Welcome to the challenge Greysnake, I guess it is officially an unofficial GB now. Mmmm how can I move entire thread to proper topic page??

Love this thread - finally a topic I excel at!

Thanks for the smack down TCOAT, need to keep the overachievers in line! Felt good to not feel guilty about not using filler. Looking forward to following the new arrivals.

This was a fun quick build - though quick is relative, the Mrs wasn't crazy about my three day cram session.

On a serious note, I’m sorry to read of your health troubles Armornut, I wish you the best possible fortune in this struggle and am happy to see you in good spirits. Thank you for lighting the fire!

Ok - without further adieu: My Turd complete, presented for group inspection.

   Yessir, that be a mightyfine " turd"..well done Joe.

GreySnake

I’ll build a kit from my childhood this Tamiya Gaz67B Field Car. I built this kit when I was ten years old.

 

 

I probably had access to more tools then others as my father also built models. I didn’t worry about seam lines at the time I just clipped parts of the sprue and sanded down the nubs with metal files. I do plan to airbrush the model as my father would airbrush my kits for me.  

 

Someplace in a box of assorted pieces of models from my childhood I have some random parts from that kit. It would have been one of the very last models I built in 72 or 73 as my interests turned more to real vehicles and girls. 

Those are cool guys! The 251 came out great Joe! I built the same kit back when I had a full head of hair, or at least tried. I remember my sister's stupid braindead cat ate half of one of the sets of 'rubber band' tracks so I had to finish the thing the best I could. 

Greysnake and Real G, those are cool too, never built them though. 

I'm not sure if they would qualify as a 'turd' but I build almost everything straight from the box these days. I just want to get the darn thing built and really don't feel like adding a pile of PE or modifying the kit. 

JoeSMG

 

Love this thread - finally a topic I excel at!

Thanks for the smack down TCOAT, need to keep the overachievers in line! Felt good to not feel guilty about not using filler. Looking forward to following the new arrivals.

 

Tcoat

Well I do hope that G realized I was only ribbing. It is his Turd and he can do as he wants. There were no rules.

Thank you Armornut and Gamera, I do like it, Of course at some point I'm definitely going to fill the cracks and add some swag! :) Knowing me though, it'll be 5yrs ta never before I get to it and then after I'll do the figures!

I did like the time limit aspect - otherwise i tend to keep putsing with things and they either take forever or i lose interest.

Edit: Forgot to mention - My rush to the finish did result in a near catastrophe! I initially attached the rear door hinges on backwards! (this after triple checking the instructions for just this issue…) Fortunately my impulsive nature didn't allow them to fully set before trying to attach them.

JoeSMG

Thank you Armornut and Gamera, I do like it, Of course at some point I'm definitely going to fill the cracks and add some swag! :) Knowing me though, it'll be 5yrs ta never before I get to it and then after I'll do the figures!

I did like the time limit aspect - otherwise i tend to keep putsing with things and they either take forever or i lose interest.

 

After this thread dies down a bit I may start an official "Build it like you are 8 years old" one. There would be very restrictive conditions and a time limit would be one of them. People may lose interest after this thread though. 

I'll be the first to sign up - My stash will outlive me by many, many years otherwise.

Tcoat

 

 

JoeSMG

Thank you Armornut and Gamera, I do like it, Of course at some point I'm definitely going to fill the cracks and add some swag! :) Knowing me though, it'll be 5yrs ta never before I get to it and then after I'll do the figures!

I did like the time limit aspect - otherwise i tend to keep putsing with things and they either take forever or i lose interest.

 

 

 

 

After this thread dies down a bit I may start an official "Build it like you are 8 years old" one. There would be very restrictive conditions and a time limit would be one of them. People may lose interest after this thread though. 

 

In that case I'll join up to. I have a Tamiya SAS Jeep that I'm not going to build otherwise.

   Welcome aboard Greysnake, thanks for taking up the challenge. Keep it simple, use what you had access to as a young modeler, which leaves your options open....we have no idea how many lawns you mowed..... just remember to think like you did, and just have fun. Looking forward to your awesome " turd".

  I remember those catalogs too, man I drooled over many kits pictured in them. Oddly enough I have most of them in my stash. Forge ahead good sir.

We coveted those MRC gatefold catalogs like gold back in the day!  They changed from time to time, so we traded them to be sure we had them all.  Lying in the grass during recess, we would dream of our next kit.

I think my dad let me use the gas mower when I turned 13 or so.  $3.50 per week to help dad in the yard on the weekends, collect the trash and wash the dishes throughout the week. It made every penny count, and took me at least 3 weeks or more to save up for a Tamiya kit.  But it made the getting sooooo much more satisfying, even though the kits I built turned into mostly turds.  

Real G

We coveted those MRC gatefold catalogs like gold back in the day!  They changed from time to time, so we traded them to be sure we had them all.  Lying in the grass during recess, we would dream of our next kit.

I think my dad let me use the gas mower when I turned 13 or so.  $3.50 per week to help dad in the yard on the weekends, collect the trash and wash the dishes throughout the week. It made every penny count, and took me at least 3 weeks or more to save up for a Tamiya kit.  But it made the getting sooooo much more satisfying, even though the kits I built turned into mostly turds.  

 

Not long ago I paid a pile of money on Ebay for some indiviudal pages from some of those old cataloges to frame as wall hangers!

Tcoat

 

 

Real G

We coveted those MRC gatefold catalogs like gold back in the day!  They changed from time to time, so we traded them to be sure we had them all.  Lying in the grass during recess, we would dream of our next kit.

