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09-28-2005, 09:44 PM
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Insane Collector
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Stony Brook, N.Y.
Age: 100
Posts: 1,664
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Say your worst!
OK , we haven't done this in a while....what is the absolute single worst 1/400 model in terms of accuracy that you were dumb enough to buy and still say to this day.............. WTF was I ever thinking !
My personal embarrasment out of 400 models is the Tucano NWA DC-9 NC.  |
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09-28-2005, 11:20 PM
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Senior Collector
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Palatine, IL
Age: 37
Posts: 276
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The Tucano ANA "Snoopy" 747. I never saw what the product looked like and pre-ordered it. When I got the model in the mail I was shocked by the look of the cockpit.
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09-29-2005, 02:13 AM
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Retired Hookah Master
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Valley of Heart's Delight
Age: 24
Posts: 3,718
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How's this? I really, and I do mean REALLY, want the Gemini Delta widget 757-200...horrible cockpit and all.
That count?
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09-29-2005, 02:43 AM
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Minister of Agriculture
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Santa Barbara, California / 34.42850 N, 119.72190 W
Age: 87
Posts: 2,089
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09-29-2005, 05:39 AM
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Senior Collector
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 295
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Gemini Jets LTU L1011!
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09-29-2005, 06:11 AM
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Master Collector
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Dallas, Texas
Age: 32
Posts: 590
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DW A320 United
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09-29-2005, 08:22 AM
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Junior Collector
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 27
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I think i will agree with hawaiian on the snoopy. Also the DW northwest A320 is pretty crappy.
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09-29-2005, 09:52 AM
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Only Collector in ND?
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Fargo, ND
Posts: 45
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DW United A320/A319 and DW Northwest A320. Easily the winners (or losers) in my fleet.
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09-29-2005, 11:37 AM
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Insane Collector
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Washington, D.C. USA
Posts: 1,262
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Netmodels Iberia DC-9 (oc) and all Dragon Wings Connies I have bought.
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09-29-2005, 12:10 PM
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Senior Collector
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Napier , New Zealand
Age: 41
Posts: 442
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My 2 cents....
Tucano again............
Worst model was a 1:400 scale Tucano Air New Zealand B747-400 "Frodo" Lord of the Rings Livery. Bloody shocking model. The tail was all blue with the Koru symbol - should be half blue , half teal colour. (Huge Mistake)  The LOTR livery was blurrey , kind of smeared. Never brought a Tucano since and never will again. Lax |
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09-29-2005, 12:12 PM
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Mmmm... pep'roni pizza
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,241
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The Herpa 1:400 United 772. Yikes! Dragon's was better and Gemini's much better. But my 5-year-old nephew liked it so now it's his.
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09-29-2005, 12:44 PM
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I am come from Texas.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I might keep suffering all my life
Posts: 1,910
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DW Austrian A342 with the screwed-up reg. What a dog log.
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09-29-2005, 01:08 PM
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Thailand Junior Collector
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Bangkok
Posts: 72
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Tucano!! They put "Wanula dreaming" name on the Nalanji Dreaming livery!!
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09-29-2005, 01:26 PM
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Buford T. Justice
Join Date: Sep 1999
Posts: 2,004
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Dragon Wings: Air Jamaica A320-214 is hands down the worst over-all looking model I have.
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09-29-2005, 03:06 PM
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Master Collector
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Lübbecke/NRW/Germany
Age: 49
Posts: 679
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DW A319 AIR CANADA "TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES" C-FZUH
The most horrible gear I've ever seen. |
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09-29-2005, 08:39 PM
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Has any one seen a mouse
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Shropshire
Age: 48
Posts: 85
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Herpa Luftwaffe Boeing 707
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09-29-2005, 08:59 PM
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The Heavy One
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada, Eh? Trijets & Landors 4 EVER
Age: 45
Posts: 4,754
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Well. I Guess I'm Very Lucky. I Started Collecting Mid 2002. So, Very Few Hateful Models.
