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Guessing the GW glue wont hold very well ?, soo what do i need for it ? ( somthing i could get ahold of in norway would be good ^^)

I derped...

PVA???? wood glue? like what i use for bases? that'l take 4ever to dry O_O and wont they break off ?

We talking whte foamy stuff used for packing? Construction adhesive (no more nails, liquid nails) works excellently for this one

Or the higher density stuff used for models? Liquid polystyrene cement (can be bought at ANY reputable hobby store) works fine for this one.

its the hard stuff used for scratch building stuff, Plastic card /white styrene sheet

lots of people use it^^

In that case, pretty much any plastic model glue can be used on it.
I prefer the liquid kind, myself (Testors, Humbrol, Revell, Tamiya all have this product).

You can use super glue, but it will be brittle. You can also use 5 min epoxy for it. I mainly use the liquid glue chromedog mentioned for most anything dealing with plastic..

I just use PVA glue on it. Works perfectly fine.

Phoenixmaster wrote:Guessing the GW glue wont hold very well ?, soo what do i need for it ? ( somthing i could get ahold of in norway would be good ^^)

I use a very thin almost evaporated layer of plastic cement to help bend the sheet to shape I want.
when thats stable, i glue it down :'P

fumey but it wont fall off!

The GW plastic glue will work fine, it probably just more expensive than other brands.

Sorry! I thought you meant polystyrene!

Stupid me :c

He did... its all the same stuff, its just that the sheet stuff is a
solid material and the stuff used for packaging is expanded polystyrene (XPS).

Liquid plastic cement is the best as the GW style contains dissolved polystyrene which will cause blobs under thin sheet.

You must be careful when cementing the thinnest sheet (0.25mm) to use the minimum of cement as an excess will tend to soften or dissolve the sheet.

Do not use E-6000 one-part epoxy cement with Polystyrene since it reacts chemically with it.

As Flinty said, foam polystyrene (expanded polystyrene) and plasticard sheet, and most model kits, are all the same substance. Some model kits use ABS plastic, which can be cemented with polystyrene cement.

Another substance often used for model buildings is foamcore board, which is a foamed plastic sandwiched between thin card. This should be glued with PVA, and the exposed foam edges sealed with PVA before painting.

If it literally is styrene, I use plastic glue.

Revell's works a treat.

I second Revell's plastic glue.