Biggest Pain of a Model?

Anonymous

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November 2005

Biggest Pain of a Model?

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:36 PM

For me it was an MPC X-wing I attempted to build years ago.The two fuselage halves simply didn't fit.The lower half was just too wide.By no stretch of the imagination or modelling skills would these pieces fit.After 13 or 14 years I finally tossed it in the can.I salvaged a few pieces for the bits box and junked the rest.It was a little busted up so I must have pounded on one or twice in frustration.You guys got any nightmare models like this?

Later

EasternTiger

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:13 PM

The Trumpeter T-55 1958 model, I will say not more.

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MusicCity

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January 2004
From: USA

Posted by MusicCity on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:22 PM

Trumpeter A-10A ....

Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:48 PM

Airfix Grumman Duck ....

Oh yeah the Pegasus resin Fairey Fulmar...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:01 PM

ICM Buzz Beurling Spitfire. A total piece of S**t

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gringe88

Member since
July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:51 PM

Revell 1/570(?) Titanic, Accurate Miniatures SBD-3 Dauntless (my fault that time)....

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-Matt

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crockett

Member since
April 2004
From: The cornfields of Ohio

Posted by crockett on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:29 PM

Deciding to scratch build this interior on the 1/25th Tamiya Tiger.......Phew!!!!

Tigers no Lions, no Bears...OH MY

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:46 AM

Academy 1/48 Hawker Hunter F.6.

And the FGA.9 Sad [:(]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:33 AM

The Hobbycraft SU-27. The upper and lower fuselage halves would not fit, but it fit perfectly in the trash can.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:53 AM

..........Hasegawa's 48th P-38 H..........and from other frustrated sources, that specific series in its entirety............
if not for this 48th A-4E/F i'm involved in, my perspective of Hasegawa's "1/4" line would have remained, sickingly tainted.................

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Borg R3-MC0

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September 2004
From: Utereg

Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:08 AM

testors/italeri B-2, totally warped!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:40 AM

Revell 1/72 B-17 to much sanding and putty, only got it since is was ten dollers.

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:54 AM

SKIF BMP-3. Terrible fit, terrible engineering, terrible details, terrible instructions.
On the plus side, the basic shapes are right (once you get it all to fit), and turns into a very nice kit with a WHOLE LOTTA TLC!!

Here's my finished model, as it appeared in Armour Modelling magazine:

That was two solid weeks of parts clean-up and repair, followed by a month and a half of putty, sandpaper, and scratchbuilding. I'm happy it made the mag, though! Smile [:)]

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:59 PM

Minicraft 1/48 V-tail Bonanza
Testors 1/48 02A Skymaster
Revell of Germany 1/72 P-2 Neptune
Special Hobby 1/48 XF-85 Goblin

I still have them all and may some day work them till they are right when I become a modeling genius!! LOL

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jinithith2

Member since
January 2005
From: returning to the FSM forum after a hiatus

Posted by jinithith2 on Thursday, May 19, 2005 9:29 PM

Revell Monogram 1/48 USNavy Swift Patrol Boat!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH!!!!! *spazzing out and bubbling at the mouth*
NOTHING fits correctly w/o clean up.
don't say anymore! I know it's a re-issue but comm'on!!!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:50 PM

The Black Box cockpit set for the F-105D. The cockpit tub went in just fine but the instrument cowling would not set properly on the instrument panel and kept the windscreen from aligning and laying down. (I love the detail of the Black Box sets but they never even gave instructions on what areas needed to be trimmed, cut and in some areas, specifically where to place certain parts.) Grumpy [|(]

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roadkill_275

Member since
September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Saturday, May 21, 2005 5:17 PM

The Hobbycrap 1/72 "International MiG" MiG 15. NOTHING lined up where it was supposed too. And I was doing it for a GB.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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chazrull

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March 2004
From: Fort Smith, Arkansas

Posted by chazrull on Monday, May 23, 2005 11:50 AM

Oh my gosh I have a bunch of these! The Horror!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 23, 2005 9:20 PM

Since I'm not very good at this yet, I rarely buy anything over $15. Because of this, I'm always buying the cheapest, oldest, worst kits around.

Among the worst are testors biplanes, the revell gannett, and any of airfix's old stuff.

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biscuit3

Member since
December 2004
From: sunny brisbane australia

Posted by biscuit3 on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:33 AM

By far the worst kit i ever built was the old airfix b29, i mean what a piece of crap i had started to build it and stopped for a couple of years,then one day i restarted it gave up and it flew straight into the bin Banged Head [banghead]

i likeairfix kits but when you build the old ones you relise how spoilt we are today