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This thread brings up one my pet peeves: Bad kit instructions. I find this a lot in all types of kits. Lots of times I have had to pull out all the tricks to make stuff work because of poorly written, incomplete instructions. Lest I seem like an unthankful complainer, I have to say that putting together anything for sale like a kit (I publish music) is a lot of work and it is easy to make mistakes. I think all of us applaud the efforts of all the small kit makers out there. You guys certainly aren’t rolling in the cash (at least from selling kits) and we all benefit from your labor of love. Having said that, most directions I see could be better. I second the comments about accuracy and completeness of the plans. Have several people (not just your expert modeler friends) build the kit with provided instructions before the kit is released!!! It is my belief that the kit maker should have some one else write the instructions so that the writer will not mentally fill in any missing steps and not write them out. Many kits go un-built for years. It could be a long time before the maker gets feedback on the directions from actual users. By then it will be too late to make changes as the kit may not even be in production. I think good drawings trump photos...but it is nice to have both. BTW: the plans for FSM kits are so good that people seek them out and they have become collectible. I guess it got to be so bad with people asking for plans to old kits that Sellios won’t send out replacement copies without proof of purchase..
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