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General Category => Modellers At Work => Topic started by: MASIGMON on May 27, 2013, 09:32:14 AM

Title: Glue To Work With
Post by: MASIGMON on May 27, 2013, 09:32:14 AM
To get my feet wet in 1/35 Scale dug out an old kit from MK35 their A084 Tractor.  Please advise what glue the members of the form are using now that would work with MK35 & Tamiya.

Thanks,
Mike Sigmon
Jacksonville, Fl
Title: Re: Glue To Work With
Post by: marc_reusser on May 27, 2013, 12:16:12 PM
For injection molded plsstic, like Tamiya, Dragon, etc. I use the Plastruct liquid cement....I use an old small pintbrush to apply.

Not sure if the MK35 kit is resin.....but for resin, I use the heavier/thicker ACC (pihk label...pplied with a toothpick) ...and occasionally the thin ACC (blue label...applied with a toothpick). This is that generic ACC tht you see in hobby shops where they have their own name printed on it.
Title: Re: Glue To Work With
Post by: Tom Neeson on May 27, 2013, 08:21:43 PM
You can also use 5-minute epoxy for bonding resin.

And if there are huge gaps I like to use two part sculpting putty (usually for figures) like Magic Sculpt or Aves Apoxie,
you can smooth/feather it with a water moistened brush before it has set up.

HTH
Tom