iCon-X Fascinations ICONX USS Missouri (BB-63) 3D Metal Model Kit

Great piece. Nice addition to the collection

Bien

This was my first metal model build. The parts and instructions are good and the price is excellent. Being in my mid 70's I needed an illuminated magnifier as the parts are tiny. I also purchased a model makers tool kit. A set of drill bits were good for bending rounded parts. I used a magnetic tray and a foot long magnetic bar to hold parts after they were snipped from the sheets and a coloured pencil to mark off the instructions as the parts were assembled. I found that bending tabs was often better than twisting, especially when slots were very close together. testing the fit from below helps to ensure that the tabs are aligned before fitting in place. I did need to use a dot of 5 minute epoxy adhesive occasionally when tiny tabs broke off. The finished model is magnificent. I went on board the Mighty Mo in 1991 when she visited Fremantle in Western Australia and this model is my homage to that great battle ship.

Turn on Youtube, veg out, break out your Tool Kit for Metal Earth 3D Metal Models (you DID buy the tools, right?!) and get your comfort blanky ready, because this one's a doozy. Two days, if you take your time. One day, if you tear through it, skipping all meals and downing energy drinks like a maniac. Instructions are fairly clear and are easy enough to follow. Really, take your time and follow the instructions and you can work through this. This model is not hard, but the length of time it takes can certainly be disenchanting. I took my time and spent two evenings carefully clipping pieces out, twisting and crimping the little gun emplacements, and dropping the tiniest pieces ever off my desk, helplessly watching them fall into the infinite wasteland that is my carpet. Then spending 20 minutes finding everything EXCEPT the stupid piece that I dropped! I found a pen I lost a year ago before I found that piece! Arrrrggghh!!!! But really, buy this, it's amazing. The details on this model are incredible. The Missouri now dominates my shelf of completed Fascinations models. It's huge compared to the normal sized ones. Most of these models are around 3-4 inches long, this one is 12. Twelve. A foot. Getting to the end of this project felt like coming to the end of a great journey... I felt like Frodo getting picked up by eagles. I put the completed model down on the shelf, sat down, finished my uncle's novel, then got on a ship with some elves, never to be seen again.

Habe schon zig Metallplatten zusammen gebaut. Habe die Missouri in verschiedenen Baugrößen als Bausatz und dieses paßte super dazu. Größe und Detailreichtum übertrifft bisherige Metallplatten. Kompliment an die Entwickler. Und alles hat super gepaßt. Eine Freude für jeden Tüftler.