Comments on: Laser-cut, laser-etched flat-pack metal model kits http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 03:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: kstop http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1505646 kstop Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1505646 Needle-nose pliers are your friend. Or, as Cory mentioned, tweezers.  Needle-nose pliers are your friend. Or, as Cory mentioned, tweezers. 

]]> By: mrgreenfur http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1505228 mrgreenfur Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1505228 I got the Big Ben one as a present and it's basically garbage. The metal is pointy and hurts your fingers as you try to make all the tiny folds it needs. The connections are so small that you need to be a watchmaker to put them together. I fumbled with it for 30 minutes and then after getting a million tiny cuts, threw the whole thing away in frustration. DO NOT BUY. I got the Big Ben one as a present and it’s basically garbage. The metal is pointy and hurts your fingers as you try to make all the tiny folds it needs. The connections are so small that you need to be a watchmaker to put them together. I fumbled with it for 30 minutes and then after getting a million tiny cuts, threw the whole thing away in frustration. DO NOT BUY.

]]> By: Jim Turley http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1505090 Jim Turley Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1505090 It's a cable car, not a trolley car.  In San Francisco, at least, there's a difference. It’s a cable car, not a trolley car.  In San Francisco, at least, there’s a difference.

]]> By: eldrick http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1505050 eldrick Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1505050 Meanwhile, back here in reality, SF cablecars do not have 16 wheels sticking out past the sides. Meanwhile, back here in reality, SF cablecars do not have 16 wheels sticking out past the sides.

]]> By: mjfgates http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1504992 mjfgates Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1504992  About a decade and a half ago, somebody used to make photoetch doll houses, in 1/144 scale.Basically the same idea as these, only larger and simpler.  About a decade and a half ago, somebody used to make photoetch doll houses, in 1/144 scale.Basically the same idea as these, only larger and simpler.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1504935 Robert Baruch Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1504935 My hands are bleeding with tiny little cuts just looking at that thing! My hands are bleeding with tiny little cuts just looking at that thing!

]]> By: Roy Trumbull http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1504898 Roy Trumbull Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1504898 I have a very nice wooden cable car purchased in Tamal, CA.. Tamal is the post office right outside of San Quentin prison. It spares the families who have kin inside the state hotel from having the prison's name on their letters. Across the road is a gift shop of items made by prisoners and many of them are of very high quality. I have a very nice wooden cable car purchased in Tamal, CA.. Tamal is the post office right outside of San Quentin prison. It spares the families who have kin inside the state hotel from having the prison’s name on their letters. Across the road is a gift shop of items made by prisoners and many of them are of very high quality.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1504887 Jeff Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1504887 Amazon has another 15 listed under Metal Marvels.  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_toys-and-games?_encoding=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Metal%20Marvels&node=165793011 Amazon has another 15 listed under Metal Marvels. 
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_toys-and-games?_encoding=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Metal%20Marvels&node=165793011

]]> By: kstop http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1504861 kstop Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1504861 There's a company called Aerobase at http://www.aerobase.jp/ (which I think is just one ex-Tamiya employee) that makes similar metal models, but photo-etched and with more of a modeler's sensibility to them. Their Bendix Gee-Bee pylon model is my favourite.  I found the kits at the store in the Japan Pavilion in EPCOT, and treat myself to one every time I'm dragged to Disneyworld, but you can get them online. There’s a company called Aerobase at http://www.aerobase.jp/ (which I think is just one ex-Tamiya employee) that makes similar metal models, but photo-etched and with more of a modeler’s sensibility to them. Their Bendix Gee-Bee pylon model is my favourite. 

I found the kits at the store in the Japan Pavilion in EPCOT, and treat myself to one every time I’m dragged to Disneyworld, but you can get them online.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1504843 Preston Sturges Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1504843 most kids would rather just have the laser. most kids would rather just have the laser.

]]> By: Noddy Ninetythree http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/laser-cut-laser-etched-flat-p.html#comment-1504840 Noddy Ninetythree Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176065#comment-1504840 but the entire catalog can be had at http://www.innovatoys.com/metal-works or so says the website you directed me to. but the entire catalog can be had at http://www.innovatoys.com/metal-works or so says the website you directed me to.

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