As I’m not going to live to 200 which is what I probably need to finish all my kits I have become a bit more fussy about the kits I build.

Which brings me to todays’ kit. Modelcollect do a 1/72 plastic German railcar. I’d previously had a go at this kit and ran into problems. Hence it was in one of my Boxes of Doom. Actually the first of these.

So I got this out to reassess it. And very quickly it becomes apparent why it was set aside. Modelcollect have a tendency to do in 1/72 what Miniart does in 1/35. Namely if one part would suffice why not divide it up into three parts and make everything harder for the modeller.

And that’s what they’ve done so it’s more like herding cats than modelling. So after trying for an hour I’ve given up. I will strip out a few useful parts and save the box but the rest is bound for the bin.  

Particularly compare stages two and three of the instructions to the  kit below.

In the same Box of Shame ( one of seven) is a comparable kit from T-model of the same wagon. Better instructions and fewer parts with metal wheels and a nice paper wood strip to put on top along with lots of brass this is a much better kit than Modelcollect’s effort.

More later on how I make out this kit which has two wagons able to be built from it. I’m sure it was much more expensive but worth it.

And here is the instructions for a comparison.
Just not as many parts to line up with the wheels as a separate stage  not part of needing octopus arms to assemble !