I haven’t had much luck with ship kits. Many years ago I tried to get myself out of a slump with Dragon’s 1/700 sub kits. I started with one and the upper and lower hull halves were different diameters. Needless to say, the slump continued. Not that long ago, I attempted to build a Hasegawa 1/700 Akagi. This kit was from the very start of the Tamiya/Hasegawa/Fujimi/Aoshima alliance to do the Japanese fleet in 1/700. There was a huge long sink mark on the flight deck and many ejection pin marks. No decals for the flight deck markings.
I have a Lindberg T-55 but I ended up putting a piece on upside-down which meant a gap between the lower bow plate and the glacis. Now that I’ve read of further grief awaiting me, I might just trash the kit.