Moebius MkII Viper

[DocSavage]

Being a recent returnee to the wonderful world of plastic wrangling after many years in the wilderness I decided to hold off attempting my old Halcyon Aliens APC until having done something to test out what skills I did have "back in the day".

Well hello you gorgeous little BSG MkII Viper from Moebius you

Alas however, upon doing a dry run I discovered the cockpit rear/tail section support has suffered a mis-mould on one half of the main fuselage...

This is clearly gonna make life difficult!!

I've tried gently warming things up and pushing back into place but the thickness of the connecting plastic underneath is preventing this

In my frustration my next course of action was to cut the bleeder off and re-seat it with added internal support for good measure - but before I do a total hatchet job are any of you out there proficient at correcting these sorts of manufacturing mistakes and/or familiar enough with the kit to offer possible solutions.

Any and all suggestions gratefully received - I bow to your collective superior knowledge

[spitfire23bc]

Hi DocSavage

Looks like one of the undercarriage legs on my Viper model (thankfully I was planning on building it with the gear up).

I can't offer much insight on the heating/reshaping, but I can suggest that the deformed bit won't actually be very visible once everything is glued together. The only visible bit is the central intake and the part immediately behind the canopy, which doesn't look too difficult to correct with some plasticard and/or filler.

If you do a dry fit of the side intake pieces, you'll see that there's a fair bit of filling and sanding required anyway so, as long as you can get everything to fit in the right place, any corrective work won't need to be overly exact.

Here's the end result of my labours on this model.

Dan

Edited June 2, 2012 by spitfire23bc

[DocSavage]

Thanks for that Dan

And your build is totally frakkin' awesome BTW

Thanks for setting the bar so high!!

[spitfire23bc]

No problem; glad to be of assistance

Thanks for the kind words. There are quite a few bits on mine that look like it was build by a hamfisted oaf, but the photos show the good bits!

Dan

[Arronax]

Cut the part away using the actual joining lines on the part. Use a razor saw or a Dremel at slow speed. Reposition the part and fill the gaps with putty. Sand, etc.

Dan is completely correct in saying that this part is barely visible on the completed model but it has to be the correct shape for the remaining parts to fit.

[DocSavage]

Thanks Arronax - having done a full dry run it does push the tail section/engine housings out so needs sorting

Back to plan a - cut the bleeder off!!!

[jargonking]

I think your best bet is to remove it with a razor saw, cement it together and clean up then re-attach.

Here's my Facebook album of my build which has some assembly shots which might be useful...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/med...6013&type=1

[jargonking]

Also I found it easier to assemble the whole rear nacelle assembly first then attach the wings and tailfin. I only attached the forward fuselage and engines at the very end. To do it this way you will need to modify the tabs on the wings and fin but it makes for a cleaner assembly.