ORIGINAL: combatpigg
Stick, why should the AMA charge you $50 for a set of drawings that cost them [at the most, man power included] $30 to print out and ship in what amounts to a 15 minute operation?
If nothing changes with the pricing, nothing will ever change with the amount of scratch building that you see. Out of 150,000 members, I seriously doubt that more than 500 of us are true scratch builders any more.
There's already a brotherhood of modelers who will give each other the shirts off their backs, including plans for just the shipping cost....so for me, this discussion is moot. [8D]
Because that's the market price for a full set of plans and templates for most any decent model (not counting profiles and foamies). (oh I did say decent models did I not?) Why should the AMA go into the bargain basement mode when selling any items? If you order a set of Ziroli, Hostetler, Watz, or other plans, you don't get them at a price reduction. The AMA has some very desirable plan sets, that are difficult to come by from any other source. They are worth the asking price, plus it keeps the riff raff from plan building.
Bill, AMA 4720