JohnP,
for your convenience:
i will leave the interpretation to you, but i believe he was pointing out a similarity in tempers between you & he.
and some monkeys, come to think on it. [:D][;)]
ed.
i’ll be hiding under my desk if you need me.
John P, wow, I didn’t know that you could get that much detail out of a testors kit. They must use photoshop to make the modles look as good as they do on the box.
John P,
I’m right with you on this one. I have the Italeri F-18E in 1/48 and I don’t even know if I want to start building it, especially with Revell-Monogram coming out with one in the first quarter of 2004. I have had it with Italeri. I think their stuff is pure trash, the only reason I bought the Super Hornet is that it is the only one in the scale. Like you, if I get one major problem with the build, it is going in the trash and Italeri goes on my permantent [censored] list!
It is not just fit problem with Italeri, I can handle that, all manufacturers have fit problems, even the vaunted Tamiya and Hasegawa. But in every Italeri kit it seems that there are one or two parts that don’t even seem like they belong to the same model. They always have a few parts in each kit that completly do not fit, not at all, not even close, as though the parts are for a different A/C.
I know some or most of you don’t have this opinion of Italeri, and if they have good kits I wouldn’t mind building those. It is just the kits I have built are pure junk. The F-18E is their last chance to have me as a customer.
Number one, I guess we’re all just really, really well trained monkeys. I refuse to go into the evolution vs. religion fight any further than that.
Number two, I guess to be more colloquial, “shamrage” == “Tazmanian Devil”. Like leaving a trail of pointless destruction. I think it’s funny to imagine hating the fit on a model so much that one blasts it to bits. Life’s too short.
I recently fininshed italeri’s F-18 f two seater, and although it wasn’t the best quality kit ive ever seen, it still turned out in the end to be a good model (with a little work). The bottom line is, a good modeler can make a good model from just about any kit, and italeri models are cheaper overall than say tamiya.
Unfortunately I really feel the same way as everyone else.[:(] Its sad to see that they put all these kits out that everyone wants but dont put any time or effort into the details that everyone wants out of a model like the interior. I mean how can you actually sit there and put a decal for the instrument panel. Take note italeri that there are alot of people that are really pissed at you.[:(!]
Well, first shamrage, there are three things you never discuss in public: Money, Religion, Politics. SO, if you don’t want a fight, don’t make statements like you made up there. Though in my line of works, there seem to be people who act like really trained monkeys.
Secondly, I just got a Testors 1/32 YF-22. Probalby a big mistake, but I couldn’t beat the price. Besides, it’s going to be an experiment vehicle for making custom decals, before I invest in the Academy 1/32 F-18D that is due out sometime soon(If anybody has a more specific timetable, PLEASE let me know).
I have had a beef with a kit that I have read a lot about, but may not get because of What I have heard: The Trumpeter 1/32 A-10. The reason I say this is that in all the reviews I have read, the kit sounds more like an upscaled 1/72 kit: little or no cokcit detail, inaccurate weapons, etc. There is no less than 7 companies that released a cockpit set for this A version of the kit. At least three have released exterior detail sets. And then there are all the traditional add ons that normally released for extra detail. No compare this to the Academy 1/32 F/A-18C. The reviews that I have read label this a superb model, with many excellent options for ordinance. It has an elaborately detailed cockpit, and wheel well sections. There has been only one aftermarket cockpit set to date. Both are about the same price, depending where you get them, but I think that it is ridiculous to spend so much, and then have to spend more to build an accurate replica. But, as J-hulk states, It is the only one available. In fact, the A-10B N/AWS is the ONLY kit of its kind available in any scale. And it would be fun to get the Black Box cocpit, and combine it with the Eduard set, and just about build every instrument in the “tub”. But to each theri own. It is a free market, and we all have the right to decide what we will and will not purchase, if it is available to us.
I’d lke to quickly point out that evolution and religeon are not mutually exclusive. Evolution could just be a clever way for god to improve things without anyone noticing.
well the V 22 is nmot nice ? damn i just order it , its the only kit with 1/48. and its an old kit ? shit. No wonder the guy still selling it.
I never done much itareli kits though, i only done the super cobra . seems nice to me
but face it , like Hulk says i prefer to buy model base on the subjects and if the model is not as good then well use scratch built or use after market parts to it then.
And smash kits b4 too , well. sighs 