Liquid Cement for Trumpeter Kits

[afx]

I've tried Testors and Plast-I-Weld and neither have any affect on the plastic Trumpeter uses ( at least on their Ford Falcon kits)  - anyone had success with another brand of liquid cement?

[Snake45]

Testors is MEK based. Plast-I-Weld seems to be, too, according to the MSDS sheet I found online. 

You might need a methylene chloride based cement, like Plastruct Plastic Weld, or the old Ambroid Pro Weld. 

If a MC-based cement won't dissolve it, you might be stuck with superglue or epoxy. Let us know. 

[Mike Chernecki]

Do they use ABS plastic in Trumpeter kits? If so, normal liquid cement won't work. How about Tamiya  Cement for ABS?

[SfanGoch]

Nah, Trumpeter uses styrene. Depending on when the kits (all, not just its cars) were manufactured, the styrene used can vary from very soft to hard and somewhat brittle. The car kits date back to around the same time period that the early armor kits were produced and tend to be the latter type of styrene. I have the Falcon Sprint convertible in front of me. I cut some sprue and tested different solvents: Testors  Liquid Cement for Plastics,  Plastruct Bondene and Plastruct Plastic Weld. All three weld the sprues. Bondene and Plastic Weld set up a little quicker than the Testors; although, they all produce strong bonds. If you want to guarantee a bulletproof bond, skip the stuff formulated for hobby use. Go for industrial strength solvent cements like Wed-On 3 orb Weld-On 4. They sell for about 19 bucks/pt. at Lowe's, Home Depot or any decent hardware store. A pint will last for years.