A worst kit build?

diggeraone

Member since
July 2003
From: Ozarks of Arkansas

A worst kit build?

Posted by diggeraone on Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:06 AM

I am back from my little run this week and have seen ya'll coments on the worst kits made.So in the spirit of the bad kits and before I post this on a group build,I need ya"ll to tell me want out of the top three bad makers is the kits you consider to be the worst.Out of this kits will come the GB project to be done.So name me three kits from each of these manufactures that you feel to be the worst that they put out.This kits should be kits that you can still get today.
So here are the three companys we are going with:Lindberg,AMT and Hobbycraft.When I come back I will post this GB,Digger

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton

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grandadjohn

Member since
February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, February 26, 2005 9:33 AM

Heading to the LHS today, will see what they have

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 26, 2005 5:27 PM

now, this is a groupbuild.

I'll be interested in seeing how this one works out. Give me your tired, your weak and your bad fitting.

Best GB idea I have seen in a while.

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grandadjohn

Member since
February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, February 26, 2005 8:02 PM

Found a Hobbycraft Caribou, Beaver, P-59 on hte a/c side and a Feeyadeen Technical on the armor side that look interesting only AMT kits were cars that didn't interest me and no Lindberg kits except the old LCVP kit

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:00 AM

The new Dragon Tiger I initial production 3 in 1 is the worst kit ever. Oh and the Trumpeter Wildcats are terrible. They both should be on the list

No, No just kidding. I don't really have any input now. Like Grandadjohn, I'll go to the LHS and report back.

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, February 27, 2005 12:31 AM

Zvezda T-60 WW2 Soviet light tank.

If I was "forced" to do an AMT kit...other than their M1/M1A1 Abrams and T-72/74 tanks, their armor (re-boxed Esci kits) are pretty darn good for their day. Got an AMT M60A1 Blazer kit that is still the best M60 series model kit available today.

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Lucien Harpress

Member since
June 2003
From: A Computer in Adrian, (SE) Michigan.

Posted by Lucien Harpress on Friday, March 4, 2005 4:55 PM

It's too bad Testors isn't on that list. Their 1/72 SBD Dauntless was one bit pile of $#^$^@&!. You know how you get those bad kits that can kind of be polished into something acceptable? Don't even try it with this one. NO interior, NO wheel bay detail, NO wheel bays at all, panel lines don't line up, parts don't line up, no detail on any of them, and more or less absolutely NO way to fix it!

Okay, my rant's finished. It's an interesting idea, though. It's cool to see what talented people can do given a bad situation.

That which does not kill you makes you stranger...

-The Joker

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diggeraone

Member since
July 2003
From: Ozarks of Arkansas

Posted by diggeraone on Sunday, March 6, 2005 10:02 AM

Well I will give this ideal another 4-6 weeks before posting or canning it.I think it is a good ideal for all of us to do,just to test are skills as model builders.I am hoping that more people will take an intrest in this,for I think that some of our best work will come out of this.Digger

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 8:08 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lucien Harpress

It's too bad Testors isn't on that list. Their 1/72 SBD Dauntless was one bit pile of $#^$^@&!. You know how you get those bad kits that can kind of be polished into something acceptable? Don't even try it with this one. NO interior, NO wheel bay detail, NO wheel bays at all, panel lines don't line up, parts don't line up, no detail on any of them, and more or less absolutely NO way to fix it!

Give it some credit. It is an old Hawk kit from the 1950s. You're looking at a kit designed about a half century ago. These were sold in the 5 and dime for pocket change originally. The original issue included US Army A-24 dive bomber markings as well as US Navy SBD markings.

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diggeraone

Member since
July 2003
From: Ozarks of Arkansas

Posted by diggeraone on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:59 PM

I have posted this as worst manufactuteres group build in the group build forum so any who are intrested please sign up.It should be interesting to see what we can do and come up with.Digger

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 28, 2005 3:02 PM

About that Testors SBD, it's a good first glue-together kit for kids, the parts are thick and hold together well, so it can take a lot of punishment. Actually, that kit pretty much got me into the hobby.

I figure the worst kit I've run across recently is the Revell Gannet, no wheel wells whatsoever, no cockpit, just heads poking out, lots of flash, EEGGGHHHHHHH

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rebelreenactor

Member since
October 2003
From: Clovis, Calif

Posted by rebelreenactor on Monday, March 28, 2005 10:11 PM

I have a kit byt AMT and one By lindberg, wow, I actually have choices for this build! (thats not good!)

John

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:46 AM

I try to see the good in many companies. AMT had a lot of good aircraft kits. Their 1/48 scale P-40, Tigercat, and A-20 kits were top notch. Even their armor kits were well regarded with the exception of the M1/M1A1 and T-72/T-74.

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grandadjohn

Member since
February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:08 AM

Think it's a good idea will keep watching

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