What's the worst model you've bought? I don't mean technically (i .e.accuracy, detail,panel lines e.t.c. ) just the state of the thing in the box.
I recently acquired Revell,s 1/32 Seafire Mk1B from a friend (who ordered a Spitfire without his glasses on) and have been amazed at the state of it.
More flash than mouldings and some parts virtually unusable. I've only been back a couple of years but can safely say this is the worst I've seen (yet)
Looking on the bright side I've decided to see it as a challenge. Hoping the fit is OK!
Cheers
Steve
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Worst model you bought?
stonar
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 07:00 AM UTC
alpha_tango
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 07:35 AM UTC
Well, this can end in a severe flame war and as this site lives from sponsors it is maybe not the nicest idea to start such thing ....
I can do no harm with my entry .. it was a NOVO 1/72 Tupolew SB ... the "frames" were solid plastic .. and I could fill up my car with the amount of oil leaking from the sprues ....
cheers
Steffen
I can do no harm with my entry .. it was a NOVO 1/72 Tupolew SB ... the "frames" were solid plastic .. and I could fill up my car with the amount of oil leaking from the sprues ....
cheers
Steffen
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:03 AM UTC
Easy, SMER Bristol Bulldog.
I bought it from a local hobby shop knowing that it was, well, inferior, by just looking at the pieces in the box. I bought it to to practise rigging a biplne. When I built it it was the worst piece of crap ever, and I started modeling in the early 1960's so I've seen my share of junk.
Afterwards, I wrote to a guy on E-bay who was trying to flog it as a unique highly detailed kit. I said he had no shame in describing it as such, he replied to me that I mind my own business.
Oh, well.
I bought it from a local hobby shop knowing that it was, well, inferior, by just looking at the pieces in the box. I bought it to to practise rigging a biplne. When I built it it was the worst piece of crap ever, and I started modeling in the early 1960's so I've seen my share of junk.
Afterwards, I wrote to a guy on E-bay who was trying to flog it as a unique highly detailed kit. I said he had no shame in describing it as such, he replied to me that I mind my own business.
Oh, well.
Merlin
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:08 AM UTC
Hi Steven
Off the top of my head... the old AMT 1/48 scale Hawker Tempest - almost breathtakingly dreadful (by any measure...).
All the best
Rowan
Off the top of my head... the old AMT 1/48 scale Hawker Tempest - almost breathtakingly dreadful (by any measure...).
All the best
Rowan
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:22 AM UTC
at a dollar store i picked up cart full of old starfix plane kits O BOY still have most of them. 
jaypee
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 09:13 AM UTC
worst kit was a kitech f-117 but it was only £1.99. the plastic was just a nasty consistency. Most dissappointed in was RS Do-17. Was hyped in the mags and was expensive. A nice kit but for me at the time just starting back in the hobby was probably a bit much.
Made a half decent stab at it, but just could not make sense of the undercarriage. Built wheels up and it looks fine
Made a half decent stab at it, but just could not make sense of the undercarriage. Built wheels up and it looks fine
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 01:56 PM UTC
Okay this might start a war here which I'm sure it will with some of the guy's here . My worst kit ever is........................... Revell .
calvin2000
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 02:27 PM UTC
One of the most recent worst kits was a canada air cl415 it was a night mare for me dont know why really guess our carma just did not match 
Kelly
Kelly
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 07:25 PM UTC
I have the same Smer Bulldog as Richard mentions, molded-in markings and all, but I haven't touched it yet. I have touched however, one of my two 1:50 Reggiane Falcos. It's still in a taped together state, and I have no idea how I'm to muster the strength and patience to start it.
I'm not skilled enough for this, for a long time to come. And there are two of them. What was I thinking, buying the second. 
I'm not skilled enough for this, for a long time to come.
And there are two of them. What was I thinking, buying the second. 
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:02 PM UTC
way back when i was a nipper and just starting
airfix 2001 panam space clipper
there was a gap down the spine of it that i could not fill fix or sort
was so disapointed
mark
airfix 2001 panam space clipper
there was a gap down the spine of it that i could not fill fix or sort
was so disapointed
mark
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:12 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Okay this might start a war here which I'm sure it will with some of the guy's here . My worst kit ever is........................... Revell .
See what I mean Steven ...
