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A revell truck ,sorry can't remember the classification was a german army one though. Wanted it for a civilian vehichle, tunred out it was a level 5 kit, it also turns out I am soooo not a level 5 modeller. I have neiither the skill, patience of the tiny pair of tweezers I required.

Too many pieces for me, so it is now a wrecked truck being used as scenary, most the bits were binned.

it was a moment of pure model fail

Ouze wrote: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.

As an absolutely unnecessary update no one requested: I decided to try stripping the models after reading some Dakka articles on stripping resin. I figured even if I screwed the models up, there's no significant difference between me not having finished models because I can't get them painted the way I want, or because I screwed them up stripping them; in either event they are unfieldable. So, I stripped them in ultrasonic simple green and no problems at all. I've re-primed them and will try again.

Ouze, are you okay man? Seems like you've gone a bit Crazy on us there?

Could you write an article on stripping Resin (specifically) there are plenty on metal and Plastic not many on Resin.

Anyone got any other nightmare models, or Projects that awry?

Nothing will compare to the hell that is Heresys Netherlord Mk2!

I had zero problems with the Mark 1 but when I got the second Nether ! Its a massive metal model that somehow is supposed to carry all its weight on one ankle. the top heavy barrel chested nature combined with its pose means this aint happening.

Paid £50 for it when it first came out about 8 or so years ago and I still havent managed to assemble it.

Forgeworld Contemptor Dreadnought with Assault Cannon and Powerfist.

That damned cannon needs to have its barrels glued to the assembly. It's fiddly as can be, and when you have arthritis in your fingers, it's an absolute nightmare.

I gave up and sold it off eventually.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

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.

Having built three of them, it does take a certain amount of finesse and skill to get all of the sides properly aligned and attached - on my first one I kept screwing it up so that one side was always a bit lopsided.

And speaking of monoliths, I'm going to nominate the my third one, where I built it with a working plasma ball in place of the crystal. The end effect was worth it, but the process of cutting, and fitting, and adjusting clearances so that everything fit, and then painting it with the plasma ball installed, that kinda sucked.

Grimtuff wrote:[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?

Same here. I find putting a dot of putty on there along with the glue works on most difficult joins.

Aprion wrote:Screaming Skull Catapult. ( metal )

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

(twitch)

Apart from that, the worst kit I've ever put together were Nyss Hunters for Warmachine, from Privateer's phase where infantry kits had a million little bits. Just to give you an idea, one of the options is for a sword in the scabbard--only the scabbard and sword hilt are two different bits for no evident reason. My fingers were so crusted with glue and putty after that adventure that they couldn't feel anything for about a day afterwards.

Metal SAG mek... worst model to assemble I ever done.

I got some daemonettes for a conversion, the first ten were so annoying to glue together I didn't even bother with the second set. Both the claws and heads were horrible

So I traded away the other ten before starting them

I also tried to make some terradons and a goblin warboss on giant spider, they each took days to fully glue them together

3E Tyranid Metal Gargoyles. Never had a gaming session where at least one of them didn't topple over and snap off of the flying base.

RT/2E Metal Hormagaunts. Top heavy, leaning mostly over the base, with fragile arms that liked to pop off.

A bunch of converted Ork Stormboyz that I made. Nothing too fancy - I basically bought a box of Gargoyles and a box of Hellions, stuck Orks on top of them, and used them as Stormboyz. The hellions made me stop using the unit completely, because while the bases might be good enough for actual hellions, it turned out that adding an Ork model with about twice the mass of a Dark Eldar makes the thing impossibly top-heavy and unbalanced...honestly, that's the only reason I don't use 'em much, because every time I move them, I have to dick around with getting the hellion boyz to perch just right on the new flying bases.

