A kit that I am aggrivated with but determined to finish is my MiniHobby 1/350 Bismark. So many mismolded parts and poor fit that is has more bondo and filler than a 1978 Pinto I once had.
I’m not too impressed with my Trumpeter 1/350 Essex either, it has many of the same problems as the Bismark.
Scott
Wow! That much?
(I had a 74 Pinto.)
Don
My most annoying kit is any kit with Testors on it !
it’s a toss up between the 1/25 AMT '57 Ford Victoria(dash too small & fit probs) and the Fujimi 1/72 A-6A Intruder I’m currently on. Poor fit problem gaps in fuselage, the CL panel is mishapen… what’s next!!!
You will probably glue it to your hand [(-D] Need to borrow some debonder [:P]
definitly Revell Germany A-10
I’ve got Acetone fer that[:D]
Testors’ 1/72 B-2 Stealth. With only six main parts to the fuselage, you’d think fit wouldn’t be a problem. I had to buy a package of wood filler since any plastic specifice filer would have mented the kit trying to fill a 1/8 inch gap along the entire forward mating area. I also had to add a tremendous amount of filler to one of the upper wing joints that just wouldn’t mate. Finally, the long wing walk decals just collapsed and could not be coaxed into positon.
The only other kit that rivals this is the Halcyon Alien Warrior with egg. Built without filler, you can see complely through him. The skull is supposed to be a long smooth surface, but the seam required hours of filling and sanding and more filling and sanding to get smooth. Getting filler into the exoskeltal surfaces then sanding them was a Herculean task.
A choice of 2 with me
no1 1/32 Revell RF4E Aweful kit
No2 1/32 Revell F15E
But i did build the F15 Came out ok in the end
My most aggrivating kits have been;
AMT XB-70 (more metal, putty and scrap plastic than kit!)
Testors RF-4 and F-4G (Just bad)
Revell 1/32 P-38 (Nothing fit right and massive warpage on 2 kits!)
There have been some others but these realy stand out.
My vote is the old (70’s vintage) Hasagawa Grumman A-6 intruder. I never got it together. I have a Revell A-6 in my stash but have never been able to even open it from the memories of the Hasa one!
Good Hunting, G.W.
I’m currently modelling this and TOTALLY agree![banghead]
Myself, I would have to say the DML 1/35 537 SCUD B TEL kit. Unlike usual Dragon fashion, there were so many fit problems with this kit that I had to strugle through most of it. FIrst, frame did not line up properly, then wheel mounting engineering left a lot to be desired. The upper body is split up into three major subassemblies, none of which lined up properly. All in all, I finished it a while ago. it was a beast, but one I loved. Unfortunately, an display shelf accident left the model in several tiny pieces. It was a recent disaster, but whatever, at least it’s an excuse to get the kit again and do a better job of it this time around.
You mean this one?
Hmm…I didn’t have any fit problems at all with mine (this one I built about 11 years ago). I only used a wee bit of the ol’ Squadron Green on a few seams (mostly the one big seam around the egg, which you can still see a bit of.)
Just goes to show you the variance that can occur even with kits from the same molds!
For me I would have to say the 1/48 scale Monogram DO-335, nothing fit! That thing had more bondo and putty on it than my wifes car. Gave up on it and got the Tamyia one for $15 off the sale table at the LHS.
ICM P51C 1/48 Looks good on the spues… almost like Tamiya’s offering. But it ends there looks can be deceptive at times.
Revell B-26 1/48 Never mind that it the only kit in this scale it doesnt make make up for the fact that this is my all time favorite annoying kit. And yes I will suffer through atleast 1 more build unless TamigawAM makes 1 soon but we all know that wont happen.
I feel bad mention this as it is a limited run but Czech Models are annoying also. Not saying anymore as I like their line but…
For me, the most aggravating, irritating kit I have to date it Minicrafts RMS Titanic. It, aggravated me so much , I havent worked on it in a year .
AMT’s Ford 150 Lightning. Horrendious fit as is Revell’s 69 Beetle. ESCI’s Demag isn’t far behind. Still one of the few kits I just trashed.
For me it had to have been a facum form kit of a Martin 404 airliner. More putty went into that thing then anything else I have done in aircraft building. I have a photo of the finished model somewhere but I couldn’t find it. Looked okay when it was done but the hours involved getting it to that point was many. In fact I was to build the one kit, get approval on it and if they liked my work the Glen L Martin Aircraft Historical Society was to have me build 200 more. Yea right. I don’t have a death wish. The cost I qouted was far beyond what they had in mind. I will keep looking for the photo and share it if I locate it. Vacum kits have their place in the hobby as that is the only way some planes can be had. I just wish they would think the kits out a little bit more. Heck some vacum kits are better if started from scratch…Gary
Fujimi 1/72 BAe Hawk “Red Arrow” terrible fit in the wings, and sanding around all those hinge bulges in the wings on that tiny model—no pilot figure (made one out of tissue paper and super glue)—and the [censored][censored][censored] red plastic from which it was molded. Nearly drove me blind! Masking and painting were a major pain (all those hinge bulges!)
But I finished the sucker.
Somebody mentioned a Revell P-40B. Was that the old kit (circa 1970’s I think). Mine was so bad I didn’t even keep it for parts.[yuck]