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Roden DC-7 build

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:29 AM

A new problem has arisen.  The decals are falling to pieces.  The windows, one rear fuselage logo, the Pan Am logo along the windows, and the nose blaze are on one long decal.  When I tried to position it on the fuselage it broke into six or seven pieces (left and right), as if it were many years old.  But this is not an old kit, I bought it about six months ago.

I will be using one of those decal film products for the rest of the decals, but wanted to warn others to do the same.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    June 2011
Posted by high and the mighty on Friday, November 18, 2011 9:31 AM

Tell me about it! I have almost given up on Roden. The interior detail of their fuselages is extraordinary, except it is impossible to see any of it, so after you paint a radio box the right color and a dozen other such details, you glue the fuselage together and no one will ever see the stuff again.  Then you have to deal with non-fitting parts. I had to buy two Heinkels just to prove to myself that I wasn't  so inept as to find the gap between wings  was caused by a landing gear box that was too high by at least a half inch. The seams problems were horrible, the canopy and other parts didn;t fit, and after weeks of trying to patch, sprue, fill and sand, the thing looked like it had been built by a blind person. I was determined not to be defeated so I bought the second one, used only the bare details that worked and still had seam and fit problems. Now it looks pretty good, but don't look too closely.

Ive had the same problems with all Roden models, incl a massive Russian bomber with Polikarpov fighters hanging from the wings.  A disaster that still sits at the far end of my workbench.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Roden DC-7 build
Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, November 18, 2011 8:53 AM

I am continuing to have problems with the wing seams and wing to fuselage seems on this kit.  On the fuselage seams I foresaw the problem and re-inforced them with styrene strips. I wish I had done that with the wing seams and wing-to-fuselage joints.  I have puttied the seams several times, and in the process of painting, when the seams crack again.  I recommend, when building this kit, to reinforce the wing seams, and the wing to fuselage joint.  The model is looking great, but I am getting tired of going back and re-doing those seams :-(

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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