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As a lad?

This beast... the wings, massive lead wings, glued together with tiny pins that just would never hold...

I wanted three suitable models for IG Vendettas. At first I was going to use the Italeri 1/48 scale Osprey V22, then it went out of production before I could buy it.

I did a lot of research into 2-engine bombers and decided that the Revell 1/48 scale Dornier 217 could be adapted into a nice Vendetta with a bit of scratchbuilding, so I bought one of them. I then realised that that kit was also OOP, so I had to rush around and find another one on eBay.

While searching for a third kit, I found that the Osprey had come back into stock at Hobby Link Japan, so I bit the bullet and bought three kits.

If anyone wants a 1/48 scale kit of the Dornier 217, let me know!

Bought lots and lots of Bretonnia in July. In October I had painted less than half a battalion. Since December it's all been in my parents attic.

Two Words

Dwarf Gyrocopters.

I had two of the old metal ones. Technically I still have them I think. They're just in pieces all over the place and so I will never be able to put them back together. The propellers just wouldn't stay on and also they took an age to glue together in the first place.

DarthOvious wrote:Two Words

Dwarf Gyrocopters.

I had two of the old metal ones. Technically I still have them I think. They're just in pieces all over the place and so I will never be able to put them back together. The propellers just wouldn't stay on and also they took an age to glue together in the first place.

My god this is so true, the finecast one i got also has the same issue of prop breakage.. best avoid them untill the model is done in plastic on the 12th of never (you heard it here first)

Formosa wrote: best avoid them untill the model is done in plastic on the 12th of never (you heard it here first)

My God! that's the same date as the plastic SoB!

Speaking of SoB (both figuratively and literally): Exorcist.............. it took me an entire weekend -that's two days accuracy fans- to file, bend, pin, dry-fit, re-file, re-bend, hack-bits-off-the-rhino-chassis, etc..... to get just one kit built :(

Had to wait a couple of months before even thinking about starting the other one :( Both are now assembled and primed but I have lost all interest in getting the damn things painted for the time being.

The metal Land Raider Crusader hurricane bolters. Nuff said

The metal Trebuchet for Brets is a nightmare to assemble. Probably the least amount of fun I've ever had on a model.

Also, pinning 90 hands for Black Guard and Phoenix Guard. That is just tedious.

Aerethan wrote:The metal Trebuchet for Brets is a nightmare to assemble. Probably the least amount of fun I've ever had on a model.

Also, pinning 90 hands for Black Guard and Phoenix Guard. That is just tedious.

Like my metal Noise Marine bits. Though I realized after just six of them that I could might as well give up.

The original 100% resin Stormblade from Forge World. There was a point where I almost picked it up and threw it at the wall I was so mad.

Second generation Blood Asp 'Mech from Iron Wind Metal. That one did get a quick lesson in flying. Remains unbuilt to this day (bought it in Feb '08).

I can't imagine the horror that would be one of the metal Thunderhawks from back in the day!

The WM Cygnar Thunderhead. That thing was a beyonce to put together for my wife's growing Cygnar army.

Also the truly ancient citadel Serpentine Dragon and the old, old metal dragonbone undead chariot.

The old metal treebeard....
Never again...

What project do i regret now? My armys on parade board..

Lormax wrote:The metal Land Raider Crusader hurricane bolters. Nuff said

Trust me, the Dwarf Gyrocopter is worse. Either that or I may just be lucky with my Land Raider Crusader.

For me, has to be the gakload of Metal Tankbustas I bought to make a mob of 15.

So much metal, only 4 (inc Tankhammer boy) poses to work with. Really wish I'd gone the all-plastic route now, although I love the tankbusta models the sculpting style is so distinctive that you can't fit in standard boyz box rokkit boyz and maintain a good-looking unit...

Vaktathi wrote:
Privateer Press's Khador Behemoth was another, I bought it in summer 2007. It's not so much that it didn't fit together, but that the model was designed such that one leg was raised and the model rested entirely on one leg which fit to the model via a tiny 1.5mm tall ball-socket joint about the size of a 40k scale frag grenade. Needless to say, it sits in multiple pieces to this day.

Actually Big B can be assembled with both feet on the ground very easily. The joint in question is positioned in such a way that it can be put in either pose.

