Metal Earth Model Kits

Amraam · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:19

Anyone built any of these? Just got given two from my mates - the Apollo Lunar Lander and the Normandy SR2 from Mass Effect 2.

Took about 10 hours to do both; they're very detailed and fiddly!
Apologies for the poor photos. Struggled to get my Nexus 6P camera to focus properly, especially on the Normandy. They're not huge models; the Lunar Lander isn't much bigger than a golf ball!

Went and bought myself the Millennium Falcon and X Wing to go with them...

Gepetto · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:21

Our teenager has done a couple. A Model T Ford (because he's driven one) and a sailing ship. Brilliant they are! :cool:

suenstar · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:27

I was tempted to pick up a couple last year but didn't pull the trigger in the end.
The Lunar Lander model looks really good, it'd work nicely with a small LED embedded in the underside.

Glaucus · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:28

Man that's amazing.
Shame I can't do anything like that arm.

deuse · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:29

They look great. I'm off to find some

MookJong · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:30

On boxing day I built the falcon....brilliant fun, I really want the lunar lander for my Birthday.

Tefal · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:31

they look cool, how unretarded do your fingers have to be to put them together?

badgeruk · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:33

I have the AT-AT and Falcon on my desk at work to build at some point. Those look good though.

Tefal · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:35

shame they dont do metal gear

Amraam · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:43

They are quite fiddly and if you've never done anything like it before you will probably make the odd mistake, but they're not very hard to make. I have a lot of experience making airfix kits, RC planes and helis and skills in PC hardware etc, but I built these entirely using small nail clippers and tweezers. It just takes patience and if you take your time and check the instructions and images as you, it's very straight forward. It's really only a little more difficult than Mechano or the more advance Lego technic sets IMO.

TheBDog · 1 Mar 2016 at 14:47

I've got an X Wing in the same vein that I'm keen to try and build. Just need to set some time aside.

They are very cool.

Tone1979 · 1 Mar 2016 at 15:15

I just went on the river site and bought 3 off the bat as well as a new set of high quality tweezers

Amraam · 1 Mar 2016 at 15:17

Tone1979 said:
I just went on the river site and bought 3 off the bat as well as a new set of high quality tweezers

Which ones you get? Best tip I can give is make sure they're VERY stiff tweezers, ones that allow you to put pressure on things even if you don't have your fingers right on the tips. It'll make twisting the tabs (green triangle connections) much easier in tight areas...

Cosimo · 1 Mar 2016 at 15:34

They are nice and I have been tempted by the Lunar Module but it is too small for me.

Amraam · 1 Mar 2016 at 15:36

Cosimo said:
They are nice and I have been tempted by the Lunar Module but it is too small for me.

Any bigger and they'd need to be stronger and even more detailed.

Tone1979 · 1 Mar 2016 at 15:37

Amraam said:
Which ones you get? Best tip I can give is make sure they're VERY stiff tweezers, ones that allow you to put pressure on things even if you don't have your fingers right on the tips. It'll make twisting the tabs (green triangle connections) much easier in tight areas...

Millennium Falcon
Darth Vader Tie fighter
X-Wing

The tweezers I got are for jewelery work, so should be OK

Efour · 1 Mar 2016 at 17:09

I got 4 Star Wars ones for xmas but haven't had the time (or tweezer pliers) to do them yet.

GSXRMovistar · 1 Mar 2016 at 17:36

I've done several of the Star Wars models, not a bad way to keep busy in the winter evenings rather than having to watch crud on TV.

EDIT: Only one I seem to have pics of

TheBDog · 1 Mar 2016 at 17:44

The detail on that R2 is amazing lol!

aardvark · 1 Mar 2016 at 19:05

i got the falcon for xmas - almost managed to do it without breaking one of the parts, almost.

chucked it in the bin.