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Subject:

How is a kit any different?

Date:

Jun 25, 2006

From:

Ken Hartlen

The kit box is of parts where most are actually complex components moulded as one part.

I always find it odd the one tries to draw a line in the sand of who are the evildoers ("assemblers") and who are the righteous ("builders").

A model kit is nothing more that a 3-D paint by numbers set with some assembly required. And there are some people who handle an X-Acto, cement, and paint better than the majority for an improved result.

The manufactures know what they're selling:

Tamiya: "Ready to assemble precision model kit"
Dragon: "Unassembled model kit"
Academy: "Contains one unassembled model kit"
Italeri: "Maquette Plastique a Assembler"
Revell-AG: "An unassembled plastic model kit"
Aoshima box: "Ready to assemble precision model kit"
Revellogram: "Model cement required for assembly"

The horror... the horror!!

Unless your workbench is covered with line drawings and your "parts" are bins of raw materials, your are an "assembler".

Happy assembling...

Ken

Thread Listing

After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Paul A. Owen - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Andrew Herbert - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . Re: Pre-assembled track - Paul A. Owen - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Re: Pre-assembled track - Andrew Herbert - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Glenn Bartolotti - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Evgeny Grechaniy - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Michael Wawrow - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Artisan vs. Hobbyist [IMG] - jamesmorgan - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Alex Hill - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Brock Hopkins III - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Agreed,........ - Alex Hill - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . Very well said. N/T - Dave Johannsen - Jun 26, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Clair Greenwood - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - David Manning - Jun 25, 2006

. . . How is a kit any different? - Ken Hartlen - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . Re: Not the point - Paul A. Owen - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . . . . ........why Thanks Paul... - Glenn Bartolotti - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: ........why Thanks Paul... - Bill Goodrich - Jun 28, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Actually, just the argument taken to its extreme - Dave Johannsen - Jun 26, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Robert Gregory - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . Broader question - Alex Hill - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Uncle Pete - Jun 25, 2006

. . . only one problem - Mike Bedard - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . ..but...also... - Glenn Bartolotti - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Re: ..but...also... - Mike Bedard - Jun 25, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Re: That's the fun part too. - Paul A. Owen - Jun 25, 2006

. . . Is this "journey" vs. "destination?" - Dave Johannsen - Jun 26, 2006

. . . . . . Aftermarket Help - Roger Cockburn - Jun 26, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Bill Goodrich - Jun 27, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - James Wechsler - Jun 27, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Andrey Mikhalenkov - Jul 3, 2006

. . . Reconciling "right and wrong" - Mike Tittel - Jul 3, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Evgeny Grechaniy - Jul 3, 2006

. . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Damon Agretto - Jul 4, 2006

. . . . . . Re: After-Market Killing Model "Building" - Paul A. Owen - Jul 4, 2006

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