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LyleW wrote: put a fork in this turd.

Man, that kit was so bad, even the shelf of doom declined to take it.

LyleW wrote:yes, you do. That is the double edged sword for me. I don't like to spend a lot on kits for this reason, but cheap-o kits lead to these issues. Catch-22. It is not in the trash yet, close, but still withing reach.

When there is a quality kit out there: buy that one! Bad kits take a lot of work to make into good models.
I “promised” myself not to buy problems: old, short run or vac form kits whenever there is a better alternative available. For that reason I sold a dozen of my kits that fitted that criteria.

mostrich wrote:

LyleW wrote: put a fork in this turd.

Man, that kit was so bad, even the shelf of doom declined to take it.

so true! Projectile expulsion of this one.

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BorgR3mc0 wrote:When there is a quality kit out there: buy that one! Bad kits take a lot of work to make into good models.
I “promised” myself not to buy problems: old, short run or vac form kits whenever there is a better alternative available. For that reason I sold a dozen of my kits that fitted that criteria.

Great advice!

I do try to follow that advice on most purchases. Rather than buy what I can afford, wait until I can get what I want. In this case, I had no prior knowledge of this kit's quality, or lack thereof. In the end, there were too many fractures around the door frames and windscreen and the skids would not stay in place.