Kits that scare the hell out of you.

Sounds like you need to give it a CSC bath and start over.....(Castrol Super Clean) Or if you cant find it anymore... Try the "Purple power".. Soak your model in it for a few hours or a day....Use a tooth brush and scrub the hard to get the paint off areas and then wash it again with the water and mild dish soap like you did before you painted it......When I got back to building I spent more time redoing them, than finishing them..Infact I have a Mack dump truck thats heading for the CSC swim meet Saturday morning...Thats the Good in messing up! You Can redo it and start all over agan using CSC or Purple Power.....You can even find old models at swap meets and soak them a day or so and have a brand new un painted model to paint with out haveing to build it ha,ha..

  Have fun......."RC"

For me i would have to say what i have jusy aqquired. Tamiyas 1/16th scale Gepard, if i do something wrong its going to be one hard job locating parts for it.

The one kit that intimidates me most is the 1/350th Polar Lights NX-01 First off, it's a Monster!
2) the aztec pattern
and then there's all them clear parts It's tucked away on the top shelf... taunting me

I was out of modeling for some years when I went back to school to earn my bachelor's degree. I took a month off after graduation, and then went on to graduate school. During this time, the kits began to pile up, and the only time I had was to take out a kit and look over the parts. After graduation, I took out the kits and partially assembled them, but I came down with "panzerphobia" as well (must be spreading)! So, what did I do? I took out a couple of the Italeri panzerspahwagen and started on them. When I'm done, I'll go through some of my old Tamiya. Hey, none of these will be contest quality, so I don't care!

I think the problem here is that a) we're afraid of messing up on an expensive kit and b) we want to do well with the skills we currently have. Well, I'm in that camp, but as I am relearning how to model on older (read crummier) kits, I will have the skills necessary to build the fussier DML/Trumpeter/AFV Club kits.

Hope this helps!

 

 

Alot of the kits you all are talking about I have never seen...I do not think I am scared or apprehensive about getting into anything, as long it is a subject I enjoy.  Like many other posters I am most concerned about the cash outlay.  It is, after all, a hobby (well for some it is a way to make some $) and being a hobby we can start and stop as we see fit.  Good option, gives the opportunity to screw up the courage and determination o jump back in on a "monster".

My unbuilt kit that scares me most is Monogram's B-58.  It will require lots of work in two areas I'm very weak in:  1. cleanly filling seams, and 2. bare metal finishes.  That won't stop me from trying, though.

Hi,

To reply to the original post, yes, I have indeed had "panzerphobia"  when I first started modeling, I purchased one of DML's first hit super-kits, the famous "Tiger 1 Initial Version"  and as soon as I opened the box I thought of two very different thoughts, 1, "WOW this kit is jam packed!! I can't wait to build it!", and 2 "Uh wait(looks over parts)  errr, maybe I should wait till later to build this, it looks just a tad complicated" which is what I did, but eventually I tackled the kit and it turned out to be my favorite model!  So, I honestly think that you should go for it, just take your time, work slowly and carefully, and always dry-fit and read instructions twice!

-Good Luck!

Revell, 1/72 T-80. Old and discontinued model (which i had the misfortune to find) I consider the most evil model ever made.

For the life of me, i don't rember where my friend got it, but i wish he didn't.

I was helping a friend with one of his first kits. All went as well as can be expected with an hold revell kit..... then we encountered its hideously evil tracks.

We're talking 100% indivudial track links (40% of which don't fit togeather), doesn't fit the wheels quite right, no aid for the curve at both ends and a gap when done that i can stick my finger through like that "mr doctor" or whatever game where you have to adviod the sides.

It took me 3 days of work to do JUST the tracks. I couldn't touch plastic for 2 weeks afterwards.


And just like when you pack and weigh you luggage so it's less then a pound under the weight limit and then they don't weight it, he hasn't touched or painted it to this day............

Recently got back into modeling after 30-35 year absence. I`ve been buying kits to stash when I find them in my areas of interest. ( WWII USMC armor, Korean War U.N. Nations armor and Warsaw Pact armor in 1/35th scale)I went all the way and have my first airbrush so have been learning some new skills as well as reviving some old skills.

First kit back was an Italeri USMC Sherman- turned out just O.K., not really happy with the weathering I did.

Second was Tamiya North Korean T-34/85- really happy with it, overall finish and weathering big improvement over my first try.

