Over the years I built a lot of Sterling kits. Many were actually quite good compared to some others available at the time. I just call them normal kits for the years they were popular.

For me, the one word for bad kits would be “Goldberg”! While I’ve built some good Goldberg kits, especially some of the later offerings, some of their 60’s and early 70’s offerings left much to be desired. Even as an eager builder in those days, a few of those kits were just trashed and declared unbuildable. Mostly horrible cutting and very bad wood. These kits encouraged me to be a scratch and plans builder.