The photos in the instructions are in 3D. The assembly pictures are red and green and out of focus. The lenses force you to focus the two images and give a dimensional view.
Instead of cutting out the lenses separately, I folded over the glasses and cut through two layers at the same time.
The red and green pieces are taped in place and the housing folded.
The tabs are folded over and glued down.
Somebody thought this was a good idea. Using the glasses the instruction images are hard to focus on. You can see the 3D effect but the gimmick falls short. I didn't use the glasses to assemble the model.
A few models don’t look like Expert builds from the cover picture, but that is only because you missed that the instructions are in 3D. Oh yes, not only are the instructions going to be hard to read, but you get the added difficulty of having a headache while following them.
ReplyDeleteOh, and it’s not your eyes being crossed, (I read) the patterns and cardstock were written in French.
Sweet!
Wow, they are not kidding around with those 3D instructions. I see Model Minutes G-75 Carrier instructions are also in 3D.
ReplyDeleteI also read the instructions are translated from French. I guess the patterns and cardstock from the Leduc 22 miss the translation step.
Still looks like a fun and challenging (on many levels) little rocket.
Hi Scott,
ReplyDeleteFrom a Chan Stevens review of the Model Minutes G-2000 Carrier on Rocket Reviews: "Since their recent re-entry into the US market, Model Minutes has managed to eliminate two of my biggest peeves with their instructions. #1 was the hokey 3-D glasses necessary to view the photos in the instructions, and #2 is the poorly translated (from French) instructions. These instructions were fairly well written, easy to follow, and don't require the use of glasses (the instructions do however incorrectly reflect the process for making the 3-D glasses)."
My instructions were in English. There was a few misspellings, but no real problems.