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I use Taymia cement which comes with a brush applicator, it goes exactly where you want it to.

I love plastic glue - I use Testors Plastic Cement, myself. It's great for people who like to kitbash, since it has a much longer drying time than super glue, allowing for you to position the piece in the exact position before it dries.

And to all those naysayers who say you can't separate it? Well, it's certainly not as easy as just ripping it apart, but with a bit more finesse it can be done. I've found that it's pretty easy to just slip a modeling knife into the crack between two parts that need to be separated. A jiggle or two here and there, and it'll pop right off without a fuss.

Plus, there's far less risk of modeling injury. Super glue bonds skin almost instantly, and without some care, will make you stick things to your hands without meaning to. Plastic glue will only glue plastic, so you can easily use a finger or a little bit of t-shirt to clean off the excess (Which, if you're using a bottle like Testors with a precision applicator, happens only on rare occasions).

Locclo wrote:I love plastic glue - I use Testors Plastic Cement, myself. It's great for people who like to kitbash, since it has a much longer drying time than super glue, allowing for you to position the piece in the exact position before it dries.

And to all those naysayers who say you can't separate it? Well, it's certainly not as easy as just ripping it apart, but with a bit more finesse it can be done. I've found that it's pretty easy to just slip a modeling knife into the crack between two parts that need to be separated. A jiggle or two here and there, and it'll pop right off without a fuss.

Plus, there's far less risk of modeling injury. Super glue bonds skin almost instantly, and without some care, will make you stick things to your hands without meaning to. Plastic glue will only glue plastic, so you can easily use a finger or a little bit of t-shirt to clean off the excess (Which, if you're using a bottle like Testors with a precision applicator, happens only on rare occasions).

I second this and give him my kidney.

I was trying to Switch a Orc Big Boss to be a BSB and accidentally broke the arm off. I've tried cutting the remainder of the arm off but i think the only thing that will get rid of it is to melt it off and the GS the parts that got messed up by doing so. I cant get a X-acto knife in there either. i hate super glue.

AesSedai wrote:To add to Breotan's point, the pinpoint applicators are fantastic. Unlike superglue, which is constantly clogging (resulting in mess and unpredictability), all you have to do is slide a thin wire down the needle (supplied) and you are good to go in 5 seconds. I don't ever use superglue for plastic.

or you could just go outside, light a match and heat up the needle, thus dissolving the glue and making it flow again.

Yikes!!!
just be very careful applying a naked flame to a flammable liquid in a plastic bottle!!!
Looking at your avatar Stasis am sensing a tendency for pyromania!
It is a lot safer and easier with the wire

I strongly recommend Loctite super Attak precision superglue.. accurate, and easy to use.

dark6spectre wrote:i am also a modeller. i have only played something like 3 games in my life and they were utterly boring. i don't want to use magnets as they might cost alot. i hate metal models as they are never perfect when i get them :bent parts, bits morphed into another. i prefer plastic or resin. plastic glue is ok for me but only if i use a small amount. resin requires super glue which is annoying. The parts end up getting dry glue everywhere and you have to break it off with clippers

forget what i just said, i just put the rest of my elysian squad together and the super glue is amazing, if you use less. because if you don't like something on an existing model, you can sort of slowly snap it off, as long as the SG is weaker than the resin.

I strongly recommend Loctite super Attak precision superglue.. accurate, and easy to use.


dark6spectre wrote:i am also a modeller. i have only played something like 3 games in my life and they were utterly boring. i don't want to use magnets as they might cost alot. i hate metal models as they are never perfect when i get them :bent parts, bits morphed into another. i prefer plastic or resin. plastic glue is ok for me but only if i use a small amount. resin requires super glue which is annoying. The parts end up getting dry glue everywhere and you have to break it off with clippers

forget what i just said, i just put the rest of my elysian squad together and the super glue is amazing, if you use less. because if you don't like something on an existing model, you can sort of slowly snap it off, as long as the SG is weaker than the resin.

Agreed!

Plastic glue works by melting the plastic together forming an incredibly strong bond. If it takes to long to dry either-
A. Wash of the model off becuase there might be mold release stopping it from drying.
B. Dab the little dot of plastic glue on the model on a piece of paper towels and it will become tacky and dry quicker.
I love plastic glue. It makes life so easy.

I just use super glue.

Theres no down side to it, and youl need it anyway for metal models, unless you use epoxy, which I also use on bigger jobs.

Suppose its all just a preferance.

Newt-Of-Death wrote:I just use super glue.

Theres no down side to it, and youl need it anyway for metal models, unless you use epoxy, which I also use on bigger jobs.

Suppose its all just a preferance.

Right. I also convert A LOT! so a bunch of my models have metal bits on them. I said it before and I will say it again. I love the GW Squig Super Glue. It does the same job that the plastic glue does, and it is just as strong as the plastic glue.

Super Glue and Plastic glue are very chemically different and do two different jobs. Superglue is not as strong as plastic glue, because it is a layer of adhesive between two surfaces. Plastic glue actually welds the two surfaces together making them one piece of material. Thus it is an extremely strong bond. Much stronger than superglue in fact.

To each their own, I suppose. I prefer that my plastic models stay together permanently when I assemble, so I use plastic glue. For small metal pieces, I will pin and superglue. For arms or anything larger in metal, they get pinned and epoxied.

I love plastic glue. Melting plastic is the basic concept of how it works. If you are melting faces... is because faces are getting glue, and that should happen.

If you wanted to separate heads from their chests, I think that the right option was cutting the neck, leaving the neck glued to the chest, instead of trying to remove the full head+neck bit.

It is quite irritating when you discover this kind of this in the wrong way. I lost some plastic minis trying to strip the paint with the wrong liquid :(

The only thing keeping me from using two-part epoxy glue is the mess involved. Still, from what I've seen, it's worth it on larger resin models like Titans and such.

I'm the opposite, I find plastic glue sets almost instantly and I utterly love it. It's a strong, FAST join rather than waiting for stupid super-glue to cure. Changing the pose or heads etc is so rare for me I just accept that issue. I use Tamiya Thin.

Just epoxied some jungle trees onto cardboard with polyfilla smeared over it.

It was great.

Probably will post it up when I get it finished.