meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
This is a bit of weirdness that came to my attention.
A casual envious remark resulted in a VERY kind gift of one of Jerry's (Woody) extra AMT F-7-f 3N Tigercat kits.
While researching this kit I came across warnings from just about every build review about the "caustic" tires. It seems that they will attack the styrene and melt it. I was suitably impressed with this information that I immediately and calmly inspected the contents thoroughly.
Yep, the nose tire was "stuck" to the decal sheet in a goo that was formerly a portion of one of the tail codes.
I have built at least 5 kits over the years with "rubber" tires, and never have I seen any thing like this!
I alerted Jerry immediately so he could check his tires, and I have put mine in a ziplock baggie and put them in the 'fridge.
Any thoughts?
Any chemists out there that could shed some light on this?
A casual envious remark resulted in a VERY kind gift of one of Jerry's (Woody) extra AMT F-7-f 3N Tigercat kits.
While researching this kit I came across warnings from just about every build review about the "caustic" tires. It seems that they will attack the styrene and melt it. I was suitably impressed with this information that I immediately and calmly inspected the contents thoroughly.
Yep, the nose tire was "stuck" to the decal sheet in a goo that was formerly a portion of one of the tail codes.
I have built at least 5 kits over the years with "rubber" tires, and never have I seen any thing like this!
I alerted Jerry immediately so he could check his tires, and I have put mine in a ziplock baggie and put them in the 'fridge.
Any thoughts?
Any chemists out there that could shed some light on this?