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  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: near Nashville, TN
Posted by TarnShip on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 4:09 PM

I build one of those now and then. Over on MM there is talk of a Group Build where each of us has to build a kit that people think is crap, and show how good it can turn out.

I am thinking of doing a couple for that,,,,,I still have a good sized stack of Hasegawa and Starfix T-38s that could be built, and a couple of the Fujimi F-8C/D. There's a Lindberg Skyray sitting in the stack, and a Hawk St Loius and Testors/Hawk SNJ.

But, other than some special event like that,,,,,I don't build those types of kits anymore.  I have already built just about all of the old kits in my scale, from the Green plastic Lindberg German aircraft on up through the years.

So, my dues were paid about 3 decades ago, after 19 years of modeling.

I do want to build one Hasegawa and one Starfix T-38 side by side, though,,,,,,just to watch for the posts loving the quality of one, and hating the other,,,,,,,,,,from the same mold toolings. (I will do that on a forum other than here, since I just spoiled the surprise)  And dressing up the Fujimi Crusader with great decals and aftermarket missiles and putting it in the middle of the "good" Crusader models on a shelf sounds like fun.

Rex

almost gone

  • Member since
    August 2011
Posted by CANBYCOOP on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 3:22 PM

yeah, I've got several that have been built and some that probably never will. Smer is by far the worst and FM (Fonderie Miniatures) and Tauro are not far behind.

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 1:47 PM

Never heard of models made of manure... Whistling

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Early in my hobby  ( before online kit reviews ! Sad) I purchased kits by AURORA and Lindberg not knowing what the kit looked like.

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Some of the kits were completed after a lot of hard work, some were never completed due to poor accuracy or terrible engineering .....

.......however, the movie Star Wars inspired me to salvage those kits as greebly for Sci-Fi builds. so it all worked out,Big Smile

Tags: AURORA , Greebly
  • Member since
    July 2013
crap models
Posted by DURR on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 1:22 PM

lets face it most everyone loves the old shake n bake type model  like tamiya     great for not having to pull your hair out to put out a great build    but....     have anyone of you purposly bought a say lineburg or other that you know isnt even worth the plastic it was made of  JUST for the challenge

 

i know i ask the craziest questions sometimes  but some answers  show more about your inner makings than just  here is my model do you like it

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