You should hopefully get Revell to replace the aparts or part. Mechanical sensors and such weren't that sensitive to those kind of variances. Remember, this was BEFORE computer sensors and such to control the machines behavior. They sent the others back and we ground the plastic up and re-used it. When we got it fixed we had a week's overtime re-doing that order. Brittle spots and hidden fracture points were the result. So Particles of unmelted plastic got mixed in with the flowing plastic. The barrel heat on the machine messed up in the output section next to the mold. Well, one time we had some problems with barrel heats on some of the number two machine's output. They sent the plastic to us, We did the molding. When I worked for AVECOR plastics in the late 70's( Just days after Discharge from Uncle Sam's Misguided Children) we did the A/C and Boats for Wen-Mac and another company. What can I do (just shy of buying another kit which I just don't have the cash for) Otherwise, I have an underater depth charge dio and to be truthful, I don't think it would survive submerged in resin if it can't even handle Testor glue. My only hope is to see if Revell would supply another set of hull halves. With all other alignment pins set, the bow was 1-2mm shy of mating properly and require some pressure to get flush, then taped. The only thing I can say is that the port half of the hull did not line up at the bow properly. This kit was NEVER mishandled or dropped. Then I take the tape off to look at the rest of the hull and there is another spot that looked like it hit a mine. Blue painters tape used to hold it together. Testors Glue used sparingly putting the hull halves together. I actually had my Revell 1:72 type VII-C decide to disintergrate right before my eyes. In all my days of modeling, I have NEVER had this happen. Not about to buy another $200 kit just for hull halves. So instead of hoping for the best, I've prepared for the worst and puttied over both sides of the damaged grills. I find that rather odd since they photoetch every other inch of the Type VII-C, except those particular grills. UPDATE: Eduard replied to my inquiry and they do not make that part for the VII-C. Can anyone direct me to a vendor who might carry such? I know I'd have to buy the whole sheet(s) of PE, but I really would like to have those drain vents instead of puttying them up, as I already done. I have been searching for photo etched drains for that particular area but it seems Eduard and White Ensign (looking at their PE) didn't offering those particular vents on their sheets. Except the dremmel decided to go thru the styrene at the vents by the aft hydroplanes. I had been rather successful at grinding down the insides of the hull halves in order to carve out the drains. At the aft section by the stern planes is an assortment of drain holes. I have been cutting out the drain holes on my Revell 1:72 Uboat. I'll toss this question in this forum since I can't seem to find the right area for it.
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