I love resin kits but they're so expensive that I just can't buy the kits I like. I totally respect the reasons for those prices but they're just out of my range.
Hence my future 3' Galactica in card.
Card is great, if the textures are good and the design is sound then alot of the time a model can look just as good if not sometimes better than a resin garage kit. Plus they're cheaper, easier and make interesting talking pieces.
Also, I actually posted threads about this project over at Starshipmodeler and got a very dissappointing response there.
I know one reason why you got a disappointing response on Starshipmodeler. I used to at least surf the forums there on a daily basis, but after awhile, it was all talk about kits that were a. out of my price range, b. too expensive for me because I can scratchbuild them myself cheaper and better (more on that in a second), or c. all of the above.
Had I seen your posting, I would have responded, but I visit starshipmodeler about once a month now.
As for scratchbuilding in plasticard, I have mixed emotions. The ONE time I bought a resin kit that I knew I could scratchbuild myself (1/1000 Refit Enterprise) was disappointing in the extremis. I ended up either reshaping, or rebuilding most of it. There was not one part I didn't end up modifying. And I'm not talking about changing it because I'm a 'rivet counter' this thing looked absolutely horrendous. Some of the S-M'ers complain about Art Asylum's toys being junk, this kit would have been proud to have aspired to 'junk' status.
Scratchbuilding is not like it used to be. First off, there are folks at S-M, that are professional model makers, and its very difficult to keep up with them. Plus, the advent of table-top CNC machines means that scratchbuilding has jumped to a level of detail and fidelity to the prototype that I just can't attain with hand held tools. Meanwhile, need a 1mm by 2mm detail on a card model? Couple of commands in the software of choice, print it, done!
I guess I skim some of these threads way too quickly. I would be very excited about a 3 foot paper Galactica.