Well ok then Chris...... you asked:astonished:!!
Just 3 of them,The Aussie,(Who`d be about 9 foot tall if you built him up. The Berry Guy,(What a proboscis THAT is),and plain old "Squash Face".
A real treat from Italeri there then..... and it`s only dated 1981!!!!
Cheers,
Andy
Just 3 of them,The Aussie,(Who`d be about 9 foot tall if you built him up. The Berry Guy,(What a proboscis THAT is),and plain old "Squash Face".
A real treat from Italeri there then..... and it`s only dated 1981!!!!
Cheers,
Andy
I guess I have something in common with Jakko. While there may be a dog or six in my stash, there are LOADS of kits that just won't be built for reasons other than the fact they are bad kits. In amongst them are:
1/32 Academy F-16 - all those decals!
1/24 Cityliner coach - ditto
1/200 Schauffelradbagger - all those railings
1/35 D-9; Meng Auf1 howitzer; - all those track links
1/18 Hobbyboss Harrier; Merit Dauntless - where would I put them
1/350 Tamiya Enterprise - all those tie-downs and where would I put it
1/350 Bronco Ting Yuen & Chih Yuen - have you seen the insane detailing & PE?
1/48 Revell B-1B - where would I put it
The list goes on ... and on ... and on ...
1/32 Academy F-16 - all those decals!
1/24 Cityliner coach - ditto
1/200 Schauffelradbagger - all those railings
1/35 D-9; Meng Auf1 howitzer; - all those track links
1/18 Hobbyboss Harrier; Merit Dauntless - where would I put them
1/350 Tamiya Enterprise - all those tie-downs and where would I put it
1/350 Bronco Ting Yuen & Chih Yuen - have you seen the insane detailing & PE?
1/48 Revell B-1B - where would I put it
The list goes on ... and on ... and on ...
I see what you mean. The 15mm figures I've just bought have sharper details than those!
They look like a group of Tommy Cooper impressionists Andy....
Andy I must admit im no figure modeler but do see what you mean but cant the 9 footer be cut down like one of the guy who was extened his on short arse thread an with a little work they might be passable but just my opinion
chris
AN Dave you've listed Tamiya 1/350 Enterprise ive seen that built an it was great
kit why do you think its bad ?
chris
It's not a bad kit at all Chris. Like you, I've seen one built and it's really impressive.
It's just that the deck has a couple of thousand tie-downs - which translates as little white dots - and even using something like a paint pen, that's going to take a serious time. Then there's about 40 aircraft included with the kit. They're nice little kits but that's 40 lots of fine detail painting and insanely small decals. Maybe if I'd got hold of it 30 years ago .....
G
That’s only because so much better is available nowadays
I remember being happy to buy this kit in the mid-80s because it meant I would finally have drivers to stick into some of the military truck models I had.I admit I was disappointed when I came home and opened the box, but not because of the quality of the figures but because so few of them were actually usable as drivers. Only the one on the left and the third from right are really in a pose that would let them drive a truck, the other two seated ones are passengers at best, and the standing figures just felt as a waste of good pocket money when you’re buying a set of truck drivers.
I don't suppose my kids feel the same. Along with probably 95% of my existing stash which I'm unlikely to build in what's left of my lifetime, it'll be part of their inheritance. Worth a fortune if someone wants to organise the sale rather than put the collection in a house clearance.
I'm not moaning! I've enjoyed collecting lots of bargains over the years and spending many, many happy hours gloating over box contents and thinking ... if only I could ....
Well dave with THAT Enterprisre all that's putting u off is the two thound pad eyes isn't it well don't paint them just paint the deck grey with its markins as that what I did on my Nimitz an that had 3 thounds padeyes an it still looked ok
chris
I didn't think I had anything to contribute to this thread until Andy's Italeri figures reared their UGLY heads!
I bought these for my upcoming,10 years in the planning and still not ready, Higgins boat build.
I have been collecting many sets and makes of GIs over the years and these seemed ideal as they are all standing still, and not in extreme action poses that I will have to convert.
So far, so good.
ANYWAY
In my loss of mojo phase recently I started to sort through the various figures and I thought I would build one to just start the ball rolling and get a feel for what was needed.
That was when the full horror struck me.......
I knew I would have to do some converting anyway, because they are (I think) wearing the impregnated HBT overalls which I don't want.
They DO,however, all have the life preserver on which is not found in many figure sets, so I set to grinding the trouser pockets off( already done in this shot), shortening the jacket skirt, sharpening the collar definition,removing the buttons,(the uniform buttons are more out of scale than a doll's house figure).
The more I tried to make sense of the webbing the more I realised I was probably out of my depth.The definition of the webbing is just VILE,never mind incorrect.
But I stuck with it-not too bad, I thought
I could even live with his ugly mug, as not every GI had film star good looks.
But then I started painting him and that's when I realised I didn't stand a cat in hell's chance of making these into halfway decent figures.
