Bryan Woods Posted January 2 Share #1 Posted January 2 (edited) This one being the second one I’ve built this week, I had good expectations that it’s going to be an easy build:-) The metal seems to be a bit thicker, and I do see lots of super tiny parts. It starts with the landing gear. The assembling the wings feels accomplishing. Multiple parts assembled look like a wad of aluminum foil, but some how I get the tabs in their slots and twisted:-) The nose cone with the gunner was next but while I was assembling it I didn’t know what it was. The cockpit came next with its tiny assembly parts. The stick was the biggest challenge. Several components made up the fuselage And here is where I left off. Mainly and ton of little tabs that fit in slots all over the plane that need to be slipped in at the same time:-) Edited January 2 by Bryan Woods Ryland Craze, robert952, Old Collingwood and 10 others 12 1 Quote Current builds: Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin, Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli completed builds: Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted January 2 Share #2 Posted January 2 Interesting build. Appears to be "Memphis Belle", first US bomber crew to complete 25 combat missions. My hat's off to the bomber crews of both the RAF and USAAF for flying those missions in pretty tough conditions. Oh, and the "gunner" in the nose is actually the bombardier for these missions. 😉😄 Old Collingwood, mtaylor, robert952 and 4 others 7 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Woods Posted January 2 Author Share #3 Posted January 2 47 minutes ago, Canute said: Interesting build. Appears to be "Memphis Belle", first US bomber crew to complete 25 combat missions. My hat's off to the bomber crews of both the RAF and USAAF for flying those missions in pretty tough conditions. Oh, and the "gunner" in the nose is actually the bombardier for these missions. 😉😄 Thank you Ken, that’s great information that I haven’t even thought about. Even though I was born and grew up in Memphis:-) Egilman, Old Collingwood, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds: Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin, Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli completed builds: Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted January 2 Share #4 Posted January 2 These metal kits are so interesting and challenging to build, I once buit a P38 metal kit. OC. mtaylor, Bryan Woods, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted January 2 Share #5 Posted January 2 Bryan, I'm too young (Baby Boomer), but I had family involved. Pretty hard to capture the emotional stories of air combat on film. A few good ones like Battle of Britain, Dunkirk, 12 o'clock High, Tora Tora Tora. I hope this new streaming video on USAAF daylight bombing gets done right. I did similar stuff, at night, in North Viet Nam, supporting the B-52s over Hanoi. mtaylor, king derelict, robert952 and 4 others 7 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert952 Posted January 3 Share #6 Posted January 3 Great detail for the scales they use. This one is 1:130 scale. Looking forward to watch the rest of this build. Looking great. I find the Metal Earth models to be a great change of pace. They usually take only a few hours (over several days) to complete them. I have 4 or 5 in my stash (including the USS Constitution.) king derelict, mtaylor, Egilman and 5 others 8 Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Chenoweth Current Build: Maine Peapod; Midwest Models; 1/14 scale. In the research department: Nothing at this time. Completed models (Links to galleries): Monitor and Merrimack; Metal Earth; 1:370 and 1:390 respectively. (Link to Build Log.) Shrimp Boat; Lindbergh; 1/60 scale (as commission for my brother - a tribute to a friend of his) North Carolina Shad Boat; half hull lift; scratch built. Scale: (I forgot). Done at a class at the NC Maritime Museum. Dinghy; Midwest Models; 1/12 scale (Does LEGO Ship in a Bottle count?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Woods Posted January 3 Author Share #7 Posted January 3 So far so good:-) after a check of tiny parts I may have missed, I’ll be ready for the final assembly! Old Collingwood, Jack12477, Dave_E and 4 others 7 Quote Current builds: Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin, Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli completed builds: Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Woods Posted January 3 Author Share #8 Posted January 3 Assembly started. Top tabs went in semi easy:-) these bottom tabs may not have the same destiny, we’ll see:-) Jack12477, Canute, Knocklouder and 6 others 9 Quote Current builds: Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin, Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli completed builds: Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERS Rich Posted January 3 Share #9 Posted January 3 Thanks for posting, following along…. Bryan Woods, Dave_E, Egilman and 1 other 4 Quote Build Logs: USS Maine, USS Constitution (Hull) Albums: Baltimore Clipper, Sherbourne Cutter, Lackawanna Tug, Eagle Coastal Schooner, Katy Pilot Boat, Sultana Colonial Schooner, Armed Virginia Sloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted January 3 Share #10 Posted January 3 Thanks for posting! I have a collection of 5 Metal Earth kits and have been hesitant to try one. 🫤 Canute, mtaylor and Egilman 3 Quote Dave Current builds: Rattlesnake Completed builds: Lady Nelson On the shelf: NRG Half Hull Project, Various metal, plastic and paper models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Woods Posted January 3 Author Share #11 Posted January 3 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dave_E said: Thanks for posting! I have a collection of 5 Metal Earth kits and have been hesitant to try one. 🫤 I’ve done about a half a dozen. Here are a few tools that are very useful. Edited January 3 by Bryan Woods Javlin, Ryland Craze, Dave_E and 3 others 5 1 Quote Current builds: Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin, Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli completed builds: Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Woods Posted January 3 Author Share #12 Posted January 3 Just as I thought, only 2 tabs out of the last 8 were successful. The others were held as tight as possible and touched with a dot of CA. If one could remove most of the body parts and shape them close, before the tiny details are installed, it may not look like it’s really been in war:-) Here’s the final closure on the underneath side. Here’s the finished build:-) Dee Plane was pretty fun:-) Egilman, Canute, Richard44 and 7 others 9 1 Quote Current builds: Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin, Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli completed builds: Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert952 Posted January 4 Share #13 Posted January 4 Where can I get a set of those tools? A couple I think I know how they would work. Congrats on finishing the model. @Dave_E Like just about any endeavor, there's an learning curve. Start with a simpler project and move on to more advanced. Look at my Monitor and Merrimac build for another project. (Link in signature.) My Metal Earth track record: I've done 3 successfully, ruined 1 because I didn't pay attention to the instructions and couldn't back up to fix the problem. Canute, Dave_E, Jack12477 and 5 others 6 2 Quote ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Chenoweth Current Build: Maine Peapod; Midwest Models; 1/14 scale. In the research department: Nothing at this time. Completed models (Links to galleries): Monitor and Merrimack; Metal Earth; 1:370 and 1:390 respectively. (Link to Build Log.) Shrimp Boat; Lindbergh; 1/60 scale (as commission for my brother - a tribute to a friend of his) North Carolina Shad Boat; half hull lift; scratch built. Scale: (I forgot). Done at a class at the NC Maritime Museum. Dinghy; Midwest Models; 1/12 scale (Does LEGO Ship in a Bottle count?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Woods Posted January 4 Author Share #14 Posted January 4 11 minutes ago, robert952 said: Where can I get a set of those tools? A couple I think I know how they would work. Congrats on finishing the model. @Dave_E Like just about any endeavor, there's an learning curve. Start with a simpler project and move on to more advanced. Look at my Monitor and Merrimac build for another project. (Link in signature.) My Metal Earth track record: I've done 3 successfully, ruined 1 because I didn't pay attention to the instructions and couldn't back up to fix the problem. Here’s a link for the tools. https://a.co/d/6piRuDv robert952, Dave_E, Landlubber Mike and 5 others 6 2 Quote Current builds: Captain John Smith’s shallop - Pavel Nikitin, Peterboro Canoe- Midwest Back on the shelf: Gretel - Mamoli completed builds: Sea of Galilee boat Lowell Grand Banks dory Norwegian sailing pram Muscongus bay lobster smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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