kpnuts Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hi all i bought this kit from our LMS, not a great kit. Loads of flash and the fit is awful, is this what Smer kits are normally like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo NZ Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 The original moulds are from the 50's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 It depends. Smer re-issue a lot of other makers old kits. Many of their 1/72 aeroplanes are ex-Heller and are very clean. Their 1/48 (ish) aeroplanes are old Aurora (afair) so are basic and bit not right in shapes This car is an old Gowland & Gowland kit from the early 1950s, It was also issued in boxings by Dapol and Revell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 There is so much knowledge on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I'm no expert but is this related to the old Airfix kit ? I remember building it when I was about 12 (in the days before colour was invented) and the sprues look very much like those on the Airfix Group Build.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Well I've filled and sprayed the body, this in now going to be a street rod, I sprayed the mud guards and the paint reacted weirdly (went all lumpy with holes in it) tried removing the paint with clean spirit (it's an ecologically friendly brush cleaner you wash out with water) and the mud guards melted, I mean to the point it looks like a blob of melted plastic. I've used this stuff before with no trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Cool, as Jeepboy mentioned I'm building the same kit in the Airfix GB. It's rough eh? My body was badly warped. Looking forward to watching your progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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