Aside from that, I don't think I've ever had much in the way of "nightmare" builds. I honestly think the worst for me was when I was just getting into the game, and I tried to put together my first Tau Broadsides. Despite all my best efforts, I could never get the damn guns to stick to the shoulders properly. Three of them still have a solid layer of dried superglue from where I kept re-gluing them, having them snap off, and trying again and again to get them to stick.

I just had two project flub hard.

I wanted to do a counts as manticore based on the M270 MLRS, a couple people recommended 1/35 scale and DML's kit to me. The kit is literally the worst hunk of junk to ever reside on my hobby table. Things don't fit where they're supposed to, the instructions and kit it self are mind numbingly over complicated and for a kit where each part is given an alpha numeric designation no one seemed to think of giving the sprues an alphabetic designation (alphanumeric in this case meaning Parts labled A1, B11, etc) throw in that the thing's /massive/ compared to a Leman Russ and that's a project abandoned.

The other project I just had go belly up was a set of Female Warriors from Copplestone castings I attempted... and failed, to convert to Imperial Guard. Never going to try to modify a metal mini in any way shape or form ever again. And as a bonus the scale was off despite a 40k website saying they fight right in amongst Guardsmen DX

Thankfully my next project, converting a Whirlwind tank to an Exorcist (i.e. changing the paint) should hopefully go a lot smoother... *makes sign of the aquila*

Thunderhawk. It had incredibly warped pieces and several parts didn't even fit right. In order to make the upper cannard wings fit they had to be cut down almost 1/4 on each side and the hinge parts replaced with a scratch build. Assault ramp also had simular issues, the teeth didn't fit and required a massive amount of filing to make them line up correctly and then part of the ramp needed to be extended as it was a good 1/4 inch short so there was a gap at the bottom of the door. There's also a large plate that divides the interrior into two levels, couldn't get that to fit so left it out completely . It's also so heavy that the landing gears bend under the weight so unles syou want to build a custom flying stand for it the gears are always slightoy bent..

They must have had two differant master models and got the molds mixed up, the sizing was way off on some of the parts and they didn't pair up even remotely.

Between straightening all the goofy pieces and massive amounts of cleaning and re-engineering all the shoddy parts it took me two full weeks to build it. (also a number of the small vents on the underside had been damaged and needed to be rebuilt) By the time all the assembly was done I was so fed up with it that I skipped painting it and sold it.

Worst model EVER



I also really dislike the drop pods, even as an experienced modeller thos ethings are a pain in the butt to build. Difficult to get all the wings to line up correctly so that the doors can close properly. Also managed to glued my finger to one of them as you have to hold them in place forever.

Metal thunderfire cannon was a pain, parts didn't fit right and the glue won't hold very well.

I also give a big thumbs down to the Khador Behemoth, a jack that big needs both feet on the ground. Even with pinning mine has come apart at least 3 times which is why it'll be replaced with a resin one.

i got all these bits and converted for months to make an awesome custom swarmlord/hive tyrant and tervigon that looked like a huge spider with termigants coming from under it.

nek minit, GW released the new tyraid range including the 2 models i had just spent all the time converting cos there was no models..

Catachans and their bloody arms, I dont think I own a catachan that is holding their rifle properly, if I ever get some more they will be facing a crafting knife to get them to hold their rifles with TWO hands.

My greatest failiur with a project was when I decided I wanted a SoB army....

Wardragoon wrote:Catachans and their bloody arms, I dont think I own a catachan that is holding their rifle properly, if I ever get some more they will be facing a crafting knife to get them to hold their rifles with TWO hands.

Amen! I've got fifty of the buggers for my veteran troops and every single one is just slightly wrong, no matter how much I shaved them down...wow, that sounds wrong...

Empire Halberdiers. Impossible to rank up which is a shame because I love the models otherwise.

Trondheim wrote:My greatest failiur with a project was when I decided I wanted a SoB army....

Bought and traded for 3000+ points of sisters of battle. Spent weeks stripping, rebasing, and reassembling them, then was so sick of them I never actually painted or played them.

