Model Forum / General / Models / February 2010

I'd go with plain old elmers white glue. Or if it's just to look at,
tack them in place with modeling putty.

It'll never work - ask any wargamer.
There's a well known sequence:
Purchase
Prepare
Assemble
Prime/Undercoat
Forget.

There are whole armies out there like that - some of them in my spare
room...

A lot of them are white glued to temporary bases  - when the rule
system uses elements, its best to first rank up figures to see how
they'll fit together on the permanent base, then put them on a
temporary base at a much wider spacing for ease of painting (and co-
ordinating/differentiating colours - more important with irregular/
barbarian/fantasy forces where you want to avoid uniformity).
The MOST RECENT force I have in this state has been waiting 5 years
for a simple paint job (but given they're mostly-naked Barbarians, I'm
contemplating tattoos to   improve the look, and that will be a bitch
in 28mm scale...)

That's about 200+ figures?  The new plastic Perry Miniatures 28mm Wars
of the Roses figures are 40 per box, 1 box = 1 unit, and they haven't
released the cavalry yet..

Regards,

Moramarth

I like to use a hot-melt glue gun for these tasks. The glue is rubbery,
and cuts easily with a sharp knife, but holds well enough to be useful.

Cheers,
Dave Ambrose

From my previous post.  Get SLUDGE from an artists' supplies shop.
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From: PaPa Peng <papape...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:50:09 -0800 (PST)
Local: Sun, Dec 27 2009 5:50 am
Subject: Re: ARM: Review - AFV Club 1/35 scale T-34 Model 1942 -
Special Edition

On Dec 26, 6:14 pm, AMPS...@aol.com wrote:

To adhere small parts without scarring the plastic as would happen if
regular plastic glue is used the adhesive I use is Acrylic Sludge  <
http://www.tri-art.ca/en/products/sludge/ > .  Quote: "SLUDGE is the
newest Tri-Art acrylic to hit the shelves. It is a by-product of
acrylic paint manufacturing. It is the combination of the precipitated
solids amassed from our wash water, which has then been re-processed
into thick and thin acrylic paint formats."

Put a blob of SLUDGE on the part as well as on the surface it is to be
attached to.  It will take more than 10 minutes to dry somewhat.
Therefore lay it level so that the part won't slide out of position.
SLUDGE is exactly the same stuff as acrylic paint.  It will dry into a
thin meniscus that will be practically invisible.  The best part is
you can paint the small part to its finished colors then apply SLUDGE
onto the painted surface.  Sludge won't dissolve the paint or smear
it.  If you don't like the positioning of your part just pull it off
(the adhesion is stronger than your think) and rub off the "skin."
You may not even need to do this.  The painted surfaces won't be
affected.  Then reapply to new position.  SLUDGE is excellent for
attaching small pre-painted parts like small arms, water canteens,
bayonets, etc. to figures or boxes, tarps, bags, tools, etc. to armor
vehicle surfaces.

The other excellent application is for attaching clear plastic cockpit
canopies and windshields.  SLUDGE won't fog the clear plastic and yet
provides very strong adhesion.  It will also fill paper thin gaps.

The final application is to adhere different materials to each other
such as wood to metal to plastic to ceramics to paper.  If that
material can accept acrylic paint SLUDGE will adhere to it.