"ACE" KITS ..............

TR-DIOROMA

Member since
June 2010
From: Casselberry Florida

"ACE" KITS ..............

Posted by TR-DIOROMA on Monday, July 2, 2012 3:46 PM

Help me out here you museum model builders.... I AM NOT A MUSEUM MODEL BUILDER!!!

I build WWII Pacific War Diorama's in 1/72 scale and smaller.

ACE kits (manufactured in Ukraine) are to me one of the worst kits out there! In particular their 1/72 scaled, US ARMY STAFF CAR MODEL 1942, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY 4X4 CAR TYPE 95 PICKUP and their IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY 4X4 CAR TYPE 95 (MODEL 3). They are impossible to "fit up" and what you see on the box is NOT what your buying. There's NEVER an clear vinyl for windows, no canvas tops that are shown, side mirrors nonexistant, instructions that anything but instructions and parts that are mis-numbered or duplicated!!

Buyer BEWARE! (of course you may say "Opinion's are like body parts" everyone has one..

What do you think and please BE SERIOUS.

Tags: 1/72 ACE MODEL KITS - OUCH!

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vonryan

Member since
December 2004
From: ohio

Posted by vonryan on Monday, July 2, 2012 3:56 PM

hey TR-DIOROMA never bought one and from your heads up i never will. thanks for the info. did get a little dio set back in the day that was 1/76 they we're awesome had a Tiger1 BMW look out tower shed and a base all for 6 bucks wish i had bought all 5 sets. thanks again

Clay

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bufflehead

Member since
July 2006
From: San Francisco Bay Area

Posted by bufflehead on Monday, July 2, 2012 4:30 PM

Huh? Who the heck are all these museum model builders you're addressing?? I take it you don't like ACE models, but maybe when you pop in here for the first time you could include more information with your rant, like WIP photos, previous Armor forum blogs, some history here before we can take your post seriously.

Ernest

Last Armor Build - 1/35 Dragon M-26A1, 1/35 Emhar Mk.IV Female

Last Aircraft Builds - Hobby Boss 1/72 F4F Wildcat & FW-190A8

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Monday, July 2, 2012 5:40 PM

ACE kits have been around for quite some time. The older kits are seriously limited run. Many are as close to unbuildable as can be; thick sprue gates, often indistinguishable from the parts. Tracks are often close to useless.

Newer kits released in the latter half of the past decade are pretty good, but still not up to the 1980s Esci 1/72 scale armor kit quality.

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bufflehead

Member since
July 2006
From: San Francisco Bay Area

Posted by bufflehead on Monday, July 2, 2012 6:26 PM

Rob, thanks for posting some very useful information!

Ernest

Last Armor Build - 1/35 Dragon M-26A1, 1/35 Emhar Mk.IV Female

Last Aircraft Builds - Hobby Boss 1/72 F4F Wildcat & FW-190A8

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Monday, July 2, 2012 8:06 PM

On the plus side, they make modern former Warsaw Pact and NATO vehicles no one else does.

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Blitzwing

Member since
September 2006
From: Australia

Posted by Blitzwing on Monday, July 2, 2012 10:01 PM

While I can't really comment on Ace kits, one of my pet hates is when you can't build what is shown on the box top. It's almost misleading advertising.

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