Fascinations Metal Earth P-40 Warhawk 3D Metal Model Kit

Ignore the bad reviews! anybody with more than 3.5 brains cells can slap this thing together. It is pretty small but I think that makes it more fun to put together. Surprisingly good for the price to.

Fun to assemble and durable didn't break any parts. The details are worth the money

Very good detail looks realistic. It is a challenge to get the fuselage the right shape, so tools like needle nose pliers are nessisary.

Looks like the picture, and was relatively easy to put together for a beginner, though if you don't have certain tools it would make it a little harder.

I just wanted a model P40 and this was the cheapest thing I could find. I figured, "Oh, some assembly required, no problem." I've been assembling it at my desk at work during my free time and I hate it. Do people do this for fun? Who has time for this? I feel like I'm working in a sweat shop except I'm not making my $.25/hr.

These are pretty cool. The tab bending tool helps greatly for anyone new to metal earth.

I wanna say, before I write my review, I'm someone that loves building models (so I'm not new at this) and I've been building hundreds of models from easy to difficult my whole life. The idea behind these "Metal Models" are awesome and in theory are supposed to look amazing BUT my gosh... 1st: The instruction could be a bit easier, didn't have an issue with them but could see someone else getting confused 2nd: Parts can be a bit difficult to detach and are very very fragile/bendable if you aren't careful 3rd: This model requires you to bend parts in specific ways but instructions don't indicate how/where you're supposed to bend it. In the instructions it just shows arrows that curves to show you you're supposed to bend it... Nothing was provided to help you or guide you, not even on the part itself. There's also other parts you need to bend to make a circle shape... Unless you have a tool that has the exact diameter of the circle they want it impossible to have something that doesn't look like a half scare half circle. Anything that is meant to be bent in a certain angle (like 90°) is fine but as soon as you need to curve the part, that's came over unless you have the correct tools. My model didn't end up looking like the one on paper, it ended up in the garbage after 2 days.

Looks nice but it's total garbage of a model when you get it. Pieces come already bent wrong on the sheet, Parts are needlessly fragile and if you even pick one up wrong you just wasted your money as it will bend out of shape or break with no warning. Directions are horrendous. I think this total line must be like this as I bought another one at the same time that was just as bad. If I could ask for a refund I would, but at the very least, I hope this review will at least keep on person from making the same mistake I did. Total waste of money.