Just Mike
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(repost from facebook)
I know there are a lot of people here who are fans of Moebius and on facebook as well as Hobbytalk. That's why I'm posting it here.
I had posted a complaint on Hobbytalk about the instructions to the Mk.II Viper. The illustrations showing how the landing gear attached to the fuselage with the bay doors already in place were, in my opinion, vague at best.
The moderator of that particular forum who is also an aftermarket vendor for many Moebius model kits took issue with this post stating that I shouldn't be posting complaints about them in an open forum despite the fact that people were free to complain about Round 2 Models (and others) all they liked in the same forum.
Some agreed with me, others didn't stating, "you have to test-fit first" or making comments about my apparent lack of skill and that they never had any problems with their instructions before. Perhaps knowing how zealous g_xii was (the moderator of the forum).
Moebius themselves later replied stating that there's noting wrong with their instructions and responded to my suggestion that they put more money into making better and cleared instructions than on full-color glossy instructions. They replied that full-color glossy was the same price as black on white matte which I'm having a very hard time swallowing - you can't expect someone to believe that full-color 22lb. stock (good magazine paper) is going to run you the same as 20lb. white with black printing...there's no way, not in this economy.
I tried defending myself on Moebius' facebook page after being banned from the board but Moebius decided to do the same thing here on facebook. So now, I can't defend myself or respond to anything directly.
I eventually played nice to get Moebius to help with the initial issue of the landing gear. They had to have their resident builder take snapshots of the landing gear doors and bay and how the gear fit inside. These weren't on the instructions, BTW.
I know there are a lot of people here who are fans of Moebius and on facebook as well as Hobbytalk. That's why I'm posting it here.
I had posted a complaint on Hobbytalk about the instructions to the Mk.II Viper. The illustrations showing how the landing gear attached to the fuselage with the bay doors already in place were, in my opinion, vague at best.
The moderator of that particular forum who is also an aftermarket vendor for many Moebius model kits took issue with this post stating that I shouldn't be posting complaints about them in an open forum despite the fact that people were free to complain about Round 2 Models (and others) all they liked in the same forum.
Some agreed with me, others didn't stating, "you have to test-fit first" or making comments about my apparent lack of skill and that they never had any problems with their instructions before. Perhaps knowing how zealous g_xii was (the moderator of the forum).
Moebius themselves later replied stating that there's noting wrong with their instructions and responded to my suggestion that they put more money into making better and cleared instructions than on full-color glossy instructions. They replied that full-color glossy was the same price as black on white matte which I'm having a very hard time swallowing - you can't expect someone to believe that full-color 22lb. stock (good magazine paper) is going to run you the same as 20lb. white with black printing...there's no way, not in this economy.
I tried defending myself on Moebius' facebook page after being banned from the board but Moebius decided to do the same thing here on facebook. So now, I can't defend myself or respond to anything directly.
I eventually played nice to get Moebius to help with the initial issue of the landing gear. They had to have their resident builder take snapshots of the landing gear doors and bay and how the gear fit inside. These weren't on the instructions, BTW.
