i am about to put on the plastic accessories that came with my Abrams HL tank. can i get some suggestions on what kind of glue would be best. both upper and lower hull are plastic (if that helps).
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A lot of the parts may be a good, tight, press fit. If you don't plan to run it outside, don't glue those ones at all. Things you are sure you want permanently attached, I like the solvent based, brush applied glues, such as plastic weld. This is best applied to the inside where you just touch the glue brush to the in place mounting pin and let capillary action draw the glue around the pin in the mounting hole.
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The brush on Tamiya cement Old Wolf is talking about is really good. I do have some parts on some of my tanks that, running them hard outside, have come loose and fallen off. If/ when I find them I put those back on with a rubbery contact cement so that if they do come off again they kinda stay attached.
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Originally posted by robert1488 View Postmy tank(s) are mostly for display with some very light driveway runs. i will try fitting everything in their proper place without glue first. i really dont want to open up the hull just yet. it is kind of intimidating for a beginner.
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I first did a dry fit by press fitting all of the accessories, using an X-acto knife to trim any excess plastic to get them to fit snugly. Once I was satisfied with the fit, I just used thick CA glue, applied it to the holes with a toothpick, and then pressed in the accessories. This didn't require any disassembly, and there wasn't any visible excess glue after fitting the accessories.
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It should be painted and if you look on the inside you will get an idea what the plastic color is, you can also scratch it a bit with a razor knife and see if there is a layer of paint.
Most the parts that come on the trees need to be scratched to get down to the base plastic to get any solvent base glue to work
With that said HL paint is weird and is almost like its etched into the plastic
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I was thinking the same way like you before. You built tank models before too. I have changed my viewed in this hobby gradually. For me at this time, it is a tank and not a car. Tanks get abused a lot in the battle field. My tanks do look nice the way I like. Then I weathered them a lot too. And when there are mistakes that I made, I will just use the dry brush chipping technique as a weathering effect. If there is a big spot, I will just find a tool, a box, a canteen, a bucket, or a helmet to glue it on and cover it up.
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