Ez's 2014 summer kit build challenge

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Don, I would be willing to bet that kit was made by Helgan.(SP) that is the way they do kits and they have made a lot of kits for Walthers.

You nailed that one. The kit is marked, "made in Denmark". Ahearn has one too, but it's ready built.

Don:
You should read some of the threads about Hornby. They recently came up with what they called "Design Clever" which meant that their RTR models moved back from separately applied details to moulded on the roof (or boiler) details.

it is unconscionable that anyone would expect a person to be able to deal with such small parts, when they could even save themselves money by molding these right into another piece. Of the four smallest pieces, I was successful in getting one mounted. I've got four more similar pieces and I think I'll just make something that works rather than waste my energy and frustration on them. I like kits, I just don't like parts so small it's even too hard to pick them up with tweezers.

Somewhere, some kit designer is reading this and laughing his butt off.

Yeah, but he'll get his in the end, they always do.....