Metal Earth Tips and Tricks 

I bought a metal earth kit on an impulse cause they looked SUPER cool and the “no glue needed” on the packaging really got me lol by the time I got home and actually looked at it, I realized I had no idea what to do. I’ve watched a couple tips and tricks videos. Yours is the best by far, you combined a tools-needed video with a tips and tricks one. Super helpful information for a complete newbie to the hobby 😁👍👍👍👍👍👍

The magnet sheets in a shallow box are an excellent idea! I was planning to remove one piece at a time as I assembled, but your idea makes a lot more sense! Thanks!

Once I saw the International Space Station model I fell in love with these little metal kits! I just ordered some tools and supplies on Amazon along with a couple of the cheaper, simpler models to try my hand at assembling them. I'm really hoping this becomes a fun hobby because these little figures would make for cool display pieces on my desk, or to give as gifts to friends and family! I also picked up a "third arm" assembly station with a gooseneck 3X LED-lit magnifying glass to help hold assembled pieces together that I'm working on (when two hands aren't enough).

The Force Is Strong With This One.Great Video.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Awesome video. Thank you.

Super informative and to the point. Also enjoyed your sense of humor. Thanks for making this. I was nervous about my first Metal Earth 👍

I googled this video randomly while fussing with my first model and the cuticle clippers were brilliant. I put down my wire cutters and pulled the cuticle clippers out of my bathroom cabinet and liberating the metal parts became effortless. Thanks for making this video.

this was a great video. I think i figured a lot of it out on my own, but i'm not sure I would have come up with some of your solutions (like twisting tabs instead of bending in some cases). I hope i get better with practice. Right now I'm building my least favorite of my 4 tank models, so hopefully I do better when I get to the next 3.

I was getting discouraged and your video helped me dive back in! Thank you for making such a fun and informative video! The FORCE!

I just discovered these today and they’re so fun! Building my first Star Wars Model now. This video was super helpful getting started as I started pulling sheets out and had a lot of questions lol.

Good tip on the force. I was beginning to underestimate it, but then realized I probably should not.

your "artsie fartsie" video is very informative and helpfull! great video and thank you for the awesome tips. these models can be super frustrating and time consuming but if done right absolutely beautiful when finished.

My tip: twist every tab and snip the end, MUCH cleaner look. untwisting tabs is safer than unbending them 😉

thank you very much for your absolut brilliant tipps. Very good video.

Ok has anyone ever told you....YOU ROCK!!! what a great video, exactly what I was looking for, I'm saving and using you as my Sensei :) Thank You :)

Great video and well explained. Thanks for creating and releasing it.

Excellent tips, thank you! I just found a new use for all those dotting tools I used twice.

I got one of the triceratops models as a gift and this video was perfect thank you! I need to get me some needle nose pliers

Great video! Clear and concise with some good subtle humor. Very well done. And by the way, I love your voice!😁

This was a GREAT video on tips for building theses 3d metal models. I've done maybe 30 or so, so far. I've found that a cheap set of drill bits and set of 1/4" drive sockets work great for bending round parts. One thing that I have not done is to work with the latex gloves. They are too clumsy for me.Again, great video.

Thanks for making this video. I found it very informative and useful for starting to make these types of model kits

Excellent excellent starting video before opening the starting project. Thank you

I've done quite a few of these now, and I had know idea the fan base behind it. I love it. I did learn from your artsy fartsy video. Thank you.

A friendly and helpful video. Thankyou Kate

Enjoyed you video!! Thanks for the tips! Going with saint Basil's cathedral for my first project! You're hilarious LITTLE KATIE!!!

Great video. Thank you Katie.

Thanks for the mention! I really like the idea of using little magnets to pick up the parts. I had not thought of that. I have to get me some magnets now.

Awesome tips and well explained.....thank you! I am just getting started with micros. I will be in tuned for more information Great insight :)

My daughter bought me the International Space Station model for Father's Day, and I've never done these before. Before I wreck it, I've been looking for videos on how to go about this. This video was great for newbies like me

Extremely helpful, very well explained. Thank You.

You're awesome! I've built a lot of metal earth but was using dowel rod for my rounding...i like the mandrel trick. Now just to find one to purchase! Thanks again.

Thank you for your tips! This model is very intimidating to me.

Thank you so much for the info! Just started my metal earth journey! You're a lady and a scholar!

Awesome! Nice tips. Thanks!

Just found you, and in the process found a new hobby! Thanks for the tips 😊😊. I did a horrible job with the drum set model, hopefully after watching your video I'll do better 🤘🏽🤓

That tip about clipping thin end first. My goodness brilliant

Great video- thanks!

wow my daughter bought me the corsair back in may I'm just getting info on it to start its wild I'm glad I'm getting tips.

dang, this had some really good detail! thanks!

You’re awesome. Thanks for the tips!

I’ve done over 40 of these models and basically learned all these tricks by trial and error. The only one I don’t use is the magnets. I like your mandrel idea, I might have to buy a set of those. I also do chainmaille work and many of the tools I have for that work for metal earth models.

Good tips! Thx. Started my first one. Prob should have started with an easier one. But it’s coming along nicely.

Outstanding!

Nice! Thank you, Very helpful 😊

I just got into these and found your channel; stay classy! You are really cool and funny; keep on keepin' on!

I've already done some of this an some of this trics a was able to learn from experience on my own like don't bend the tabs I. The same direction

I really enjoyed this video, it made me laugh, and it helped a lot! Thank you 😊

Thanks for these tips I just bought my first model and was having some trouble.

