Model Airplane Question
 

My self-isolation has forced me to find some new activities. I have a couple of Porsche scale models, but no 'materials'.

What's the right glue? I haven't bought model cement in over 25 years....seems like the toxic solvents are MIA now.

This? https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-87038-Extra-Thin-Cement/dp/B07PPBZZGC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8E6IY2KT50PO&dchild=1&keywords=pla stic+model+glue+tamiya&qid=1585591863&sprefix=mode l+glue+tami%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1

Crazy glue?

I recently bought tubes of Testors….ahhhh

Super glue is the way to go nowadays. Extra thin, thin, medium, thick depending on the way the parts fit.
Put the parts together and apply a drop to the seam and capillary action will do the rest.
But be careful not to get too much on the seam as it will melt the plastic right away and then you will have to apply a filler.
And don't use but very little amounts for other cement jobs. Like a post in a socket.
Keep fingers away too.

Thank you.

No Testors?

https://www.epsilontheory.com/wp-con...ffing-glue.jpg

:D

I have a bottle of that Tamiya cement that I am using right now. It is effective, but evaporates almost instantly. I've found that it is best used when you allow it to wick into the seam between pieces. If you apply the cement THEN join the pieces, the glue will have evaporated.

Along with that Tamiya cement, i'm using Modelmaster Liquid cement. Click. This stays liquid longer, allowing for some fiddling of the parts.

I would only use CA glue (crazy glue) in small amounts, for tiny pieces that are hard to hold in position.

Each has their uses.

Just a few weeks ago I bough a tube of the same Testors plastic glue as when I was building a gazillion models as a kid.

Maybe difficult to find in nanny-state California, but Testors is still around.

Model airplane glue of course!

As a kid I used stuff called Ambroid. It was a amber colored stuff that I had to have my mom come with me to the store to buy it. No doubt the modem glues are better.

Testors.....the smell brings back all the memories of my youth.

All both of them :D

The Zap brand of model glues have a choice for just about any application, pretty much the standard for years now I think.

I used Ambroid on wooden models as a kid, and Testors on plastic models. The various CA glues have replaced Ambroid in the wooden model world, as well as in the styrofoam model world. Just make sure the CA you want to use on foam is labelled as "foam safe". I still use Testors on plastic models.

Tamiya Extra Thin is really cool. You hold the parts together and then use the brush to wick it into the joint. Dries quick and it has some elasticity, unlike super glue.