My all time biggest modeling pet peeve

[James Flowers]

Just a thought about this topic . What if you could buy that perfect kit? Then what? When it is all said and done. How many people ever pickup or ever really look at your models? So does it really matter how detailed they are. All you really ever see is the curb side view. Some one in a magazine said something like that.

[Modelmartin]

My pet peeve is having more cool kits, great decal sets, detailing kits, P/E, etc than I can possibly have time to build them in. Tim Boyd has said that we are living in the "New Golden Age of Model Cars" and I agree with him 100%. We have been experiencing an embarassment of riches since the 90s began in everything related to model cars with the exception of cheap plastic kits.

My second pet peeve is listening to all of the carping and bellyaching about this and that feature on a kit. Are we model car builders or are we whiny wimps?

[Nick Winter]

How about metal axles! Good Greif it's the 21st century for cryin' out loud. They can think up a better way?

I love those metal axels, I think there the best thing since sliced bread.

My 1 and only pet peeve that I can think of is that there are hardly any model car accessories tuned towards light- medium duty truck, it always, hot rods and muscle cars.

[Casey]

On 10/23/2009 at 5:28 PM, Craig Irwin said:

Chrome head and tail lights.

Even worse when they are molded as one with the grille/headlight bezels, such as on the MPC '74 Road Runner:

 

Yes, I understand this is a concession to the promotional model based roots of this kit, but the bug-eyed look the molded in headlight lenses have kills the look from the get-go.

Not taking to the time to do the basics is another pet peeve. When the the bumpers are not properly aligned with the body, when the hood doesn't align with the cowl panel and fenders, and when there's a visible seam dividing an automatic transmission's pan longitudinally down the centerline-- all frustrating to see, as they don't take much work to correct.

Ejector pin marks in difficult to access or complex shaped areas are another one. Sometimes they are unavoidable where they are located, so it's understandable they had to be located where they are to allow for the part to be properly ejected from the mold, but still frustrating. Firewalls, with raised "stamped" detail seem to be a main offender.

Edited December 5, 2019 by Casey

[DukeE]

Casey that's a wonky looking grille/headlight door/lens. 

Had to bust ya a little. Merge time with the other peevage.