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Hi

I just receive my Marauder Destroyer and both wings are completly bend like bananas !
Have you any ideas how I can fix this without breaking everyting ? I heard about putting the pieces in hot water and then under press ?

Please help, I want to fix this freaking 400 $ bananes !

Many thanks

Very warm water, bend back to shape and hold. Resin will bend under it's own weight when it's warmed up. Just make a sink full of warm water, hold it in there and bend it while in the water. When you get your shape, take it out and hold it until it cools.

Also, friendly advice from experience with FW models. Cleanse it with soap water and a toothbrush, wash it again with soap water and when you think it's surely clean....clean it again. Their mold release is very difficult to remove and if you don't...your primer will simply bubble around it and not stick.

The only problem with the sink of hot water approach is that this heats up the whole thing and can cause further warping in other places while your concentrating on one part another is bending .

personally i use a hair dryer ,the heat can be localised giving more control over what your bending back into shape.

I also find that a mini rotary tool with cutting blades and sanding discs will make life alot easier for you .

When sanding and sawing, do it in a well ventilated area and wear a dusk mask. The dust is toxic and should be avoided.

When I have straighted warped pieces in the past I heated water in the microwave and have had a cool bath dip for rapid cooling of the part available.

Windex and Simple Green work pretty well on removing the mold release too.