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Folks,
Having some issues getting cyanoacrylate to stick to the FW resin. Ive used some GS with good results, but I think it just may be that mold release stuff that needs to be washed or is it molecular and therefore why bather (see what I did there?)

Lastly, one of the models is incomplete. Should I call or email FW for fastest results?

Yes, you absolutely should contact FW about missing parts.

Did you wash the parts before gluing? Some often need a light sanding also.

(Some FW models could just benefit from a good overnight soak in MEK just to be sure, though ... yeah, I'm still salty about that all-resin abortion that was the valkyrie)

Depending on the mold quality you can really have issues with fw as well. I recently got a fw vulture and it was in pretty bad shape with parts not fitting together well and a loss of details or incomplete details in some areas. It was almost counterfeit quality however I heard the vulture is getting its mold redone so unless I wanted to wait a few months for a new model I'm just going to have to work out the model I do have with greenstuff and some elbow grease.

Email with your order number and photo of the model. They should get back to you inside a couple of days.

Thanks buttery.

gungo wrote:
Depending on the mold quality you can really have issues with fw as well. I recently got a fw vulture and it was in pretty bad shape with parts not fitting together well and a loss of details or incomplete details in some areas. It was almost counterfeit quality however I heard the vulture is getting its mold redone so unless I wanted to wait a few months for a new model I'm just going to have to work out the model I do have with greenstuff and some elbow grease.

I highly recommend you contact FW anyway; they're likely to send you a new kit when they have one available, but don't normally require you to return the old one. With a bit of patience and elbow grease you can probably end up with two for the price of one.

Make sure you wash the resin, as many people have mentioned.

Two other thigns: it's important to pin pieces which are heavy, that don't have a large contact area to glue. Remember that resin pieces aren't generally hollow and weigh a lot more than plastic. Also, it's important to hold the two pieces stationary while the superglue sets, AND that thicker/stronger superglue takes longer to set. Usually, a vice, or some other apparatus to hold the model together or at least the pieces stationary, is very helpful.