And that's just the main body- and just the structure I needed to add (cut from spare sprue from a cheapass KiTech kit) to have something to

I'm guessing it wasn't cheap either...

build the putty up on, so I can fix a few of the more immediately visible failings of this kit.

Cyberpink: It was for me, because I snapped them up cheap on clearance after Mongoose Games lost the license for Starship Troopers, but

yeah, originally this was a $35 (20£ or so) kit.

It's pathetic, though- you'll notice that I've also had to create and add a internal alignment pins and panels, too-

just so the two halves fucking line up, when put together. The "lip" around the edges is crooked, and has as much as 2mm wiggle room, if

not more, in places.

I've also had to repurpose (and extensively rework) a spare clear canopy from another kit for this model, because the included canopy simply

doesn't fit, period, to the extent that I actually had to check with other builders of the kit, because I thought maybe I'd gotten a mispack

And if anyone's wondering "Why bother, if it's so terrible?"
Practice, and as a learning experience. I'm playing around a bit with creating

kits from scratch (I.E., literally from styrene sheet, rods, tubes, etc.), so I figured, it'll be good for honing my skillz, and as a bit of

a masterclass in how not to design a model.

You need a 3D printer to make your own pieces.