jpeeler wrote:
Thanks for the photos, Jim. That does help - and that is a doozy of a warp.
For whatever it's worth, the way I would address this would be to locate three or four areas along the hull where there's no detail, or whatever detail is there can be easily replaced. From the bottom, make some relief cuts about halfway to two-thirds up the hull (but not all the way through, since you don't want to damage anything on the flight deck). Then apply whatever heat method you're going to use to soften up the hull, straighten the hull out and clamp it down so it will set flat, and then leave it be until it's hardened.
Once it's set, fill the relief cuts with plastic held in place with CA or epoxy and sand off the excess, then use whatever filler you normally use for finishing, replace whatever detail you may have lost, and then proceed as you otherwise would.
I make no warranties on this method; it's just the one I would use if my kit had this problem.
Jodie Peeler
just don't use softwoods like pine because they bleed pitch when heated.
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