Tomcatfreak Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Whoooohoooo Ordered 3 sets, THANKS Chris!!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Chris, I've just placed my order and my paypal payment for 1 set. many thanks and best regards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JollyTomcat Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 (edited) Dear Chris, although i'm new on the forum I've followed your progress on the intake correction. So I've placed my order for one set. Regards, Ronald Edited July 24, 2013 by JollyTomcat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 I'm officially overwhelmed! :wacko: As of now it will probably take a week to fill all the orders I have. I'm going as fast as I can and will continue to take what I can to the Post Office on a daily basis. First order sent with two sets of AIM-9G for another project, was wondering if you could fit them all together... On International orders I can fit quite a bit extra in the box without causing the S&H to go up much. Two sets of missiles is no problem. The intake package by itself weighs just under 13 oz. so the S&H for international is the same up to 16 oz., more than that and it goes up an extra $1.66. For U.S. order though, 13 oz. is the max for First Class. I might fit 1 set of Sidewinders without going over. After that it is cheaper to send 2 First Class packages and at some point, Priority. All depends on how much extra stuff you want to order. I do my best to try to figure which method is cheapest to save you what I can. PLEASE, e-mail me a list if you want to order extra items that qualify for combined S&H (as mentioned earlier, multiple intake sets and other big sets are best shipped separately so don't qualify for combined S&H, but missiles, pylons, etc. usually do). When I receive your e-mail I'll send a Paypal invoice with the discounted S&H for you to place your order. Typing the invoice is extra work for me but still easier that logging in to Paypal and sending a partial refund for overpaid S&H if you just order a bunch of items directly from my website... Im about to leave on a 6 week rad trip from Seattle to New York so will order 3 or 4 sets mid trip so they arrive when we get back. Awesome dude! Have a rad trip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Thanks Chris! Really appreciate your work on the intakes they will look awesome installed! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Space Tiger Hobbes Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 No love for the 1/48 HB builders out here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Got my order in! Yours is some of the best resin out there. I wish Avionix and Aires would take some lessons from you. Great work, and add my thanks for what you do. Jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigobear Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I ordered mine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macbain Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Worth the wait I am sure, order sent. Thanks Zactoman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnnymac Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Placed my order on Tuesday, and I received the set yesterday!!! Talk about fast service!!! Anyway, the set is GORGEOUS!!! I can't WAIT to dig into it. :D/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timvkampen Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Chris, I think the prize is right. Ordered my first one for my F-14A Sundowner... Beautiful work! Best Tim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Thank you all! Orders keep coming in. I keep casting parts. Currently I have about 1 1/2 weeks of orders to fill. I'm going as fast as I can... For those of you who have received your sets, please inspect the parts and let me know if there is any kind of damage regardless of how minor, even if it’s something you can easily fix. If there is any problem at all I want to know so I can modify the way I package future orders. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hornet78 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Got my stuff a few days ago. Nothing broken or wrong. Makes me want to start my big cat ;-) Thanks again Chris Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Got mine the other day. I just hope I can do them justice. Thanks, Chris! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I made a huge mistake! I was planning and forgot to add a special “Thank you!†in the instruction sheet to Dave Fassett (Bulldog 09 here at ARC) for his help in supplying me with loads photos and dimensions of the intakes of the F-14D “Christine†at Meacham Field, Texas. And also big a “Thank you!†to Eric Boehm, curator of the USS Intrepid Air Museum for going out in the rain to get me excellent pictures of the fuel tank pylons of their F-14D “Super Tomcatâ€. I couldn’t have done this without your help! I already had a bunch of instructions printed but will be updating future instructions next time I have them printed. And now to a smaller mistake I forgot to mention. For those who have already ordered or received your intakes, when test fitting you will notice that the very front edge is a little too long and a little too thick. It’s a very easy fix. Just sand away a little material to get them to fit. I have modified the patterns and this shouldn’t be an issue on future castings. Order status... I was completely flooded and overwhelmed with orders, especially the first two days. After a week and a half of working non-stop, I’m almost finished with day two orders. The orders keep coming but I am catching up. As of right now I have about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks of orders to fill. For those wanting to order, I still have not updated my website home page and won’t be until I’m closer to caught up. Here is the link to the ordering page: http://www.zactomodels.com/html/F-14/F14_intakes.htm Thanks to those who have e-mailed and left comments. So far nobody has reported any damaged parts so I’m happy with the packaging. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigobear Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I got mine today. They look great and don't have any problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karl h Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 got mine, no damage and i love them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Leduc Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Yesss, Christmas already. Easy to guess what I'll tackle this week-end, and I think I found a way to cheat most of the sanding, we'll see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JollyTomcat Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Today the package arrived, the parts are really beautiful. Thank you very much Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the feedback guys :cheers:/> It's great to hear that you like the parts. So far no complaints or reports of any damage. For those who may have missed the other thread I started: _________________________________________________________ Production/Shipping delay; Medical crisis _________________________________________________________ My daughter needed help and this slowed my production. I'm doing my best to catch up. For those who have already ordered, orders received on: July 25 and early 26 should ship tomorrow July 26 should ship Wednesday July 27 and 28, Thursday July 29 and early July 30, Friday July 30 and 31 Saturday or Monday etc... These estimates are conservative and if all goes well I hope to fill the orders faster, but it's been chaos around here and there may well be additional interruptions. Currently I'd estimate that there is about a 1 -1/2 to 2 week delay on new orders. http://www.zactomodels.com/html/F-14/F14_intakes.htm :cheers:/> Edited August 12, 2013 by Zactoman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunset Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hello Chris, Send you an email today. Look after your mini Zacto and forget all the rest. Family is the most important thing, here on earth. Godspeed, Jeroen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kiowafixer Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Well mine arrived yesterday and all I can say is WOW! You sure caught a lot of the details that I remember while crawling around the intakes of the Tomcat for all those years. Thanks for all your hard work getting them produced and shipped. KiowaFixer/FormerTomcatFixer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
testcats Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 hellow Sir Chris My payment is now definite. pls check your email when you have time. thanks very much Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 package arrived today. thank you very much Chris. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maveric043 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Received the package, Many thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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