Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006

I have used that set and its a peach.  I airbrushed the fret sea gray before
attaching the PE to the painted model.   Any other colours (black 20mms for
example) can be touched with thinned paint on a fine brush.  CA (super glue)
is your best bet for assembly.  I put a drop on a piece of scrap material
then use a cocktail stick to apply very small amounts of glue, sometime on
the PE and sometime on the location.  Don't try applying it straight from
the bottle its a receipe for diaster.
 Mine turned out pretty good.  I'll post a pic to the model binaries group.

CA applied with a fine wire stuck in a piece of sprue. Dip into a puddle
of CA then apply to PE/plastic junction. Some PE bits are best applied
before painting, those like doors, funnel cap grills, etc. Stuff like
railings after painting and you just touch up any scratches or cracks in
the paint with a very fine brush.

Suggest cutting out the parts, trimming, shaping and fit testing them on the
model before anything else.  I then spray the parts with the desired color
and install them with a small drop on white glue in a couple of places to
establish the final location of the part.  Once you have the part aligned
and installed to your satisfaction and the white glue has set up, then go
back with the cyanocrylate as the others have indicated.  I use white glue
for "tacking" the parts in place cause I just can't seem to get the part on
just right the first time.  My experience is with 1/700 ship models which, I
think are just a little less forgiving than a 1/350 installation.

T2