Metal Earth Wright Brothers Airplane 3D Metal Model Kit Fascinations

Excelente producto

Simple model with only one piece that needs to be shaped. Wish it had a pilot figure, though.

I simply do NOT understand the negative reviews.Let me address the two most common complaints:Common complaint 1: "These are not for kids"response: No, no they are not. nowhere does the product imply it is for young children, and giving the product a bad review because your kids cant put it together is simply daft. In-fact the product description clearly states it is ideal for "tweens" and older. That's a bare minimum age of 10. And that's no guarantee that it's appropriate for your kid. Maybe your 6 year old has extremely developed motor skills and patience and this model is perfect for them, and maybe you are 40 and don't have the level of motor skills and patience necessary for these models, it all depends on the user, so don't give a perfectly good product a bad review due to user error.Common complaint 2: "these are made of flimsy, low quality metal"response: yes, they are flimsy. no, the metal is not low quality. it's a thin sheet of steel, the product explicitly says that it is thin, ergo the end result is delicate. it is a model, NOT A TOY. if the metal were any thicker, the end results wouldn't look good at all. they are supposed to be thin. You cannot be clumsy with these models. you have to use the proper tools, have steady hands and pay attention. That is the challenge, and that is why finishing the model is so rewarding.I'm usually not so combative with other reviewers, but after having such a good evening with a couple of these models, it irritated me that people wrote negative reviews on them simply because they had personal problems with them. They are well engineered, and there is nothing wrong with them. They look great on a shelf when you finish them and they are a challenge to build, especially with this particularly delicate one!

Love my Metal Earth models, they are very fairly priced and take anywhere from 30 minutes to multiple hours to build. I highly recommend them to those who are looking for an affordable hobby. I bought the Metal Earth Tool Kit as well as another third party one from amazon and I mainly just use the Metal Earth Tool Kit.I have a stack of models to build and love spending the evening working on them, just practice some beginner level models as you will only get frustrated on anything above Moderate. I'm still working up to the "Challenging" difficulty level and often it's more fun to just build a bunch of easy-moderate level then to get stuck on a hard one and get frustrated. You will have broken and bent pieces when you first start but be patient and have fun!In regard to THIS Model:This particular model has some very thin airplane strut pieces so will bend easily but was a fun one to build. I have built a nice collection that makes for great little artwork in the house.

These products look amazing and highly detailed! But they can be extremely hard to assemble as the bend tabs are extremely small and can be hard to reach later in the process. Your fingers will be very mad at you by the time you're done.Pliers are your friend through this time but they won't always reach and they can scratch up the finish. The other thing that really irritated me was that they are very small once finished. I was hoping they would be at least 6-8 inches across, but they are more like 2-4 inches across.I used this as a part of a present for my friend, and it did the trick, but think before you buy. I love a good time putting something together, but this was pushing my boundaries of fun.

I give this five stars because it is an excellent beginner build for these 3D metal sets. It has few parts (comes on just one sheet) and only one tough bend is required. I didn't think my 10yr old could build one of these with me because of the fine motor skills and patience required, but lo an behold my boy loved it. He built about 90 percent of it with me doing a couple of the tougher connections. He has ADD, but the focus required for this model had him dialed in tight. The model came out perfect. The people putting out bad reviews stating that these models are poorly built couldn't be more wrong. They are very small and delicate, but deliberately so. They are not beginner models, they are challenging on purpose. The reward for your patience is the huge sense of accomplishment and a gorgeous little model that will impress anyone you show it to.

Like many of the other 1 star reviews, this thing is next to impossible to put together without destroying it first. For example, the tabs that you are supposed to bend have the same flexibility as the metal of the structure, so you just end of bending everything. The metal should be more rigid, and the tabs more flexible. Whoever said this measures 5 to 6 inches is on crack. The wingspan may be 4 inches at the most, and I think that is being generous eyeballing it. The front to back measurement is much less than 4 inches. The instructions say you need needle nose pliers. While this may help clip the parts from the metal backing, you would need special tools and maybe even a jig of some sort to properly put this together.

I am a usually patient 68-year-old great grandfather with years of model building experience and I thought this model would be interesting is as I was fascinated by the Wright Brothers' story and even visited Dayton last Summer and got an up close look at a recreation of their flyer.The model is quite small and the metal can withstand a bit of manhandling but the assembly directions are cryptic pictures that are not very helpful in a couple of steps. I almost completed the model but one of the steps was not specific enough and directed me to attach the top wing to the almost-finished model before sub-assembling and attaching the rear struts. This made it impossible to connect the tops of the struts to the bottom of the top wing. From there, I was also not able the tail wings either. I gave up and threw it all away.