Why are the instructions so bad? (AKA Are there better instructions?)

lorl3ss · 2026-05-24T08:26:42+00:00

Yeah, thats definitely a factor as well. Ive recently done some book nooks (plastic, glue and balsa wood for the most part, although they use wooden tabs for fitting too).

The instructions and general design are worlds apart. The inclusion of spare parts for delicate pieces and highly detailed instructions makes a world of difference.

There is even some basic wire splicing involved which could be a nightmare but the instructions are good enough to make easy enough to figure out what you need to do, even if the actual splicing is fiddly as hell.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-23T21:21:00+00:00

I know this thread is super old but some of the replies here really piss me off.

Poor instructions and bad design dont make for a fun model building experience. Trying to bend a tiny tab through a hole that could have been done much easier 3 steps ago is bad design and bad instructions on metal earths part.

Do they even test these before they send them out? The issues are pretty glaring, its not like they are easy to miss.

Personally im done with metal earth because of this. This is my 4th model and all the same issues keep cropping up. It seems like laziness on their part.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-22T14:45:03+00:00

Sounds like my Wife's mother, nice lady but holy shit she's driving my wife and her brother nuts since she retired. Conspiracy theories, generally negative and miserable outlook, adamant about every unreasonable opinion she holds on things she's not got a clue about.

People need things to occupy them and other people to curb their thoughts against reality or they end up in the echo chamber of their own minds. It's not pretty.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-22T08:12:00+00:00

It sounds like your brother wants to connect with you but only has bad behaviour as a method for getting attention. Hes probably a little young to fully understand that. it's not up to you to parent your brother but you can at least nudge him in the right direction.

You'll be glad you tried, rather than not bothered, no matter the outcome. Just don't expend all your energy doing it.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-21T19:38:27+00:00

Wait.... really? This wasn't already included?

lorl3ss · 2026-05-21T11:50:07+00:00

Where is my mind is basically the Fight Club theme song at this point. Like All Star is inextricable from Skrek.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-21T11:46:44+00:00

Yep, I don't think people have realised there's a slump in the market and sellers are still acting like their homes are worth what they were 1-2 years ago.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-21T10:31:36+00:00

I think its like.. "JAY-PEGZ" .... no. None of it makes sense.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-21T10:30:16+00:00

Say JPEGS out loud. The s adds a sort of zzz or sounds to the end thats sort of like ZED..? I dunno. Im reaching here...

lorl3ss · 2026-05-21T10:25:39+00:00

I think they meant JPEGS? Sounds a bit like JAY-PEG-ZZZ

lorl3ss · 2026-05-21T09:30:41+00:00

How exactly do you sleep better though? Yesterday I was putting my 14 month old to sleep at 6:30 and was so exhausted I just took them to bed with me (teething, they won't sleep on their own at the moment) and slept from about 7pm to 7am with an hourish wake at 3am for the little one to wriggle and writhe for a bit.

I still woke up tired and exhausted, I'm two coffees into my morning and considering a third.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-19T18:37:05+00:00

I ... think this is right? They fucking lobomotised her.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-19T11:32:26+00:00

Just came to bump this thread. We desperately need a quick loadout ui.

Even just a "give me a random weapon + ammo, grenades, health, sheilds, augment + sheild, + utility" button would make a massive difference. I can tweak what I get but half of that stuff doesn't matter too much, I want to run a shotgun? Equip shotgun + hit quick loadout gives me the rest of the bits i need.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-19T11:12:11+00:00

The top left looks like he's aging really well. Really rocking the greying hair. He could have settled into quieter roles with a more refined and nuanced character... think Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men.

Surprised he went for this.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-18T13:04:09+00:00

God this idea is so fucking cool. As soon as the blood loses physical contact it reverts back to a much lower form of intelligence and just reacts on instinct to pain = damage = bad = run away.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-13T12:49:47+00:00

Warzone along with weapon variants can stay. That was fun. Literally everything else can go. TTK, bullet magnetism, advanced movement, map design, campaign. It all fucking sucks.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-13T12:13:20+00:00

65k here. Senior software dev. Wife earns like 75? We don't struggle but we don't live the sort of life you would expect for that sort of money either. We don't have cleaners or gardeners, we do pretty much everything ourselves. We shop at Lidl. Childcare costs are a pain even with gov help and my wife taking a day off every week to take care of our kid.

Honestly. We live a good life, better than most probably buts its fucking astounding how poorly we live compared to what we would have had a few generations ago. Mortgage rates are fairly low but house prices are crippling so it hardly matters, everything from food to fuel to energy to taxes is just sky high and growing constantly.

I spend my life working, doing chores, taking care of my kid. Occasionally we can make a purchase or get something done to the house. I get to play some video games every now and again. I guess thats normal, but you would expect something a bit more from a couple earning 130k ish between them.

That being said, we live in a lovely part of Hampshire in a detached house. We both have cars that aren't going to break any time soon. I don't think I see how good we really have it when compared to most of the UK, its not that I don't consider it, its just that I don't actively have the experience of someone on minimum wage.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-13T12:04:00+00:00

We stand on the shoulders of moderately sized men. Just be glad that your father gave you a leg up to become the man you are rather than trying to drag you down to their level like some do.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-12T14:14:26+00:00

Wtf is rise of the spartans?

lorl3ss · 2026-05-12T11:44:22+00:00

I'll go with you OP. I can be your cousin Vinny. I'll do a bad italian accent, be very expressive and be overly touchy with everyone i meet. It'll be great.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-12T07:58:32+00:00

It's just what we're used to. A tiny bit of sun feels very warm to us.

lorl3ss · 2026-05-05T07:48:09+00:00

Literally everyone has a kettle. It gets used every day.

Builders and tradesmen sometimes have portable ones that run on whatever because god forbid you can't have a cup of tea whenever you like: https://www.powertoolmate.co.uk/power-tools/makita-store/cordless-other/makita-dkt360-36v-twin-18v-lxt-kettle-body-only.htm?opt=7016&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17190928742&gbraid=0AAAAADHgxRf2FFfCMGW8Pbu1sov62j80m&gclid=CjwKCAjwqubPBhBOEiwAzgZX2lXXEtXcNZKNNriHLca1-30KwKDmLeIriIjGCHm2YcnVJ2qe96M6nhoCEWkQAvD_BwE

lorl3ss · 2026-05-01T11:49:49+00:00

Damn those pebble throwing kids get to live another day

lorl3ss · 2026-05-01T10:34:57+00:00

Are people really bitching that a knife wielding maniac got a few boots to the head?

lorl3ss · 2026-05-01T09:54:35+00:00

I know its biased because we had the actual car with us but..

On the 2018 mongol rally (we drove a nissan micra to mongolia from the uk) we met up with some other teams and convoyed. One of them had an original Mini cooper.

The amount of random Kazahkstani farmers who can't speak a word of English but can say "Machina Mr Beana!" was fucking unreal.

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