L.C.S.-2-U.S.S.INDEPENDENCE

The X structure was finished yesterday .Now MY INDEPENDENCE is true and square . Theother parts now just drop into place .This is the first time I,VE used MR. SURFACER on a model and WOW , does it ever work good .One slide past the various parts glued on , completely hid any seams . NOW , I really can get down to business . The center hull dropped into its locator areas like sand falling back in the hole .NO seams of misfitting areas ! That,s all for now as the train show beckons . I go to train shows to get ship parts .Don,t laugh . I will explain it in a different thread . Catchya Later-----TANKERBUILDER ---OOP,S I am shouting again ain,t I .

Hi:

Is your Indepence the Trumpeter or the Bronco version. I heard Bronco version has this problem. But I am building the Trumpeter version and the Trump's version do not have this problem, at least not on my sample

Your New York was twisted? That's odd. I have mine out and started for the review and it sits flat and true. In fact it looks like 50% of the build and painting time is going to be spent on the amphibious vehicles and the copters. 

Normally twisting is due to them running the injection machines too quickly so the plastic is still pliable as it is ejected from the molds. The plastic has to be cool to hold its shape but cranking out 200 hulls an hour is going to cause problems.

I hope yours isn't the norm for the kit because I can only base my review on the one I have in front of me and it seems to be fine. In fact the hull parts and the upper superstructure almost snap into place and fit like a glove. If half the hulls out there are twisted it's not going to look good.

Let me know how yours go tankerbuilder and I'll let you know how mine goes.