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bleumike wrote:
The old metal eldar wraithlord.

I’ve got one of those in parts, after several unsuccessful attempts to get it together. He’s destined to be parsed out for base decorations and objective markers.

Tall, massive, spindly, and graceful does not translate well into lead.

 Greenizbest wrote:
The Ork Lootas/Burnas kit annoys me. It's not hard to assemble but you only get 4 Deffgunz per box. If I wanted to field 20 Lootas (A reasonable amount for 6e Orks), without resorting to conversions, I would have to spend $125 on 5 boxes. I'm also buying spare torsos and legs from ebay to make Burnas just so I don't feel like 50% of the box is going to waste.

Well, same issue if you want a mob of burnas... I wish they'd given you 6 bodies in the kit, with the parts to make 6 burnas/lootas, as well as Mek parts. Alternately, a box of 10 with enough parts to make either/or would have been even better.

Old metal Hive Guard.
Sweet jaysus, they simply do not work.

 King of the Elves wrote:
Lord of the Feast from Hordes. Holy God.......

I've seen this a couple times, but didn't have a lot of trouble with mine. I just used some tiny bits/pins (P3) and he fit with minimal swearing involved. What gave you headaches?

 Nevelon wrote:

bleumike wrote:
The old metal eldar wraithlord.

I’ve got one of those in parts, after several unsuccessful attempts to get it together. He’s destined to be parsed out for base decorations and objective markers.

Tall, massive, spindly, and graceful does not translate well into lead.

Amusingly, I actually sought one of those guys out, and turned it into my Chronos, the Nightmare Child. A somewhat trying model to build, and took several weeks of work sessions just to pin all his extremities together. Especially since I sawed his knee out because I wanted to repose a leg.



Worth it? I do not know.

 Ratius wrote:
Old metal Hive Guard.
Sweet jaysus, they simply do not work.

This kit deserves a special place in whatever bleak and tormentfilled afterlife that awaits such kits. A special mention also goes to the old metal Long fangs, not that they are so damnebale hard to assemebl but they look like hell

Mantic Games Forge Fathers Steel Warriors.

Its a pretty kit, can do good stuff, is very usefull for conversions and give you a nice bit of trouble...

But it always remember me of 3 months waiting and a poorly execution... They just could have been fantastic and come just fine.

This kit deserves a special place in whatever bleak and tormentfilled afterlife that awaits such kits.

I literally blew vodka/coke over my keyboard. A fellow tortured soul. Thank you for making me feel not alone.
Sigged btw.

For non GW kits it has top be anything Airfix make or has made. For starters their planes are 1.72 and their kits 1/76 and Nothing lines up properly, I mean nothing, the last one I had (a PzIV) needed more filler than model. The plastic that is used (even the new plastic) is inadequate and flimsy, their figures are just blobs of rubbery plastic. Also they are overpriced, I saw their new line the other day and they wanted £8 for 1 vehicle or even a willys jeep! that's just wrong. My friend loves them for some reason.


For my GW choice...it has to be the old metal Tyranid gargoyles. They always needed pinning and always needed filler where the wings met the body or there was a huge gap, or the wings would fall off easy. not to mention they weren't balanced and so kept falling over when on the base. These models made me stop Tyranids and go Chaos Marine.

SM Land Speeder, because lining up parts has always been a challenge. Bought two twelve years ago and the horror of putting them together put me off purchasing a third.

SM assault Marines... Again, line-up of seams on the jet packs is atrocious. I hate putting them together because it has to be fixed. I mean, the jet nozzles could have been a seperate piece so they could mold it whole.

Protectorate Exemplar Errants. So many fiddly bits and restic means I have to pin them or end up re-gluing so many times.

Anything restic, because you can't use solvents to weld them and it's frustrating.

 Ratius wrote:

This kit deserves a special place in whatever bleak and tormentfilled afterlife that awaits such kits.

I literally blew vodka/coke over my keyboard. A fellow tortured soul. Thank you for making me feel not alone.
Sigged btw.

I do try my best to be a good comarde to other Nid players

 necrovamp wrote:
For non GW kits it has top be anything make or has made. For starters their planes are 1.72 and their kits 1/76 and Nothing lines up properly, I mean nothing, the last one I had (a PzIV) needed more filler than model. The plastic that is used (even the new plastic) is inadequate and flimsy, their figures are just blobs of rubbery plastic. Also they are overpriced, I saw their new line the other day and they wanted £8 for 1 vehicle or even a willys jeep! that's just wrong. My friend loves them for some reason..

Oh dont.... I got a supposedly new mold Airfix M3 Lee/Grant for a Girls und Panzer fan build.
I still dont know how i managed to get it together so well. There was more flash than i have ever encountered ever. Even some of the ancient kits i have assembled did not have as much.
And then there was the miss aligned sections..... The top of the hull didnt want to fit onto the hull front/sides which in turn didnt want to fit together. Then the hull base didnt want to go on. Then the rear of the hull. the Engine deck and the lip behind the turret ring did not want to fit. And the turret..... the two sections where completely misaligned, the gun mounting is terrible and there is a massive gap below the mantle, which itself dosnt actually fit properly.
Never again.

 master of ordinance wrote:

 necrovamp wrote:
For non GW kits it has top be anything make or has made. For starters their planes are 1.72 and their kits 1/76 and Nothing lines up properly, I mean nothing, the last one I had (a PzIV) needed more filler than model. The plastic that is used (even the new plastic) is inadequate and flimsy, their figures are just blobs of rubbery plastic. Also they are overpriced, I saw their new line the other day and they wanted £8 for 1 vehicle or even a willys jeep! that's just wrong. My friend loves them for some reason..

Oh dont.... I got a supposedly new mold Airfix M3 Lee/Grant for a Girls und Panzer fan build.
I still dont know how i managed to get it together so well. There was more flash than i have ever encountered ever. Even some of the ancient kits i have assembled did not have as much.
And then there was the miss aligned sections..... The top of the hull didnt want to fit onto the hull front/sides which in turn didnt want to fit together. Then the hull base didnt want to go on. Then the rear of the hull. the Engine deck and the lip behind the turret ring did not want to fit. And the turret..... the two sections where completely misaligned, the gun mounting is terrible and there is a massive gap below the mantle, which itself dosnt actually fit properly.
Never again.

I know your pain, I made one once. Those rubber tracks! eurgh!

I discoverd this very evening a new unknow horror from the deepest darkest depths of hades when it comes to modeling kits! The old 2th Edition Hibe tyrant kits in all its forms and unholy glory!

For me, the only kit I've had serious trouble with was the Forge World Stormblade and the Sentinel.

The Stormblade was because the entire top section came in one, huge chunk and it was bent so the middle sank in, so I had to run the taps and bend it ever, ever, ever so slowly back into place, and even then it only fit when I slapped a big load of superglue on the thing. Also I lost the driver's hatch, which shouldn't have even been a separate bit!
The Sentinel kit: The antennae always break off and the legs are a complete and utter state. They're a lot like the Battlesuit legs /but worse/. They come in a number of different parts, all of which have to be held together along with the torso.
Oh yes, and of course I have to mention the Rhino, the chassis just leaves huge gaps and they annoy me so much..
Oh yes, and anything finecast that has a spear, staff or sword. Those things NEVER STAY ON DAMMIT AND THEY DON'T GLUE BACK RIGHT, EVER. I'M LOOKING AT YOU NECRON OVERLORD, FINECAST LIBRARIAN, EMPEROR'S CHAMPION.

The most recent metal Ikit Claw's Storm Daemon.

It. Will. Not. Align!