i am going to use a lighter....tried it out on a scrap, and it worked pretty good...still kind of clueless on the knees...both the missle/dart side and inside pieces have to be mounted, bradley gave me a quick idea, but still not sure of how to do that...the knees are pretty thin, especially on the vertical parts on the inside and out where those pieces go...any ideas would be great...i need to heat up the left chest piece and bend it a little, it has a greater arch to it than the right one does, so when i set it down on a flat surface, the left one sits higher than the right...i guess that is just cosmetic, but it bugs me a little...any ideas there would be great too...thanks guys for the encouragement!! and yes, having a blast, jawa!!!