Hate It

What Is everyones most pet hate with the hobby.
mine is 2 hates 1. Is that every time a kit gets released it is dicontinued before it gets to australia and we don't get one.
2.every time i get new kits into the shop the prices have gone up.And being a modeller not just a retailer that really pisses me off.
what are your pet hates

The lack of 19" wheels in modern designs and the low production of them.
Lack of new Tamiya Kits in 1:24 these days

The lack of 19" wheels in modern designs and the low production of them.
Lack of new Tamiya Kits in 1:24 these days
you would think that the companies like Fujimi/Aoshima would think gee everyone is running out of rims they must be selling alot well we better make more and of different types.
and how many kits does Tamiya put out a year now not many

Revell moving back release dates, they keep doing it, THe Focus was originally supposed to come out in September 03

Wheres that list.....

Cleaning airbrush
supergluing photetched parts (or anything small)
sanding primer on bodyshells
applying complex decals (i'm thinking CF here!)

Lack of supercar model kits (F1 Mclaren and TVR's especially)
Cleaning flash on metal parts


I'm sure theres more


Cheers

Farrokh

Loosing focus and not completing a kit before starting another.

i hate it when 1. a kit comes out and i cant get it cause there is not a hobby shop with in a 100 miles here 2.when your building your supra and a spider as big as your hand crawls across your head 3.glueing small parts on to bodys after they have been painted 4.having to wait a month before i can get that kit that i cant get at the so called "local" hobby shop 5.when i loose a little part 6.when i break a windshield or something
wow i just noticed i hate alot of stuff about models but i love it so dearly.

Revell moving back release dates, they keep doing it, THe Focus was originally supposed to come out in September 03

rrrrrrrrrr that gets my goat too!

i agree, tamiya needs to come out w/ more 1/24 sports cars!!!

The only thing I hate is screwing up a model really late in the game. I invent cursewords on those days.

In this hobby, I hate:
1- my own lazzyness :loser:
2- my insatisfaction :loser:
3- my poor skills :loser:

... And that stupid profitability that makes car manufacturers and/or model makers from selling us 1/24 beauties like Aston Martin, Lotus, McLaren F1, Maserati, etc... :banghead:

AMT/Ertl being bought by Racing Champions who then fired the whole tooling staff.

Johan's AMC tooling being lost to the ages. DAMNIT I CAN'T PAY $200 FOR AN UNSTARTED George Follmer/Mark Donohue 1971 SCCA Trans-Am Javelin.

Revell's current trend towards screw on chassis.

Fujimi and Aoshima's poor distribution in stateside hobby shops.

Hasegawa's slow speed at releasing new kits.

Tamiya's refusal to release more classic car kits.

And the resin aftermarket for ensuring that I'll never have a retirement nest egg. :grinno:

the fact that my hobby takes up all of my money

I realy hat that Fujimi is making so cool Models like Evo 6 and 7 from diffrent Tuners , but if you got the box at home and you open it the quality just sucks , for example the shit Mirrors on the Evo 5/6 Models and the shit interiour of all Evo 5/6/7/8 it sucks !!!!

And also that i got not so much time like i want for me hobby !!

Curbside models

1. lack of engine detail in the tamiya and fujimi kits and others.

2. waiting for things you order offline.

buying part's online and getting this e-mail back
from the company we do not stock part's there
all custom made so it will take 60-75 days for me
to get what i already paid for!!! (R&D Unique )

(...)Lack of supercar model kits (F1 Mclaren and TVR's especially)(...)
I'll have a surprise to all the TVR fans in a couple of months' time :D Keep an eye on the Completed and In-Progress thread....:D :D

All the "haters" and rivet counters who end up pushing folks away from their hobbies.

That and the lack of a really good 2-pac clear that is non-toxic and safe for ALL decals.

Bill

Great I can tell you my story :naughty:
- First of all I just HATE that I can't buy ANY Tamiya model or color or anything in my coutry becouse we don't have Tamiya dealer
- We don't have ANY of Japan or American (Monogram, Ertl) kit
- In whole country we only have A FEW stores with Testors-ModelMaster paint and even tho I can't get the paint I want (today I went in LHS with a list of 5 colors - didn't het even one :mad: )
- Most of the rare paint are at least 5 years old
- We don't have ANY acrylics - just enamels (I got one acryl from Heller but I found it in warehouse and the paint is about 7-8 years old)
- In whole country we don't have white or grey platic primer (we have DupliColors primers, but no white or grey).
- I asked LHS salesman if they can order photoetched parts and he asked 'What is that?'
- All Scale Model cars awailable here doesn't exceed number 15.

