Anybody on the board use Mr. Hobby Cement?

[RDean58]

It's made by Gunge-Sangyo. Reason why I ask is because I've about ran out of my Tamiya liquid cement and need to get some more. The place that I found that has Gunge-Sangyo paints only has the ultra thin Tamiya so I was wondering how the G-S (Mr. Hobby) cement compares to the Tamiya standard cement. Any comments?

Thanks

[simonr]

Oh my friend you're a lucky guy!....Although I have that kind of cement on my desk for the last 10 years, I hadn't use it, but...I have had the best experience with ANY, and I mean, ANY, product from Gunze Sangyo. Also try the primers and the acrylics. The only products I guess Tamiya do better than the Gunzes, are the masking tapes, and the final wax, this is fine stuff! I don't know why there is more Tamiya reatilers than Gunze any where. At least to me, Gunze it's far superior to Tamiya.

Just feel confortable to use the cement or any products from this people!

Simon Rivera

[Zoom Zoom]

I haven't even seen it, but Gunze products often mimick Tamiya in usefulness, so it's probably pretty good stuff. Mr. Color Thinner and Tamiya lacquer thinner are identical (I assume; they smell identical and work exactly the same-both are excellent to thin out decanted Tamiya sprays for airbrushing). The Tamiya cement is nice, but I haven't found any when I've been to any shops, so my experience is only a few times borrowing a friend's bottle when doing a group build. It is nice stuff.

Hobbylink's description of Mr. Cement S says it's very thin and watery.

Ambroid Pro Weld, Tenax, Plastruct, and Model Master all have excellent liquid glues, Krazy Glue is available in a bottle w/a small brush, so I've been able to resist buying the Japanese glues so far and my models haven't suffered.