Yeah that was recoverable.
So I spend some time next trimming the engine support struts. Oh a couple of hours between trimming, resetting and glueing with tweezers. Looks good again. Not satisfied with the upper/lower wing relationship, but passable for my high frustration level.
So singing holiday songs again, I'm off for some weathering using some aluminum dry brushed in strategic areas. Next plan was to add some rust and then include some grime and oil stains. But before I do that, I wanted to put the decals on.
About hour two... BAM! The whole upper wing assembly snaps off from the lower wing assembly. Engine struts are kaput. Wing struts all snap off. Only the two flimsy inner wing struts prevent a complete separation.
Now I'm really pissed. My youngest is sitting next to me so the expletives were put on hold. But I hissed and sputtered more than a tea kettle. See this is why I like to build models in MY garage so that I can act like an @ss with these things happen.
I made a half hearted attempt to make repairs with Loctite Super Glue Gel. That effing glue aint so super. I swear on my kids lives that this must be the only cyanocrylate glue that has a set time measure in 10s of minutes. Being too pissed off, I abandoned my repair until later.
Oh... and Revell? I'm gonna build this pig of a model despite your shoddy engineering.