I have had similar experiences with 3D printed kits from China. I have ordered 13 kits from SS Model over the last 9 months. I have only received 9 of them. I have waited as long as 4 months to receive some of them. It is extremely fustrating when you receive the boxes of printed naval figures as place holders for your models instead of the actual kits. I do not know what is going on over there but I am worried that I will not recieve my last 4 kits. On the plus side, the last kit I received from them, the WWI Italian battleship Dante Aliegheiri, was very nice.
My experiences with Global Toy has been much better. After a very bad experience with the first kit I ordered, the Kara, things have been much better. There production has greatly improved since their first few kits. I was very happy with their Aquila kit. I receive my kits about 6 weeks after ordering. The seller responds promptly to EMAILS. My biggest complaint is that there are no instructions sent with any of the kits.
Take care, Tom Shepherd
I started a thread here a week or so ago about the Globaltoy and SSModel 3D-printed ship kits from China advertised on eBay. I ordered the SSModel full-hull French battleship Bretagne on January 3. Two months later, it had not been shipped, so I emailed them asking for information. SSModel replied to me within a day ---in Chinese! Using GoogleTranslate I was able to discern that nothing had been shipped yet; I notified eBay and they contacted the seller, then notified me that I would receive a full refund, which indeed followed within two days. My other 3D-orinted kit, the Globaltoy Japanese heavy cruiser Furutaka, arrived within three weeks of placing the order. I've already discussed its build on this forum; it's nearly complete, the only difficult (and tedious) part was applying my aftermarket brass strips to the main deck's linoleum surface (which has narrow raised lines for guidance), and I had to replace the mainmast (warped and too fragile -- bends very easily and wouldn't hold a straight shape) with a brass one. I'm generally satisfied with the model but have noted that it seems to have been engineered to duplicate imagery of this ship from the War Thunder video game website, so there may be some accuracy issues. I'm uncertain as to which 3D-printed model I'll order next; still thinking about the USS Colorado, or perhaps the HMS Furious.
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