You've gotta have $ to make $.. Otherwise we would all be rich business owners..
Just keep a percentage of the deposit and sell them for full price once they are (done?)..
If I saw a painted product and I liked it alot, I would have no problem saying me, me..
I've seen squat but a dirty photochop kit.. I can't put $ on a product unseen and unknown of its quality, not that that is in question.
Show me a completed product and someone will show you the money I guarantee it. First off a completely done kit (1) materials and such being figured in to and done prototype on one of your cars should have been done FIRST.
So its done, you know how much it costs to make it and its already designed and molded ready to go. Start a Group Buy then and sell a whole bunch of these in however long it takes to clone the rest of them.
Problem is (and I'm not even in on the Group Buy just a 3rd party bystander) that you took peoples money long.. long ago in a galaxy far away.. oh wait

they have money (a good amount for most) tied up into something that they had a want for (x amount of time ago) and have seen nothing. That to me is uncomforting... to have X amount of dollars tied up into -> ( ) <- nothing there eh?..
Was there orignally a set date for these to be complete? Has that date been posponed x amount of times. Well should the people get their money back since the product was never delivered on time?
I personally am intrested in one of these kits but have yet to actually see one.. :\ Will I drop a mad load of money on something inexistant?

Nah.. show me the goods please.