Gluing PE to canopy masks

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Gluing PE to canopy masks

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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.
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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.

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Agree totally with Splash; pva all the way
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+3 from me. I've successfully glued PE bits such as rear view mirrors to transparencies using PVA.
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For very small (flat) parts I have used Klear with some success.
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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.
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Re: Gluing PE to canopy masks

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Thanks very much, I will git it a go.

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