But If I Got To Pick A Few I Will Have To Give The Worst To These: DW A-321 Austrian Prinz Gau DW A-321 Austrian Johann Strauss DW A-321 Alitatalia. DW Singapore 777-200 50th Anniversary Ribbon Livery. I Have 2 Screws, Air Canada & Finnair Tucrappo/Phoenix/Gemini MD-83 Air Jamaica Tucrappo Balair DC-9-32 Tucrappo/Navigator Delta DC-9-32 Gemini/Tucrappo Delta DC-9-32 Gemini/Tucrappo TWA DC-9-32 Final Colors Gemini/Dreamjets A-340 Gulf Air 50th All 8 Gemini 757s In My Collection. All Gemini 330s In My Collection. But I Won't Part With Any Of These Until Something Better Can Replace Them. As Far As The Worst I've Ever Seen, Just Take A Look At The Herpa 1:400 Line. The DW TCA 319 Was An Abbhorition, Too. |
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09-29-2005, 09:50 PM
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Senior Collector
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: h-town, tx
Posts: 225
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  for me GJ delta widget 757, wont buy any more GJ without seeing collectors' photos, made the same mistake with the usair 737
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09-29-2005, 09:55 PM
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Master Collector
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whitehorse, YT
Posts: 603
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09-29-2005, 10:15 PM
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Collector
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 107
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Gemini's NWA 757-300 in the new colors. The mould is great, the color is way off in my opinion. It looks like a gold sparkling metal tube.
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09-29-2005, 10:21 PM
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Complete Wacko!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,717
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This is interesting. What with all of the trash talk I have seen regarding Big Bird mistakes over the past couple of months, to date, i don't see one BB listed. With that said I'll wager someone will now post a BB, just to prove me wrong. No AeroClassics on the list? My worst is any Herpa with those funky gear that are common in the early 1:500 models.
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09-29-2005, 10:45 PM
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Compulsive Collector
Join Date: May 2004
Location: The Second City
Posts: 770
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Color innacuracy kills it
My dog-of-all-time has to be the NetModels Valujet DC-9.
I bought it online, so I didn't realize from the picture the color was so bad. PURPLE?!?!?!?!?!?!?! How does anyone confuse baby blue with purple??????? I don't know either, but the back half of the plane is light purple, not baby blue!!!!
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09-29-2005, 11:32 PM
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The Heavy One
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada, Eh? Trijets & Landors 4 EVER
Age: 45
Posts: 4,754
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If You Look Closely In My Post (#17) You Will See 2 Screws. It Took Me Three Years To Get The Courage To Buy These, But With The Possibility Of Having To Wait 5 Years For New Generation DC-9-15s, I Got No Choice But Try To Bag A Few. Big Bird Does Have Mistakes, Too, But We Are Talking About The Worst Models. Other Than The Birthday Girl And the KOrean & The TMA, Big Birds Are Still My Fave. I Think You Saw My List On 400SH. I Have About 70. Currently My Holy Grail Is The Varig Club Model 743. It Has The White Pinstripes. |
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09-30-2005, 01:24 AM
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Insane Collector
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Stony Brook, N.Y.
Age: 100
Posts: 1,664
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 My personal opinion is the worst models on this thread are still better than most Herpas, but the Herpa A346 and A345 are up there with the best of the best. Last edited by STEVEJ; 09-30-2005 at 02:41 AM. |
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09-30-2005, 04:27 PM
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Insane Collector
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Guaynabo,Puerto Rico, USA
Age: 52
Posts: 1,732
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No matter the mistakes, current models are going to be better than some of the offerings from 6-7 years back.
I'll never forget getting an Iberia A340, liked the model, but almost fainted when I saw that the landing gear had to be assembled and the tiny tires came on a sprue like a kit, but the size...yikes! I think my worst model, besides the early A320/21 from DW has a Herpa 747 I bought when I first dicovered 1/400 models. I ordered one Herpa, a couple of GJ and a couple of DW to check them out. I was hooked by the GJ and DW models. Don;t remember why I found the Herpa odd, I remember it was a United model, but it just looked very odd. Later, and as much as I lked the L1011, I never got used to the GJ seam on the tail, that bothered me more than the "compromise" wings. But the model was nothing to be ashamed of, it was more a shame that the smooth clean ines of the L1011 were so disrupted by the model. E |
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09-30-2005, 07:21 PM
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The Patriot
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Laurel, MD
Age: 36
Posts: 3,228
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Air Portugal A340, I hide the thing even further back on the A340 shelf than my Air France jets
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09-30-2005, 10:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,150
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Your wish is my command
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