Hello all. I’m returning to the hobby after a number of years and recently found this excellent forum. I’m getting started on building Revell’s 1/96 Cutty Sark (the big one) that I found on eBay. The kit arrived and looks to be complete, near as I can tell. But some of the parts are warped. Most concerning are the deck pieces; the foremost deck piece has a distinct bow to it that doesn’t look so good.
I figure I’ve got three options to deal with this:
- Just work with the pieces as-is and try my best to get it to look right;
- Find another kit on eBay or elsewhere and combine the part sets into one comprehensive one;
- Fix the parts
It’s this third option I’m looking for help on. I figure I could gently heat the warped pieces and attempt to get them back into shape, but I worry that I’ll make the problem worse. Has anyone had any experience with anything like this? Obviously I don’t know what caused the warpage in the first place, but the kit is probably fairly old and may have spent a decade in someone’s attic or garage. Any tips appreciated!
- Jeff