Going well Chris…..
Brilliant
I’m using the Tamiya extra thin but find once I’ve painted and come to glue together the bond isn’t as good which makes sense as I’m glueing onto paint.well that came out nice
and more importantly you enjoyed it and want to do more!!
what glue are you using?....must be quite 'hot' if its taking the paint off...........to be honest i use CA almost exclusivly these days
Two ways of dealing with this that I know of Chris. The first is scraping the paint off where the bond will be made. The second (which I use ‘cos I’m lazy) is to invest in some Revell Contacta glue. This is more “gel” like than Tamiya extra thin and stays where you put it. It will cut through paint quite nicely as long as the paint film isn’t too thick and create a decent bond between parts. You can use superglue, but then you are bonding paint film to paint film and the bond can be quite weak.I’m using the Tamiya extra thin but find once I’ve painted and come to glue together the bond isn’t as good which makes sense as I’m glueing onto paint.
Think I need to start masking when painting to make sure the various parts are bonding to the plastic I could always them touch up the paint afterwards I guess.
I’ve ordered 2 other bikes think I’ve got the bug!
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