Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 17, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted September 17, 2019 15 hours ago, Artful69 said: Another fond memory of a high impact incident with the round filing cabinet ... The old Revell Bf.110C-4 ... no amount of putty and re-scribing could ever fix that masterful puzzle of engineering ineptitude. I remember wishing I’d hung onto it if only to show the Dragon kit to it - “see ... with a little more effort, this is what you COULD have been!!!” Rog Rog, I remember a Revell 110 kit that confounded all my attempts to make it right, and this may very well might have been the one. Then the Dragon 110, just after it came out, but before Brett Green wrote an addendum to those workd famous instructions. You know, the ones that were illustrated by a toddler in crayon? That kit, after 3 weeks of ill fitting hell, hit the far wall of my hobby room at about Mach 3, and I scared my wife because I started loudly cussing in German like a Bundesmarine sailor using strings of words I hadn't even thought of in 30 years. There wasn't enough filler in all of the DFW. area. Not one of my finer moments, but that thing well and truly wound my clock spring. Oh, and then there are the joys of builder error. Like the stunted growth version of an Eduard/Werner's Wings 109 V-14 racer. After some overexuberance while sanding, my brilliant self ended up with a fuselage about a quarter inch too short. I finished it anyway, without fixing the error, but that thing looked comically stupid. That one fell victim to an unfortunate shotgun blast. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypoet Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 The one that comes to mind just now is the Signifer 1/48 Grumman Goose Its gorgeous insofar as details are concerned, but the internal fit is abysmal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 The Fly Hurricane Mk II is right up there with poor fitting kits. VERY high cuss-factor. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 On 9/17/2019 at 2:08 PM, Clunkmeister said: I finished it anyway, without fixing the error, but that thing looked comically stupid. That one fell victim to an unfortunate shotgun blast. You can’t possibly pay for any better therapy, I bet that brought gleeful giggles for an hour! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Not a kit per say, but conversion. The HO229 2 seat conversion from ZM. Reason I stopped building it.......harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 37 minutes ago, harv said: Not a kit per say, but conversion. The HO229 2 seat conversion from ZM. Reason I stopped building it.......harv I haven't even started mine since it's almost as bad as yours. Which is a shame really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Carl, your right, a terrible shame.....harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 21, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted September 21, 2019 On 9/17/2019 at 8:40 AM, Bill_S said: Battleaxe Fokker E.III This one gets a vote, it is HIDEOUS! On 9/17/2019 at 10:20 AM, Drifter said: I have 2, Testors 1/72 U2 and Trumpeter 1/32 Mig 17Bis. These too. Never built the Trumpeter MiG 15/17, but have heard the horror stories 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: This one gets a vote, it is HIDEOUS! These too. Never built the Trumpeter MiG 15/17, but have heard the horror stories I don’t think they are as bad as some people say, true, they are not Tamiya quality, but most everyone has enough modelling skills to beat it into shape. Plus, at an average of $15-$20 each, you can spend $80 on a cockpit, PE, canopy, and wing fences, you have one nice mig. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 18 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: This one gets a vote, it is HIDEOUS! These too. Never built the Trumpeter MiG 15/17, but have heard the horror stories Do yourself a favor, dont try them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 15 hours ago, 1to1scale said: I don’t think they are as bad as some people say, true, they are not Tamiya quality, but most everyone has enough modelling skills to beat it into shape. Plus, at an average of $15-$20 each, you can spend $80 on a cockpit, PE, canopy, and wing fences, you have one nice mig. Haha, Funny man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted September 22, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted September 22, 2019 15 hours ago, 1to1scale said: I don’t think they are as bad as some people say, true, they are not Tamiya quality, but most everyone has enough modelling skills to beat it into shape. Plus, at an average of $15-$20 each, you can spend $80 on a cockpit, PE, canopy, and wing fences, you have one nice mig. Agreed, but I took the easy way out and got the superb HPH MiG-15 instead. It’s everything the Trumpeter kit should have been. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikester Posted September 22, 2019 Members Share Posted September 22, 2019 I struggle with the Pacific Coast 1/32 190. And the fit really isn't horrible, just kind of a wonky design makes it harder to get together than it should be, especially the lower cowl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Trumpeter MiG 17. Not as bad as Ernie's, but horrible. Horrible also in it just being clunky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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