Count me in as well

Just ordered my kit woohoo!

Thanks Al & Mark

Agreed, No need to rush

me too

Anyone know the postage time to Australia. My Paypal notification says it was posted September 17, but it hasn't arrived yet. I had another package arrive already that was sent after this one.

Thought mine would have arrived by now, but still waiting

I was under the impression that mine had been sent as I had notification from paypal that the status had been changed to "Posted". If that is incorrect and it is still being made thats ok but if it was sent and hasn't arrived, hopefully it hasn't been lost in the post.

Yeah I rechecked the email and it says 'Postage status - In process'. I've probably interpreted this wrong, might just be Mark's way of saying payment received.

I'm sure it will arrive in due time.

I was in the 4-6 week group too but still waiting. Someone else from Australia posted earlier on in the thread that they got theirs weeks ago which made me wonder why mine hadn't arrived yet.

I understand that it takes time to make these components but an update on whats happening would put people at ease

Thanks for the updates Al, It's nice to know what the delay is and the fact that mark is sorting it out proves that he wants to deliver the best quality he can.

Ok, Just got an email from paypal with a shipping update, it now says 'Sent'. It also has a tracking number so I guess it is now on it's way. Maybe the other guys that are waiting will get this update as well.

kit arrived today, Now to install it

Started to put it together today. My main trouble at the moment is the shape of the internal moulding (on the dalek body) is preventing it from sitting inside it further. After some persevering I think I've got the gap not too bad although the head is sitting a little too far forward and when I sit it in place, the dome doesn't quite fit in it's correct position as the eye stick of the Dalek sticks out too far.

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Yeah I think it is a lot outta shape as I had quite a bit of trouble even getting it to this point. It doesn't even really fit the mounting bolts on the base plate, the back two are ok but the front two are way off. I got the front two in by loosening them so they could go in at an angle. It took a lot of jiggling and twisting to even get the the assembly inside the Dalek body.

In regard to the dome not fitting correctly, it's not the light board in the way, it's the eye pointer thingy of the Dalek sticks out too far and the dome actually overhangs the edge of the backbox. Earlier in the thread Shimoda posted about the same issue with his, I think he said he had to extend the hole that the motor fits into to make it fit.

I'll get the Dremel out and make a few adjustments and see if I can get it to fit better.

Thanks for the advice guys

Ok, I ground down the lip quite a bit to get a bit more clearance and that helped it fit the base plate a bit better. I have managed to get the head & body looking a bit more even (I think) with about the same gap, which I am ok with. Tilting the mechanism backwards only made the gap at the front worse as the body is already tilting forward.

I still have the issue of the stalk preventing the dome being installed correctly, so I am going to have to extend the hole that the motor sits in to be able to shift the whole thing backwards.

I decided to connect everything up and test it, so in test mode all was good but when I exited back to attract mode, the motor runs continuously, started a game and the motor still continues to run. Any suggestions on how I solve this?

Thanks for posting the update Al, I just need to mount it all properly now and I will post some pics when I'm done.

By the way Mark was very helpful and quick to respond.

Jason

Posted a video on you tube, left the dome off just to show it better.