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Gluing PE to canopy masks

Posted: June 26th, 2017, 9:55 pm
by Nikonchris
Greetings,
I nearing the build of the Eduard 1/48 ME 110E and the plans say that some PE needs to be glued to the canopy. Now plastic cement won't do it so I was wondering what you guys suggest as I think a super glue with cloud the canopy.
Thanks,
Chris

Re: Gluing PE to canopy masks

Posted: June 26th, 2017, 10:59 pm
by splash
PVA glue works and has the bonus that it dries clear and can be taken off if you make a mistake without damaging the canopy.

Regards Splash

Re: Gluing PE to canopy masks

Posted: June 27th, 2017, 8:45 am
by iggie
Agree totally with Splash; pva all the way

Re: Gluing PE to canopy masks

Posted: June 27th, 2017, 4:32 pm
by ShaunW
+3 from me. I've successfully glued PE bits such as rear view mirrors to transparencies using PVA.

Re: Gluing PE to canopy masks

Posted: June 27th, 2017, 11:34 pm
by gengriz
For very small (flat) parts I have used Klear with some success.

Re: Gluing PE to canopy masks

Posted: June 29th, 2017, 10:14 am
by Dazzled
PVA is a good way to go but you can get away with a little carefully applied CA as long as the canopy is Klear coated first. I sometimes attach canopies using CA and, touch wood, it's all been OK so far.

Re: Gluing PE to canopy masks

Posted: July 4th, 2017, 9:40 pm
by Nikonchris
Thanks very much, I will git it a go.

Chris