Who Has Not Built a "crap" kit?

I try no to rate kits as good or crap, some are just more of a challenge to build, and if a kit is not quite up to par then I believe that it's up to me ( as a fairly skilled modeller ) to bring it up to scratch.

Apparently I see more in one's writing than others do, or inferr more, I should say. I guess I'll just keep my mouth shut from now on.


Fade to Black...

Wow! where were you guys when they were bashing aztecs?

We all have an opinion of kits. I have a crappy kit from Tamiya (97 tank), I also have a crappy airfix B26. I think they're crappy, emphasis on "I". Because they didn't meet my expectations. We will always run into that. So my answer to the question monogram=crappy? If it doesn't meet your expectations, then yes. If you don't expect any more out of it than you receive, then no. If you want peoples opinion on a kit then ask for their opinion, don't put the question in a quantative measurement like "is this crappy?" Someone will always say yes or no based upon their own level of expectation that may not be equal to yours.

Mike

Somehow I just knew that the saga of the 97 would end up in this thread.

Keep chugging away at it Mike, and I'll keep banging my head on the Staghound.

Hey, the ol' Type 97 is great kit!!!

Heh heh heh! Just my opinion, Mike!

Very good point. The meeting of expectations! When not met, in any area of our lives, our opinions tend to sink very low.

And what's this about a Staghound?

Brian - The Staghound is a resin kit from S-Models in Poland. Going to be quite a while before this gets a picture taken of it. Some major work is going to have to be done.

Nice opinion markuz226

I agree totally

All this stuff because people have opinions, probably posted just to wind people up.......seriously deranged

Hmmm, sorry - what does it really mean "crap" ? Aleksander

Aleksander - crap means not very good .... garbage ..... and a few other words can be used to describe, but not in this forum.

OK - I understood - well - everyday you can learn something new ;o) ! Regards! Aleksander

After reading all the replies I think I have a handle on this subject. I have built several monogram kits that I have felt were crap! However sitting on the shelf you would not know it. Test fit parts and decide do I keep it or go get my money back. I did that with an Airfix vulcan kit. After I get started on a kit and run into problems I use the customer relations 800 numbers (if given) or write the address given on the box or instruction sheet. But, most of all crap kits take time and patience. My worst was a PZL 23 (remain nameless, foreign), I just love the end result I acheived.

Stangely enough i've built great kits crap, crap kits great, great kits great, and crap kits crap...........(and i know i'm not alone !)
what i'm really after is an average kit that i can build averagely so i know i'm getting somewhere !

QUOTE: Originally posted by migs Stangely enough i've built great kits crap, crap kits great, great kits great, and crap kits crap

Wow!! Try saying that 3 times fast.

Ray

Alexander, crap means POOP, fecal matter, toilet depth charges, dropping the kids off at the pool, swimming pool candy, stool sample

I just love these intelligent replies. It makes you wonder why anyone comes into or back into the hobby.

Yes, I too have built some kits that were less than perfection, to put it mildly. But let me ask this: If you persevere with a marginal kit, does it not improve your modeling skills and tax your intellect and experience for solutions? You could probably train a chimpanzee to put together a "snap tite" kit, or some other that required little in the way of problem-solving.
When I think back on the hundreds of models I've made over a 50-year modeling career, those that stay in memory as "fun" were the ones that were also a challenge, a challenge that I rose to and won. And in the process, gained modeling skills. And isn't that a wonderful way to prepare youth for the challenges of the world?
Tony Ryan