revell mh-53j pave low 1/72 (Help Please!!)

Welcome to the forums! If it's Revell, I'd take it apart, and assuming something breaks (which it probably will), you can then order a replacement part from Revell. To minimize the chances of losing a part, you should try to cut through the glue and filler - my choice would be a hook knife (a tool used for scribing and cutting plastic sheets/plates) and/or a razor saw - a tool you can buy or make yourself by cutting fine teeth in an old razor blade (I mean that old, thin, flexible, replaceable blade). That's about all I can think of now. You have a great chance to test your glue joints for strength now and you learn th hard way to align everything properly... Good luck with your build - and post some pictures! Have a nice day

Paweł

thanks. i'll up load some pics for you and see what you think 

hhhmmmm, this may seem like a dumb question but how do i upload pics? 

 thanks again

notice the sensors angeling slightly to the right toward the top of the pic (below) 

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I don't see anything off in the pics.  I would leave it as is.  It looks like a pretty nice build so far.  It would be a shame to ruin that nice finish.  Good job.

thanks. the sensors are off a the tiniest little bit (hard to tell from pics) but i think your right and its not worth doing anything about.

thanks  

I'd say so too. The bug is too slight to risk making it a lot worse... Keep 'em comin' and have a nice day

Paweł

[Is it just me or do the tanks look too big and too low. is this the kit's fault or could it be mine?

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They look fine to me.  You are being too critical.  Your model looks great.  Once you finish it up, you should take some good pics of it against a solid background.  Good job so far.

your right again, thanks. the build should be done withing a week (depending on how much homework i get) then i will post some more pics

thanks again, James  

This hobby is full of us OCD types. At some point we have to remember that the only we see the issues. None of use would have ever seen the "issue" with the sensors if had not pointed it out. Point made that even with the photos we couldn't see it.

your right. i think my mind palyed it out (the issue) to be much worse than it actualy was.now i don't care at all that the sencors are mis aligned by 1 degrees or somthing. unless i look hard at them and get a ruler or a protractor i just don't notice it. that was a good point to be made, thanks. 

heres my MH-53j Pave Low III  completed. the kit is great but is discontinued and hard to get your hands on. it took me about 6 weeks and here are the pics of the finnished product. hope you like it. all comments and tips are welcome, thanks. 

P.S. sorry about the bad(ish) camera, and the posters in the background. 

here i am showing it on the shelf with my c-130j in the background

and here i am showing the size diference between it and an OH-58D 

Lookin' good! Keep 'em comin' and have a nice day

Paweł

That 53 is looking very nice!  What OH-58 kit is that?  That looks like a fun build/project.

thanks, pawel and rotorhead10. the oh-58 is Italeri's 1:72 oh-58d kiowa (kit number 1185) with a scratch built IR jammer on the tail boom, it's a very nice little kit.