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Dennis and John There really isn't any gap just a crack that keeps spreading. I've glued the crack thoroughly twice now and after the glue has dried, the crack has continued to spread. I've also drilled stop holes at the beginning and the end of the crack. I'm hoping my last 'fix' works as I've been trying to determine where the actual point of where the stress is. If it's inside the fuselage, I have no way of cutting into it. I'm hoping the area I cut last night works. See how it goes.

Dennis Thanks for the link. Heading over in a few

Thanks Carl I thought so and for military modelers, that's pretty meek.

Rob Looking fantastic and the PE work is astonishing to say the least. Always seems to be something with complicated builds, but my money is riding on you to come up with a perfect workaround.

John That's my next step. I'm guessing that pushing the wing trough the wing opening in the fuselage, it just didn't fit right and it's what is causing the stress cracks, but I have no way to open up the wing slot more then I did late last night. See how it goes.

Let's shoot the damn thing down and be done with it.🎯

Ernie, my Friend My deepest sympathies on the loss of your best friend, Flash. May he rest in peace as he flies west in blue skies. The memories and good times you shared will always be fresh and always with you.

With the Toy Fair now under way, except for RC cars and trucks and more cars and trucks, I can't find any show reports at all. Has anyone found some accurate news on new releases? 🤞

Dennis Perfect and we should all think about doing the same with other kits and manufactures. While the Kingfisher stress cracks are being repaired and drying, I started doing the prep work on my next build: The Revell Spitfire Mk IIa. I accumulated a good deal of Barracuda resin detail sets, the Quinta cockpit set and Eagle Cal decals. Been cleaning up mold lines and now I'm at the opposite end of the plastic scale: Monogram Kingfisher plastic: brittle and hard as a rock while the Revell's Spit plastic is almost butter soft. 😉

UPDATE: BAD TO WORSE Checked the repair and it didn't go well at all. After four or five hours last night, I checked the Kingfisher and the crack had spread way past the repair (nearly tripled in length) and also started working its way forward, under the trailing edge of the wing 🙁. I had no idea what to do but needed to take drastic steps. 1. I removed all the Tamiya White Putty from the underside of flap to relieve any pressure that I could from the brittle plastic. 2. I drilled a new stop hole at the rear end of the flap in the fuselage and will not fill it, hoping it acts to remove the actual stress I had to created when pushing (forcing) the wings into place - what I should have done, is widen the opening in the fuselage for the wing to pass through; same on me. 3. I drilled a new stop hole at the end of the crack line and am not going to fill it, since filling it with CA, alleviates the purpose of the stop hole - of course, I'm just guessing. 4. I completely sanded off all the paint over and around both cracks, filed the crack lines/areas smooth, using liberal amounts of Extra Thin to melts the plastic together in the cracks and now am letting everything dry for a good 24 - 48 hours (that's where I am now). Fingers crossed and hopefully this will work as I'm running out of ideas and options.

Thanks Martin A must build for me and as with all Revell kits, needs a bit of TLC and lots of AM .

Carl Glad to see you back working on the Vosper. The PE details look fantastic and some mighty fine work on the PE torpedo cradles; you absolutely have the touch.

Dennis Looking mighty good -= just keep going and I'm sure you are planning number five.

Chris I feel your pain with all the masking that the Big Cat needs, as the Kingfisher was the nearly the same but with a five-section greenhouse, tiny panels and nearly no relief on the framing to help ease the struggle. Not sure about the water spray effect the windshield wiper arcs will convey - as I have no idea how to create it. Tail section looks good blended in and thank goodness is 'done and finished.

Chris Looking mighty good up on her Nikes! Just love the "B" version and the decals, look just fine to me. Not following the instruction sequence - par for the course for me.

Gaz Sure looks good to me. And of course; when in a foiling mood - foil🎯

Thanks Gaz, much appreciated. I had my Oh No set back and did the repair as the guys suggested. See how it looks in the morning. Always something for sure.

Thanks John - somehow when it seems clear sailing ahead, something always upsets the applecart.

Thanks Guys for all the advice. I pooled all the suggestions and started the repair: 1. I very carefully sanded the crack out, back down to the bare plastic. 2. I drilled out holes at the beginning and end of the crack. 3. Then I filled in the stop holes with thin CCA and let dry. 4. I carefully went over the crack numerous times with Extra Thin and it's now drying. 5. After dinner I'll sand out the repair and see how it goes. 6. I had already masked out the area for some redo air brush work before seeing the crack and left the masks on. I'm hoping none of the glues worked their way up under the tape but I can deal with that if need be. Tomorrow, I'll sand, polish and re-prime the repair and then follow up with Tamiya LP-70. Fingers crossed 🤞 Thanks again for all the help and suggestions. Good friends to the rescue for sure🎯

Thanks Martin

Thanks John Misery loves company. Do I drill a dtrill hole at the start of the crack to prevent this from happening again?

Thanks Martin. Do I first need to drill a hole right at the point on the fuselage and the trailing edge to relieve the stress point? Why is it, nothing these days is ever easy.

OH NO This morning I sanded and re-did any areas that needed help that I saw in the photographs from the other day. What I though was a scratch, wasn’t but a CRACK! All I can figure out is the two fuselage halves are slid over the wings and the fit was tight. I must have used a bit too much senior force way back at the beginning and now a crack has appeared. I just blew up the area of the crack so you can see it begins at the trailing edge. I’m not sure if it still spreading but I do here a cracking noise sometimes when holding the modeling. I have no idea how to fix the crack so it will no longer keep spreading. My other thought is on a model this old, the plastic could also have become very brittle as it aged. Who knows why or what. My only concern is how to stop the crack from spreading and then I’ll need to fill, sand and repaint again. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Extreme blow up of the crack

Ernie Right with you for sure

Scott Absolutely do - it's a huge part of the hobby.