So I have decided to just use the standing legs with better torsos and arms(did you notice the creases in the arms?)and just lose the crappy sculpting of the leggings in the jostling crowd. And I will use the weapons and most of the equipment which are acceptable-although the steel helmets went in the bin.
The crew figures that come with the Higgins boat are not that great , either.
Unfortunately, I also bought these before I knew what I was dealing with
They are marginally better , although some of the detail is wee bit heavy-handed, to say the least!
Check out the side seams in the fatigues....
and the FLASH!
I think the last time I bought Italeri figures was in the late seventies, so I think I can be forgiven for assuming they had developed with the times, but I won't go there again, and it remains to be seen whether the Navy guys get used at all.
Cheers all
Neil
I bought these for my upcoming,10 years in the planning and still not ready, Higgins boat build.
I have been collecting many sets and makes of GIs over the years and these seemed ideal as they are all standing still, and not in extreme action poses that I will have to convert.
So far, so good.
ANYWAY
In my loss of mojo phase recently I started to sort through the various figures and I thought I would build one to just start the ball rolling and get a feel for what was needed.
That was when the full horror struck me.......
I knew I would have to do some converting anyway, because they are (I think) wearing the impregnated HBT overalls which I don't want.
They DO,however, all have the life preserver on which is not found in many figure sets, so I set to grinding the trouser pockets off( already done in this shot), shortening the jacket skirt, sharpening the collar definition,removing the buttons,(the uniform buttons are more out of scale than a doll's house figure).
The more I tried to make sense of the webbing the more I realised I was probably out of my depth.The definition of the webbing is just VILE,never mind incorrect.
But I stuck with it-not too bad, I thought
I could even live with his ugly mug, as not every GI had film star good looks.
But then I started painting him and that's when I realised I didn't stand a cat in hell's chance of making these into halfway decent figures.
So I have decided to just use the standing legs with better torsos and arms(did you notice the creases in the arms?)and just lose the crappy sculpting of the leggings in the jostling crowd. And I will use the weapons and most of the equipment which are acceptable-although the steel helmets went in the bin.
The crew figures that come with the Higgins boat are not that great , either.
Unfortunately, I also bought these before I knew what I was dealing with
They are marginally better , although some of the detail is wee bit heavy-handed, to say the least!
Check out the side seams in the fatigues....
and the FLASH!
I think the last time I bought Italeri figures was in the late seventies, so I think I can be forgiven for assuming they had developed with the times, but I won't go there again, and it remains to be seen whether the Navy guys get used at all.
Cheers all
Neil
Pretty much all the kits I buy JR because thats what I look for. I enjoy turning bad kits into good models. The real bad ones I have had in the past are Roden, Alan Models, Mirror models and other unheard of makers. They have turned flash, injector marks, horrendous instructions, missing parts, incorrect parts, bad fitting parts, inaccurate parts into an art form :smiling5:
I have lots of crappy metal figures and kits that turned out to be appalling and beyond help however one that I really regret buying is the 1/6 Dragon Sherman
Cost a fortune, is very over simplified for the scale and more importantly is so big I don't know what I would do with it if I built it - the turret is about 300mm diameter and the whole thing is nearly a metre long
Cost a fortune, is very over simplified for the scale and more importantly is so big I don't know what I would do with it if I built it - the turret is about 300mm diameter and the whole thing is nearly a metre long
G
Monogram figures - those with the holes in the chest or back :smiling6:
G
Neil that figure look it could well be at home in a Wallace and Gromit cartoon :smiling3:. Thanks for posting
G
Definitely we all have them then, interesting to see as well. Next think should have a posting of photos of peoples stash. :smiling3:
Thanks to every one who contributed.
John.
Thanks to every one who contributed.
John.
Hold on a second! I've got one...the A4 Amtrack by Blue Tank. I guess it was manufactured for bath tub thrills, but it was the only one around before real plastic kits of amtracks appeard later. Struggled and got it to a respectable finish but I won't go through it again.
Below are some of the reworked and replacement parts like a full turret, sand guards, switch gap, track waders and gun shields.
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Cheers,
Richard
Below are some of the reworked and replacement parts like a full turret, sand guards, switch gap, track waders and gun shields.
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Cheers,
Richard
Attachments
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Evening, had just been looking for a kit to build while I wait for some fern branches to dry.
Picked up this again.
Should have remembered the track pins
1 mm ! :fearful::angry:
Tracks aren't much bigger .
.2 mm at most in flat width .
Have just packed it up, just not worth the effort. , The rest of the drive and idler sprocket, and upper track rollers are crap , for a better word .
Of to find a German Panzer 3 as have some decent Fruil tracks .
Picked up this again.
Should have remembered the track pins
1 mm ! :fearful::angry:
Tracks aren't much bigger .
.2 mm at most in flat width .
Have just packed it up, just not worth the effort. , The rest of the drive and idler sprocket, and upper track rollers are crap , for a better word .
Of to find a German Panzer 3 as have some decent Fruil tracks .
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