Metal Demon Princes...My god.

I wanted two Demon Princes in my Chaos space Marine army and I wanted to get them done for the painting compitition they were having at my Local Gaming store. It was about a month before the judging so I thought I had enough time to at least get 1 of them done and painted as well as I could muster.

Im not a very good painter but im learning and I was really looking forward to it. However it was an absolute terror to even put one of the models together!

The metal model would not stay together! I havent even built one of them, let alone both. The parts were molded alright so they fit together ok, with a bit of pinning I thought it would be fine...Nope.

I tried using green stuff to fill in gaps with super glue and pinning, but still it fell apart and would not stay together. I gave up for ages but soon im gonna get myself some new glue and buckle down!

Hopefully my second stab at it will turn out better.

I bought a crisis suit kit that came with a melted sprue, bubbly leg and missing back piece on my birthday.

I'll eventually buy this guy to acquire the parts and have an extra suit.



Also have a self-dissasembling Metal Daemon Prince and absolutely no desire to pin it.

Confrontation. The models were stunning, but small ankle joints and arm joins and nasty bases drove me up a wall.

I bought a FW baneblade secondhand. The previous owner had attempted to build the Baneblade and then make molds of it so he could cast resin copies. He broke the gak out of most of the treads when the rubber flowed into the space between the wheels and the wheel well. To de-mold the tread/well assembly he ended up just ripping out all the treads.

If the person who attempted what I just described is reading this post: You are an idiot. I have your old Baneblade and I'm going to make it look awesome. I'm going to scratch build all of the treads you broke, I'm going to re-pin all the cracked resin, and I'm going to put a kick ass airbrush paint job on it.

I'm just terrified at the prospect of starting. It's going to be a massive project that might end up looking like gak if I go half-ass.

But I bought that wounded beast for 26 bucks. I can do it.

Brian P wrote:I bought a FW baneblade secondhand. The previous owner had attempted to build the Baneblade and then make molds of it so he could cast resin copies. He broke the gak out of most of the treads when the rubber flowed into the space between the wheels and the wheel well. To de-mold the tread/well assembly he ended up just ripping out all the treads.

If the person who attempted what I just described is reading this post: You are an idiot. I have your old Baneblade and I'm going to make it look awesome. I'm going to scratch build all of the treads you broke, I'm going to re-pin all the cracked resin, and I'm going to put a kick ass airbrush paint job on it.

I'm just terrified at the prospect of starting. It's going to be a massive project that might end up looking like gak if I go half-ass.

But I bought that wounded beast for 26 bucks. I can do it.

Absolutely, slow and steady just keep it ticking over. Little bits now and then, it will come together but as you say, don't be tempted to prime it until it's perfectly ready!!! I would recommend press moulding tracks, especially if you are doing 30+ pieces it will make them look good and will save you time and effort all round..Oh and can you start a WIP thread so we can see it advance until completion. Looking forward to seeing this.

Thinking about buying one of these: http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=5467005&tid=GLSPPT1009&cm_mmc=Email-_-ia11123-_-2012-07-31-_-11123_6500

Couple possible projects including providing dedicated transport to the guy I know from a WW2 Reenactment group who has a Sherman tank and a Pershing light tank

adamsouza wrote:3E Tyranid Metal Gargoyles. Never had a gaming session where at least one of them didn't topple over and snap off of the flying base.

GW flying bases could have their own thread.

Necron Lychguard. Just never, ever, again.

Necron destroyers. Break the midway down the arm on one of those and that's it, it's never, ever going back. Ever.

I spent 2.5 hours holding the 3rd ed Hive Tyrants head in place only to find out I glued my fingers to his head and torso. I was chewing glue of my hands for a week.

I once tried to turn the old command squad Commander models stormbolter into a combi-bolter...
Always cut away from yourself...

DeffDred wrote:
Always cut away from yourself...

I lesson always learned in blood I'm afraid...