So I have been working on a Lightning for quite a few months due to having to step away from the project a few times off and on. Earlier in the project I worked on an Ares cockpit set for the plane including trimming all of the extra resin off of the cockpit tub pieces and getting the fit correct. Afterwards I put the kit down for 3 months or so due to business at work.
This past week I got back to it and finished painting the ares kit but now have a problem. The main part of the resin kit represents the bottom and back wall of the cockpit tub. The piece warped over the past few months as it was sitting unused. I am assuming that there was some internal stress on the part that caused it to warp once I removed all of the excess resin. The end result is that the floor of the cockpit tub bends downward towards the front.
Are these resin parts open to mild reshaping via judicious application of heat? I was thinking of warming it with a heat gun or maybe using something like the tea candle I use when stretching sprue. I dont need a huge change, maybe just a movement of 1/8" over the length of the part.
Thoughts?
John