Sitting down at my PC, I have the privilege of typing my first ever month update! I want to make monthly reports something that I can use to keep blanket updates of information flowing to the website. While I’d love to use the blog on the website more often, I get to life sometimes won’t allow that.

Since this is the first update I don’t really have a specific format chosen yet. For now I think the information if just gonna be a slightly curated information dump. Eventually I’d like to graphically show all ship progresses and try to keep the updates as short as possible.

The biggest accomplishment in May was the exterior design freeze on AM001. The Freightstar is now visually frozen which means I can start working with artists to get packaging and website material done. For my first ship I think it turned out excellent and I look forward to building the first one.

Of course this doesn’t mean the work stops. Outside of starting artwork, the interior of AM001 still needs to be finished. This will not be a quick task as internal structures play a role in both holding the model together as well as making assembly fun and intuitive.

Along side the AM001 I am looking make my website go live in June. This will include building out some pages and getting it to a basic level of functionality. For now I’ll be using placeholder images til I start getting in some final artwork and really use material that will make the website pop.

Looking ahead to the future, my present goal is to release the first two models this year. While I originally told myself three, my path to discovery on the art and branding side have taken longer than I expected. I always expect more delays but am putting in an effort to hold myself to getting some products out this year.

Current Roadmap:

AM001 - FreightStar (August 2020)

AM002 - Mantabone (Working Title) (December 2020)

AM003 - TBD (Collaboration) (2021)

AM004 - Kestrel (Working Title) (2021)