I tried to search up the topic but didnt get any meaningful results so forgive me if this is already covered somewhere.

I have a T-65 X-Wing where the laser cannons are bent at the ends and tilt out awkwardly. I’m accustomed to just heating up plastic miniatures with a hair dryer, but the x-wing ships are a different material than I’m used to and it doesn’t seem to work. Any tips on... fixing my X-wing tips?

Replace them with brass rod.

Replace them or (Don't sue me over this.) I just bend them back with my hand. So far, it seems like they're strong enough to just bend, so far...

-DD

24 minutes ago, Darth Drago said:

Replace them or (Don't sue me over this.) I just bend them back with my hand. So far, it seems like they're strong enough to just bend, so far...

-DD

The more times you bend them the more likely they are to break. The material fatigues each time it's bent.

Warm water

Do they actually have a curvature to them, or are they askew?

Askew cannons can be pried off the wing and re-glued.

I had some in a display case by a window and the drooped in the sun/heat

14 hours ago, thespaceinvader said:

Replace them with brass rod.

Is this for real?

7 hours ago, Force Majeure said:

Do they actually have a curvature to them, or are they askew?

The tips are bent outward. I really don’t know how it happened...

11 hours ago, Darth Drago said:

Replace them or (Don't sue me over this.) I just bend them back with my hand. So far, it seems like they're strong enough to just bend, so far...

You’ll be hearing from my lawyer!! No, seriously I think I’m just going to use the brute force method, followed by glue when I break them.

6 hours ago, BigBadAndy said:

Is this for real?

Yes.

Pin vice drill, relevant diameter of brass rod (or paperclips also work), and a little bit of patience.

I've been meaning to do mine, but I never use my x wing anyway.

E: but if the whole gun is attached at the the wrong angle to the wing, it won't help.

Contact FFG customer service. Send them a pic of the bent model and I can almost guarantee you they’ll send you a new one. Their customer service is excellent and has never let me down.

On 3/7/2018 at 4:44 AM, thespaceinvader said:

Yes.

Pin vice drill, relevant diameter of brass rod (or paperclips also work), and a little bit of patience.

I've been meaning to do mine, but I never use my x wing anyway.

E: but if the whole gun is attached at the the wrong angle to the wing, it won't help.

I couldn’t find a demonstration of this in my DIY resource of choice (YouTube). Do you have a link to a procedure? I’m probably not going to do this but I would be really curious to see what they do. I think it would be difficult to attach the little dish part at the end for example. And I’m curious how it would look.

There isn't one for x wing lasers that I know of. But it's pretty standard practice for banners, spear poles, bows etc.