Prepainted quality of different waves/ships?

[scourge]

I wonder if unpainted models would have been a better idea? Cheaper to produce and easier for us to modify.

I can imagine buying blank 74s by the dozen and customizing them as needed.

[TexaS]

I wonder if unpainted models would have been a better idea? Cheaper to produce and easier for us to modify.

I can imagine buying blank 74s by the dozen and customizing them as needed.

I think that that they are prepainted has appeal and gives them a niche in the market that they otherwise wouldn't have.

[SeaDog7]

My Bonhomme Richard needs some touching up where red paint bleeds down onto the black portion of the hull. Minor touch up of a really annoying area is all that's needed at this point.

[Bligh]

I wonder if unpainted models would have been a better idea? Cheaper to produce and easier for us to modify.

I can imagine buying blank 74s by the dozen and customizing them as needed.

I think Jonas is right here Michael. It is a bit of a juggling act. Do you pander to the many who can't or won't do repaints, and those who just don't have time and wish to play straight out of the box, or the few who will buy a lot of ships to convert. Let us be honest here, the few of us will still buy a lot and then repaint them. How many of us are put off by the fact we need to repaint? Most of us have been doing it for most of our lives.
Rob.