Polar Lights Enterprise (Star Trek)

S*IT!! Port nacelle just snapped off while I was trying to hold it in the proper position until the superglue cured.

Left to its own devices, the nacelle won't settle into the proper orientation, so I was hoping hold it long enough for the glue to do its thing. Guess I applied too much force.

SHIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!

Mike (ODO)

sounds like an instant Klingon battle diorama!

Craig

OK. Now my butt is truly kicked by this thing. I thought I'd bring out the SECRET WEAPON: 2-part 5-minute epoxy. Maybe I didn't get the proportions quite right because this stuff has worked like gangbusters before.

But after holding the damn pieces together for well over 5 minutes, the stuff just didn't harden. So I'm left with two stinky, slimy pieces of styrene that AREN'T STUCK TOGETHER. So I wiped 'em off and let 'em be for the rest of the day.

Gonna have another go at it on another day. And to think I've got to build ANOTHER of these monsters before Xmas!

Mike (ODO)

that nacelle didn't fit right for me either...must be a design flaw,probably to allow them to eject the warp drive at high velocity!

Wasn't the nacelle thing the SAME problem we all had with the original AMT kits? One went in fine and the second was impossible to get level, etc. Amazing after almost 40 years of the USS Enterprise, no one can build a kit that can solve the nacelle problem.

Geez. think I will donate mine to the Xmas toy drive and be done with it.

Craig

I used to epoxy a piece of in a piece of coat hanger wire inside the hull, cut off the nacelle mounting tabs, dowell the wire up both the nacelle booms, and fair it all in with more epoxy!

No original Enterprise offering yet, but those Bandai Star Trek kits don't have any nacelle fit or durability problems.

ONE hell. Mine were so $%^# up that when I got to the decal sheet my only real choice was the USS Constellation.

Trekkers will understand.

WmB

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real choice was

IIRC, it took close to 5 tries before the pylon design finally worked. There must be a ton of Constellations out there. ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Sounds like mine went on relatively easy. They do tend to pop off if not handled carefully, but I haven't glued them on yet (quick build for a review). It took a bit of fiddling, but they are lined up right.

Dom

Use glue. For the love of god, use glue! Gotta make another one before Xmas, and that's the plan.

As for the port nacelle that snapped off? I mixed up some more 2-part epoxy and MADE it stay on. I think the joint is stronger than the original one.

I *spanked* this bad girl into obedience. This kit is my b*tch!!

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!

Sorry guys...got a little carried away. Seriously, use glue.

Mike (ODO)

just don't sniff it