There was a thread here a couple of weeks ago about folks not wanting to spend time and effort on tricky builds nowadays. Here's a classic example.
I've just spent some time looking at this as a possible build:
Nice big kit and a slightly unusual subject which is just what I like. I did the Dora rail gun some years ago and had to spend AGES painting individual sleepers for the tracks. Hobby Boss have excelled themselves and come up with this idea:
Paint the ballast, paint the sleepers separately then join them together. Great! Quick and easy although the iron pads the tracks are mounted to still need to be done individually.
And then they come up with this lunacy! There's a rack of machine guns which are hidden under a hinged cover. There are four springs which lock into a pair of hinges at each end, making the doors movable. So far, so good. Then there are some PE covers for the springs. I don't know who the genius was who designed these but he should be taken outside, put against a wall and shot!
The PE has to be rolled to go round the springs with a small tab at each end which needs to be left straight. WHY has the designer made these in two halves, about 5mm x 10mm (PE-A2 and PE-A3) which have to be glued edge to edge after they've been rolled into roughly quarter circles?? (I can't see even a soldered joint staying together if you try to roll these pieces after they've been joined). There is NO reason why he couldn't leave these as a single piece, making the job of rolling them much simpler - although still tricky due to their relatively small size.
That stupidity means this kit goes back on the shelf until it goes on ebay - unless anyone here wants it. £42 + P&P. I don't mind tackling tricky stuff, but I'm not prepared to struggle with stupid stuff!
I've just spent some time looking at this as a possible build:
Nice big kit and a slightly unusual subject which is just what I like. I did the Dora rail gun some years ago and had to spend AGES painting individual sleepers for the tracks. Hobby Boss have excelled themselves and come up with this idea:
Paint the ballast, paint the sleepers separately then join them together. Great! Quick and easy although the iron pads the tracks are mounted to still need to be done individually.
And then they come up with this lunacy! There's a rack of machine guns which are hidden under a hinged cover. There are four springs which lock into a pair of hinges at each end, making the doors movable. So far, so good. Then there are some PE covers for the springs. I don't know who the genius was who designed these but he should be taken outside, put against a wall and shot!
The PE has to be rolled to go round the springs with a small tab at each end which needs to be left straight. WHY has the designer made these in two halves, about 5mm x 10mm (PE-A2 and PE-A3) which have to be glued edge to edge after they've been rolled into roughly quarter circles?? (I can't see even a soldered joint staying together if you try to roll these pieces after they've been joined). There is NO reason why he couldn't leave these as a single piece, making the job of rolling them much simpler - although still tricky due to their relatively small size.
That stupidity means this kit goes back on the shelf until it goes on ebay - unless anyone here wants it. £42 + P&P. I don't mind tackling tricky stuff, but I'm not prepared to struggle with stupid stuff!
:rolling::thumb2: ATB
I would probably glue the hatch how I want it and then stick the PE parts to it, or remake them from plastic strip (which looks like it will be easier at the size these appear to be, going by the instructions alone).