Author Topic: Hardest Model Assembled? (Read 1177 times)

Quickbeam · « **on:** July 15, 2012, 09:07:16 PM »

I've heard horror stories of metal balrogs, carnifexes and goblin hewers since my earliest days in this hobby.
So what is the hardest model you have assembled? feel free to post pics or just stories. I just got a goblin hewer myself and we shall see how that goes.....

Ingund Of Brionne · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2012, 10:14:59 PM »

Bretonnian Treb... would have been ok if I had had 4 hands...

harv · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2012, 10:22:56 PM »

I remember the original Snotling Pump Wagon being tricky and the Pegasus mini that just doesn't fit well together at all

Gorgash Redfang · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2012, 10:40:21 PM »

Any metal mini with misaligned pieces...that and superglue = fingers glued to the parts not each other!!!

stretch_135 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2012, 11:12:28 PM »

Metal Wood Elf Dragon I'm still trying to convert into an Empire Dragon. There weight bearing points are the ankles and neither is particularly strong. Might end up just punching a metal rod from the base into the body.

Oxycutor · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2012, 11:46:43 PM »

The old metal steam tank really doesn't fit together well

Siberius · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2012, 11:52:39 PM »

The only mini I have given up on and just changed what I was gonna do is the Beastlord with 2 axes.

His hand joints slant inwards... impossible to pin! I just gave him a shield instead.

But the Metal Stank, Chakax, Black Guard, Metal Volley Gun, all very bad.

Deuce · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2012, 11:54:12 PM »

I second the old metal steam tank. It doesn't fit together well, and has a tendency to fall apart under its own weight. I have two of them: I got one pre-assembled and am loath to touch it in case whatever magic performed by the previous owner is dispelled and it falls apart again. The other, after a number of failed attempts, is still in bits until I summon up the willpower to pin it.

Warlord · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2012, 12:02:33 AM »

5th edition metal chaos dragon.

No matter how much I drill, the pieces don't line up properly, and are too heavy that they don't stay in place. Plus two heads make it that much more difficult

Darknight · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2012, 12:37:20 AM »

Metal Thunderhawk Gunship. That was NOT fun - I didn't do it myself, but a colleague tried it and he eventually (as far as I remember) threw the thing away . . .

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2012, 01:35:41 AM »

This is the pic I posted on my blog when I was assembling the Skaven Furnace. The big problem I ran into was that there were so many spike covered pieces, it was hard to not stab myself repeatedly. I had so many cuts & punctures it was ridiculous. A lot of blood went into this model. I suppose it wasn't the "most difficult" but it was definitely the "most uncomfortable" model to assemble.

Darknight · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2012, 01:38:59 AM »

Blood for the Horned Rat.

Alleton · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2012, 02:13:44 AM »

For me it was the metal Black Coach..Wound up pinning the whole thing with redundant pins AND using epoxy adhesive.

And that was just on the coach part. I really should get around to finishing it.....

Quickbeam · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2012, 02:39:22 AM »

I like how most of the problem people have had is metal.
I asked one of my friends the same questions and he showed me his finecast Beast of Gorgoth for the lotr range. Pictures he had had the thing so horribly bent it wouldn't fit together then when he soaked it he put the halves back together and had to basically redo a quarter of it with greenstuff.

Albrecht Hexenjaeger · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2012, 02:46:44 AM »

1) Metal Steamtank (I built four of these. Three are in my Imperial garage)
2) Old Wood Elf Green Dragon (I learned to pin and use two-part epoxy on this beast back in '97)
3) Hurricanum/Luminark, War Altar

The first two mostly for reasons that others stated above, and the third, well, it was just so damn time consuming. The wagons were the only kits I can think of that required that much painting BEFORE final assembly, plus pins. It's just got so many fiddly little parts and detail, plus they're too expensive to half-ass. And after another five hours spent on the Hurricanum (bought in April) this week it's STILL not finished!

4) Tie! Valten(2nd Version), and the 6th Edition Ludwig Scwartzhelm-both just didn't fit together...right. At least in metal. A lot of cleanup, and neither took well to pins or putty. Maybe I got bad casts.

MrAbyssal · « **Reply #15 on:** July 16, 2012, 05:17:27 AM »

Quote from: Darknight on July 16, 2012, 12:37:20 AM

Metal Thunderhawk Gunship. That was NOT fun - I didn't do it myself, but a colleague tried it and he eventually (as far as I remember) threw the thing away . . .

warhammerlord_soth · « **Reply #16 on:** July 16, 2012, 06:41:45 AM »

The old Ogre scraplauncher...

Whole forums were written about that one.

Gedeon Mootinberg · « **Reply #17 on:** July 16, 2012, 06:45:17 AM »

Ogre Tyran = Lot of glue and frustration. I mean, A LOT.

And don't talk about Ogre Gorger. Don't even think about it.

Albrecht Hexenjaeger · « **Reply #18 on:** July 16, 2012, 07:19:11 AM »

I guess I've had it easy...

mr chumley warner · « **Reply #19 on:** July 16, 2012, 07:25:37 AM »

I attempted an Elf Chariot, the original metal one in 1989 ish,

I recall that I glued my hands together at one point ,

it didn't fit at all , all the pieces were engineered by a hair dresser

peraturabo · « **Reply #20 on:** July 16, 2012, 07:28:56 AM »

Metal cast chaos hellcannon, nuff said

Gorgash Redfang · « **Reply #21 on:** July 16, 2012, 07:57:24 AM »

TIP: ONLY apply superglue to one side, then use saliva on the other(it breaks up any greasy material ie mold release )....
so superglue one side then lick the other

warhammerlord_soth · « **Reply #22 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:01:53 AM »

Quote from: Gorgash Redfang on July 16, 2012, 07:57:24 AM

TIP: ONLY apply superglue to one side, then use saliva on the other(it breaks up any greasy material ie mold release )....
so superglue one side then lick the other

Gwodwam ! I gwod id de rong weey wound !

Gorgash Redfang · « **Reply #23 on:** July 16, 2012, 08:50:36 AM »

I truley did once, did not stick long the mouth is TOO WET!!!!!

Lmfao

Deuce · « **Reply #24 on:** July 16, 2012, 09:20:01 AM »

Quote from: Albrecht Hexenjaeger on July 16, 2012, 02:46:44 AM

1) Metal Steamtank (I built four of these. Three are in my Imperial garage)
2) Old Wood Elf Green Dragon (I learned to pin and use two-part epoxy on this beast back in '97)
3) Hurricanum/Luminark, War Altar

The first two mostly for reasons that others stated above, and the third, well, it was just so damn time consuming. The wagons were the only kits I can think of that required that much painting BEFORE final assembly, plus pins. It's just got so many fiddly little parts and detail, plus they're too expensive to half-ass. And after another five hours spent on the Hurricanum (bought in April) this week it's STILL not finished!

Yeah, I'm at much the same stage with the Luminark. It doesn't seem that hard to assemble as such, but every single piece seems to need painting first. It's not so bad now I've got my head around it, but it's difficult to get a holistic sense of what it'll look like. I'm regretting those pieces I did glue in place early on, too. I have a lot of complaints about this model, but I'll save that for another thread.

I've also had a fair amount of trouble with the new Cockatrice, the Archaon model (both Finecast) and Theodore Bruckner. I don't know whether I just got a bad mould on Archaon but the alignment of the horse's head is atrocious and it won't stay on for love or money. Most of Bruckner went together ok but his head (foot version) and arm (mounted version) fall off at the drop of a hat. In general I'm unimpressed with Finecast's response to superglue, although it seems my experiences are unusual.

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