Could I pay Someone to Assemble a Garage Kit for me?

[darkthroat]

Hi! Sorry if this is the wrong place to post/ask about this, but I'm having a difficult time with this subject.

I've found this figure that really REALLY want, but I've never assembled a garage kit before, and I'm afraid that I'll mess it up if I try to do it myself because I have no experience.

So my question to you figure connoisseurs, is there anyone with extensive garage kit experience that would construct this kit for me in exchange for money. I will pay you enough money to have the figure imported through a Japanese Buyer Service (this figure doesn't ship outside of Japan), I'll pay for any materials that you may need, I'll pay to have it shipped to me and most of all, I'll pay for your services (within reason). 

Preorders for this figure will end soon (November 9th I do believe) so if someone could get back to me soon™, that'd be wonderful.
Please and thank you!

[finalgear]

hello darkthroat

welcome to the forum

^_^ don't pay someone to do this... this is a simple kit (we are talking level 0, here).
If you put Legos together, you can do this... it's easy and fun

[hobbycentric]

I'll back up Final on that based on what I can see in his photo.

That said, if you are still uncomfortable with such ( the translation says it is resin...one can never trust Google translate though ) I am going to provide a link for one of the most sci-fi ( and related )model kit comprehensive community sites. They cover just about every subject in the sci-fi world is covered. That said, the more popular subjects get the most attention such as starships and space craft. There are a large amount of aftermarket and garage kit builders on the site though as well as "scratch builders" and "kit bashers". Some one is bound to do such jobs on the side or know businesses who do. Anyway, here is the link.

www.starshipmodeler.com/

Just head to the Forum...It's been a while since I've logged in. I've had an account since 02', as I recall you'll have to open an account, it's free.

[Nutz]

www.daibadi.com/list4_00mmm.htm

Looking at the pictures the studio provided, it looks like there are a bunch of ball joints. If it contains resin cast parts, the modeler may need to drill holes into the limbs, torso, etc. to connect the joints. I once bought an Escaflowne kit that included ball joints in an otherwise resin cast kit, and I decided to sell it off on ebay instead of trying to put it together myself. Based on the number of ball joints I see in the picture, the kit will have many parts and if the modeler will need to drill a hole to connect to the joint, the labor involved may be intense and the cost will be more than otherwise. Or the studio may simply have the holes pre-drilled and turn the kit into a simple plastic model kit made of resin parts. I don't know in advance which way the studio will go with its release.

[lee13]

Looking at what limited kanji on the description and I think its saying that the requirement to assemble this kit is very low and it was designed so that even the beginner could build it with ease.

But just FYI I suggest you contact a kit builder of your local area to see if the person could use a proxy to get the kit, build it and then ship to you, for a fee. Its also possible for you to find a kit builder in Japan through a proxy and have them build it for you before shipping to you. I've commissioned quite a few resin kits in the past like that. Their fees might be quite high however.

[Nutz]

Considering the rise in dollar against the yen, your suggestion to find a Japanese builder might be the cheaper option than finding an American builder, actually. I'm sure there are plenty of folks in Japan willing to do this sort of commission work.

[finalgear]

Nov 1, 2014 9:44:32 GMT -5 Nutz said:

Considering the rise in dollar against the yen, your suggestion to find a Japanese builder might be the cheaper option than finding an American builder, actually. I'm sure there are plenty of folks in Japan willing to do this sort of commission work.

the poor and starving college student

I can't find that website.. where you can commission cold-cast artiest to paint figures (it's was a REAL GOOD SITE)

[lee13]

For a 1/8 scale resin figure the standard rate for professional painter in Japan is usually 30000-50000yen, which would be expensive even in good exchange rate. Some of those people do it for a living. Those are people who have their own business websites that can be located with a google search in Japanese. Its very difficult to find people who are not professional because the proxy probly don't know any...unless their neighbor two doors down happens to be a poor college student that happens to know how to paint a kit.

www.joystiq.com/2011/02/08/payonetta-two-grand-for-a-pre-assembled-bayonetta-model/
This is considered normal amongst Japanese collector. They have a different value perception in that its ok to spend 2/3 of a months salary on a painted model and eat ramen for the next two months to make up for it.

Painters from europe or U.S. tend to have a different value perception, the same kit can be painted/build for $250 by a skilled painter and they certainly can't do it for a living, the demand is not there.

[finalgear]

^-- oh.. that is expensive, thank God for pvc pre-painted figures