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...never thought I'd see the words "cute" and "Nazi" in the same sentence. Achtung!

My 2 centavos regarding Hobby Boss- the parts fit design of the 1/32nd X-15 (any ver.) illustrates well just how goofy things can be there. I was seriously jazzed when they came out with the A-2. In that scale, was going to be satiated (I'm an almost strictly 1/48th guy, but special subjects can be larger). But the upper and lower fuselage "fit" is just weird- almost no actual guides to fit them. Somewhere (maybe this forum?) a modeler made his own "fences" with strip styrene to cure the problem, however, they could have just designed them in to begin with! They do tackle subjects at times with fresh approaches, as well as aircraft not often, if ever tackled. But, we builders who perceive ourselves as "advanced" (c'mon! I can't be alone in the assessment! :^P) can find ways to work it out. Hey, I baseline any crappy model designing with Dragon's abortion of a Saturn V (what the h were they thinking?? They even corrected the S-4b after the first release and didn't bother fixing anything else!!). When Dragon was better known as DML and still in the non-Chinese-owned Hong Kong, they kicked major butt. Now it looks like they are compartmentalized without departments talking to one another. When I complete my reworked Saturn V using my own corrections and tons of 3D printed corrective parts (Shapeways- you are EVIL!!), I'll be tempted to send a bill to Dragon (and an enquiry- Where the heck is your much delayed 1/72nd Saturn-1b?!?!?). Maybe the current Dragon should join forces with
HB and perhaps get back to making better kits. ...just as long as they leave Trumpeter alone! I'm just saying.

BP

<blockquote data-quote="spaceflightengineer" data-source="post: 204170" data-attributes="member: 12440">...never thought I&#039;d see the words &quot;cute&quot; and &quot;Nazi&quot; in the same sentence. Achtung!My 2 centavos regarding Hobby Boss- the parts fit design of the 1/32nd X-15 (any ver.) illustrates well just how goofy things can be there. I was seriously jazzed when they came out with the A-2. In that scale, was going to be satiated (I&#039;m an almost strictly 1/48th guy, but special subjects can be larger). But the upper and lower fuselage &quot;fit&quot; is just weird- almost no actual guides to fit them. Somewhere (maybe this forum?) a modeler made his own &quot;fences&quot; with strip styrene to cure the problem, however, they could have just designed them in to begin with! They do tackle subjects at times with fresh approaches, as well as aircraft not often, if ever tackled. But, we builders who perceive ourselves as &quot;advanced&quot; (c&#039;mon! I can&#039;t be alone in the assessment!&nbsp; :^P) can find ways to work it out. Hey, I baseline any crappy model designing with Dragon&#039;s abortion of a Saturn V (what the h were they thinking?? They even corrected the S-4b after the first release and didn&#039;t bother fixing anything else!!). When Dragon was better known as DML and still in the non-Chinese-owned Hong Kong, they kicked major butt. Now it looks like they are compartmentalized without departments talking to one another. When I complete my reworked Saturn V using my own corrections and tons of 3D printed corrective parts (Shapeways- you are EVIL!!), I&#039;ll be tempted to send a bill to Dragon (and an enquiry- Where the heck is your much delayed 1/72nd Saturn-1b?!?!?). Maybe the current Dragon should join forces withHB and perhaps get back to making better kits. ...just as long as they leave Trumpeter alone! I&#039;m just saying.BP</blockquote>

[QUOTE="spaceflightengineer, post: 204170, member: 12440"] ...never thought I'd see the words "cute" and "Nazi" in the same sentence. Achtung! My 2 centavos regarding Hobby Boss- the parts fit design of the 1/32nd X-15 (any ver.) illustrates well just how goofy things can be there. I was seriously jazzed when they came out with the A-2. In that scale, was going to be satiated (I'm an almost strictly 1/48th guy, but special subjects can be larger). But the upper and lower fuselage "fit" is just weird- almost no actual guides to fit them. Somewhere (maybe this forum?) a modeler made his own "fences" with strip styrene to cure the problem, however, they could have just designed them in to begin with! They do tackle subjects at times with fresh approaches, as well as aircraft not often, if ever tackled. But, we builders who perceive ourselves as "advanced" (c'mon! I can't be alone in the assessment! :^P) can find ways to work it out. Hey, I baseline any crappy model designing with Dragon's abortion of a Saturn V (what the h were they thinking?? They even corrected the S-4b after the first release and didn't bother fixing anything else!!). When Dragon was better known as DML and still in the non-Chinese-owned Hong Kong, they kicked major butt. Now it looks like they are compartmentalized without departments talking to one another. When I complete my reworked Saturn V using my own corrections and tons of 3D printed corrective parts (Shapeways- you are EVIL!!), I'll be tempted to send a bill to Dragon (and an enquiry- Where the heck is your much delayed 1/72nd Saturn-1b?!?!?). Maybe the current Dragon should join forces with HB and perhaps get back to making better kits. ...just as long as they leave Trumpeter alone! I'm just saying. BP [/QUOTE]

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