How many times have you said: "Enough is enough"?

There's no shame in that, John.

I think kits like that were sold more for the "wow" factor than anything else.

J.K

I feel for you . It's unfortunate when a model becomes more of a chore andl less of a joy. Might be a good idea to take that  break and revisit it when your ready again.

Good luck.

I find that a "Healthy" dose of Bottle Rocket's , can fix any problem seam...... sometime's GAS will work too ...

Those bottle rockets were  the remedy for many a model kit back when I was a kid.

Oh good grief. I just got this kit and was looking forward to building it. very disapointing news Mate but ty for the heads up.

Yup, been there, done that.  Was working on an old (very old) Zero kit, and the wing root was a full 1/16 inch "taller" than the wing where they joined.  I could fix it by putting shims in the wings, but then the front of the wing will be too short.  Almost sent it on a no prop "test flight" into the wall.  And this after spending a lot of time on the pit.

Rather than trying to fix it, I am going to get a better Zero kit, and use this one to practice decals, since that is a skill I really need to work on.

Jay Jay

Oh good grief. I just got this kit and was looking forward to building it. very disapointing news Mate but ty for the heads up.

 

I have a couple of shelves right above my workbench that I call my Shelves of Doom.  These are the builds that I had trouble with- and sometimes trouble means too long a build and I am bored-, that I plan to finish someday (and I do finish one from those shelves occasionally).  I have never counted them, but I believe there are about two dozen up there.

There are the kits that are so bad I'm never going to finish, those I set aside because I know I'm in over my head, and those that I'm just bored with. 

I only do this for fun, so if the fun factor isn't there I'm not going to waste my time. 

Revell kits seem to occupy the most space in the Box of Doom under my work table. They just don't have the nostalgia factor to make the build worthwhile. I built them as a kid, but more often than not they would last a year or so then we would stuff them with firecrackers...

For nostalgia, it would be the Movie Monster models for me! Out of my price range today, for what they are. I remember saving up the $3 for the Rodan model I wanted so badly. It cost twice as much as the other monster kits! I could put up with the seams and poor fit today to finish one of those again!

I've had a handful over the years that have been set aside.

If it becomes a chore, that's a bad mindset for modeling.

I went through that with a Simba 8x8, started off six guns ablazin'.

A couple of months in, it got the point where I just wanted it to be over.

I lost interest and couldn't figure out why.

Then it dawned on me...the darn thing looks like a toy.

Of course, this isn't my build. Mine was slapdash at best

I had another thought about saying enough!  That is when I contemplate saying "enough- I have such a big stash now!  I am never going to be able to build what I have."  How many times have I said that?  Seven? Paraphrasing the bible- no, seven times seventy times seventy!

Hi;

 I do have to ask . Is yours the version that drops the Nuclear Weapon Pod ?If so no wonder . It was actually , even to me , more toy than accurate model . Mainly Because of the lousy parts fit !

It has a nucular pod that is attached to the fuselage. It is not the version with a button that releases the bomb. The pod is a combination nucular bomb and external fuel tank. It is huge.

Welcome to the world of old Monogram kits JK. They have some nice models but it takes tons of plastic card and filler to get things right on some of them.

Presently I'm working on the old Monogram F-102 and 106, both great looking kits with nice molded details but watch out for parts that don't line up and gaping seam lines along the bottom of the leading wing edges. This area alone required several fill and sand sessions not to mention replacing the sanded details.

I then hit a brick wall with the 102's canopy frame and clear canopy fit. Took me a while to figure out how to close up the gaps and make the fit look half way decent using thick CA and sanding to close up the gaps at the rear frame line.

The best approach when dealing with these issues if one gets frustated then set it aside and walk away. Start again fresh with a clear mind. 

I am also working on a Monogram B-24J. It is going together just fine. Except for the joint at the engine nacelles, there are no real fit problems. I do not understand why the B-58 has such problems. It's almost as if nobody at Monogram assembled the model before it was released for sale.

Yes that seam on the B58 is pretty nasty!But it could be ground down.Rarely do I give up on a bad kit but sometimes I shelve a kit due to Boredom.Did not mess the kit up,just lost interest.

I've said enough is enough.  I research kits before buying.  Yet here I am building the old ESCI kfir for my aggressor collection and the shelf of doom build...filling sanding priming sanding....

philo426

Yes that seam on the B58 is pretty nasty!But it could be ground down.Rarely do I give up on a bad kit but sometimes I shelve a kit due to Boredom.Did not mess the kit up,just lost interest.

 

More than once I gave up and put it back in the box.  One vacuform kit. an F-89. was on the shelf on and off for about seven years before it was finished.  Dont think of it as a problem, just put it away and come back "fresh" later.

Just waiting for inspiration on a couple right now.

Twice.  A 1/72 Hobbycraft Canada military Dash 8 and an AMT 1/24 Ford Mustang Mach 1.  Both were pieces of absolute doggie doo-doo.  Both went into File 13 well before there was any hope of completion.

There was that time with the Italeri 1/72 Tornado.  It accidentally fell off my bench and I stepped on it 3 or 4 times