Most Annoying Models to Assemble

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**nyyman**

How did I forget to mention the dreaded Drop Pod?
HOW THE HECK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE UPPER PARTS IS ONE PIECE.
Fortunantely my friend was willing to assemble it for me.
But I'm afraid to move it since it WILL break down THE VERY SECOND I touch it.

**Captain Solon**

Most annoying models to put together?

Thos models you get from the 'AOBR' model section.
not because they're bad quality. just... I dislike not being able to put them in our own positions.

Also, dreadnoughts need to have Multi-melta's (I realise that it's because they haven't updated them)

**skysky**

I would go with the metal Bloodthirster because the wings and limbs are angled horribly for pinning.

My absolute bane so far is the Krootox, its like a

ing Picasso! Its a total piece of

. Its not just a fluke either I have three of them and they are all the same! The quality is just terrible.

**Gandair**

KingCracker wrote:The worst for me was the basilisk. I put one together about.... 8 years ago (dunno if it has changed) but the instructions were vague at best, and I pretty much would have half of it done, before realizing it was put together wrong lol. That was a righteous pain in the ass.

Other then that, I always hated the oldschool rhinos. They were literally made, to not EVER go together evenly

I just recently bought one of those old rhinos from my FLGS. It was still in box and still on sprue without anything missing. I'm making it a predator since it's got all the pewter bits in it too and it's a complete pain. The turret wasn't unusually hard but the main body took hours and more glue than it should have. I had to quickly glue and then tightly press it together so that it aligned correctly. It amounted to me putting pressure on it from multiple odd angles to bend it into place while it dried. My arms hurt afterward but it worked. I hope the sponsons don't give me too much grief... *looks at them warily*

**Lextheimpaler**

Forgeworld tanks, god i warping.
The armoured compartment on the medusa was horrible

**big mek boomsnikk**

baal pred...just dont go near them

**99MDeery**

My votes go to these little pieces of frustration:

Tomb Kings Tomb Scorpions

Tomb Kings Screaming Skull Catapult - I opened the box and just put it away again hell no.

**Erasoketa**

DE Talos. I own 2 and they are still unassembled in the box. They are going to have more pins and green stuff than white metal pieces.

I GW makes it in plastic someday, I'm going to buy like fifteen.

**Bash the Bosh**

The AOBR Space Marine Squad....each marine came in 4 pieces!!! Took me 15 minutes to assemble all of them!! I didn't even have to use glue!! never again

**statu**

The Drop Pod has so far been the worst model I have ever had to assemble, not one of the door interiors were completly straight

**Salted Diamond**

big mek boomsnikk wrote:baal pred...just dont go near them

What kind of issues did you have? Mine was no problem.

**brother_zach**

I'm definately gonna go with Kans and deff dreds when they were pewter. Genius idea GW, take a 2 pound can and balance it on two thin legs. Combine that with the fact that the deff dred didn't come with a base, and I had a problem. Then, I just happened to run out of super glue, I was fuming. I resorted to just using green stuff, and on several occasoins that 2 pound soda can almost went towards the wall. The only thing stopping me was the knoldedge that there were no studs in my house >_<

**Curly**

Galrauch the chaos dragon, nuff said.

**Ensis Ferrae**

statu wrote:The Drop Pod has so far been the worst model I have ever had to assemble, not one of the door interiors were completly straight

while the Drop pod was pretty annoying to me, mine actually went together relatively smoothly.

**Defiler**

Constructing, and Pinning an entire Daemon Prince model with wings.

I want those 5 hours of my life back. ( x2)

**VictorVonTzeentch**

Commander Endova wrote:

I think the most flawed designs I've seen are the Elysian infantry. All the bits fit together in very specific ways, and the figures are all hunched over.

Also, good luck modifying their weapons. All the left hands are molded onto the grip of the lasrifle, and the lasrifle is the same piece as the right arm. All the special weapons that come in the Elysian Special Weapon Pack are lose weapons. No molded on arms or hands. Have fun chopping!

