[Albatroid]

I give alot of the older mold lines like Aurora some credit because they're old and that was the limit of technology in those days. But then there's Blue Max. Their plastic is alright, but when you pay half a c-note for a 1/48 scale model and they include a piece of plastic rubbery pasta that's all folded up and tell you to cut straight struts out of it... yuk, are you kidding me? They might as well have just left them out and put a note in the instructions like: "Dear modeller, thank you for purchasing our limited run, very pricey kit- now put on some warm clothes and search the back yard for twigs that you can whittle struts from." I also don't appreciate the way they bag their white metal parts- they seem to get all bent up, requiring re-shaping & restoration.