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So I've been assembliing my storm eagle and I've hit a snag, the main hull pieces were still pretty warped and the front hatch is way out of line as you can see in the picture below. What's my best course of fixing this? Should I tear it apart and start again or should I try adding plasticard to cover the gaping holes?

tear it apart, you will thank me when you get it right man

Welcome to Dakka! Hmm, now not to sound overly harsh, but stop working on this model right now Storm Eagles ain't cheap, and I think you're in real danger of making mistakes that can't be corrected. You're using way too much glue to make up for warped parts that weren't corrected before you started putting it together. You've also got chunks of sprue that have not been removed from the front hull. The Storm Eagle is a notoriously difficult kit, and even experienced model builders spend many hours trying to get this kit together.

See if you can find a commission artist that would be willing to assemble the model for you. Maybe someone local that you can trust to do a good job.

Pull it apart. Do NOT try and fill those gaping holes.

Is it the resin parts that are warped? They can be unwarped.

Pull the sucker apart, the warped resin parts, soak them in hot water (I use something close to boiling, tap water I find isn't hot enough). If it's a thick part you'll have to let it sit for a while so it heats through. Once it's warmed up, it'll be flexible and you can straighten the parts out, as they cool they'll go hard again.

Before pulling out the glue, test fit, lots and lots of test fitting. Get the best fit you can before you pull out the glue and try to minimise and gaps. If you get small gaps you can use a filler, but aim to have SMALL gaps, like, less than 1mm. If the gap is so big that you would consider using plasticard to fill it then you probably buggered up.

Do lots of googling on how to assemble forge world models, how to assemble resin models, etc.

 the_Armyman wrote:
See if you can find a commission artist that would be willing to assemble the model for you. Maybe someone local that you can trust to do a good job.

I can appreciate not wanting people to waste their money, but they aren't going to learn anything if they don't try.

It's up to the individuals to decide whether or not they can afford to spend their money learning on expensive kits. Pretty much all FW kits are expensive, so when it comes to learning how to deal with FW resin, it's never going to be cheap.

There is a wealth of information about fixing storm eagles in this thread

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/507545.page

Some of te techniques are beyond me, but overall it might give you some idea about how to approach it

If you can, disassemble and then reassemble. When you reassemble it, make sure that the craft's components are lining up properly. For warped parts, try gently bending them to their correct shapes if possible, be VERY CAREFUL doing this though. Also as mentioned earlier, you shouldn't need so much glue.

Best of luck!

This picture was AFTER Iunbent the hull pieces. I took the model apart and bent it some more, haven't gotten a great fit yet but it's getting better. This model is driving me crazy though.

How are you 'unbending'?

Warped resin should be placed in warm water and gently corrected.

The Storm Eagle is a notoriously difficult kit, so it;s no surprise that it's driving you crazy. I would say, before doing too much to it, look around the web for other Storm Eagle builds and see what others did to correct the problems.

for thicker parts I use a hair dryer on low heat - works quickly and you can control which part of the resin is heated to bend