johnr
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Post by johnr on Nov 14, 2009 9:58:38 GMT
Does anybody have any tips about holding resin parts in the correct position whilst joining them? I am using CA and finding great difficulty in keeping things lined up as the stuff, even the gel, sets so quickly that I get the bits firmly set in the wrong position. John
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2009 10:23:15 GMT
What kit are you trying to glue together John?
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tim
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Post by tim on Nov 14, 2009 11:24:37 GMT
Much depends on the size of the kit but the best way on large items to ensure line up is pinning.
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johnr
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Post by johnr on Nov 14, 2009 15:27:06 GMT
I'm currently wrestling with an Olimp Fairey FD1, which seems to consist on tiny highly curved and smooth bits that slip through my ageing fingers. I have recently completed a couple of Anigrand kits, the Skystreak and Skyrocket. I put the wings on these by attaching them to the fuselage before I joined the halves so that (hopefully) they were symmetrical but it's fiddly. On the FD1 I managed one OK but the other I tacked with white glue and when I had got that right ran CA into the joint. Another question - how do you deal with seams? With conventional glue you can run it in by capilliary action but it doesn't seam (urr!) to work with CA and applying it over the length of the joint means the whole thing joins at once and heaven help you if you get it wrong. It may amuse you to hear that, being concerned about breathing in the resin dust, I used the vacuum cleaner to get rid of it and managed to suck the completed cockpit tub from some way across the workbench! John
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2009 17:09:18 GMT
Using a vacuum cleaner eh? stop it John, Sue's asking me what I'm laughing at. Sorry about that but I've got this picture in my head of you watching the canopy flying up the tube and realising what's happened. I hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs here but the best way to apply superglue is via a cocktail stick. Cut the pointed bit off one end and then cut a 'V' , that's your working end. If you're gluing two halves of a fuselage, have a dry run first to make sure the halves meet properly. Superglue, depending on which grade you're using will flow along any seam but you have to direct it. So, make sure you have both fuselage halves clamped and then dip your glue stick into the glue, the 'V' will hold the glue, then move the stick along the seam depositing the glue into and along the seam. As for using superglue to fill seams, no problem, sprinkle carbonate of soda along the seam on top of the superglue, wait for it to set and sand as normal. Let us know how you get on ...
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johnr
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Post by johnr on Nov 14, 2009 18:03:01 GMT
It gets worse. I was just reading your reply when there was a scream from her downstairs. She had managed to drop the pancakes for tonight's dinner party down the back of the freezer! They were on the lid cooling when she forgot and lifted the lid...Guess who had to retrieve them Back to resin - that's basically what I was doing but it leaves a trail on either side which is a pity as some of the bits fit really well and I lose the surface detail.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2009 18:10:57 GMT
It's similar to liquid glue on plastic, sometimes you have to ... gulp! ... rescribe!
Enjoy the dinner party and come back to the problem in the morning.
Bon appétit
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