Besides it always raining at Felixstowe, one's Shapeways Felixstowe often gets saggy wing syndrome. You try to heat it out with hot water, but in time the sag returns . . .
Here's the Fix-0-the Elves! Take the sagging one, a bit of brass flat, CA, and a pair of clothes pins . . .
A strip of 1/32" sheet brass strip 6" long will do the trick . . .
Add a thin bead of CA to one side and carefully slip it under the top wing, through the engine nacelle gap and secure each end with a clothes pin.
Like so . . .
After the glue cures, remove the pins and you have a nice flat wing. I like to bend a slight bit of dihedral in before the glue sets to give a little positive curve just for effect! Add a touch of paint and no one will notice the brace.
Many of the long wing models have a tendency to sag over time and this is a quick fix.
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