oldracer

Somebody stated that tube glue is the same as Tamiya cement...sorry, but that old Testors tube stuff is glue, and DOES NOT "weld" the plastic like Tamiya's "cement" does. There is a difference between "glues" and "cements". I have models, old ones, that were put together with that old tube BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH, and they are falling apart with age. The ones I built with Tamiya cement are MANY years old, and still together. we hold workshops for modellers and we get many noobeez coming to the hobby and others that are getting back in to it, with many questions about the "best" glue to use. We almost always recommend the liquid stuff because it dries quick and allows you to keep building without having to wait until the tube stuff sets up. If used correctly, you will hardly ever get any squeezout like you do with tube stuff. Also works better for small parts that will be a b---ch to take hold with a dollop of tube glue...! We sell at our LHS Tamiya cement 10 to 1 in favour of the Revell tube stuff...cannot get the Testor stuff anymore...at least not up here in the Great White North...and if you CAN find it, they want double or triple the price it used to be...!! oldracer

https://prime-miniatures.co.uk/ Try Dominic Prime over at Prime Miniatures...he sells nuts and bolts and all kinds of tubing, conduit, silicone pipe, etc. unclepine

Thanks for the tips and links chaps...yer right, I do have "extras", so I could give it a whirl and see how it goes. I can see there might be a few issues where you can see some mold swirls in the plastic colour, but hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained...! oldracer

G'Day all. Working in a LHS has it's advantages when it comes to getting the new releases first hand. We got in a mess of the new JR Salvinos Nascar kits, and I bought 6 of 'em right off the hop...! I'm really not a Nascar or regular car builder, but I just love the new Camaro livery on these things being a graphic designer by trade, the schemes just jumped right out at me. My question for you "pros", is does anyone one just paint the bodies clear gloss so as to make it easy to put on the decals rather than painting the body all over again with the base color...? Regards, unclepine, Winnipeg

Can someone tell me WHY Italeri insists on putting the same generic, square-sided, flat sidewall, chintzy tires in almost ALL of their truck kits...?!! Unclepine, Winnipeg, CANADA