Ebay allows a modeler in this age to acquire a lot of things that are out of production. I found this one, a Bachmann "Master Craftsman Series" Sears Catalog house. Remember how I said the last one, the Laser Art Oxford house, was one of the best kits I've built? This was probably the worst. I'm convinced Bachmann called these "Master Craftsman" because that's what you need to be to build this successfully. I'll even look past the fact that some parts broke because they were brittle, I'll allow that the kit is old and I won't expect them to be perfect after all these years. But a lot of the parts don't fit; some, especially the roof pieces, require you to hold them together for some time so they'll stay; the instructions told you to cut off some foundation parts that it later showed being in place. You get to the end, and the steps are difficult to secure to the porches, and both these and the brick supports don't extend all the way to the ground! The attic windows were tough to fit and stay in place; the porch railings wouldn't stay, I quickly gave up on those. In the end, it's another house for the neighborhood. I actually have room for a few more.
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