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Topic: Dragon 1:400 Shuttle Memorable Missions
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-14-2012 01:58 AM
   
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Originally posted by GoesTo11:
it looked to me like a case of poor packing...the shipping box was too shallow, and the window on the Dragon box was partially crushed.
Surprising indeed. The Flying Mule's packing has always been top-notch for my orders. But maybe it's because I'm overseas- and I think they do check for defects before shipping (phew, I wouldn't want to return anything to California!). |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 03-15-2012 11:39 PM
Well, at least we know it's not a trend...my XB-70A arrived today unscathed.Great model, by the way. Even in 1:200 scale, the proportion of the cockpit windows to the rest of the aircraft conveys how huge the Valkyrie was. So happy I finally have one on my shelf.  |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 268
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 04-17-2012 10:20 AM
Good news. Several new Dragon Wings models arrived in Modelzone (Portsmouth U.K.) shop today, including Columbia and Challenger. Unfortunately they had to return Challenger, since the ET was in two pieces! Columbia (which I bought) was fine. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-17-2012 01:50 PM
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Originally posted by OLDIE:
Unfortunately they had to return Challenger, since the ET was in two pieces!
In two pieces? They forgot to glue it into one? |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-17-2012 02:35 PM
The exact same thing happened to my Challenger model, so clearly this was a Dragon QC problem. Flying Mule certainly wouldn't have shipped it that way, and the packing was undamaged. |
ringo67
Member Posts: 179
From: Seekonk, Mass., USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 04-24-2012 12:25 PM
I just received my Discovery today with the same problem, ET had come unglued and the SRBs were flopping around in the box. I toyed with returning it, but my tube of super glue was nearby, so I glued it back together and trussed it up like a Thanksgiving turkey. I figure if my DIY repairs don't work, I can always return it later.I also had to take a Sharpie to a couple of spots on the orbiter's TPS. I don't know what's more disappointing, Dragon's apparent poor quality control, or the place I bought it from not noticing that it was in pieces when the prepared the order for shipping. |
rmacd
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posted 05-06-2012 01:55 PM
I already bought Challenger, Columbia, Discovery and Atlantis. They're very nice but since i just found out about the Discovery with crawler transporter I'm going to be getting another Discovery with that one. I wish they would just sell separate stacks/orbiters. |
rmacd
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posted 05-06-2012 02:04 PM
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Originally posted by ringo67:
I just received my Discovery today with the same problem, ET had come unglued and the SRBs were flopping around in the box.
The other day I ordered Discovery on eBay and got an email from the seller saying it was broken. Luckily he didn't send it broken, he's ordering another to send me but I can imagine some people aren't that honest. |
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