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Italeri 1/48 H-21C Warped Canopy


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G'day people,

 

I was playing around with the main assemblies of this kit to determine if there would be any fit issues. Well I found one and boy, it's a biggie!

 

It appears that my canopy part is badly warped. The lower section bulges outwards too much with the result that it is too wide for the fuselage and the part is too shallow vertically to allow the top of the canopy to to reach the upper fuselage.

 

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This throws out the  whole windscreen angle as well.

 

It is like it has been squashed while the plastic was still cooling or something. I have sent off an e-mail to Italeri's customer help, hopefully I will get a reply soon.

 

In the meantime, if you have this kit, it may pay to check your parts, hopefully I am the only unlucky one!

 

cheers,

 

Pappy

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2 hours ago, Pappy said:

It appears that my canopy part is badly warped.

Sad to hear it, Pappy! 😼 Anyway, I hope that Italeri will sort out that problem for you and we’ll see your progress on Banana soon...

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