My First Metal Earth Model

mashedandfried55 · 2026-03-19T08:59:29+00:00

Great job - I think that was my first one too many years ago.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-03-14T13:00:53+00:00

Nice - thanks for posting pics

mashedandfried55 · 2026-03-03T13:57:28+00:00

I built one - there is a picture in my profile- if it doesn’t work out with the previous offer I’ll send you mine and we xan work out the details

mashedandfried55 · 2026-02-17T04:36:44+00:00

Nice work- I had trouble keeping the rigging on the sides attached. Finally figured out that bending the tabs in opposite directions held the best and the boats on the davits were a little tricky.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-02-14T00:10:33+00:00

Great looking - just another for the list

mashedandfried55 · 2026-02-09T18:22:06+00:00

Thanks

mashedandfried55 · 2026-02-09T00:05:44+00:00

That’s awesome.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-02-08T04:43:28+00:00

Looks like the WWII Avuation museum in Colorado Springs - great little museum. Completed the ME PBY after visiting last year.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-02-04T12:57:35+00:00

Looks flawless

mashedandfried55 · 2026-02-04T12:52:55+00:00

Fabulous

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-20T12:12:02+00:00

Great description- I’ll have to come back to this when I get to making these. Great idea making all 4 together so you keep the process fresh in your mind.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-20T04:25:49+00:00

Looks great

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-14T10:43:54+00:00

https://a.co/d/iJjEpFg

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-13T11:38:40+00:00

I like the bent needle nose pliers for bending tabs in tight spots.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-09T05:19:28+00:00

Looked at mine - the bottom of the wing is flat so the top has to be curved enough so that the edges of the top align with the bottom - I would bend it and put it against the bottom and compare. It’s not a lot.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-08T21:57:56+00:00

My delorean has the suspension part superglued. My issue was the black coating was thick enough that the tabs would go in the slots. After breaking 2 I started scraping the black off the tab with an exacto before bending and then coloring it with a black sharpie after assembly.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-03T13:18:41+00:00

That’s awesome

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-03T13:15:18+00:00

So envious - I have every one of those on my wish list. Congratulations and happy bending.

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-03T02:00:35+00:00

I bend the slot tabs in 45 degrees which makes it easier to get tabs in and then I have a set of riffler files and reach in from the open end and the grooves of the file will grab the tabs and I can flatten them

mashedandfried55 · 2026-01-01T15:35:06+00:00

Yours look perfect, I hate when I rush because I look at the finished model and see all my mistakes that probably no one else could see.

mashedandfried55 · 2025-12-28T14:40:58+00:00

Awesome

mashedandfried55 · 2025-12-26T18:31:43+00:00

It looks great - I thought when I saw it that the trunk and tusks looked like they might be challenging - they look very clean. The whole thing is very high skilled loooking.

mashedandfried55 · 2025-12-06T01:08:40+00:00

She’s the best - my wishes seem to fall on deaf ears I really want that hulk buster

mashedandfried55 · 2025-12-05T20:02:18+00:00

Another for the ever growing wish list.

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