Have you ever had one of those kits !!!!!!

Just wondering who else has had a kit where everything you do seems to go pearshaped? I bought a Fujimi 1985 Porsche 911 cabrio off ebay for a song, it was started but buildable, the body needed a strip and repaint and so did the chasis, no problems here other than I mixed my paints and got crackle, second time got a great finish, other breakages etc along the way, maybe its because its an old kit but the plastic seems brittle, this has been my last cause of mishap. I was painting the sun visors prior to final fitment and the windsreen just split in two, a few expletives later and a count to ten and i'm calm now. Being an old kit i'm not sure if I can get a replacement from Fujimi direct, but I also wont be beaten by a piece of plastic anyone with any suggestions or has anyone got a spare?

I've had kits that I just wanting to burn.


Does that count?

I'm working on a fujimi RE amemiya r-x7, and the fitment is the worst I've ever ever had to deal with. Yesterday I was ready to just throw it out the window. :shakehead

Lil'budman

Yes...yes I have. Every kit I build is that way.

I've had several kits like that - the Revell Integra gives me trouble no matter what. I've started 4 different versions of this same kit and all have ended up in the "screw it" pile.

If you can't get a spare from Fujimi, put some tape over the windsheild and make a pattern. Transfer the pattern to some clear plastic sheet, and cut it out a little oversize. Test fit until your eyes bleed then epoxy it in place... and pray for the best. I've seen this done a lot to improve scale thickness of the glass parts by modelers with much more skill than I - they would even notch the window frame to accept the new windsheild! I'm sure a simple windsheild job is well within your abilities. Good luck!

my camaro project's going nowhere right now cause I messed up the spoiler 5 times. I almost threw the whole car into the wall at one point, but I'm glad that I held down my temper.

I think they are reissuing one of the '85's...
A bit of cutting to fit a coupe windshield into a cab though. An RS series windshield should fit fine too.

I don't think there is a kit out there that doesn't require some special finess to finish, though most times it's my little changes that add that little extra to push the skill level rating into the stratisphere!
:licka:

Yep.
Most revell kits !! :p

Worst one i've done would be the ITR as nothing seemed to fit without a battle

Go to your local hobby shop and get some acetate, used by aircraft guys to make canopies. Glue your original windshield together, sand the seam and make the windshied surface as smooth as possible, heat the sheet over boiling water, and stretch it over the old windshield applying as little force as possible to get the shape. Let it cool, trim off the excess and you should have a workable piece! Looks better if you dip it in Future too!!

I bought a Fujimi 1985 Porsche 911 cabrio and the windsreen just split in two. Being an old kit i'm not sure if I can get a replacement from Fujimi direct.

I had the same problem with a Fujimi Porsche 911s.
As both Revell Germany and Testors produced exactly the same kit I have contacted them for a replacement part of 'their' kit. Within 3 weeks I received the windows from one of them (don't know which of them sent it).

put some tape over the windsheild and make a pattern. Transfer the pattern to some clear plastic sheet, and cut it out a little oversize. Test fit until your eyes bleed then epoxy it in place... and pray for the best.

Tried it and got away with it, luckily the porsche windsreen is fairly flat, a point to note though is that epoxy wont stick to clearsheet for overhead projector use, however superglue will and I found it didnt fog up either, but only used the barest amount, I also replaced the front quarter lights while I was at it. Anyway its worked a treat and salvaged a project for me. Thanks to Willimo and you others :smile:

Fujimi Enthusiast Series Porsche Carrera 911 73 Safari rally version. This thing fits together like a series of round pegs in square holes. I put it away for now, I will return to that battle another day.

I've had plenty of those.. There's a pile of burnt
cars outside of my garage :wink: .

I got lots of these kind of model too, but with some battle to fight and it will be look pretty killer :biggrin: But what I really think is, that's where the fun come in. To solve all error and problem during the building is very exciting to me. :rolleyes: :p

i'm building a replica of a racing skyline a friend runs and its made of bits of all different kits, problem's that its somewhere between the jgtc skyline and the R34 V-spec II road car so sticking new front splitters from a racing on and the spoiler off a kei office S15 aint easy, when you want it to look good.
good luk though, i had the same problem with my evo 5, i finished it perfectly and just as i was about to put the icing on the cake the wind screen/shield split.

while building the vicula
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=502/235291vicula.jpg
I had just finnished the body work and was prepping for paint then my butterfingers dropped it on a concrete floor. with all of the putty and various other fillers it now weighs in around 1 1/2 pounds, thus causing it to shatter and all of the body work was lost. I knocked 3 holes in the kitchen walls, the third had a 2X4 behind it.

after a quick (4 hour) trip to fix my sprained wrist and broken hand. I carefully put it into a box untill I healed (hand and heart) only to begin work all over 2 months later.

Oh man...how can I forget it...
The 1st kit I had multiple crack problems was the Revell Bugatti EB110.
The 2nd one was a Revell Subaru Impreza WRC that just broke in 2 pieces....right after I glued the body on the chassis....
The others...well....same thing...broken windshield....broken hoods...even broken rims :(

Current project is 'one of those kits'....it's the Profil24 Mclaren F1 GTR....

It's not a kit of a car, it's a lump of resin you have to try to make look like a car.

Honestly Vric, if you read this, forget the kit, it's not worth the heartache and the engine detail sucks anyhow.

Yes...yes I have. Every kit I build is that way.

:rofl: Yep! must say i agree with you there. Worst I've had though was my 91 (i think?) Celica Safari rally car. Man that was tuff :banghead: Anyone seen that for sale on the net recently?