Those are great tips thanks for sharing them.

nice job - just starting to do a B-17 Fortress. I love the technical graphics at ~~6 minutes

Excellent video thanks for tips ..really makes it easier ...looks like you've got it down...how many of these models have you done ?

Thanks for the help!

Thank you so much for this video!!

Thank you. You gave me nice tips.

Thank you very much for this!

Really glad I found this video, thanks for making it. I just bought a couple of Chinese metal models from Ebay to try out (Darth Vader TIE and X-Wing).

Love it! Thanks For The Video!

I’m years late but this info was still very helpful. Thanks.

Wow. GREAT instructional video.

This is suuuch a good video!!

I have a clay modeling tool that has a tiny sort of dentist's mirror shaped round bit on the end and it's perfect for bending tabs.

There is a metal model kit on Amazon I have that works fairly well it comes with a tapered tool that has a notch in it that makes twisting the tabs very easy

I picked up a Star Wars one from the Dollar Tree. Instructions said needle nose pliers and tweezers are "helpful." When in fact it should have said that without cutters it is borderline impossible to not cause damage. After I broke 2 pieces, into the garbage it went. I'll make sure to have the right tools handy next time.

Another tip: when you clipped a piece off the frame, get your pliers and twist the little frame piece that is still on the piece gently, a couple of times until it breaks off.The piece will look better!

Thank you. Any tips for when you do break a piece? My first time and I already snapped a tiny one.

My first was the butterfly and it was ok, but I broke the torso! Next is the Enterprise D but I don't have the right tools all I have is my Leatherman.. so I'm waiting until I get the right tools. Thanks for this

Thank you bunches!!!

Very helpful thank you

I've been doing these for a little while but still got something out of your videos. Thanks. I have done 20 -40 of them. Not sure got a bunch put away. Do I need to buy a whole kit if a brake a piece?

I've done 6 models already but you still gave me a few good tips. your advice Is flawless!!!

You're so funny, thanks for the video. I'm starting in the models

great tips ..

So helpful

I make wooden model ships. Right now, I’m lining the hull of a tugboat with copper sheeting to customize a kit, Cutting straight lines through metal is harder than I thought, and you can’t compensate for errors by sanding off the irregularities. Any tips on how to cut a nice clean straight line in a copper sheet? Also, molding the copper to the hull is difficult, so any help would be welcome.

Sweet vid!!!! You da woman!!!!

Thank you, helpfull

All good tips- I was curious as to why you choose to remove all parts from the metal sheets at one time and position them on the magnet sheets though?

If you use a coned solid rod with a slit in it is the easiest way to swist tabs I use for twisting, bending and all kinds of lift functions and its much faster and cleaner then pliers. I also use a bending block you can find them by typing photo etching bending block a must have. You can also run the metal.sheets in hot.water.to take out the springing of the sheet keep.parts from jumping. And I have used the snips you are using and they loose there edge quiet quickly. I personly use model snips from hippy shops extremely pointed sharp little snips and they are her durable I almost never have to file nibs down.

I haven’t seen the kit you’re building before, which one is it? It almost looks like krennics shuttle with different wings.

Without going through all comments I’m sure someone has mentioned flushcutters. They work the best for removing parts cleanly. They can even get the little ones.

Would you use super glue for attaching pieces where the tabs broke?

Cuticle cutters...so helpful. Didn't want to spend $25 on fine point wire cutters. About to do the Hogwarts Express. One of my favorite tools is a small curved needle nose pliers. They are flat inside was well vs. the straight pliers

It would have been nice to see the end result of what you built

Have you built the Nautilus? I'm a very experienced modeler and have built a few other Metal Earths perfectly no problem. The Nautilus seems to have some geometry problems with the hull. I have cut the tabs off and used 3,000 lb super glue to glue from the inside to make perfect, clean joints. I am thinking seriously of removing one of the hull facets on each side due to the parts not aligning. The geometry just doesn't seem to work. I am also thinking of moving the superstructure aft a bit. Maybe shortening it some as well. What is your experience with this kit?

What tool should I use to bend straight pieces into circular ones?

I'm so glad I found ur video....u have no idea lol thanx!!!

Can you tell what kind of gloves you use? I think they should be as thin as possible, and regular household cleaning gloves would be way too thick.

What do you do if you folded a part too much and now the part came undone?

I am a retired man w time. Looking to have a starter model. What do u recommend. Good beginning tips, tools needed. Curious why gloves compared to skin. Is there a practical purpose. Thank u Tim

Volume was a little muffled, but the tutorial was exceptional.

THANKS!

I bought the Cat Bulldozer. I spent two hours at least on just steps one and two. Pieces broke and now I’m out twenty bucks that I spent on this model. Do I have to scrap the kit? Any tips?

Hi! I've tried assembling the P-47 Thunderbolt model twice, but I messed it up both times. Could you make a video on how to assemble it correctly?

What is the metal tool that you used at 3:25?

You genius!!!!!

Which metal earth kit should I first start out with? I just started watching videos on metal earth how to kits.

Hey I just got model's and I haven't built anything yet. Any tips for me 😊

Thank youu so much

What's the strength of the magnetic sheets and pins?

anneal the parts, with controlled heat(jewelry torch, jet lighter with distance), research it first, before you try on a real part, use part of the supporting sheet that holds all the parts.