エアロベースThe Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 – Deluxe Metal Aerobase Aviation Model from Japan

Order a couple of these and allocate a bit of quiet time. Nimble fingers are a must. Keep your temper in check. Buy a pair of reading glasses and a desk lamp. As indicated, this kit is rather small and will require care when seperating the individual pieces. A decent pair of cutters should set you back about twenty bucks. It's not a toy! It's a top rate kit---you'll be very pleased with the end result! A unique item.

Very happy with the item. My only dissatisfaction was that after reading other reviews of this seller where Canada Post was referenced as the deliverer, my item came via FedEx so I was hit with an approximately 25% duty/taxes etc. charge.

Great find and great price. Very fast, thank you.

Terrible. Impossible to put together, fell apart. Save your money.

Pretty...Love it(☆_☆)

This kit is a bit harder then I expected. I suggest you don't totally follow the instructions, it will make some assembling job extremely difficult. But luckily, this kit is very accurate, each parts fit very well. Good tool is quite necessary. In all, this kit worth it's price.

In terms of style, this is a tough model and it requires a lot of patience and some decent tools.The packaging itself was quite ok. Although the box was a bit smushed during the trip from Japan, none of the parts can get damaged that way, so don't worry about the packaging. When you open the package and look at the parts, you will see the precision and design that went into the model. I think just this work alone deserves the price paid.In order to handle the parts you need a very good pair of scissors and tweezers with pointy and bent tips. Do not use a blunt tip tweezer. It must be pointy and bent. You will understand why. The model parts are made of steel, but they are quite thin, so the model scissor for plastics will work fine. Just pay a lot of attention when cutting the wires, because they get bent easily.The model is mostly built without using a glue (you will need it only couple of times), so you have to push very little pieces through very little holes and bent their tips without damaging the overall structure. You might need a magnifying glass if your eyesight is not sharp. And dont cut your nails short. You will need them too.The assembly is not easy, I will be honest. The key point is "take your time". Read and check everything 5 times before doing it, because any mistake will not be easy to correct. I did two mistakes in terms of breaking the folding points of two parts, but the model was designed in such a way that it "tolerates" a number of mistakes without destroying everything, so you can keep on building the model.After all the patience and hard work, the result is brilliant. It looks very elegant and expensive compared to classical plastic models out there in the marked (done that too).Edit after completing the model: It turned out out one of the engine pieces was wrong. I also found the quality of the engine pieces lower than the rest of the model so I had to paint it with silver. That is why I gave 4 stars. Otherwise, everything else was really nicely done.

商品説明に「接着剤不要！」と書かれていますが、接着剤は必要でした。商品に含まれている組み立て説明書には2液混合型のエポキシ接着剤を用意するように書かれています。手元にエポキシ接着剤がなかったので3Dプリンタの透明レジンで代用しましたが、それでも大丈夫そうです。

出来上がりは写真で見たそのものの様に綺麗に仕上がります。但し、とても薄い金属のパーツなので取り扱いには注意が必要です。すぐ曲がったり、破断したりしやすいと思います。あと、先端部分はエポキシパテが必要となってきます。(ホームセンターで手に入るかと…)サイズは15～20cm位でしょうか?　ちょっと小柄です。インテリアとして飾るのにとてもいいと思います。(値段がチョット高いかなぁ～?)

半日ほどで完成しました。が、ステンレス製ということで素材が結構硬く、パーツの切り離しとツメの折り曲げにちょっと力が要りました。メタナノ用のニッパとラジオペンチを使いました。ピンセットではちょっと苦戦するかも。

組み立てる時間は、３時間程で終わりました。全体的に大きいので、難しい所は有りませんでした。プラケースに入れて飾っています。