A ruined Hasegawa F-4J Phantom??

Anonymous

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November 2005

A ruined Hasegawa F-4J Phantom??

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 22, 2004 1:26 PM

I bought this extremely nice kit for $35 off of eBay some time ago. I finally started working on it not too long ago. Everything was going well, but some of the panel lines were hardly visible, so I tried my hand at rescribing some of them. Well, I got carried away and scribed the new panel lines too wide and deep, which in full scale would probably be like 4" wide by 4" deep! Anyway, I knew I would have to re-fill the jacked up panel lines and try it again, so I filled them with super glue and then tried to sand the super glue flush with the rest of the kit. I again got carried away with the super glue and now, the super glue has hardened to the hardness of a freakin diamond. So now, in the place of the panel lines, I have these ugly, raised blobs of super glue. I want to salvage the kit if possible, because the cockpit turned out really well. I thought about trying to get more parts from Hasegawa for the ones I messed up, but I can't find any contact info for them! If anyone has some suggestions on how to salvage my screw up or how to get a hold of Hasegawa for replacement parts, I'd be forever in your debt!

Thanks in advance,
Jeff

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, March 22, 2004 1:59 PM

I can't offer much help on replacement parts from Hasegawa, except the importer is now Dragon rather than Marco Polo. You might check their website for contact info. Sounds like you tried to fill too much at one time. When filling with super glue, there is a fine line between when it's cured enough to sand and when it dries rock hard. Since youv'e got nothing to lose, might try the following. Put masking tape along both sides of the "blob", in order to protect the rest of the model. Use a coarse grit sanding stick and whittle down the blob. When most of it is gone, switch to medium grit, then fine. Finally remove the tape and finish off with a polishing stick. Lots of work, but might salvage the model. Hope you have good luck.

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chasblake99

Member since
December 2002
From: Boise ID

Posted by chasblake99 on Monday, March 22, 2004 4:52 PM

You can try calling Dragon USA at 626 968 0322. It takes forever to get the part but this number works. You might try a de-bonder to soften the CA but I'm not sure it'll work. Otherwise Rick has the right idea.

Charles

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fightnjoe

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Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, March 22, 2004 5:26 PM

i would go with the sanding suggestion. lots of work but you should be able to salvage the build.

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qmiester

Member since
May 2003
From: Central USA

Posted by qmiester on Monday, March 22, 2004 6:34 PM

Think I would brand new 6" mill bastard file and use that to remove the majority of the glue then sand (although I would still try to get the replacement parts)

Quincy

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dagne

Member since
December 2002
From: Japan

Posted by dagne on Monday, March 22, 2004 7:12 PM

You could sand down the glue, but you would still have to try to rescribe the panel lines into the super hard glue, which would probably be much harder than sanding them down.

I live in Japan and know a hobby shop, Monomark, that sells almost every type of model kit imaginable. I have a 1/48 Hasegawa VX-4 Vandy F-4J that I bought there for 3800 yen, which is about $35. If you want, I could go to Monomark and try to find a full replacement kit for you and mail it to you. Or you could write directly to Hasegawa for the parts. Their address is Hasegawa Seisakusho Co., Ltd., 1193-2 Yagusu, Yaizu, Shizuoka, 425, Japan.

By the way, the kit I have has raised panel lines. Did you sand them down and try to scribe new ones? Sounds like too much work to me Banged Head [banghead]

Don Agne

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jimz66

Member since
December 2002
From: Winsted CT

Posted by jimz66 on Monday, March 22, 2004 7:45 PM

I made the same mistake on the F-4B I have but I did not do that to the whole thing just the section in the back above the wing. just before the right engine. Not too long. Only about two or three inches. So it isn't so bad. Good luck. I know I have work to do on mine.

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wibhi2

Member since
March 2003
From: Brooklyn

Posted by wibhi2 on Monday, March 22, 2004 10:05 PM

I've done that - and still do it. I get rid of the blobs by taping of the edges and start sanding
with an 80 grit paper (small piece) until I start sanding the tape, Then I switch to a 400 and remove the tape, as sanding progresses I switch to higher grits - finishing off with an 800.

I also use alot of resin and PE pieces - so the SG gets everywhere.

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 7:35 PM

try using hot tap water it will soften the super glue since heat has some strange effect on the glue which causes the glue to soften

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