"It's all wrong!"

[nev]

Which is why I rate Steve Zaloga so highly - he tells you what is wrong (including the "only obsessive people like me will notice this and it will never be seen once the tracks are on" inaccuracies) and then he tells you how to fix it

The advent of the internet has meant that even the tiniest of "mistakes" is obsessed over by people who think that pointing them out somehow enhances their status.  Every time a new kit comes out there is a cavalry stampede to see who can be the first to point out whats wrong with it.

[Captain Canada]

We should have known it all along !

[BlackOps]

As long as it's a reasonable facsimile I'm good. I've never been hung up on everything being 100% accurate as long as I can tell what it's supposed to be. Sorry if I bring the standards down a bit but I like just about 90% of what's produced.

[pyro-manic]

Same here - if it looks like the subject, then it's fine by me. I'm more bothered about prices vs. contents. For example, Revell kits are usually great value - you get a decent model, and enough weapons and stores to load it up properly. At the other end, you get Hasegawa, who charge an awful lot more money for a kit that comes with no weapons at all!

[Jeffry Fontaine]

I think that one of the biggest changes over the years is that in the 'old days', the modeller/reviewer who pointed out the 'outline inaccuracies' generally then went on to suggest, or demonstrate how to make the necessary correction(s).  Which was great for those who 'needed' outline accuracy and could be ignored by those who were not so inclined. 

Nowadays it seems that the only responses are a call for aftermarket 'correction sets' or a complete dismissal of the kit in question, any suggestion that making the necessary corrections is doable or that the 'mistakes' aren't that bad is met with brickbats. The notion that one could 'fix' it themselves generating some of the greatest heat.  Seems that if aint' perfect out -of-the-box or perfect-able with after-market then it aint' worth these 'modelling gods' precious time.

In that same line of thinking the faults that are claimed to exist with a particular kit can also be used as a marketing ploy to promote the sale of an aftermarket correction set containing parts to correct the error that was claimed to exist on the model.  Trumpeter's F9F Panther kit is an excellent example of this.  The purists found fault with everything in the box and there were correction parts made for just about everything except the tail hook in that kit.

[Daryl J.]

Which is why I rate Steve Zaloga so highly - he tells you what is wrong (including the "only obsessive people like me will notice this and it will never be seen once the tracks are on" inaccuracies) and then he tells you how to fix it

Back in the day when Hyperscale was new and ARC wasn't ARC or even have the DG yet, I tried and tried to steer the board just that way.      

Erroneous kits just find themselves further along the whiffer trail, however, don't they.


Daryl J.

[Gary]

Trumpeter's Panther is all wrong...

                                                                 crap.


You know, it's still a pretty kit.


                                  I think I'll build her just the same...


perhaps now she'll better reflect the mods that were made for the RCN!

[NARSES2]

Must admit when I got back into the hobby I took note of any critique of a kit I heard from someone or read about, stopped me buying some stuff. Now as I understand the minds of modellers a little better I work on the basis of "if it looks like what it's meant to be, then that's ok with me"  Same with price "if I really want it then I won't complain about the price"

[John Howling Mouse]

Not knowing enough about the real-world subject matter to point out any but the most obvious flaws, I live in a modeling world of blissful ignorance.

And when I do encounter a model that I think is clearly inaccurate (i.e. the 1:48 Lindberg Skyhawk), it makes the Whif aspect that much more intriguing.

I am in awe of those talented folks I read about in magazines who not only know their subject, but they have the energy and skills to re-work entire kits to be more accurate (at least, to the best of their knowledge).

It's a pretty darn fine hobby from any perspective, come to think of it.