Last night, I pulled out a kit that has probably sat undisturbed for 20 years,
I bought it in the late 1990s and worked on it off and on back in the day. The kit was one of Wave’s first forays into injection molded kits (they were already established as a high-quality resin and soft vinyl kit manufacturer). As first tries go, it had its share of rough spots, and the polycap jointing system was primitive at best.
I did my best with the kit, fixing whatever I could, but some of the problems I encountered were just a bit too much for my little brain. So back into the box it went for 20 years. Gosh I hope the decals are still okay.
So anyway, having a look at it now, I kind of have to laugh at myself for giving up. In the intervening years I have learned a lot of dirty fixes and shortcuts. I noticed that the seam cleanup and filler work was done to a pretty good standard, probably because I could see better back then! It’s a really neat looking model, and there is no reason now to not build it.
So what is my point? Well, it is a call to fellow modelers who have decades-old shelf queens, to dust them off and get them built!