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Hi everyone,

I've got some of the older 40k scenery kits (attached pic just so we all know what I'm on about).
Got 'em not long after starting in the hobby, so I was a total rookie, and couldn't get them to stick together. I tried plastic glue and super glue, but nothing seemed to hold long enough to get anything built at all.
Like, I couldn't get 2 panels to stick together.

Decided I'd have a crack at them now, as I'm in a bit of a build frenzy. Do I need to pin the panels together?
Or was I just being dumb and impatient?
Thanks!

I glued mine with plastic glue (Revell for me). Works just fine. They're made of regular old plastic and don't require anything fancy.

You should dry-fit them before assembly and keep an eye on the panels so they align and fit together straight. The latter is due to the sides of the panels being a angled if I recall. The former comes in mostly with the little pegs that should help with positioning but don't always do that.

It's probably a good idea to keep a floor section handy as these are rectangular and help with aligning the panels.

Putting the building on a base is not required (I didn't do that), but looking back it's probably a good idea and may make things easier.

Last thing that comes to mind, I've painstakingly scraped off the mold lines on mine. Perhaps that helps compared to your first attempt. I also like to use a healthy amount of glue. A lot of people go easy on the glue, which in my experience is detrimental to durability. I wouldn't recommend that.

In addition to the above, I found it useful to build a corner first with a floor tile to create a solid shape and work outwards from there, adding the floor pieces as i went.
Spare bits of sprue can be used to create makeshift crossbeams as they fit perfectly in the slight dip between floor tiles to help support the floors and walls as you go along.
Also make use of the eagle supports for things like balconies.

Follow all that and you shouldn't need to pin at all

Agreed with what everyone is saying above. Mold lines can really impare your ability to get good contact between the panels. Starting from a corner is a great idea like Gecko said.

Believe it or not these old sets have a lot of capacity for good buildings. I have several that I have built in my pictures. Have a look.

I'd add that scraping moldlines on this kit will take forever.
You're better off laying a sheet of fine/medium sandpaper flat on your work surface and giving the edges a quick rub to remove them and key the sections for glue.