Marathons

[H]

bought 2 on saturday, how the frack do you get the top on, their is no way I can force it on without damaging the metal, hints? tips? ideas?!

 

[Valen is my name]

i had the same prob. You have to get a file and carefully file away some of the metal from the bit that goes on the top, stopping freuently seeing if it fits yet. that should work, i manage to get it to fit on, but it was still a bit tight

 

[H]

yeah, the file was in the car, I was feeling lazy so shaved it with a knife. not perfect, but will cover up when painted

 

[steelvow]

had no problem with mine, perfect fit, and very nice (and powerful) ship. I need more than one of them !

 

[Tank]

I had to file 2 of mine

 

[animus]

I had 2: the first, snug as a bug; the other filing filing filing.

Oh, and both had broken "arms" that thing on the side - not the big square thing, but the cylinder on a side arm thing.

 

[Locutus9956]

Got 1 and must say I had no problems with it at all, fit together perfectly and is a nice ship (though the turret was missing at first but I replaced it with a spare similar turret I had lying around)

 

[Darzoni]

bought 2 on saturday, how the frack do you get the top on, their is no way I can force it on without damaging the metal, hints? tips? ideas?!

I used a saw to cut very thin slivers from each side of the 'slot' of the top hull. There is a slight gap in the front that I rationalize as the hangar bay. Mine too had a broken side gun thing, but superglue fixed that. The front boom is an incredible hassle, but the ship looks funny without it. In the end, your marathon might resemble something like this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/Darzoni/Miniatures/A%20Call%20To%20Arms/Marathon2.jpg only with fewer turrets.

 

[animus]

Links not working Darzoni

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Works fine for me...

 

[Darzoni]

Animus: YOu were likely stymied by a stray comma that had attached itself to the Hypertext link. It should work now.... unless Photobucket is having seizures again as I've heard...

Has anyone else gotten a Marathon with an engine section that's kind of mismolded so the engine thruster is kind of lemon shaped instead of round?

 

[Fenix]

how the frack

It's 'frak,' by the way. :wink:

 

[animus]

Ya, works fine now. Damn commas.

You've raised the bar on the EA paint scheme. I like what you did. You just added two hours to my painting time

 

[prelude_to_war]

Wow Darzoni. I never really cared for the Marathon but it looks great the way you've done it. Nice work.

 

[Valen is my name]

Oh, and both had broken "arms" that thing on the side - not the big square thing, but the cylinder on a side arm thing.

yours too? one of mine broke and was a real pig to get back on.

 

[Morakas]

You should have a lot of fun with those Marathons. I watched one destroy a bunch of vree. I felt sorry for them.