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Posted by Steve on April 27, 2026, 7:29:52, in reply to "Re: Technical question"
Kit is on ebay for $30 and pics of parts contents suggests maybe a thin flexible shape. I would cut the hull bottom open and maybe slots in the misshapen side to "relax" the shape then assemble the two halves with internal bracing. If you give up I would like to try to do it - no cost or guarantee. If I get the parts and believe it is not possible for me to fix I'll return as received at no cost to you. If fixed enough to assemble the kit it is at no cost to you. 
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Use a piece of plastic from the kit and work with hot water at various temperatures up to boiling to see where the plastic softens and cool down to see if the shape can be "hand" worked. The older kit plastic is usually hard and thicknesses of molded hull parts are not consistent. Using clamps will usually result in deforming the area under the clamp. Waterline hulls are usually easy to straighten but the results can surprise you with a pretzel. I have very good results with 700 scale single piece wl hulls. Based on your description the shape resulted in physical damage not molding deformation. Previous Message
bowl of boiling water a bowl of ice water clamps or something to hold and bend the hull to avoid boiling your hands, place hull in water till it bends freely then straighten and place and hold straight in ice water to hopefully set straight! repeat if required, try to only heat the bent area!
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No ,not resin rather it's plastic. Previous Message
Resin? I use hot water, a piece of glass and clamps, the fridge and room temp.
Place the warped part in very hot water and leave in the water submerged until you think the heat has penetrated completely. That is important, the core must be heated.
Clamp the piece securely to the sheet of glass, the retained heat will allow you to do this easily and without cracking the hull. Put it in the fridge (not freezer) and leave for a day. Remove and then let sit in ambience until no longer cold. Unclamp and straight as a die, and you have permanently removed the warp memory.
Take all necessary care when doing this. Previous Message
I have ship model with 2 hull halves . With one of them being warped out of shape. It's been said that with hot water this can be corrected. Has any one here ever done this ? If so how do you do this?
Thanks in advance.
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