I was working on a 1/72 P-47 this weekend. It's a Revell kit and it was fitting together beautifully.
I had the whole assembly done. And brought it to my workbench in the basement to spray it with aluminum metallizer. I got the whole plane sprayed, and left it to dry.
About an hour or so later I came back to find the engine cowl had split! There is crack that runs from the front of the cowl, to the back, right on top. It just split open. I've never had this happen before.
Could the paint drying have caused enough stress on the plastic to split it?
The only other thing I can think of is temperature change. My basement is about 55F, compared to upstairs which is about 68-70F. Now, the plane did sit in the basement overnight before I painted it. So I don't know if the temperature difference is what caused this or not.
I'm in the process of filling the crack with putty and sanding because the rest of the model looks too darn good to just chuck at this point.
Any ideas what might have caused it?