John Pursley (www.accur8.com) has put together a page of gluing tips. CLICK HERE
Different glues are needed for different plastics. John has the answers!
John has also produced some very detailed, printed vinyl for the Mercury Redstone and Little Joe II kits. Also available are vinyl skins for the Estes Interceptors.
Hrm... didn't know about the wraps being ABS or somesuch (and not polystyrene as one might be apt to assume). Good to know beforehand, as it certainly affects what you'd want to use for adhesive as well as what to when painting.
ReplyDeleteI guess if they wanted to torture us, they could've molded the parts in something like polypropylene.
Speaking of items made of plastic... noticed that it's much harder nowadays to find plastic Easter eggs made of styrene.
Hi Naoto,
DeleteThe Little Joe II instructions are vague about which brand plastic cement will work. I'm waiting for all this to be figured out before I build mine.
Regarding plastic Easter eggs - All the eggs I saw this year had "vent" holes in them. Three holes in the top half.