Car Modeling peeves

[Nutsforcars]

I really love car modeling and have been doing it for years. With the help of this forum and a few other sources, I still learn new tricks and techniques and that "cures" a lot of mistakes I have been making.

However, there are a few pet peeves of mine that (unnecessarily) challenge me.

The first one has to be the mismatch between body shells and chassis that happen with so many kits. When I was less experienced, I credited my lack of skills for those mismatches; now, I don't think so. Especially Revell-Monogram seems to be designing one without regard for the other. They provided my top three mismatched models, so far:
1. Lotus Esprit - this one takes the cake. Total mismatch between body, interior and chassis. And when its finally fixed and done it looks like it going to participate in the next Rallye Paris - Dakar.
2. BMW Z1 - too many moving parts, all not fitting together.
2. Ferrari Testarossa TR512

Pet Peeve number two is moving doors, hoods, and lids. I understand that it's necessary to open the hood to show that finely detailed engine, but why does it never fit in the closed position? I really like how Fujimi solved the 911 series - without a hinge and a nicely fitting hood.

Pet peeve number three is the plating of plastic parts. I always remove it anyway because it looks too toylike. But one can't get a kit without plated parts; and ususally they are even used to tout the kit on the box.

So, this was my short list of pet peeves. Mind you, so far none of these issues have prevented me from finishing a model, it just takes much longer to make the model come together.

I am curious, what are your pet peeves?

[Lownslow]

Distractions(women)

[SteveK2003]

Colored plastic. I can kind of see that in a model aimed at the masses, but in that case maybe just stick with a body molded in color and gray/white parts for the rest? And how about a model meant for the experienced builder who would definitely paint it?

[klutz_100]

My pet peeve is people bitchin' about kit manufacturers

[Whumbachumba]

1) Don't move my models around without telling me
2) Don't take my tools/paints without telling me or reimbursing me for any damages sustained to them.
3) Don't complain about how much money is spent on these kits.

[love-less]

in no particular order:

1.masking/painting window trim (with the exception of precut peel'n stick masks)
2.headlights/tailights
3.colored/poorly plated parts
4.maintaining/cleaning my Paasche VL
5.crappy paints
6.when u mess up something in a kit, and it cant be fixed other then by buying another kit of the same model :/
7.fine sanding the body's paint(takes forever+hard to reach areas)
8.always having to order online, even for supplies at times

[CeeElle]

my biggest peeve is having to buy everything online. my local hobby shops ought to call themselves model railroad shops for all the auto modeling kits/supplies they have.

[Leon L]

Painting window trim/surrounds.

Red plastic.

Tacky chrome plating.

Fitting lights. ALL clear components should be snap-loc.

[kaho]

Originally Posted by Whumbachumba

1) Don't move my models around without telling me.

Speaking of that I was just finished moving few days ago and my roommate decided to help me move my entire shelf full of models one morning which i was going to move them myself that very same day(I put them all into a cardboard box the night before, protected with paper towels and making sure none of them are touching anything but the paper towels.). That morning I woke up at my new home getting ready to go back and do the moving, only to find out my box of models have arrived already, none of them undamaged, with a few of them ended up on top of the other cars. There were A-pillars, spoilers, mirrors, and suspensions flew all over the box!

My roomate later apologised to me saying that he tripped outside at the porch that morning while trying to help me move my models. There were about 20 cars in that same box, and I won't be putting any of them back into my display shelf anymore.

Well at least now I can start my new model car collection from scratch, seeing how slow my progress is these days I can have my 20 cars back in about 30 years.

[MidMazar]

Sanding

[wouter1981]

my mom dusting my models wih a vacuum cleaner....bye bye rearviewmirror, byebye windscreenwhipers

[Lurchio]

Originally Posted by love-less

in no particular order:

1.masking/painting window trim (with the exception of precut peel'n stick masks)
2.headlights/tailights
3.colored/poorly plated parts
4.maintaining/cleaning my Paasche VL
5.crappy paints
6.when u mess up something in a kit, and it cant be fixed other then by buying another kit of the same model :/
7.fine sanding the body's paint(takes forever+hard to reach areas)
8.always having to order online, even for supplies at times

Is there any part of modelling you enjoy?

[tigeraid]

Red Styrene

Compared to that, everything else is easy

[Rtuned]

1) Women (especially those HOT one)
2) people who not modelers and yet talk crap on models, complain expensive, complain wasting time and worst, saying model kits a diecast, toys or even "Is those box(models) coming ready to display toy car?"
3) people whose come in and ask,"Did you sell phonecards?""Did you sell batteries?""Do you have TF-02 body?"
Yap! I owned a shop...and these thing been happening since the 1st day I opened my shop.
Rtuned

[daklunk]

Having a work bench that self destructs 2 days after cleaning...
Hacking up a piece to "correct" and later finding out that the kit was right...
Opening doors
Painting the body
Sanding in nooks and crannies
Showing someone your collection and somehow the always pick up the one that the parts never stayed on right...

Oh, and living 70 miles away from an LHS and having to wait for Walmart to recieve new stuff...