GW kits getting more complex/difficult to assemble or am I just getting old?

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**Lordhat**

Conrad Turner wrote:
Dave-c wrote:
The arks are a lot of work. They are not difficult, but are a lot of work. They are also impossible to put together without them being crooked. IMPOSSIBLE

I suppose that depends on whether you have noticed that there is a right way and a wrong way to glue the completed rib sections together. Do it right and they fit together snugly and align correctly. Do it wrong and there are gaps that will inevitably allow a curvature in the spine of the vehicle.

That's not the problem. The problem is that even when assemble correctly there is a twist to the ribs if looked at from the front of the vehicle. It's not a lot from one rib section to another, but it ends up being significant by the time the last rib section is attached. Most complaints I've seen are 'just one or two sections", but mine was every one, resulting in the front section being mis-aligned by almost 1/2 inch. I had to cut and manually align several of the sections to cure it.