ECMS (the method Pete mentioned above) it works out to $11.70@ and now we're in USPS Priority shipping at the corporate discount rate (on a single kit basis) for anything West of the Rockies. Edited August 24 by niteowl7710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) 16 hours ago, niteowl7710 said: I have 6 sitting and if you're willing to wait a few days for ECMS (the method Pete mentioned above) it works out to $11.70@ and now we're in USPS Priority shipping at the corporate discount rate (on a single kit basis) for anything West of the Rockies. I have used the ECMS option early this year I believe, for my 5 kits, its $70.34, which works out to $14.06 per kit,about $2 less than EMS($79.94), I might give it a try again. Edited August 25 by martinfan5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Mine arrived today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Looks great, so Far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrm Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 On 9/3/2024 at 5:56 PM, DaveB said: Mine arrived today. Pretty cool. Were did you get it from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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