Three is a Tamiya 2 1/2 ton GMC, looks super so far (I think) have to do a wash and light weathering tonight and it`ll be complete)

Have waiting in the wings a made by ICM URAL-4320 Russian heavy truck- opened the box a few times and looked and moved on to something else. It has more parts than the real truck, only lacks a wiring harness and fuel to drive it away when complete. Molded on 1/4" diameter spruce, lots of flash, tires are vinyl with an enormous mold seam around the entire diameter. Plastic is covered in some sort of oil. I have a good idea that the parts fit also may leave something to be desired-especially as compared to the Tamiya kits.

I really want to add this to my collection and plan on making each subassembly as a seperate model. I hope that treating it like that will nibble away at what looks like a very complicated kit. I think it will most certainly be a challenge.

Yann Solo wrote:

Unlike many of you, the more parts it has, the more fun I'll have.  Cause what I enjoy the most about modeling is the construction part.  I've built the Dragon's Tiger I late with its 1000 plus parts and I just loved the build.  It takes a while to get done but it is so rewarding with it is completed. If you're overwelmed by the nuber of parts, it probably means that the construction part of the hobby is not your favorite.

And a very good job on that build I might add!

Zip

Yann Solo wrote:

Unlike many of you, the more parts it has, the more fun I'll have.  Cause what I enjoy the most about modeling is the construction part.  I've built the Dragon's Tiger I late with its 1000 plus parts and I just loved the build.  It takes a while to get done but it is so rewarding with it is completed. If you're overwelmed by the nuber of parts, it probably means that the construction part of the hobby is not your favorite.

but Yann don't you feel (just a little) more pressure or (just a litlle )more stress because of the amount of pcs,  to do a better job on it than a model with just 88 pcs

I have to admit I'm still new enough to modelling that every time I open a kit box I have to take a few deep breaths and wonder if it'll end up just gathering dust!

My strategy seems to be to open the "next" kit while I've still got a few days/weeks work on the current one. The kit gets opened, the sprues examined, the instructions read, the paints identified and any "interesting" areas closely examined. Then the sprues get individually poly-bagged and pinned to the corkboard above my work area, the instructions get left lying around and picked up at different times, the web gets searched for kit and build reviews.

By the time I've cleared the current kit off the work bench the "next" kit is like an old friend. (some of them are still the kind of old friend that you might not want to have come and stay for too long, but at least by then I know how to handle them!)

Enjoy.

I don't think there are any kits which scare me, but I do find myself getting bored with builds that take too long.

I'm just to fickle, always on the look out for that next project, before I've finished the current one, or the one before that!

I've ended switching to small projects, currently Airfix's 1/72 Fw 190D, all of 30 pieces, and Tamiya's 1/48 Beetle, not many more! I've been working on both for a week, and they are approaching the 50% complete mark, and I haven't lost interest!

I built Trumpeter's KV2 earlier in the year, and this has to be one of the best armour kits I've built, fast build, no need for loads of expensive AM goodies, and it was on the shelf in under two weeks!
BTW if you want to fit the link & length tracks after fitting the fenders, just leave the retutn rollers loose, and you can feed the parts in.

Karl

The one I'm about to start. Scared I won't be able to make it look right!

Drew

peglegrc wrote:

("Well, I can't say much for being single,")  Ha,ha.. Thats because your a young Man Still..I see your from Indiana, you ever hear of Louie Meyer? He was the first 3 time winner of the Indie 500?...Louie sold his half of Meyer & Drake to I think I remember his partner's name was Dale, Dale Drake and moved to Indie to build the ford racing engines and parts for the Indie  Race Cars...He & Drake owned & built the Offenhouser racing engines here in So. Calif before Ford started winning the 500 all the time lol...His youngest Daughter Melaine "K" was my Wife for 5 years...Back in the early 60's.. August 18th 1961 we were married.....She was 16... I was 21.... And really stupid to have lost her......Sad I've missed her all these years.....But was married 5 more times after her....I never did get over her....I've gotten use to coming & going and enjoy being alone now that I'm a Old guy, but wish I could see and talk to her again... I know, I know, Off topic.... "Just remembering out loud" ha,ha.....Have a fun day Saturday, enjoy your Day!!                                                                                'RC"

I can't say that I have heard of them, but, being from Indiana, I don't get all that excited about the 500 like others do. To most around here its just a week you want to avoid the west side of Indy cause of the traffic. I will say you are most likely right, I am young and enjoy hanging out with my fiance, I'm sure in ten years its will be more like I enjoy spending time by myself, but I have to spend time with her Oh jeez, don't tell her I said that, she will hurt me...

I have a Classic Airframes HE-51 and a Smer Mig-17 with too many PE parts that I can't do
Ihave been wanting to build these forever. Maybe someday I'll get the courage too try .