What annoys you the most about aircraft kits?

[Alan 45]

For me it's got to be decals, I'm building the 1/72 EE Canberra from revell and the decals are a nightmare , I know I want it to be as close as possible but when you see the decal sheet you realise it's going to take you longer to put the decals on thank build and paint the kit , also the instructions show a different aircraft to the one I'm building

So what's your annoyance ?

[eddiesolo]

That I cannot build one to save my life...

Si

[Alan 45]

That I cannot build one to save my life...Si

You could mate , I doubt they would be worse than mine

[Ian M]

Stencil decals are a pain. The Royal Navy aircraft have millions of the buggers! Health and safety warnings all over a machine that is designed to kill people...Go figure.

My real hair puller though has to be seatbelts. Either they look great or totally naff.

Ian M

[Guest]

What annoys me, the most, about aircraft kits....?

Just build one....

And I'm talking seriously!

[john i am]

From the moment I open the box some of the buggers fight you all the way but I have not cracked yet great for character building I feel Lol

[peterairfix]

With me its no mojo and the kit will be taunting me,but i have one that i have a large mallet waiting for as it has pe on it aaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!!.

Peter t

[Guest]

Frankly nothing really other wise I would not be building them. I am here for the pleasure not the pain.

Anything not quite right I enjoy the determination to right the wrong and to enjoy having achieved it.

Laurie

[Guest]

Poor fitting & the subsequent amount of filling and sanding needed - as compared to armour kits

[Guest]

I really think there are good kits and bad kits in every genre so it is not really the type of kit that presents the challenge and I have built some pretty awful ones and some great ones across the board. As regards transfers I think the most difficult ones I have dealt with are curved ones on cars and bikes where they simply do not want to wrap around the complex curves of a car body or a bike fairing.

The one thing I do remember about making aircraft as a youngster was trying to paint the canopy frames by hand. This was long before masks, finely formed canopy edges, airbrushes and any other modern assistance. I remember painting an Airfix Hampden nose canopy and thinking what a mess I'd made of it!!

[stona]

also the instructions show a different aircraft to the one I'm building

I always view the instructions as someone else's opinion which I can choose to ignore should I wish to do so

My annoyance is not specifically aircraft related. It's badly molded parts, flash, ejector pin marks and seam lines which I find tedious to clean up or fix. Unfortunately they will always be there to some extent on injection molded kits so I just have to get over it !

Cheers

Steve

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Mines more about after I've built it,, I build to enjoy and sometimes,, ok most times they are not historically accurate, so when they are on the table at shows I get the rivet counters pointing out stuff, I cant stress enough to them that I build for FUN!

Adrian

[flyjoe180]

I'm with Laurie, I enjoy the whole process. If I'm not enjoying it I walk away for a few days. As for kit defects, it's all part of the enjoyment of turning a dodgy model into something half decent (although I have been known to inadvertently turn half decent kits into dodgy finished models). When I restarted modelling I used old kits I had from 20+ years ago. The newer recent kits have been easier to build but come with a lot more detail to handle, including decals. So you can either spend a lot of time correcting a bad shape, or a lot of time adding the detail demanded by modern kits. Either way enjoy it for what it is.

[Guest]

Wing to fuselage joins and eliminating those annoying seams across the fuselage

John

[BarryW]

There are a fair few challenges in the build but that is part of the fun.

What I dont like though are, of course, the decals.... and p.e.....I don't get on well with the latter much of which ends up flying off not to be seen again. This material should really be left to the aftermarket and not be included in kit boxes giving you a choice.