Whats the best quality glue?

[Guest]

Hi ive just gotten back into modelling and i was wondering on a high quality glue to use on my models? im starting on a airfix falklands war kit and i have used revell polycement in the past and was just wondering if there was a better equivalent?

many thanks

[Guest]

Hello,

I think that there's not one answer to that question. I can only add my experience with the glue I use mostly: Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, also known as 'The Green Cap'.

I'm happy with it, but it has drawbacks:

- it is very volatile (is that the correct word?) so bad for big surfaces or large sides: it has a brush so when you put a long stripe of glue on a long piece, once you get at the end of the piece, the glue on the beginning of the piece seems to be evaporated; I had issues with it glueing the body of an aircraft, but it is so thin that you can actually place and press both sides of the body of the aircraft together, and draw a line of glue along the crease/seam. The glue is so thin it will slip between both parts.

- it eats away at the plastic: this is pretty obvious for a glue, actually; and it has advantages (it's great to malax plastic, for example for creating soldering around a hatch). But for people like me who sometimes get nervous and start messing, it is a downside. Well.. that's actually not a disadvantage of the glue. It's something I need to work on :-)

Overall, I'm very happy with it. I previously, when I was a kid, used the Revel glue with the needle, but I hated it.

Cheers,

v

[Guest]

Many thanks i to have used the revell glue with a needle but was so frustrating that it ended up being glued to the inside of my dustbin lol. Thanks for the advice, will be used wisely. Happy modelling.

Matt

[Guest]

Gents, have a read through the "Back to Basics" thread, there is a link on the left hand side of the main page.

There is an explanation of different glues there. Basically you are correct, different glues for different applications.