Should it be this complicated?

[Dave Ward]

With models these days marketed with high parts counts - is it really necessary?
I'm looking in my stash for another 30's car - I don't have anything in a larger scale, but in 1/35 this caught my eye...............

A real Anthill Mob machine!
It's the normal ICM model, complete flat pack chassis. I don't really like vinyl tyres, but I think I'd prefer them to this!


So, ICM have made wheels a bit more complicated, but what I really have found to be poor is the construction of the body work!!!


Oh joy! - a centreline joint right down the roof! Just where it's going to be the most visible. It seems odd that ICM have produced really deep parts for the body - surely breaking it up, with a separate roof panel would have made the moulds easier? The model dates from 2012, so I suppose it's one of the older products, - at least it doesn't have chromed parts. It's annoying, ICM are usually pretty good, this is the first I'm a bit disappointed with.

Anybody else have examples of unnecessary/incomprehensible model breakdown/constructions?
Dave

[AlanG]

Anybody else have examples of unnecessary/incomprehensible model breakdown/constructions?

Anything designed by Dragon and Lego

[Dave Ward]

Anything designed by Dragon and Lego

Ah, but Dragon are only incomprehensible when you compare the parts to the instructions!!!! ( can't remember the last Dragon Model I made! )
Dave

[Guest]

Quite honestly, it makes no difference to me. I like it when a kit is different or even challenging.
Building the kit is the bit I like most, particularly assembling intricate bits. This might be a reason I prefer 1/72 scale.

[Tim Marlow]

Great looking car, but as to the mouldings, quoting the Ant hill mob “Make with the gats youze guys”

[Guest]

The wheels I can understand: it’s so they can mould the profile into hard plastic tyres. As long as the fit is good, they should go together easily and hopefully with no visible seams. The body shell, less so …

[sootysue]

With models these days marketed with high parts counts - is it really necessary?
I'm looking in my stash for another 30's car - I don't have anything in a larger scale, but in 1/35 this caught my eye...............
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A real Anthill Mob machine!
It's the normal ICM model, complete flat pack chassis. I don't really like vinyl tyres, but I think I'd prefer them to this!
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So, ICM have made wheels a bit more complicated, but what I really have found to be poor is the construction of the body work!!!
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Oh joy! - a centreline joint right down the roof! Just where it's going to be the most visible. It seems odd that ICM have produced really deep parts for the body - surely breaking it up, with a separate roof panel would have made the moulds easier? The model dates from 2012, so I suppose it's one of the older products, - at least it doesn't have chromed parts. It's annoying, ICM are usually pretty good, this is the first I'm a bit disappointed with.

Anybody else have examples of unnecessary/incomprehensible model breakdown/constructions?
Dave

Well dave, I am looking at your pics of your new model car. My Brain is working overtime and thinking "why" to the fact the car is roof cut in half?

[GerryW]

With models these days marketed with high parts counts - is it really necessary?
I'm looking in my stash for another 30's car - I don't have anything in a larger scale, but in 1/35 this caught my eye...............
[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1147421[/ATTACH]
A real Anthill Mob machine!
It's the normal ICM model, complete flat pack chassis. I don't really like vinyl tyres, but I think I'd prefer them to this!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1147418[/ATTACH]

So, ICM have made wheels a bit more complicated, but what I really have found to be poor is the construction of the body work!!!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1147419[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]n1147420[/ATTACH]

Oh joy! - a centreline joint right down the roof! Just where it's going to be the most visible. It seems odd that ICM have produced really deep parts for the body - surely breaking it up, with a separate roof panel would have made the moulds easier? The model dates from 2012, so I suppose it's one of the older products, - at least it doesn't have chromed parts. It's annoying, ICM are usually pretty good, this is the first I'm a bit disappointed with.

Anybody else have examples of unnecessary/incomprehensible model breakdown/constructions?
Dave

To me, looking at the body shell, you're probably going to get a better finish than if they'd put the roof as a separate part - surely sanding/filling/hiding the centreline joint is going to be easier than sanding/filling a joint round the edge?

[rtfoe]

I tend to agree with Gerry. Just dry fitting first to see if the locating pins help with the line up...if not then remove them and adjust as you apply cement and clamping. A larger area to sand is so much easier just like aircraft fuselage halves.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

The wheels though although I too hate it keeps the threads accurate. It just gets getting used to.

Cheers,
Richard

[David Lovell]

Its a tough one Dave ,ICM are one of the few in as much as they don't run with the herd (do we need another panzer 3-4 a to z ooh look another tiger)their subject choice is well out there but from what I've seen massively over engineered, ie six parts to make something that could have been moulded in two only to glue it somewhere it won't be seen anyway, no one comments on tamiya being over simplified shake and bake not a lot of thought involved easy builds no apparently best thing since sliced bread. Its a great choice of car model looks the part (no pun intended) I hope you crack on looking forward to it ,it just comes down to if its what you want to build thats all there is at least they've given you the choice ,I dont know what the equivalent saying would be for modeling but my son and I go fishing most Sundays ,he would say thats why they call it fishing not catching. Dave.