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Anyone put a bit of green stuff behind the Tau shoulder pads to give more surface area contact? I'm thinking about it. I've never worked with green stuff. Been watching some tutorials. Do I need to glue the green stuff to the plasticmormismit sticky enough it will adhere without glue?

You can fix something with only greenstuff but it will never be as strong as glueing. Creating more surface area only works with superglue. Why don't you use plastic glue? It bonds stronger and if you think that the surface area is to small just file it until it fits.

That' sounds like a plan. Thanks doomhammer.


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I have seen people say put a drop of super glue on the piece, and then the green stuff. Would that make a strong bond?

Yes the bond is stronger but in most cases just normal glue is strong enough and the greenstuff technic would just be more work to do

The greenstuff-superglue combo is only interesting for glueing pieces together that don't share a large surface for the glue to grip onto. Adding the greenstuff to the mix has the goal to create a larger bonding area. Those areas where there would have been a gap before (and as such no glue bonding) are now filled with greenstuff.

I want to fill in the gap on the Hammerhead rail gun, what would be the best way to do that with green stuff?

I'm thinking of cleaning the pieces of flashing, prepping them to glue, putting a roll of green stuff on each side of the rail, press the pieces together and then mold the green stuff flat. Would the green stuff bond be strong enough in that case? It's not a part that will come under much stress.

btldoomhammer wrote:
You can fix something with only greenstuff but it will never be as strong as glueing. Creating more surface area only works with superglue. Why don't you use plastic glue? It bonds stronger and if you think that the surface area is to small just file it until it fits.

I'm having a hard time figuring out what you're trying to say.... if you have 2 plastic surfaces that are clean, yes gluing is best. If you are gluing plastic that already has dried glue on it, or trying to assemble anything made out of metal, green stuff will be FAR stronger.

OP--- Green stuff will be great for anything you're trying to do. Most of my metal models are not even pinned to the base, just stuck there with green stuff. They've been like that for years and I have not had one fall off yet.