I think my dad let me use the gas mower when I turned 13 or so.  $3.50 per week to help dad in the yard on the weekends, collect the trash and wash the dishes throughout the week. It made every penny count, and took me at least 3 weeks or more to save up for a Tamiya kit.  But it made the getting sooooo much more satisfying, even though the kits I built turned into mostly turds.  

 

 

 

 

Not long ago I paid a pile of money on Ebay for some indiviudal pages from some of those old cataloges to frame as wall hangers!

 

Oh geez Tcoat, why didn't you just ask here on the forum?  Any spares I have would have been yours for free!

...um, yeah, I still have them.    But who throws anything away these days?  Right guys?  Guys?

 Right G ...right....

Real G

 

 

Tcoat

 

 

Real G

We coveted those MRC gatefold catalogs like gold back in the day!  They changed from time to time, so we traded them to be sure we had them all.  Lying in the grass during recess, we would dream of our next kit.

I think my dad let me use the gas mower when I turned 13 or so.  $3.50 per week to help dad in the yard on the weekends, collect the trash and wash the dishes throughout the week. It made every penny count, and took me at least 3 weeks or more to save up for a Tamiya kit.  But it made the getting sooooo much more satisfying, even though the kits I built turned into mostly turds.  

 

 

 

 

Not long ago I paid a pile of money on Ebay for some indiviudal pages from some of those old cataloges to frame as wall hangers!

 

 

 

 

Oh geez Tcoat, why didn't you just ask here on the forum?  Any spares I have would have been yours for free!

...um, yeah, I still have them.    But who throws anything away these days?  Right guys?  Guys?

 

LOL I wasn't here yet. And by "not long ago" I mean approx 5 years. That is no longer "long ago" I guess!

While I've truged through some pretty awful kits, I haven't really done a 'turd', but have built a couple of kits to just 'put something together', and not worry about details, paint, smooth seams, etc.  Getting tired of how many projects I had on the bench, only having time to put a dab of paint here, or sand this joint there, but getting nothing done, I thought it would be a good idea to actually finish something.  Don't worry about the extra details, paint, etc., just assemble a kit, like in the 'old days' but trying to make it the best OOB build I could.  I grabbed an old AMT 57 T-bird kit for that.  I had a couple in the stash I got from a dollar store, so figured I could 'sacrifice' one for the cause.

It was actually a pretty nice kit.  Considering it's age, it had a nice amount of detail and went together pretty well.  It sits proudly on my display shelf in it's own display box.  I look at that plain, unpainted kit and just smile from time-to-time.

It really was a joy to do.  

As it should CTD, as it should

That looks good Greysnake- kudos sir! 

Armournut: What would you define as a 'turd build' here? Seems like some of them are decent kits, just older with less detail and poorer fit. 

I don't want to join anymore GBs right now but I'm working on this Tamiya 1/35th IS-3. Pretty good kit but Tamiya was still leaving the sponsons open, you could look right though the kit. I blanked them off with sheet plastic. And I'm going to replace the tracks with white metal ones. Again, I don't want to enter but would this qualify as a 'turd'? 

    Great question Gamera, my intent was for us modelers stricken with numerous forms of AMS, OCD, or any other mania that has afflicted us as we aged. The goal was to convey the fun we had when we had limited access to special tools, paint, or reference materials. This does not exclude anybody as some had fathers, mothers, uncles, etc that helped. This exercise is also NOT MEANT TO CRITISIZE exceptional modelers.

    No one is obligated to join, heck I never thought it would morph into this...glad it did, and I understand that you have other obligations.

    I think to answer your question about your " turd".....is it your very best work? Does it bring you joy working on it? I enjoyed seeing what you put out. If you answer yes to these questions then YOU are the only one who can claim it as a " turd".

Thanks! Guess I was a little confused, I assumed 'turd' meant a really poor quality kit. Greysnake said his staff car was really bad but I've built the 251 halftrack Joe did and found it though old still a pretty good kit. 

The IS-3 is a decent kit, not great nor terrible. So far what I've done with it I think is about average, not my best but not my worst. I wouldn't put her in this build in any case since I'm about 75% done. 

I'd consider the Tamiya JS-3 a turd from an accuracy standpoint as there is a lot wrong with it. But from a building standpoint it's a typical excellent late 1990's Tamiya kit that will go together with little to no problems.

Gamera

Thanks! Guess I was a little confused, I assumed 'turd' meant a really poor quality kit. Greysnake said his staff car was really bad but I've built the 251 halftrack Joe did and found it though old still a pretty good kit.  

I think the definition is really quite wide and often depends on your point of view. Many older kits are turds because they were rough and crude, lacking any real details, just indescernable lumps here and there. Model kits were toys built by boys and played with in the sandbox.

Some kits are turds because they barely resemble the actual prototype. Something like Lindberg's T-80 Soviet tank is a very poor kit that is almost a cartoon of a Cold War modern Soviet MBT. It fails on multiple levels.

Tamiya makes some very well engineered kits, they are "box shakers" that go together easily. But as noted, they take some detail shortcuts and many have been bypassed by the more accurate Uber-kits by Meng, Takom, AFV Club, etc. Their M2/3 Bradley series is an easy build, but they glossed over so many details that the kit is very incomplete.

I thought armornuts original intent that it would be a turd by your standards today if you built it as your 10 year old self.  Not necessarily the kit itself - just the fingerprint, nylon brush painted gluebomb you had so much slapping together while eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich and watching gilligans island or better yet, the 3 stooges.

keavdog

I thought armornuts original intent that it would be a turd by your standards today if you built it as your 10 year old self.  Not necessarily the kit itself - just the fingerprint, nylon brush painted gluebomb you had so much slapping together while eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich and watching gilligans island or better yet, the 3 stooges.