Toby's Great War effort part 2.1/72 MD Bristol Scout.Stalled

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Re: Toby's Great War effort part 2. 1/72 MD Bristol Scout

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TobyC wrote:Thought I'd use super glue for sticking the struts. WRONG!!
Hopefully I can salvage the resulting disaster. :cry:
Good luck. I managed to rescue the Albatros when that happened, so it can be done!
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AndrewR wrote:
Good luck. I managed to rescue the Albatros when that happened, so it can be done!
I hope so as it was starting to look really good.
Hey ho these things are sent to try us :mrgreen:
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Not looking good. My attempts to resurrect this have not gone well with the main struts now being a total disaster. I think the problem lay in me not fitting them correctly in the first place hence throwing everything else out. I may well bin this and start something else. :cry:
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I'm calling a halt to this for the moment whilst I have a rethink.
It may look ok but it's not.

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I had trouble with this kit too, it was paused over a year ago and hasn't been restarted. Still, you got further than I did!!. :grin:
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Don't bin it :omg
It just needs the struts reworking a bit.
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AndrewR wrote:Don't bin it :omg
It just needs the struts reworking a bit.
What he said!
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Thanks guys. I think I just need to get away from it for a while and then start again. I will be doing another bipe in a couple of days. I'm using the falling off horse, getting back on it straight away theory :mrgreen:
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When you come back to it; if you need to remove the struts, superglue release meant for fingers will work on the joints. A little bit of release worked into the joint with a paint brush then left for a short time [30 seconds will often do] and the joint will come apart clean. I've never had the release affecting paintwork.
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