Wez:
Not any more. Some minor opposition and a fair amount of reason caused me to reconsider the paint rule. I only used Stew-Mac as a point of reference - I never said anyone had to use their prices. I DO appreciate your spirit of fairness in not wanting to use your discount in the budget.
As of today, one British pound = 1.3746 U.S. dollars. The budget was figured in U.S.D., therefore the British budget would be #275.
...which puts you WELL within the budget. But then there's the issue of the finish. Did you WANT to paint it, or were you painting it due to the rules? Also are you capable of painting it yourself, and at what cost? I know you have someone else paint your stuff, but IIRC, that's for professional/time reasons, not capability.
Here's a question to everyone else: Do we give Wez a break on the painting because he's a professional and has business considerations to factor in? Majority rules on this one.
MattHarris75: I don't think anyone cares when you commit and do it, so long as it's in by June 31. I was wanting Friday evening as the date to set the rules in stone, not as a sign-up deadline.
Orgmorg, Pete, Dirge: I did base my Corvus template off a tracing of my LP template. Orgmorg's 10 1/4" might be right. I ended up at 11", but I eyeballed it instead of sizing up the pic. Is ANY of my template tight? He11 if I know - I've never even seen a Corvus in person, much less had the opportunity to measure & trace.
For template distribution, I suppose I could put the thing on my scanner with a ruler for size comparison and email it out to all who want it. It'd take multiple scans, so you'd have to piece it together. I was originally thinking to trace it and mail it. I could still do that for the folks in the U.S. I can look into international rates to see if it's reasonable. PM me with either you house address or email address and I'll send you the template.
The current participants are:
avengers63 / John
Dirge For November
Todd
The Telecaster Kid
Orgmorg
Matt Harris
Pete
Wez
Pete & Wez seem to be teetering on the edge, sh here's your official push. You're both in until you say conclusively "I'm out".