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Post  latole Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:37 am

Hi what do you think, the seller said elevator is not broken only misaligned. !!!!

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Post  pman1111 Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:33 pm

My uneducated guess is it is likely broken, I haven't had my hands on one since the '60's, but the parts breakdown I looked at shows the elevator to be one piece, don't see a provision for (adjustment)? A frequent poster here (RSV1COX) does restorations of these plastic models, and does incredible work, might be worthwhile to look at his posts for a possible fix.
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Post  latole Wed Jul 27, 2022 12:39 pm

Thank you.

I have one plane looking the same model ; it is one piece elevator

This is the add;

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144658779457?hash=item21ae55cd41:g:KzEAAOSwrDNi32uX
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Post  Levent Suberk Wed Jul 27, 2022 1:39 pm

Elevator is one piece.
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Post  latole Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:53 pm

Thank you very much !

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Post  MauricioB Wed Jul 27, 2022 9:26 pm

I don't think it's broken, rather I think the central plastic (communication axis) is twisted, if it is twisted, with a heat gun it can be corrected.Cox Mustang P-51 Elevator broken or not ? Z11
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Post  latole Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:59 am

Interesting answer.
However, the heat from a heat gun could deform another part of the elevator.
This is not easy to control on a limited surface.

I recently repaired the rod joining the two halves of aelevator broken in transport. I will open a new topic
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Post  MauricioB Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:54 am

latole wrote:Interesting answer.
However, the heat from a heat gun could deform another part of the elevator.
This is not easy to control on a limited surface.

I recently repaired the rod joining the two halves of aelevator broken in transport. I will open a new topic

You must use a metallic cone in the heat gun at the air outlet to focus the sector to be heated.
You can also use boiling water, but you must use the jet of water just in the sector where the piece must be twisted into place.
You should NEVER heat the entire surface. It will deform the whole piece then!
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Post  latole Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:59 am

You are right. it is what we should try; hot air or hot water

Doing right is more difficult. I try with no success with this elevator.
If I have 10 to fix the last one should be better

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