Kits that scare the hell out of you.

Rob Gronovius wrote:

Not many kits scare me other than the massive resin kits that are expensive and contain many parts. I do have many large kits that I do not want to build until the Army stops moving me around. Those are relatively expensive, high quality kits that would not survive the constant moves.

Hey Rob, i know how you feel about the large resin kits! Im  trying to build the Cooper rebel blockade runner from star wars a new hope, and i find that all of the resin is fragile and a lot of pin holes and globs and a lot of detail is lost etc..., you just feel like givingup!

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.

my take on this is ....

if i buy "older technology" armor ie: italeri tamiya at lhs for say 12-20 range if i goof it a bit well......

but buying the dml and new tamiya etc @ 30-50 each i can't afford the luxury of goofing it up

 only because i know i am not that good of a builder 

When I built my IV-E kit, I definitely had to be in the right frame of mind to work on it...and so there were periods of time where not much progress happened but the end result was worth it IMHO. I normally don't have multiple kits going at the same time, usually work on 1 through to completion and then start the next. Sometimes I'll alternate between a "simple" and a "complex" project but rarely. Since the IV-E ended up loaded on a flatcar being pulled by the Trump BR-52, well, the whole project was "complex" in a way.

I don't have any kits that really scare me, but I do have projects that are planned or "in the works" that will have to wait for just the right time before I tackle them.

Thanks btw for the note on the KV-2 fenders, I'm working on a KV-1 at the moment and was approaching the fenders step. I'll have to test and see if the return rollers are left off if there's enough space still to work with before attaching and painting.

Well, I tried tackling the kit again and actually made progress. I built two complete suspension thingamabobs (they have a full range of motion, even) and started work on the rear hull plate, and idler mounts. Way I see it, it's better to work on the wheels and suspension gradually, to avoid going insane (I did that mistake with my Sturer Emil, and I still have half its wheels sitting on sprues).

After coming back from a 15 year hiatus from the hobby, here's my take...

Just got the DML 1/35 Battle of the Bulge Tiger (Henschel Turret)... 700+ pieces... Magic Tracks my butt...yikes, but doable..

I have an old (late 1980s) 1/72 Bf 109 Hasegawa kit and got an Aires resin cockpit tub and Eduard photoetch set for it...holy trifocals Batman.

In my heyday in high school (1980s) I could build 'em up nice, normally 1/72 scale aircraft and the teeny 1/144 Dragon aircraft kits because they were cheap and I was flipping burgers...

So I guess as I get back into the swing of things...the kits don't scare me nearly as much as the loss of my abilities over the years.

Amen to that. I might have had problems with Tamiya kits in the past, but with them you always know where you stand. Still, the best build I had was with the Trumpeter KV-2, the only mistake I did on that one was not dry-fit the tracks before gluing on the fenders, so now I'm stuck with the vinyl ones because you can't put the plastic ones on afterwards (not enough room).

I'll try and finish more more of the suspension on the PzIV tonight, if it doesn't work out I can always go back and buy something easier.