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06-20-2009, 05:26 AM
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| A little emergency help... Hi all. *Waves* I've started on working on the cockpit parts of the 109 that I bought recently, but now I've got a very small problem. When I removed the set of rudder pedals from the kit, I accidentally broke one of the pedal things off the set of pedals. Now: Do I have a chance of fixing that and reattaching the pedal (- superglue?), or is it just something to learn from? It's some very small parts, so I don't really know...it seems like it could need something attached as support behind the pedal to stay in place, if I manage to glue it back together - it's such a fine, tiny stick-thing.
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06-20-2009, 05:41 AM
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| Good morning Maria, I'd have tried to fix it, but that's me.  As it is the rudder pedals, you won't see much of them anyway.
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06-20-2009, 08:09 AM
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| Lucky13 is right. But if you want to fix it you can do it of course .Either you fix it with a glue for polirtyrene or you will have it scratch-built.I don't suggest the superglue using because you won't have any time to correct its position.Maybe a few pics of the damage?
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06-20-2009, 08:10 AM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| Any chance to post a pic?
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06-20-2009, 08:18 AM
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| Here you are: 
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06-20-2009, 08:18 AM
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 | You don't need to fix it as you probably won't be able to see it once the kit is completed. It happened to me once on a Spitfire... Ended up not putting the rudder pedals on the kit. Why would I bother fixing a part that no one can see anyway ? Kind of like painting the bomb bay of a bomber knowing that it will be displayed with its doors closed... Just a waste of time and paint, in my book. |
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06-20-2009, 08:42 AM
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| Is that a plastic or rasin part? If it is made of plastic follow that I posted above. There isn't any reason it can't be fixed.
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06-20-2009, 09:03 AM
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| easy fix, little bit of 'general' glue put it back into position and let it set...then you will be back in business!  ...and if necessary add a small piece of 'support' plastic behind the pedal....
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06-20-2009, 09:10 AM
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| Yep... I'm with Wayne.
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06-20-2009, 09:17 AM
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| Alrighty then - thank you yet again guys.  Now to fix the tiny thingy here...*ponders & works gently*
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06-20-2009, 10:16 AM
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| Be careful not to get your fingers growing fond of the part and get attached to it!
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06-20-2009, 10:54 AM
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I've been fixing the broken pedal set, pics coming up. Quote:
 EDIT:....a few minutes later: Here's how I did it: First, I worked a piece of the kit parts frame, so I got a thin supporting plastic stick thing. I thought it could be very useful to have something to hold on to, so I choose a cross-like part, so that I had something to hodl on to while both working on the thin stick, and also for later, when I had to glue the broken parts back together on the little stick thing:  Then i Superglued the smallest pedal part on first, as I thought it was easier for me to hold on to the larger pedal part and control that while the glue was setting:  After that was done, I Superglued the larger part on, holding it gently while the glue was drying:  Then I very carefully warmed the supporting piece of plastic, so that I could turn the pedals to match each other's position gently, as they were a bit twisted:  The final result. I know that the pedals are still a bit awkwardly positioned compared with the other, but at least they aren't as twisted as before I heated the plastic. And the important thing? I can live with it. EDIT: Okay, I've been studying the picture, and I can see that one pedal part is slightly oddly placed compared with the other. Hm. Well, at least they're in one piece. 
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06-20-2009, 11:21 AM
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06-20-2009, 12:17 PM
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| ...and then again: No I couldn't.  It still isn't accurately positioned, but at least it isn't nearly as bad as before. Peel apart ever so gently with a hobby knife where the pedals were glued together, sharpen the end of a matchstick, squeeze a small dab of Superglue onto a piece of paper, dip end of match in glue, apply - stick pedal to plastic stick and let set - repeat to other plastic part and plastic stick - ta-daaaaaaaa! Now THAT was the story of the rudder pedal set "Mein Kampf"!
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