Warped Piece

One AM · Post by **One AM** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:03 pm

I'm in the process of sanding the raised lines off of an AMT Enterprise-D, and while dry-fitting the pieces together I noticed that the main secondary hull piece is warped such that the starboard nacelle sits tilted a bit upwards and inwards, noticeable when compared to the properly aligned port nacelle.

If this were resin I'd heat some water and try that, but it's styrene. Does anyone know any good tricks for fixing this, or should I get a Nebula conversion kit and start working on my other copy of the D (which I hope doesn't have the problem; I haven't checked yet)?

rpauly · Post by **rpauly** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:53 pm

The water trick works with styrene as well.

Post by **TER-OR** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:42 pm

Why do I always get the warped one?!?
-Gov. Wm. J. Lapetomane.

One AM · Post by **One AM** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:02 pm

Oh, it does? Good to know. About how hot should the water be?

Post by **TER-OR** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:52 pm

Not quite boiling, maybe 180F. Let the piece warm up, take it out and use the counter or something else flat to correct the part.