My Iowa cost me about $3K to build, including some mold making equipment, special tools and such. I built it from scratch- mostly wood, with fiberglass in places. It was not cheap, and took about 3 years to finish. Fun to build, but I thougth I would never finish the suppersturcture.
Rules for MWC are listed here: http://www.mwci.org/rules.shtml These should have the answers to many of your questions. After some reflection, you should become aware of many possibilties.
Cost of a ship depends alot on what you put into it. It is of course possible to spend an nearly infinite amount. I tried hard. As to which is the beter ship Iowa or Yamato? A lot depends on the captain- they are pretty similar in preformance. The long ships can have a problem with stern guns. So you have to learn how to avoid them. Despite the lenght of the Iowa, it actualy manuvers rather well. If your sidemounts are good and you can shoot, you should be able to beat anything with in a sidemount dual with an Iowa. I don't have any picts handy of my Iowa. Sorry.
Don't base what a ship costs on the prices you see listed. Those are just for the parts. You need to factor in a lot of stuff that isn't sold in the "ship kit" when you think of cost. Plus balsa wood, various glues, internal armor, batteries, CO2 handling, etc, etc...
CO2 handling is a short way to say the big bottle, the regulator, the hoses, accumulators and valves needed to fire the cannons. $3000 is what he spent all together. a ship kit is the hull, deck kit, turrets, sometimes a basic superstructure, and plans.
ok because ive never heard cannon components called co2 handling and i can get all my co2 filled free and get my co2 free
I wasn't counting the cost of filling CO2 in the cost. It's pretty close to zero. And Battler's Connection doesn't sell CO2. They sell the bottles, hoses, and other stuff. And for courtesy's sake, please don't trash suppliers without actually having bought stuff with them. Battlers Connection has been supporting the hobby for a very long time, and they deserve better than that.
i understand i love their stuff but co2 can be bought much easier from normal stores it would save time im not saying that they are deliberatly making things more expensive but its like buying a gun why would you buy one thats more expensive and takes more time to get instead of getting one frome a STORE that you can walk out with it it just makes sense im not saying anything bad about them considering im going to eventually be buying from them. Jeez
The bottles from Battlers Connection is a bit more expensive than you can get from a paintball store. However, most paintball stores don't have on/off valves installed on the tank. So if you want to do it yourself you need to buy a tank ($20) buy a on/off valve ($20) and then install it- if you have the tools and the know how. So what ever option makes you happy. You will also need a regulator, hoses fittings, gun valves, and probibly more fitting stuff. $100 here $300 there- pretty soon it's real money. Might want some spares too- stuff breaks. If you want to do cheep- find a source for you valves, fittings, hose, electrical stuff (switches, wire, ect), and hardware (nuts, bolts, metal stock, polymer resin, fiberglass) then figure out how to put the stuff together. It can be done. In the old days, before suppliers for warship kits that is the way it was done. Back then you had to build everything that went into your ship. And you had to build the ship frame and supperstructure itself. The kit suppliers have made it much easer for new guys to get started.
