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SS Edmund Fitzgerald by BenF89 - Iron Shipwrights - 1:350 scale - PLASTIC - with Photo Etch Details
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day
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I know this is a dead thread but I just want to add my 2 cents worth. I bought this model back in 2015. I was so angered at the quality of this model that its been sitting on the shelf for 5 years now waiting for me to get up the nerve to even look at it again. This is the most overpriced piece of crap model I have ever bought. The first hull, superstructure and life boats I got were a mess. I emailed Iron Shipswrong and they sent me new items and they were not much better and I just settled with the feeble kit that I received. They also seem to think the Fitz was fitted with 2 3 bladed props since that is what they sent in the kit with it. She has a four bladed prop BTW. I thought about returning it but due to my strong desire to own a 1/350 Fitz, I would just fix it and build ALL of the superstructure out of styrene. There is many more issues about this kit I cant remember since its been 5 years now. I'm only going by memory and my pictures are that old as well. I would not recommend this model to anyone unless the price tag was $20-$50. It would be a great model if only paid $10 for it but I got taken for $250. Oh and 5 years later I'm still waiting on the decal set because mine came with a note saying sorry pal I will send you the decals when I get more made. Never got them. I don't know about the quality of their other kits but I wouldn't buy anything from Iron Shipswrong ever again. Oh and I got the 1/700 version of this ship as well when I ordered the 1/350 kit and it was worse. I think I threw it away a couple years ago. It was worthless garbage. And these guys must be heavy smokers since everything I got from them had a heavy cigarette smell. Smoke em if you get em! These guys are a joke. This is my first experience with resin cast models and will be the last. I got burned this one time and never again.