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dragon53
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by dragon53 » Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:43 pm
I got my 21st Century Bunker Hill Avenger from Badcat today. I was surprised there were no blemishes, glue smears, scrapes, etc.
But when I put the gunner in the turret, the entire turret assembly collapsed because the turret floor had not been mounted correctly in the fuselage brackets. So before I try to put the turret floor back into the fuselage, I have this question: Does the turret floor with the screw on the end face towards the nose or tail of the Avenger?

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by tmanthegreat » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:05 pm
Got to love that 21c quality control on large, complex models - and who said JSI was singularly bad?
Either way, I checked on my Avenger and the end with the screw faces towards the cockpit.
Glad your BH Avenger was otherwise flawless - it is a great model and the best-looking of the three Avenger schemes

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by dragon53 » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:10 pm
TMANTHE GREAT:
Thanks very much for the help.
When I opened the Avenger box, I was hoping I didn't get the usual 21st Century trademark---huge glue smears on the canopy, scrapes on the paint, etc. so I thought I lucked out---until I put the gunner in. My P-51 Big Beautiful Doll also had a poorly-installed cockpit floor.
I sure hope All-go Toys has its manufacturing defects all-gone.
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by tmanthegreat » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:12 pm
dragon53 wrote:I sure hope All-go Toys has its manufacturing defects all-gone.
That would be a dream come true, but I'll believe it when I see it
Enjoy your Avenger!
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by dragon53 » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:27 pm
TMANTHEGREAT:
I agree. For their sake, All-go quality control better be good. Badcat said one of the big problems with 1/18 models was customers returning models with defects...like collapsing cockpit floors.

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by scbvideoboy » Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:04 pm
Well, JSI will feel the pain when nobody buys their second offering especially with a no return policy. Fans will get burned once...
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