Hi all i bought this kit from our LMS, not a great kit.
Loads of flash and the fit is awful, is this what Smer kits are normally like.

Well I've filled and sprayed the body, this in now going to be a street rod, I sprayed the mud guards and the paint reacted weirdly (went all lumpy with holes in it) tried removing the paint with clean spirit (it's an ecologically friendly brush cleaner you wash out with water) and the mud guards melted, I mean to the point it looks like a blob of melted plastic. I've used this stuff before with no trouble.

The answer to that question is yes. However SMER has also made the plastic for some very nice Pacific Coast Models multi-media aircraft in 1/32 scale. However, they have made a lot of knock-offs of other manufacturers kits, and I think this kit is a knock-off of the old Pyro kit in1/32 scale. Since SMER didn’t have the molds, this kit is a copy of the plastic model, hence the flash and “rough” moldings. This kit is actually a “pirated” model, since the molds went from Pyro to Life-like, and now I think they are owned by Lindbergh (or someone who owns Lindberg).
VR, Russ

Ken,
I'd just put that puppy back in it's box and send it to your local recycling center. Seems like every step of the way will be worse then the step before it.

Joel

Ken, I'm sorry to say it, mate, but I guess Joel is right! Not worth the effort: out of scale, distorted, poor quality plastic and above all pirated subject

Gabriel