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  • wonwinglo
    • Apr 2004
    • 5410

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    Home brew balsa cement.

    If you have never made up any home brew Balsa Cement then give it a try,you will need some offcuts of acetate sheet or even perspex broken ito granules with a lump hammer ( now you must have one of those in you kit for knocking in your pins ) obtain some acetone from a drug stores or chemists and fill up a glass jar with the liquid,now submerge the granules or offcuts and leave overnight,in the morning you will have a really useful old fashioned type balsa cement.

    In wartime this trick was popular,apply with a brush and if it hardens add more acetone.

    I am not sure if it works with modern acrylic sheet,you will need to experiment.

    My source is a broken real airplane cockpit canopy,any airfield is a good scrounging point from a wrecked airplane,a piece will last for years.
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