Fascinations Metal Earth B-24 Liberator 3D Metal Model Kit

Not easy to assemble, nor very durable, but extremely detailed, and quite lovely when done!

As usual these things are an absolute wonder when they're finished and absolute a blast to put together! Don't rush, have fun, and take breaks. My 3rd one completed and many more to come!

Superbly designed and engineered, this tiny beauty is a real challenge for someone who had never built this type of model. The biggest challenges were that many parts had to be bent into non-circular curves such as the airfoil shape of the wings and the squared oval shape of the engine cowlings and fuselage. A good set of straight needle nose and flat-nosed pliers are essential. You’ll be relieved and proud of your tiny finished model.

This model requires a degree of patience, and some extra tools for these old eyes, but the finished product is nice. If you’re a model enthusiast, these are great fun, especially for the price.

Very well detailed and fun to make. My uncle was a pilot of one of these aircraft during World War Two.

Final product may looks good but there are plenty of parts that made you go "Who designed this??" Instructions are barely sufficient. Have done multiple types of puzzles, this is probably one of the least effort instructions set yet. They are printed cheaply on giant piece of paper, rather than in a little booklet. Pieces numbering is only printed on the front page, not on the pieces themselves. Multiple steps have pretty unclear illustrations, and you just have to guess how they go together. The metal pieces are painted but not actually scored. Some folds are completely imprecise because the instructions just shows the vague shape that you're supposed to make. Putting everything together is the worst part. You have to put tiny metal tab into tiny holes. Sometimes the pieces need to line up perfectly for everything to fit. Thus is most annoying for parts that fold and connect together is due to the above imprecise folding. You are likely to scratch up the pieces trying to align parts or just break the tab. Not going to buy another puzzle from this brand again.

I bought this for my husband and he loved putting it together. There are some really tiny pieces, so make sure you have some good tweezers.

This set feels like an absolute steal for its price. I would highly recommend this to anyone who retains reasonably good eyesight, perhaps with assistance from a magnifying glass and flashlight. Some of the steps (such as for the tail wing and propellers) should specify not to bend certain pieces until other components are inserted and their tabs flattened, but the spare parts and excellent material this set comes with make this issue barely that. This was the most fun I've had in a while, thank you!!