Ideas on How To "Unwarp" Plastic

[Bruce Poage]

I am working on the Prestige Silhouette kit. One of my sons started it 25 years ago and its been in the box ever since. The trailer is ugly but I intend to prevail. The trailer top is warped enough the glass doesn't want to fit very well. How would you suggest "unwarping" this piece. Thanks for setting me--and the trailer top, straight!!

[joemac]

I had a VW Bus model that was semi-built that was then put into storage. The box was moved and then moved again and in the process, it was somewhat squashed and sat that way for about a dozen years. I recently pulled it up from the dungeon that the wife calls a basement and discovered the thing was warped, to the point that I thought it was ruined.

I decided to have a bash and placed some sprue trees strategically between the body and the undercarriage, holding everything in place with a few rubber bands and some clear shipping tape. i then placed the configuration on the top of the CRT computer monitor for a while, where it is slightly warm. After a few weeks, I remembered it being there and removed it, placing it in the unheated back room for a couple of days. I'm busy with life, so it's not always on my mind.

Afterwards, I took it back to my modeling room and removed the tape and rubber bands and, voila! It's perfect. Been that way for a couple of weeks, even with the undercarriage assembly removed. I might just eventually finish it.

[Draggon]

I decided to have a bash and placed some sprue trees strategically between the body and the undercarriage, holding everything in place with a few rubber bands and some clear shipping tape. i then placed the configuration on the top of the CRT computer monitor for a while, where it is slightly warm. After a few weeks, I remembered it being there and removed it, placing it in the unheated back room for a couple of days. I'm busy with life, so it's not always on my mind.

Afterwards, I took it back to my modeling room and removed the tape and rubber bands and, voila! It's perfect. Been that way for a couple of weeks, even with the undercarriage assembly removed. I might just eventually finish it.

Thats the way I have thought of doing it! Im glad to see it worked for you.

[joemac]

I had a VW Bus model that was semi-built that was then put into storage. The box was moved and then moved again and in the process, it was somewhat squashed and sat that way for about a dozen years. I recently pulled it up from the dungeon that the wife calls a basement and discovered the thing was warped, to the point that I thought it was ruined.

I decided to have a bash and placed some sprue trees strategically between the body and the undercarriage, holding everything in place with a few rubber bands and some clear shipping tape. i then placed the configuration on the top of the CRT computer monitor for a while, where it is slightly warm. After a few weeks, I remembered it being there and removed it, placing it in the unheated back room for a couple of days. I'm busy with life, so it's not always on my mind.

Afterwards, I took it back to my modeling room and removed the tape and rubber bands and, voila! It's perfect. Been that way for a couple of weeks, even with the undercarriage assembly removed. I might just eventually finish it.