I feel bad for you and your experience. All I can say at this point is, I don't know what happened in your case, but in mine it has been all good. In fact he is finishing up a kit of a DH Hornet in 1/7 scale and will then move on to my ''Swick'' T-Craft in 1/4 scale. The other kits I mentioned are all beautifully done. I just hope I live long enough to finish all of them.