It really pissed me off, to be honest, and is probably why I haven;t invested more time, energy and money into the Elysian army I've wanted to do for about... forever. I mean, it's SO obvious. I honestly can't fathom how they overlooked something like that.

Elysians, while un-modifiable, are not hard to put together if you build them the way they are in their packs standard.

On topic though, the worst models I've had the displeasure to work with thus far are;

The Plastic/Pewter Hybrid Land Raider Crusader, the gorramn guns didn't wanna go together and then the hull didn't wanna go together properly either, that fether got thrown across the room. Then it went together.

Pewter/Plastic Hybrid Long Fangs, the things had huge fething gaps between the weapons and the left arms which are supposed to be holding onto them.

**Mistress of minis**

The all metal Empire Steam Tank. Any model that takes a 12" ribbon of GS, 3/4 oz of ca glue, a bottle of insta set, 4 screws, and some JB Kwik Weld was just a test to see if I would use duct tape on a model or not.

Every other model Ive worked with you could usually heat, bend or file the ill fitting pieces into behaving

**ooglatjama**

Ogre kingdoms scraplauncher

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Erasoketa wrote:DE Talos. I own 2 and they are still unassembled in the box. They are going to have more pins and green stuff than white metal pieces.

I GW makes it in plastic someday, I'm going to buy like fifteen.

Oh my god! Those

ing arms are so stupid, they break off all the time!

**gregor_xenos**

brother_zach wrote: The only thing stopping me was the knoldedge that there were no studs in my house >_<

Wow.... Low self-esteem, huh?! HUR HUR HUR

**Ironhide**

The OOP metal SM Devastators from 3rd edition. Getting the weapons to line up with the backpacks is near impossible.

**Ifurita**

Necron Monolith. Big flat pieces that tend to warp a bit and have to be assembled really fast to make sure it all fits together.

**Frostreaver**

The plastic landspeeder kit with the metal weapons. The metal bits weren't the problem, it was the body. Nothing lined up and there was huge gaps. I hated it so much I took it of my army and haven't fielded one since.

**brother_zach**

gregor_xenos wrote:
brother_zach wrote: The only thing stopping me was the knoldedge that there were no studs in my house >_<

Wow.... Low self-esteem, huh?! HUR HUR HUR

Well when your dad buys a nice house and threatens your life if you ever intentionally mess it up, you kinda think before you just throw a solid pewter can through a wall.

Also, I'd have to agree with the OOP devistators, not only were the weapon combinations completely stupid but they seemed to be porrly produced.

Another one that annoyed me was my OOP whirlwind, even when assembled , it wants to pop a wheelie and look stupid in the middle of combat. I love having the model though especiall after I repainted it.

**Eldar Own**

THAT DAMNED HYDRA!! *grumble, grumble*

**grantosjones**

I've had hundreds of models that have given me hell - the worst was a Rebel Grot vehicle (Cutta, I believe) that went together relatively easily, but when I was looking down the mast to make sure it wasn't warped I managed to glue the crows nest to my eyelid....

The problems I've always found are gluing plastic to metal or vice-versa... the old dire avengers and the storm guardians are a pet hate of mine.

**jamunition**

The new beastman doombull looks horrible...

17 parts, all metal!

**brother_zach**

jamunition wrote:The new beastman doombull looks horrible...

17 parts, all metal!

Indeed it does.

With that being said, has anyone put together the pyrovore? Looked too me like it would wanna be unbalanced.

**FoxPhoenix135**

Ok, I got another one. The valkyrie's door guns are ridiculously fragile, and prompted me to replace them with tripod mounts.

**brother_zach**

FoxPhoenix135 wrote:Ok, I got another one. The valkyrie's door guns are ridiculously fragile, and prompted me to replace them with tripod mounts.

One of mine did fall out, I was pretty pissed.

**FoxPhoenix135**

Yeah, the HWT tripod guns work fine if you put the long leg towards the door, touching the wall, and one of the short legs touching the same wall towards the cockpit. Just don't glue the bolters to the tripods, and they rotate fine.