While I don't have a SHR kit, I do stop at Dave's shop often when I'm passing through on my way to WI. IMHO, I think Dave is going to be bald soon, based on how much hair he's pulling out over how much he's finding that these kit parts don't meet up with his personal level of quality.

Two specific examples;

He was showing me how the details on the molded resin cone are nowhere near what the real thing is. He said he's seriously considering starting over from scratch with a new mold.

He also showed me the original decal file he got for the "United States" lettering, and then held it up to the drawings in Always "Rockets of the World" reference book. The letters were nowhere near the right font. Looks like she just rotated text in MS Word without even changing the base Arial font. Ack!

For all that are looking at these kits, be patient, because I believe you'll see the quality increase exponentially.....

Later,
EV