There! You all should be grateful for what you all have :iceslolan

when paint bottles wont open

Removing the mold lines from the body kit and all the other parts.

I hate waiting for the mail

Having to pay twice the price that I can get a model from HLJ for here in Australia.
And the fact that the local distributors dont bring half the kits into the country.
No Revell Tuners, very rare to get Nascars, dragcars or L.Ed releases.

1. Tamiya's lack of an F1 carin 1/20 thats not RED. (I love the new Williams)
2. My Beloved McLarens only having 5 points in the Championship.
3. Dust in a top coat. Man! DUST in any coat.
4. Super glue on your fingers.
5. Dropping parts!!!!!

And now I am started the list goes on and on.

There! You all should be grateful for what you all have :iceslolan

That is SO true!

Great I can tell you my story :naughty:
- First of all I just HATE that I can't buy ANY Tamiya model or color or anything in my coutry becouse we don't have Tamiya dealer
- We don't have ANY of Japan or American (Monogram, Ertl) kit
- In whole country we only have A FEW stores with Testors-ModelMaster paint and even tho I can't get the paint I want (today I went in LHS with a list of 5 colors - didn't het even one :mad: )
- Most of the rare paint are at least 5 years old
- We don't have ANY acrylics - just enamels (I got one acryl from Heller but I found it in warehouse and the paint is about 7-8 years old)
- In whole country we don't have white or grey platic primer (we have DupliColors primers, but no white or grey).
- I asked LHS salesman if they can order photoetched parts and he asked 'What is that?'
- All Scale Model cars awailable here doesn't exceed number 15.

There! You all should be grateful for what you all have :iceslolan

mate i would go crazy where do you live, i thought its bad in australia trying to get stuff. a revell kit in Australia is now around $27.96 u.s
instead of the us price $11.00 what a rip off and unfortunatly its not the shops but the wholesalers to blame.

I hate the fact that
Every Tamiya rally and DTM cars cost US$40-US$45
Every Revell cost US$28-$30
Every Tamiya TS paints cost US$10
......

@phase5:
I am going crazy! :silly: And I can do nothing about it.
And 'bout the Revell. Revell is from Italy which is our neighbour country and we have the same prices of Revell's kits - $25-30. That sucks bigtime!

i would start, but there is waaaayyyy to much stuff to list.
the big ones are;
1. the lack of fujimi jap sports cars avaiable from both my LHS' (bloody Australia, we get very few good models here :banghead:)
2. lack of photoetch parts (and when my LHS has them they sell out jsut before i get back there with the cash)
3. slicing open my finger with my x-acto knife (my fault but its still a hobby hate)
laters, WIDE

I hate not having enough time to build all the kits in my basement due to work!!:p

Number 1 : definately a small part that jumps away and me being on all four's for hours at the floor searching for it...

Number 2 : me not being able to ever become old enough to build the 700 kits that I still have to do...

Curbside models

thats my 2nd gripe, 1st place would have to be the fact that I've been doing this for years and years and no matter what I do I cannot get a finish I am PROUD of. satisfied yes, proud no.

when my lhs or hlj cant supply me with kits i want

I hate not having enough time to build all the kits in my basement due to work!!:p
I know how you feel i run a hobby shop and just seem to run out of time as i also run a modelling club a Warhammer club and started a r/c car club need to just do nothing but models what do you guy's and gal's think

I know how you feel i run a hobby shop and just seem to run out of time as i also run a modelling club a Warhammer club and started a r/c car club need to just do nothing but models what do you guy's and gal's think
Get rid of the warhammer and the RC Dwayne, you'll go balder than you already are. Still couldn't match Dave though!LoL
Cheers
Tony

That most of the kits i really want are out of production (see classifieds) and hard to find.

Later, Mike. :smokin:

Don't look at all the things you HATE about models, look at the things you like about models. If there are more things you hate than love, then quit modeling.