What's the hardest Battletech mini to assemble?

[Euphonium]

The Project Phoenix Thunderbolt and Phoenix Hawk. I had such a bad time failing to assemble those two that I haven't bought a mini since.

if I ever decide to buy start buying unassembled minis again I will want to know in advance how many parts there are and have seen a full assembly guide. I want to play BT with reasonable-looking minis, not spend forever trying to assemble and paint the bloody things

[Colt Ward]

I had such a bad time failing to assemble those two that I haven't bought a mini since.

if I ever decide to buy start buying unassembled minis again I will want to know in advance how many parts there are and have seen a full assembly guide. I want to play BT with reasonable-looking minis, not spend forever trying to assemble and paint the bloody things

I felt the same way, only buying things with four or five pieces- like the Starslayer.  But I will say the latest minis from TRO3145/3150 have been pretty good, even if they have a lot of parts.  A few still slipped through (how do the butt flaps on the otherwise awesome Havoc stay? the arms as mentioned on the Savage Wolf) but otherwise I have been quite happy even with some that have more parts.  For instance, I was a fan of the new Shadow Hawk mini- I need to get it on the table at some point.

[Sapphirus]

The original Marauder IIC. Trying to get those legs to stay on the hip joints 'till the glue dried was a bitch!

Even clamping, once they were removed one of the hips separated.

Not to mention that the side mounted ER Small Lasers are also a bitch to assemble.  And thus I resorted to paperclips

[DarkSpade]

What was the mech they sold from the battlepods one year at gencon?  I must have reglued every joint on that thing at least once.  Some needed another regluing even after going back pinning!

[Sapphirus]

What was the mech they sold from the battlepods one year at gencon?  I must have reglued every joint on that thing at least once.  Some needed another regluing even after going back pinning!

either the Ostroc, the Ostsol or the Ostscout (Pre-classics) (I'm trying to remember without searching)

[YingJanshi]

For me, the PP Marauder was a nightmare, though I will say it looks awesome once I got it finished.

But the hardest...the PP Scorpion. Was one of the first minis I bought over a decade ago...legs still aren't attached.

[DarkSpade]

either the Ostroc, the Ostsol or the Ostscout (Pre-classics) (I'm trying to remember without searching)

Those aren't it.  This was a brick of metal.  Bird legged with a missile launcher over each shoulder.  Arms had no hands, just 3 gun barrels below the elbow.

[CranstonSnord]

The Deimos. IWM did a resculpt, but it's just scaled down, and has some fit issues.

[DarkSpade]

The Deimos. IWM did a resculpt, but it's just scaled down, and has some fit issues.

That's it!

[sadlerbw]

The Deimos. IWM did a resculpt, but it's just scaled down, and has some fit issues.

I recall the arms and missile launcher boxes did not play well together. They both wanted to be in the same space. Other than that, it went together pretty well.

However, that reminded me of the Bruin and it’s arms. I believe my final solution to getting them to stay was to use a pin bent at a 90 degree angle and slobbing a whole bunch of super glue on them! I gave up trying to get the little triangle bit to work.

[Force of Nature]

The Damn You, err.. I mean the Diamyo.

The legs were an absolute PITA. I fought them for 30 minutes with super glue gel and an accelerant even...

[StoneRhino]

The Mauler. The head, who in the world designed the head?! How tiny do they think our fingers are? I have used tools , but the head just gets squeezed and pops out and gets stuff stuck to it.

[qc mech3]

The big one for me now is the PP warhammer with its beeping legs/feet assembly. The Tbolt work if you decide to pin one foot midair and I strangely got no problem with the Scylla.

With what I ear, I don't think I'll want a Tiburon soon.

[ANS Kamas P81]

The Mauler. The head, who in the world designed the head?! How tiny do they think our fingers are? I have used tools , but the head just gets squeezed and pops out and gets stuff stuck to it.

"See, the ejection system Quirk even appears in the miniature!"

[RoundTop]

"See, the ejection system Quirk even appears in the miniature!"

Tweezers, gel superglue, and rough the surface before gluing it.

[Sartris]

i had to bring this back because i opened up a shamash blister i didn't have time to get to before the move this summer. whoever came up with the bumper (especially the part where you have to cut off the delicate little piece from a giant slab of pewter) deserves to be on Santa's naughty list.

[Luciora]

I've disavowed that one existing ever since I found out it wasn't an assault.

The Targe-2N can be pretty tricky. Too rough with those legs and  :flame:

[Sartris]

is it just basically a 1:1 port of the DA targe?

also i made an 80 ton variant of the targe to match the gargantuan mini

[JadeHellbringer]

i had to bring this back because i opened up a shamash blister i didn't have time to get to before the move this summer. whoever came up with the bumper (especially the part where you have to cut off the delicate little piece from a giant slab of pewter) deserves to be on Santa's naughty list.

You there! Pull the Svantovit off your Christmas miniature lists.  ;D

[Sartris]

You there! Pull the Svantovit off your Christmas miniature lists.  ;D

I’ve already assembled four  xp

[Liam's Ghost]

First version of the project phoenix Marauder.

As Monbvol says "friends don't let friends buy marauders"

[Garrand]

First version of the project phoenix Marauder.

As Monbvol says "friends don't let friends buy marauders"

My MAD got partially assembled, then I knocked it off the desk by accident & it shattered. It's still in a box somewhere...

Damon.

[JadeHellbringer]

My MAD got partially assembled, then I knocked it off the desk by accident & it shattered. It's still in a box somewhere...

Damon.

I did the same with the Jupiter when it came out. Got it mostly built, caught it on a shirt sleeve and smashed it on the floor... realized the miniature was awful and didn't touch it for a couple of years after. (Still sucks. One of the only decade-old miniatures I won't strip and redo because I don't want to rebuild it and I don't think it'll be worth the effort to polish that turd anyway.)

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Wasn't there an issue of the Jupiter's head not actually fitting on the mini?

[Kit deSummersville]

I think it was based on Hellbie in real life, so that would make sense....

 :P

[Colt Ward]

The Jupiter is one of those mechs with a good load-out (acknowledging that LRM15s are the worst size of that launcher & UAC/5 gets hate) but the art and mini just make me dislike it- though I have only seen the MWDA Jupiter and not a IWM built one.  Since it comes from that period when minis were made with lots of bits & more complicated than they had to be I am not surprised.

Seeing all the bits/fins on the Celestials, I paid faithless to assemble the 3 pack of them sold to compliment the Wolf & Dragon I think.

[Garrand]

I have to take exception. The Jupiter is INFINITELY easier to assemble than the PP MAD. I'd sooner get another Jupiter than a MAD any day, even though I like the PP MAD.

Damon.

[Sartris]

I’m just glad they don’t put the feet in a fixed base like the Uziel Argus and Chimera any more

[Colt Ward]

Did not have a problem with the Argus.  The Crab's feet/leg in a split base was a bit annoying however.

[JadeHellbringer]

Sometime I'll need to snap photos of my custom Jupiter-3... I got Mr. Balk to customize it years ago, and had Jal Phoenix paint it in JF Alpha markings. used Tundra Wolf legs to get rid of the awful ones the Jupiter came with (the MWDA miniatures both used the same legs, so it still looked right), had HAGs custom-made where the LRMs used to be, etc.- very spiffy.