Terri
I think this is just plain wrong or better say it is too generally spoken. Revell did some of the best kits ever made (1/48 Ju 52 comes to mind) but they sure also have some dogs in their programme .... most manufacturers have, even big T
BTW the Junkers is to be re-released soon and I hope it will come out in the "Manfred v. Richthofen" markings of Görings machine (much red parts) ... yummi
cheers
Steffen
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:53 PM UTC
I haven't built a great deal of kits since returning to the hobby but the worst so far by miles....
Alanger Yak9T more gaps than anything I've ever seen. Ended up hating it and when one of the undercarriage legs broke during a house move I just left it. I just tell people it ground looped
Howard
Alanger Yak9T more gaps than anything I've ever seen. Ended up hating it and when one of the undercarriage legs broke during a house move I just left it. I just tell people it ground looped
Howard
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 09:37 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextOkay this might start a war here which I'm sure it will with some of the guy's here . My worst kit ever is........................... Revell .
See what I mean Steven ...
Terri
I think this is just plain wrong or better say it is too generally spoken. Revell did some of the best kits ever made (1/48 Ju 52 comes to mind) but they sure also have some dogs in their programme .... most manufacturers have, even big T
Agreed. It's also worth keeping in mind the very broad range of re-releasing Revell does. IMO, the expression "Revell kit" could almost pass for a synonym for "model kit".
Their own (at least somewhat recent ones, say from the early 1990s) kits usually range from good to splendid, while the re-pops can be just about anything from ancient relics of the 50s & 60s to recent Hasegawa kits.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 11:41 PM UTC
Hi all,
The worst kit I bought...but half expected it was the Battleaxe AlbatrosD3.... limited run very chunky.. their Focker D7 is better but still unmade ever hoping Roden step in and do one *hint hint* Not flaming or abusing Battleaxe at all just stating as I see.
Most dissapointing so far is the DML 1/35 Huey, I was so excited about this release....having bought the not to pleasant Panda offering, only to find the same kit in the box with a little photoetch thrown in....... chucked it in the loft in disgust.
my tuppenceworth
The worst kit I bought...but half expected it was the Battleaxe AlbatrosD3.... limited run very chunky.. their Focker D7 is better but still unmade ever hoping Roden step in and do one *hint hint* Not flaming or abusing Battleaxe at all just stating as I see.
Most dissapointing so far is the DML 1/35 Huey, I was so excited about this release....having bought the not to pleasant Panda offering, only to find the same kit in the box with a little photoetch thrown in....... chucked it in the loft in disgust.
my tuppenceworth
MLD
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Posted: Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 01:10 AM UTC
Zvezda T70 (or was it T60?). First kit I ever heard of from them and was supposed to build it up for IPMS review.
Slimy plastic
Slab construction
massive flash
huge gaps
weak detail
Basically unbuildable.
Mike
Slimy plastic
Slab construction
massive flash
huge gaps
weak detail
Basically unbuildable.
Mike
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Posted: Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 01:23 AM UTC
I can tell a story about my Revell B-52. It was one of only three models that I have not finished. It was Huge and hard to manage and then mine had warped parts, huge gaps, and was just a beast.
stonar
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Posted: Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 05:03 AM UTC
Hi all,particularly Steffen,
I wasn't trying to start a row! I am not expert enough to now the history and provenance of my particular kit, but I was actually taken aback by how poor it is.
Surely we should call a dog a dog, no matter what it's pedigree!
Cheers
Steve
I wasn't trying to start a row! I am not expert enough to now the history and provenance of my particular kit, but I was actually taken aback by how poor it is.
Surely we should call a dog a dog, no matter what it's pedigree!
Cheers
Steve
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Posted: Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 06:34 AM UTC
Without specifically rummaging through my stash, one kit comes to my mind:
Classic Airframes' 1:48 scale Fokker D.XXI, the first one. (coincidentally also the first kit by that manufacturer)
Very typical limited run of the (mid?)-90s. I bet it'll take some TLC to put together.
It looks like a D.XXI, but when compared to drawings, the shapes are just horrible.
But on the upside, at least the decal sheet, non-styrene detail parts and some of the PE look pretty nice.
Classic Airframes' 1:48 scale Fokker D.XXI, the first one. (coincidentally also the first kit by that manufacturer)
Very typical limited run of the (mid?)-90s. I bet it'll take some TLC to put together.
It looks like a D.XXI, but when compared to drawings, the shapes are just horrible.
But on the upside, at least the decal sheet, non-styrene detail parts and some of the PE look pretty nice.
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 02:38 PM UTC
I had read elsewhere how bad the kit was, but I just had to see for myself... it is a range of 1/48th F-111s.. and they are not Hobbycraft... Can you guess? (Kitech)... That is for the modern stuff, then there is the Novo old Frog kits that had more flash than parts.. and as someone else said, they leaked toxic waste....
