Completed June 2023
This is one of the most intricate builds that I have done in a long time.
It is a Metal Earth steel model - premium series, which means that the parts have been pre-painted. It has a lot of tabs that fit into slots, thereby joining the entire structure together without the need for glue. One has to be careful to follow the well-detailed instructions though.
The kit comprises of two sheets of photo etched parts. The engineering that went into the design of the sprues is amazing! Unlike any other photo etched parts I had worked with, these were of a softer metal, and in cases where the parts had to be bended, the reverse side was slotted to facilitate easy bending.
The instructions are crystal clear - always referring to the sprue, which shows the parts in colours if duplicated.
All that is required is a bit of focus and discipline to strictly follow the steps.
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Though I have a sizeable amount of specialised tools, no special tools were really required. One could quite easily assemble this kit using a long-nose pliers, a sharp scissors (for cutting the parts off the sprue) and an eyebrow tweezers.
The only thing that made this kit challenging was the size of some of the parts.
In general, a well planned kit, and good fun to make.
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