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Star Wars Metal Models
Found these on ThinkGeek while shopping for my wife and kids, and couldn't resist getting one for myself.
I ordered the Millennium Falcon, but they shipped the AT-AT Walker instead. Fortunately for me, when I called to complain, they told me not only could I keep the AT-AT Walker, but they'd overnight the Millennium Falcon to get here in time for Christmas! I decided to build the AT-AT Walker first, since my wife really wants to keep that one, so I could get some experience with the metal models to make sure my Falcon comes out as close to perfect as possible :D There were a few extremely fiddly bits that broke due to excessive bending, but superglue seems to be doing the trick. Pics of the Falcon will follow tomorrow or whenever I get to it - I have to build the Lego Millennium Falcon, too! |
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Oh those are great :D
You'll love that LEGO one to G1 |
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Ooh, shiny! Also, which LEGO Falcon? The really big one (10179 model number) or or the smaller one (7965 number)?
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Those Star Wars metal models look good.
I built some non Star Wars metal models. They turned out real good. Luckily I had a small pair of needle nosed pliers to help bend the tabs. And some good magnifying lenses to help see. And some good lighting.
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I did the first one without a magnifier, but I might use one with the Falcon. I also have a small needle nose pliers, and a small round tip pliers to help with making curves. High precision tweezers are helpful, too - those tabs are tiny!
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Millennium Falcon is finished! The metal one, that is, not the Lego one. Our Return of the Jedi viewing and Lego building party was delayed due to a visitor bearing late Christmas gifts, but it's still on for tomorrow.
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these guys did a series of sailing ships a while back that were top shelf. I even wrote them hoping they would make a series at double the scale.
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Double scale... or even bigger... that would be sweet! I'd ask for a few other improvements, though... for example, don't perforate the folds, just score them a bit wider/deeper than the other decorative features. The perforation makes it too easy for the metal to break.
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