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So I have found this video




Do any of you tried if it really works = is it really the same product = not only it works as glue but it will not fall apart in few days or so?

Well.. I do know that stuff is probably some of the best plastic glue you can get. Most in the model kit building community think likewise from what I have seen.
A tub lasts a good long while (at least a year for me, and I build a lot of minis and kits). So I have to ask, why would you risk it?

It's the same product, it's been known for a while now.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be stocked by UK-based shops so it's a bit pointless for me as the shipping is too high to make it worthwhile!

Pacific wrote:Well.. I do know that stuff is probably some of the best plastic glue you can get. Most in the model kit building community think likewise from what I have seen.
A tub lasts a good long while (at least a year for me, and I build a lot of minis and kits). So I have to ask, why would you risk it?

If it is the same product then why not have it cheaper?

Undead_Love-Machine wrote:It's the same product, it's been known for a while now.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be stocked by UK-based shops so it's a bit pointless for me as the shipping is too high to make it worthwhile!

In my country it is available but as you said it would be probably not worth for you to import it with all the brexit taxes included.

I had a half finished bottle of extra thin when i saw Juan's video. Couldn't find any of the airbrush cleaner for a decent price but was abe to pick up a bottle of cellulose thinners and nail polish remover (98% acetone) for a couple of quid. I now use those to keep my 'extra thin' topped up and its still full. Been using the mix for assembling stuff with no issues.

 bantha_beast wrote:
I had a half finished bottle of extra thin when i saw Juan's video. Couldn't find any of the airbrush cleaner for a decent price but was abe to pick up a bottle of cellulose thinners and nail polish remover (98% acetone) for a couple of quid. I now use those to keep my 'extra thin' topped up and its still full. Been using the mix for assembling stuff with no issues.

Thanks for the info

I think it's worth pointing out the Tamiya Extra Thin comes in a handy bottle with a really excellent applicator brush, so worth getting that first, but then, yeah, just buy the airbrush cleaner to refill.

Is this why it’s been out of stock at all my shops!

One of those "it's a secret to everybody" things that gets reposted every once in a while in scale modeling forums and is usually valuable new info to someone. People have confirmed they're the same product by checking the MSDS safety sheets for the glue and the airbrush cleaner, they're basically both 50/50 butyl acetate and acetone. You'll still want a bottle of actual Tamiya Thin initially for the glass bottle and brush-cap, just refill it with airbrush cleaner when low.

Another fantastic plastic cement I've switched to is SciGrip Weld-On 3. It's marketed for acrylic but also works amazing for styrene and ABS. Found out about it from Adam Savage Tested videos, it's all they used at ILM back when ILM still scratch-built models for movies. Comes in 4oz, 16oz, and 32oz cans. The Tamiya 250ml bottle is usually more cost effective vs the 4oz(118ml) Weld-On 3, but larger cans of Weld-On are more cost effective vs Tamiya, depends how much plastic kits you build.

Yeah, known about this for a while, but given how long a single bottle of Tamiya extra thin lasts and the fact the alternative is available in less shops, I just buy another bottle with the applicator.

Ahh so Tamiya Extra Thin is actually Airbrush Thinner? Explains its poor performance to a degree.

Mr hobby SP forever!