Like so:



On a side note, I'm beginning to think a lot of these so called "construction nightmares" where the metal models need multiple pins otherwise they'll collapse if you look at them funny are due to crap glue. I've got 3 rather large Warmahordes armies, not a single model has been pinned and nothing comes apart. Like seriously? You need a pin for Marbo's arm for example. Really?

Drop Pods...I hate them...they always seem to have warping issues ont he plastic and I end up having to melt them down...every.single.time.


Oh and Helbrecht...I could not get this dude's sword arm to stay on correctly. I tried a dremmel tool and pinning it but the part was so small that I just couldn't get it right. In the end I wound up slopping some green stuff on it and it has been fine ever since...but an otherwise beautifully painted model now has this gross spot on his arm where I connected the hand and sword.

Out of all of my army, I have probably never been more frustrated than when I was building my Rhinos. They can be built well and easily. The way the instructions has you build them is the worse possible way. By the 3rd one I had figured out the best way to build them and the 3rd one came out great. The 1st one is horrible, and many parts of it just simply didn't fit flush because of their instructions.

Other than that, Marbo was a bit of a bastard. Pretty much anything Metal is the suck to build.


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BrotherVord wrote:Drop Pods...I hate them...they always seem to have warping issues ont he plastic and I end up having to melt them down...every.single.time.


Oh and Helbrecht...I could not get this dude's sword arm to stay on correctly. I tried a dremmel tool and pinning it but the part was so small that I just couldn't get it right. In the end I wound up slopping some green stuff on it and it has been fine ever since...but an otherwise beautifully painted model now has this gross spot on his arm where I connected the hand and sword.

It's suppose to be a bionic arm anyway, don't worry to much about it

I wouldn't say a nightmare, but the Harbinger of Menoth was certainly fiddly.

My entire 40k gaming career. "OOOOO I want this army!" Month later I sold it I did this countless times....I regret it dearly I spent atleast 2 grand on armies I don't even -own- anymore.

Cryx stalker. I HATED how I could never pose the damn thing well enough to make it look non-derped and fit together.

I have, however, just seen a mod that uses bonejack legs as the back legs.... must...resist....

Screaming Skull Catapult. ( metal )

A model whos assembly will make you scream in frustration. Then smash it with a hammer.

I bought a Sould Grinder with the idea of using it as a base for a Perturabo model.

Unfortunately i ran out of ideas pretty much as i walked out of the store. Ended up using parts of it for a Brass Scorpion instead.

Hmmm I'd have to say a Necron Monolith and the old plastic Land Speeders.
The Monolith was horrible and even with as many rubber bands as you could find, it wouldn't hold.
And the old Land Speeders were just badly designed with all the gaps. Never had one turn out the right way.

I can imagine that many Cryx kits, while they look lovely when finished, are a complete nightmare when you're actually assembling them!

I can't think of any 'nightmares' of my own - most of my stuff's been pretty much ok. I do still have a metal Lord of Change I haven't assembled, but that's more because I always seem to find something more exciting to do than pinning in my hobby time

I had a sort of difficult time with my metal TFC, but I knew it would be a difficult model going in and had my dremel tool freshly charged. Great looking model, awful kit.

I have some Grot Tanks that I painted myself into a corner with (figuratively speaking). I really wanted to do them in the same grey camo I did my Kill Bursta in. At the last second I decided to do red to better match the rest of my Ork vehicles (mostly). I primed with AP Dragon Red and was totally unhappy with the job it did - they all look sort of pink really. I did some basic salt weathering and now I can't seem to make myself go any further; I'm just not really feeling how they look. But I'm also am leery of painting over what I've done since I'll lose detail, but I also am worried about stripping them - I've never stripped resin before.

So, not sure how to move forward with this one.

Mr.Malevolent wrote:The Monolith was horrible and even with as many rubber bands as you could find, it wouldn't hold.

Hmm... odd. I've built 2 Monoliths - even painted them as I was putting them together - and I've had no problem with keeping them together.

Never buy Italeri kits with little rubber tyres. Never. I certainly regret it now.

Well, if we're talking about model kits my DML Jagdtiger was a pain (goddamn individual track links, WHY WON'T YOU STAY TOGETHER), or my Karl on rail transport (too many multi-part brakes that are barely visible)