Post by panzerjager2 on Aug 22, 2016 20:08:41 GMT -5
Sometime ago I asked the question(s);
For me it will always be the ESCI 1/35th scale version a sorry product from the mid 1970's of the German Demag 1 ton half track. With a very close second being ESCI 1/35th scale Nebelwerfer, (smoke unit).
Now I've been building since I was six or seven years old..... I've built, Renwal, Frog, Monogram, ESCI, Tamiya, Heller, and just abooot every other major manufacturer you can think of prior to the 2000's. I even built a couple of Schmidt/Hobbybau Vac-u-forms'. And from that experience I have to say that these two kits were the worst of the worst.......
The Demag, was warped, most parts had ZERO location indicators, MASSIVE mold knock out marks, instruction sheets that might as well have been written in Farsi and FLASH from hell. The Nebelwerfer was a nightmare of epic proportions, from the original two piece tubes, to the stinking wiring harnesses. And the real cherry on the top was those figures...... I still have modeling nightmares from that kit......
It could have been a bad kit from the production run that QC missed..... It could have been I was a novice modeler at the time, it could very well been that I was spoiled by Tamyia's early kits and their great direction sheets... Probably these factors played a big part....BUT not as big of part to hid that these kits STUNK, STANK, STINK.
Just wondering what y'all think
- What's your favorite build
- What's your ultimate build
For me it will always be the ESCI 1/35th scale version a sorry product from the mid 1970's of the German Demag 1 ton half track. With a very close second being ESCI 1/35th scale Nebelwerfer, (smoke unit).
Now I've been building since I was six or seven years old..... I've built, Renwal, Frog, Monogram, ESCI, Tamiya, Heller, and just abooot every other major manufacturer you can think of prior to the 2000's. I even built a couple of Schmidt/Hobbybau Vac-u-forms'. And from that experience I have to say that these two kits were the worst of the worst.......
The Demag, was warped, most parts had ZERO location indicators, MASSIVE mold knock out marks, instruction sheets that might as well have been written in Farsi and FLASH from hell. The Nebelwerfer was a nightmare of epic proportions, from the original two piece tubes, to the stinking wiring harnesses. And the real cherry on the top was those figures...... I still have modeling nightmares from that kit......
It could have been a bad kit from the production run that QC missed..... It could have been I was a novice modeler at the time, it could very well been that I was spoiled by Tamyia's early kits and their great direction sheets... Probably these factors played a big part....BUT not as big of part to hid that these kits STUNK, STANK, STINK.
Just wondering what y'all think
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