"Glue Optional" Topic
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 ochoin  | 17 Dec 2014 5:07 a.m. PST |
Belt AND suspenders man: I use glue regardless. |
| Rebelyell2006 | 17 Dec 2014 8:15 a.m. PST |
Belt AND suspenders man: I use glue regardless. Back when I was very little, my first model airplane was an F-4 Phantom II that snapped together. I assembled it, picked it up and the front landing gear fell off. Put it back in, five seconds later it fell off again, so I added a bit of PVA glue to hold it in place. Snap-fit models are nice in theory but reality tends to disagree with the designers' best intentions. |
 Mserafin | 17 Dec 2014 10:30 a.m. PST |
I have some 1/144 scale pre-paints from Japan that snap together. The problem is that if you snap/un-snap them enough (2-3 times), the plastic wears down or deforms and they no longer hold together. So, glue. |
 Parzival | 17 Dec 2014 3:19 p.m. PST |
If I don't have to glue, I don't glue. I prefer not to have to glue, but sometimes "not have to glue" still winds up being "have to glue, " due to figure quality (or lack of it), not personal preference. |
| Martin Rapier | 23 Dec 2014 3:35 a.m. PST |
Having been burned by both bits falling off and 'push fit' parts not actually fitting at all, I glue the lot. |
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