I think I've had maybe three kits in the past 50 years with short-shot parts. The one that caused the biggest problem was the Monogram F-15A. The incomplete part was the upper fuselage/flying surfaces. That stalled me for awhile until the new part came in. To my surprise it was of the production wing shape where my kit had been the prototype wing shape. When it comes to ill-fitting parts, I haven't had too much trouble outside of TKM cars or Merlin kits. The review that causes me to snicker everytime I read it is the one for the '75 Dodge Dart that RC/Ertl managed to title as a Duster. It seemed that no one at Kalmbach alerted the reviewer to that fact. He spent so much of the review complaining about the parts making a Dodge when they were 'supposed' to be of the Duster that he came off as clueless. Either Kalmbach wanted to impress RC/Ertl with their goof or their editor let one of his writers make a fool of himself.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.