| Zasgard1969 | 25 Jun 2009 4:40 p.m. PST |
I'm getting back into miniature plastic kits, 1/144th scale, and was wondering what is the new "wonder" glue that everyone is using these days? Thanks! |
 Doms Decals  | 25 Jun 2009 4:49 p.m. PST |
No wonder glue – liquid poly (ie. the liquid with a brush in the lid) remains unbeaten…. |
miscmini  | 25 Jun 2009 5:31 p.m. PST |
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| PaulAD | 25 Jun 2009 6:03 p.m. PST |
If the last glue you used came out of a tube be careful with the liquid glue, it requires a different technique. Instead of applying it to the part and then sticking it on you hold the parts loosely in place then touch the brush to the seam. Capillary action will draw the glue into the seam. If your finger, clamp, or tape is touching the seam, glue will be drawn underneath those objects as well. |
| Doms Decals | 25 Jun 2009 6:17 p.m. PST |
Disagreed – I've always done fine just "painting" it onto the bit I'm gluing…. |
| PaulAD | 25 Jun 2009 6:43 p.m. PST |
Dom, on long seams I find that the liquid glue starts to evaporate before I can get the parts together. Maybe liquid glue is thicker stuff on your side of the pond? I'm in the U.S. and brand names that I have tried are Testors and Plastistruct. They smell like methyl ethyl ketone and evaporate almost immediately when spread. Anyway, I can't argue if it works for you. So Zasgard, experiment see what works for you. |
| Doms Decals | 26 Jun 2009 2:43 a.m. PST |
I use Humbrol liquid poly, or Revell Contacta, which I think are chemically more or less the same stuff as Testors. Of course I live in frigid Yorkshire, so evaporation's less of a problem…. ;-) No debate on your last line though; try both and see what works for you sounds like excellent advice. Dom :-) |
| quidveritas | 26 Jun 2009 4:48 p.m. PST |
Dang! I still use super glue -- albeit the stuff that comes with a brush in the cap. I am dying here -- cannot remember the name. You can get it in JoAnn's Fabric Stores. mjc |
| TWhitley | 28 Jun 2009 7:07 p.m. PST |
Ambroid Pro-weld ethylene chloride. Excellent bonds. [There are other brands, too.] MEK methyl-ethyl ketone is also recommended by some of my friends, but has an odor, I believe. It's the same sort of 'solvent glue' as ethylene chloride--that is, the sort that softens the plastic itself so that the polymer molecules actually intertwine making a bond that can be stronger than the surrounding bulk plastic! Models using this class of glue often do not break along the seams! This is not your father's sniffable tube of glue! |
| werwulf | 28 Jun 2009 9:20 p.m. PST |
Paul AD I'll have to agree with you on the liquid glue. I use Tamiya and by the time I get to the end of a seam, I have to re-paint. Humbrol seems to be a bit thicker so if you can get that it may be better. Also if your getting some of the Gashpon kits, liquid glue won't work as they are made of ABS plastic. I've found that if you use liquid Cement it holds together for a bit but eventually the seam breaks apart. I use a glue called Tenex 7R. Welds the plastic together lickedy split. |
