PaperModelers.com

Go Back   PaperModelers.com > Papermodelers' Bar and Grill > Other Things We Do & Make > Metal Earth

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #21  
Old 12-30-2017, 01:29 PM
cardmodeler's Avatar
cardmodeler cardmodeler is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Arlington, TN
Posts: 209
Total Downloaded: 0
I have built a half dozen of these kits and enjoyed working on them for the most part. One of them almost ended up a twisted, smashed little pile of metal, but I persisted and saw it through. Turned out to be my favorite so far. You strictly have to think the assembly processes through very carefully, because it can be easy to get things wrong, and the metal doesn’t take very kindly to being bent and re-bent. It’s extremely helpful to have some various diameters of wooden dowels, or drill bits perhaps to use when forming cylindrical parts. My wife gave me the Captain America shield kit which I finished in about an hour and a half and it turned out very well. It has red and blue colored parts also and looks pretty cool. Good luck and don’t give up. 😀
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 12-30-2017, 06:07 PM
MacSongLi's Avatar
MacSongLi MacSongLi is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 5,976
Total Downloaded: 912.66 MB
Quote:
Originally Posted by rickstef View Post
Gary, in the metal earth, or other branded kits like this, there is no glue, the tabs are either twisted 90 degrees or bent 90 degrees. No other connection method required, now there is the odd chance of the part breaking, then glue is required, I haven't had this happen to me yet, but i have read of others where this happened, not sure what type of glue they used though

Rick
Thank you for the information, Rick. I hope Dave doesn't break tabs.

Gary
__________________
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything" - Wyatt Earp

Design Group Alpha
https://ecardmodels.com/vendors/design-group-alpha
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 12-30-2017, 06:13 PM
airdave's Avatar
airdave airdave is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 14,244
Total Downloaded: 257.44 MB
My apologies to the fans of these metal kits...I'm not having a good time,
so the comments will be more negative than positive.

I fitted the two Engine Nacelles to the central Fuselage part.
Simply fit the tabs into the slots...but its very tough to bend the tabs inside the shaped Fuselage.
Not much room, and I am trying real hard not to kink or distort the Fuselage.

The Fuselage part is curved at the top and flat on the sides.
I rolled the top on a wooden dowel.
I have all kinds of sizes.
But its quite narrow at the tail end...too narrow for me to roll cleanly.
If I use pliers it will get marked and/or creased.
So I left it almost flat.



I checked the fit of the underside Fuselage part (which is not attached until much later)
and the width of my Fuselage part is accurate as it is...
so thats another reason not to try to curve the tail end any more!

Trust me, this all looks much better in photos (than it really is).



...
Next up in the Instructions is the Tail Wings and Rudder plates.

A very simple assembly...just a couple of extended tabs to bend first,
and then small mounting tabs align the end plates to the cross wings.



Then both Tail Wings attach to the end of the Fuselage
...with small tabs inserted into small holes.
But once again, its a tight area...can't get your fingers in there...and bending the mounting tabs is tricky without distorting the Fuselage.



And I can not get the Wings to lay flat or align horizontally
...they want to bend forwards and downwards too much.
Its a lot worse than what you can see in the photo.

Hopefully when the underside panel is attached, it will straighten the fuselage more
and change the angle of the Tail surfaces.

__________________
SUPPORT ME PLEASE: PaperModelShop
Or, my models at ecardmodels: Dave'sCardCreations
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 12-30-2017, 06:38 PM
elliott elliott is offline
Eternal Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 8,416
Total Downloaded: 6.51 GB
Way to hang in there Dave.
__________________
This is a great hobby for the retiree - interesting, time-consuming, rewarding - and about as inexpensive a hobby as you can find.
Shamelessly stolen from a post by rockpaperscissor
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:11 PM.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

Parts of this site powered by vBulletin Mods & Addons from DragonByte Technologies Ltd. (Details)
Copyright © 2007-2023, PaperModelers.com