Hi everyone,
Been lurking on the site for the past few months and learn something new almost everytime. But I've got a question that I haven't been able to find an answer for.
I got a request today from a minister that would like me to build a scale model of one of the buildings at a camp that he runs. This is exactly what I have been doing for my building kits for model railroads. But most of the time for the RR buildings, all I have to work from are photographs. He has plans for the buildings, so I have all the dimensions. And I'll take a trip out there to get photographs.
My questions is how should I price this thing out? How much for time in Corel drawing everything up and time for cutting the pieces, painting and assembly? He says he doesn't want to pay a lot for this. (what else is new?) and I don't want to price myself out of a job. But I also want to make it worth my while to do. The camp has about 50 separate buildings, and hopefully after he gets the first one, he'll want to do models of all of them. (hey, I can dream, can't I?)
Everything I've done so far is sold as a kit, and the design time has mostly been learning time. I'm not sure what to tell this guy. Would a few of you mind letting me know what you charge for these services? Then I can put together a fair estimate for him.
Thanks in advance. And I hope everyone is ready for springtime. After 75+ inches of snow this winter here in southeast PA, (officially the snowiest winter in Philly in recorded history) I know I am!!
Thanks again,
Brian C