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 06:30 PM UTC
Meikraft's 1/72 SB2U Vindicator! The trailing edges are almost as thick as the leading edges. The fuselage halves aren't the same length. However, though I gave up on in while I lived in Middletown, OH, in 1990, I still have it! Like a bad habit! Quoted Text
Off the top of my head... the old AMT 1/48 scale Hawker Tempest - almost breathtakingly dreadful (by any measure...).
--Merlin, my sympathies! AMT's 1/48 F9F Panther is one of the few models I ever threw away
Quoted Text
Okay this might start a war here which I'm sure it will with some of the guy's here . My worst kit ever is........................... Revell .
--Terri, I'd concur with you--and Steffen, and Emeritus. Many of Revell's kits are re boxed trash from 40 years ago, and some are state-of-the-art. I bet you are referring to a WW1 kit...?
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Revell did some of the best kits ever made (1/48 Ju 52 comes to mind)
--Stephen, isn't this Revell's re boxing of the Monogram kit?
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...Revell B-52.
--Scott, if it is 1/72, it is another "Revell"--a re box of the Monogram kit (did you get the one with 'jet noise'?). I built one wwwaaaaaayyy back when. The big box served as my model building workstation for decades. I finally (sadly) discarded it when I moved last year.
Oh yeah, the other model I never finished and wasted was a 1/35 German half track with wooden crate rocket launchers. It was a Revell / Italeri co-op. I think I have some of the horribly malformed and oversized parts around.
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Posted: Friday, December 05, 2008 - 08:28 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextRevell did some of the best kits ever made (1/48 Ju 52 comes to mind)
--Stephen, isn't this Revell's re boxing of the Monogram kit?
No .. but I think it is not really fair to separate the two for the 1990ies early 2000s time frame .. they were one company then and only the recent hard years for model manufacturers lead to several new ownerships and splits.
What really matters is where the tool is designed and cut. One of he best makers is in Korea (sadly also very expensive). Hasegawa, AM and Revell had/have some model kits designed there ... but since the economical troubles (approx. 8-10 years now) Revell has used mostly Chinese sources.
Luckily Revell is starting to leave the Chinese shop over the recent year (much of the delays is to be blaimed to them). The latest (aircraft) kits are designed by BRAZ models in Portugal and are pretty good (still not Korean level, but good) Now they have to establish a good quality control in Poland (where the kits are injection moulded) .. e.g. ehe 48 scale EF was very sloppy done .. we'll see.
cheers
Steffen
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 02:16 AM UTC
I remember many, many bad fitting kits that were almost impossible to build. There was a company, I can't remember their name (1960's), that made car models. The sides of the car body were separate from the top piece, and all three pieces were warped, full of flash, with massive sprue attachments. The kit I was the most disappointed with was the Lindbergh PT boat in 1/32 scale. I was really looking forward to it when it was announced, bought it, took it home, opened the box, and returned it twenty minutes later! I exchanged it for a Tamiya Bismarck kit, which I still haven't gotten around to building, all these years later. Al
Al
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 02:23 AM UTC
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--Merlin, my sympathies! AMT's 1/48 F9F Panther is one of the few models I ever threw away
There are land fills filled with this kit! 
jnobleeman
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 04:22 AM UTC
Jusst had to get involved here! The Esci 1/48 Tornado was the WORST EVER plastic kit! Big slabs of plastic for the tail, flopy folding wings, and the canopy had some sort of seperate framing that just did not work, A right bag of crap......but i finished it!
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Posted: Saturday, December 06, 2008 - 06:41 AM UTC
One of the worst kits in my stash is the Lindberg XF-91 Thunderceptor.
Parts don't fit that well, cockpit detail is non existent, wheel wells are just holes, you can see right through the plane to the very crude exhaust, the whole model is covered with massive raised rivet detail that the man from Trumpeter would think was overdone. And its moulded in a nice silver finish so you don't have to paint it .
It will get built though as I have started (then put back into the box) to scratch-build parts to it.
Andy
Parts don't fit that well, cockpit detail is non existent, wheel wells are just holes, you can see right through the plane to the very crude exhaust, the whole model is covered with massive raised rivet detail that the man from Trumpeter would think was overdone. And its moulded in a nice silver finish so you don't have to paint it
.It will get built though as I have started (then put back into the box) to scratch-build parts to it.
Andy
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