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Posted by Scott S on December 6, 2022, 8:23:16, in reply to "Re: Ever just plain give up on a kit and toss it?"
As an epilog to this, decades later I bought the Revell Eastwind when it was released during their SSP series. This time, with a lot more patience, and several clamps and rubber bands I was able to put together a presentable model. I topped her off with the GMM PE set for the Eastwind and it came out really nice. I painted her up per the box art that matched that 1950's era Coast Guard livery.
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Close. I got the Revell Burton Island in the mid 1960's. Crappy fit and alignment, espec when you factor in the patience of a 12 year old. Around that time I had recently read in Popular Mechanics about the scrapping of the USS Enterprise CV 6. Based upon this I lugged my Burton Island into my makeshift shoebox drydock, hauled out some wire cutter pliers and proceeded to cut up the Burton Island for plastic scrap just like the Big E.
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Picked up a Heller 1/72 Heinkel He-112 at a yard sale. Crummy kit. The plastic was brittle and cracked at every opportunity. No decals. NOTHING went right. I finally gave up on it and tossed it right into the trash.
Fortunately, only lost a buck on it.
Anybody else?
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