Hi all, looking for some input on this situation. When I glued the fuselage together and then the tailplanes I noticed the alignment was awful. The rear was at an angle. Nothing I did, it’s just made wrong. Does anyone else have this kit and did it happen to you? It’s the 79th fighter group kit. I’m very disappointed and frankly don’t agree that this brand ranks with Tamiya. Now, what to do? I bought it on Squadron quite some time ago and don’t have the receipt. I’m going to call the customer service on Monday and see if they can look at my ordering history but I wonder if I’m screwed? Kit wasn’t cheap even though it was on sale at the time. I think I paid around 60 or so.
I have this particular kit in question in my stash. I have not heard anything about this kit so I am wondering, can you heat the plastic and re wrap it back again? Maybe it was just a bad batch?
I’ll have to look at mine but I do not know if I can tell with out truly dry fitting it… I’ll check in the morn…
Flaps up,
Mike
Rangers Lead The Way
Were the parts warped or was the alignment awful after you put the parts together? I have built 2 of these kits and had no problems with aligning the tailplanes. Can you post a picture so we can see what you are refering to?
Thanks for the responses men. I think the fuselage is shaped wrong, like you said could be a bad batch. I can’t post pics as I don’t have a digital camera. Best I can describe is if you look down the length of the plane the rear looks crooked. The stabilizers are almost at 30 degree angle! Not a happy camper right now. If I can get credit and if Tamiya makes a 1/32 P-47, I’ll go for that.
Tamiya doesn’t make a 1/32 P-47. Trumpeter does, as did/does Revell. Good luck getting the credit. I can’t see a fuselage getting warped that much thouugh, especially as both halves would have to warp and be able to be put together to get the way you mentioned?
I built that kit last year and i must say it is a very good kit, I had no fit issues with it at all. You might have a bad one. but all the guys that i know who built that kit say its a great kit. Hope you can sort your problem out.
Mike
Zar: I had a revelle kit once was like that I first lay model on its side, see if fusalodge is bowed. Then place model in hot water not boiling just good and hot. let plastic warm up good .Lay model on side bow up gentley push down until bow dissapears. Let model cool this should straighten fusealodge out . I used to work molding machines sounds to me like there was dirt on mold faces ,and they did’nt close tight. This is the reason I quit bying Revell kits that and there nothing more than a box full of flash plastic. hope this works for you good luck[blns][:D] Aceses5
Are you saying it’s #1 or #2?
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Ain’t nothing wrong with Revell’s 1/32 scale birds, Ace… Occasionally there’s some warpage because they molded their large parts so thin, and flash is just part of game with those old molds… Ya gotta consider the age of those kits and the numbers that got molded during their 1/32 scale haydays in the 60’s & 70s… I got around a dozen or so 1/32 scale Revell fighters and there isn’t much flash on any of them… Where there is, its pretty negligable on the large parts, and a bit more on parts like pitot tubes struts… Nothing a good ol’ X-Acto-blade can’t handle…
Rather than the hot water technique, I use a blow dryer and start twisting the fuselage back into shape… Heat, twist, heat, twist, etc… I use a pane of window glass to check the progress…
Hans, number one. Thanks to all for the continued input.
Hans: I recently started the Spad13 that is one of the kits I reffered to as being very flashey it was one of the kits imported from Germany. Were these molds used back in 50’s 60’ and 70’s? Are there any Revelle kits still made over in the Chicago plant.[^o)] Acese5
Ya, you got some heat-forming to do… Hopefully, you have glued the fuselage halves together yet… If you have, I don’t know of any easy way to fix it… It’ll still require heat, but I’m not gonna say that it’s fixable… Too much heat in too small an area will make a twist in it that will wrinkle the skin and I’m afraid that, to get the fuselage soft enough to twist will deform some thinner areas…
Hate to say it, but this one may be a candidate for a crash-scene diorama…
Oh yeah, the original 1/28th Revell aircraft (SPAD, Camel, & DR I) are pretty flashy… Those molds were made in the late 50s…