advise on best glue for vac formed windsceen

[Toma500]

Advise please on the best way to stick the windscreen and light pods on a 1/43 rd scale model Griffith 500 , Frightened to fubar this by getting fogging etc . Cheers in advance Tom.

[dr_gn]

Toma500 said:

Advise please on the best way to stick the windscreen and light pods on a 1/43 rd scale model Griffith 500 , Frightened to fubar this by getting fogging etc . Cheers in advance Tom.

Johnson's Klear

or

Formula 560 Canopy glue.

Both dry fairly clear. Johnsons Klear will be invisible once dry, but the screen will need to be a perfect fit to start with, and it won't stand much rough treatment once set. You could also consider dipping the transparency in Klear to make it more...er..transparent.

The '560 stuff is quite a bit stronger, also pretty transparent when dry, but any excess will be visible as a 'lump' unless you wipe it off with a damp cloth or something before it sets.

Good Luck.

[Toma500]

Cheers for that will put up some pics when its done fingers cossed .

[dr_gn]

Toma500 said:

Cheers for that will put up some pics when its done fingers cossed .

Check 10 times and glue once. Very carefully!

[Evangelion]

I use Kristal Klear (not sure that's how it's spelt).

Looks like thinned PVA, but my attempts to recreate it by thinning PVA suggeat that it isn't!

[gruffgriff]

SMTS Griff? I finished mine by sticking the windscreen with PVA based `tacky` glue from my local art-shop. It`s just a quicker drying, stickier formula of PVA (great for card modelling, can be thinned with water) which dries clear, but crucially parts can be carefully peeled off the model, then the glue peeled off the transparent parts if one`s not happy and needs another go...For the light covers I used thinned clear humbrol enamel varnish, run around the perimetre of the part when already in position. Capillary action is your friend! The key is to trim the clear parts VERY carefully so they naturally sit in their respective recesses; asking a glue to pull them in to shape is asking for trouble. A bit of low-tack tape to hold while setting helps, but bridge tape away from glued edges; capillary action can be your enemy too!

Good luck, and remember "just say no to cyano..."

[Toma500]

Cheers again for all the advice pictures soon nearly finished just the number plates.

[dr_gn]

Toma500 said:

Cheers again for all the advice pictures soon nearly finished just the number plates.

How did it go with the windscreen?

[Eric Mc]

gruffgriff said:

Good luck, and remember "just say no to cyano..."

I like it

[Toma500]

Pic of little Griff

Edited by Toma500 on Monday 20th September 18:46

[Toma500]

another

[Toma500]

And Another sorry about image Quality.

Edited by Toma500 on Monday 20th September 19:09

[dr_gn]

Toma500 said:

And Another sorry about image Quality.

Edited by Toma500 on Monday 20th September 19:09

I think you did well with that. The windscreen looks fine to me. There's something wrong with the wheels on the last pic - are the tyres pushed too far on the rims?

[Toma500]

yes tyres keep running off the wheels easily pushed back in place didnt notice on the photo though

[Evangelion]

Nothing wrong with glueing tyres on if they're in danger of coming off!

Need to space the number plates a bit more accurately tho.