mustang1989 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) This.....is definitely not plastic but is merely a filler build for me. If I find myself working on a project for longer than 6 months ( like the 67 Mustang that I'm currently building) I need something to give me a kick in the pants so I'll have a sense of accomplishment or, in this case, a sense of actually completing something. I've been seeing thiss kit at HL for the last few months and have been wanting to build it after building the Metal Works Avro Lancaster last year. So.....I bought one. It took me two days of dedicated building with the difficult parts being the assembly of the machine guns and the finicky landing gear. The trick to these is to pay attention to what you're bracing against on any given backside surface of where the retaining tabs are being bent. If you're braced wrong then stuff starts to bend and distort. It's a careful process but it yields in a pretty snazzy finish when it's all said and done. Being all metal and smaller in scales, it's neat to see one of these kits (whatever the subject) all built up and while not the most detailed and certainly not accurate, they are cool little conversation pieces anyway. The finished product.... The cockpit and engien were decently portrayed with some details. A seat belt harness was built into the seat but like I was saying about the accuracy, these aircraft only came with a simple rope in which to hold the pilot in. I couldn't help but to apply a wash to the cooling fins on the outside of the cylinders which brought out the detail that much more. Each one of those cylinders had to be individually rounded and installed. and a scale reference shot: Edited December 21, 2021 by mustang1989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Marischal Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Neatly executed. steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Wow! Good job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Great little plane and a job well done ! I've built a couple Metal Earth planes and they can be tricky but produce nice display pieces when finished . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 A great accomplishment! I've had several of the Metal Works kits given to me as gifts and enjoyed some and definitely DID NOT enjoy others. As your building skills show, they can end up as a nice looking model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 20 hours ago, Earl Marischal said: Neatly executed. steve Thanks Steve! 12 hours ago, bisc63 said: Wow! Good job! 'Preciate your comments as well Rusty!! 4 hours ago, TooOld said: Great little plane and a job well done ! I've built a couple Metal Earth planes and they can be tricky but produce nice display pieces when finished . Thanks and I know right?!! They build up quicker than my models do but definitely look good in the display area. 2 hours ago, TonyK said: A great accomplishment! I've had several of the Metal Works kits given to me as gifts and enjoyed some and definitely DID NOT enjoy others. As your building skills show, they can end up as a nice looking model. Wow!! Thanks for such a great compliment Tony. Yeah.....I'm building the T-800 Endoskeleton Terminator and that one is NOT for the faint of heart. Gonna have to build that one in sections at a time. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 That's pretty cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh1701 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 That came out very well. The Metal Earth kits can be an enjoyable change of pace from building plastic models. Bart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 As others have said , it is very well done and came out really good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Nicely done. Sounds like a fun project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 9:56 AM, Jim B said: That's pretty cool. Thanks for stopping by and commenting Jim!! On 12/21/2021 at 10:27 AM, bh1701 said: That came out very well. The Metal Earth kits can be an enjoyable change of pace from building plastic models. Bart Thanks Bart. I'm now using them as filler builds when I've got a project that's taking too long and you're right.....they are enjoyable. 22 hours ago, happy grumpy said: As others have said , it is very well done and came out really good. Thank you for the comments Mario! 21 hours ago, bobthehobbyguy said: Nicely done. Sounds like a fun project. Bob!! Thanks brother! Hopefully I can get more motivated in kicking out a few more builds. I think I'm up to 1-1/2 plastic builds for the year now. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Looks very good. I may have to try one of these metal kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 23 hours ago, cobraman said: Looks very good. I may have to try one of these metal kits. Thanks Ray! They're not that bad really. I used a set of drill bits close in order to bend some of the parts in the necessary round shapes like the engine cowling, upper part of the fuselage. The upper wing arc was made by placing the wing over an oil pressure sending unit socket (since it was long enough for me to place the whole upper wing across) and make the necessary arc. PE pliers , needle nose pliers, sprue cutter and X-acto knife were pretty much all the rest of the tools needed. I did use a small file to file off some of the slag from where the parts join to the metal sprue. They are pretty good fun to build but bring your patience to the table. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Great lookin plane.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Very nice build! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 12/26/2021 at 2:13 AM, slusher said: Great lookin plane.. Thanks Carl. It was a definite change of pace for me. On 12/26/2021 at 7:48 AM, PappyD340 said: Very nice build! 'Preciate that Larry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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