I almost bought a new Revell kit, owned by Hobbico today. But luckily, my LHS lets me open up their heaps before I commit to purchase. Saves them the trouble of having to return it. And hey, like everybody suggests, don't like it don't buy it fixes everything right?
The newly modified reissue to become the 57 BelAir convertible had horribly sculpted and inaccurate bodylines. This prevented me from having the trouble to built it. Disappointing but not surprised.
The worst offender were two kits offered by Revell. An early 90s Mustang LX notchback. The engine and chassis are very good. But the body is completely, unfortunately scrap material. Luckily, after being notified of this by numerous people, Revell had released a second issue of this kit, with added on parts. But unfortunately, the body was still trash. So you can build half of the kit. But can never finish it with the supplied body, rendering the kit unbuildable.